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submitted 3 months ago by unmagical@lemmy.ml to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

May have been obvious to others, but I only caught this detail recently after using Linux for over 15 years.

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[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 121 points 3 months ago

Because Linux is written in C so its easy to shoot yourself in the foot.

[-] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 months ago

C doesn't stop users from shooting themselves in the foot. C++ has new footguns added to the standard for you each version!

[-] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago

Rust has a safety lock to prevent you shooting yourself in the foot but you can switch it off if you really wanna shoot yourself in the foot that bad

[-] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 98 points 3 months ago
[-] Buffy@libretechni.ca 21 points 3 months ago

This is genius and the only answer I will accept now.

[-] KernelTale@programming.dev 8 points 3 months ago

Can I get an explanation please?

[-] adaveinthelife@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 months ago

Penguins have webbed feet.

[-] dan@upvote.au 49 points 3 months ago

hold hold

Maybe he just needs to rest his arm.

[-] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 46 points 3 months ago

Because despite having a boot partition Tux appears to not wear shoes

[-] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Back when the original Tux drawing was made, we didn't have boot partitions. In LILO days, the bootloader barely fit in the MBR and the kernel was located and loaded with sheer magic incomprehensible to most mortals. So that's why Tux has no shoes.

[-] kalpol@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

L I

anxious waiting followed by despair

[-] Sinthesis@lemmy.today 27 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

That's where it shot itself in the foot.

It is not UNIX’s job to stop you from shooting your foot. If you so choose to do so, then it is UNIX’s job to deliver Mr. Bullet to Mr Foot in the most efficient way it knows.

s/UNIX/Linux/g

https://www.cyberciti.biz/humour/terry-lambert-quote-it-is-not-unixs-job-to-stop-you/

[-] Greg@lemmy.ca 27 points 3 months ago
[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Tux is flexing

[-] bus_factor@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

He's resting his hand on his foot, because having two hover-hands in a photo looks awkward, and he doesn't have any pockets.

[-] MistressRemilia@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 3 months ago

Poor dude has plantar fasciitis, he's trying to stretch it.

[-] gustofwind@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

It looks better than if he wasn’t

[-] ColonelThirtyTwo@pawb.social 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

He is stimming, don't make fun of him

[-] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago

He's trying to cover it up because of you foot fetishist freaks on the internet

[-] Caketaco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 months ago

this is the mandildo effect in action dude

I could have sworn he had both arms on his side

[-] Digit@lemmy.wtf 3 points 3 months ago

Mandela effect's been Mandela effected to Mandildo?

When did that happen?

[-] recursivethinking@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

He definitely did. All the image search results have clearly been tampered with.

[-] MrShankles@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Mandildo?.... I accept the re-interpretation

[-] MuckyWaffles@leminal.space 8 points 3 months ago

Better than Richard Stallman, that guy ate something off his foot in the middle of a conference. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I25UeVXrEHQ

I wanted to rewatch it, but youtube wants me to verify my age for some reason, and I'm not doing that.

[-] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Brother uhhhh

[-] thenikraj@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago

Maybe to get a foothold in computing.

[-] orenj@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 months ago

Tux's Gnome bias is showing

[-] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 5 points 3 months ago

That’s because he’s very serious about this year being the year of the Linux desktop.

[-] ErenOnizuka@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

What does the title mean?

"Leg hand foot italian?"

[-] unmagical@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

From left to right it's Tux's extremities as close as I could match them and then a question.

[-] Nyadia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago
[-] Digit@lemmy.wtf 1 points 3 months ago

Oh, dang.

Someone beat me to it. n_n

[-] Digit@lemmy.wtf 2 points 3 months ago
[-] MuckyWaffles@leminal.space 1 points 3 months ago

Darn, I just replied with the same thing, but you beat me to it!

[-] ErenOnizuka@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

Your comment is on the top for me though.

[-] Digit@lemmy.wtf 1 points 3 months ago

Someone else beat me to it too.

Great minds think alike. ;)

[-] DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

It's an attention to detail.

[-] urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 months ago
[-] Mac@mander.xyz 8 points 3 months ago
[-] Sinthesis@lemmy.today 5 points 3 months ago

Classic. I haven't seen that one in about 20 years. 💟 FreeBSD

[-] urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 months ago

It doesn't seem to be very appreciated here. This world isn't fair to artists.

[-] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 months ago

Sudo rm -rf /* yourself

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