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vallor wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Jun 2024 20:45:40 -0400, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote
> in <XYKcO.6165$ZwRb.5767@fx38.iad>:
> 
>> On 2024-06-19 6:46 p.m., vallor wrote:
>>> On Wed, 19 Jun 2024 21:03:56 +0000, Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote
>>> in <17da83b880511303$1242$4081608$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com>:
>>>
>>>> On 19 Jun 2024 20:32:29 GMT, vallor wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> He also couldn't be bothered to google for the answer,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Why?  Is that where your "brains" are located?
>>>>
>>>> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
>>>
>>> Game theory: in a game of iterated "Prisoner's Dilemmas",
>>> the best strategy is tit-for-tat, unless you've identified the opponent
>>> as a "scorpion".
>>>
>>> It's usually a bad strategy to (try to) ridicule people from whom you
>>> want help.
>>>
>>>
>>>> I did search, but, as I indicated, and as you missed,
>>>> the Perl modules have dozens of dependencies that I don't want to
>>>> manage.  (It's almost as bad as Python!)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> (I didn't even need google to find an answer -- I used "man"
>>>>> on a popular CLI tool.)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> So what is this tool?
>>>
>>> The tools for querying man pages are apropos(1), whatis(1), and man(1).
>>>
>>> DYOH.  Instead of handing you a fish, I'm teaching you to fish.
>>>
>>>> You won't -- you can't -- reveal because it will ruin your chance to
>>>> play the "BIG MAN."
>>>>
>>>> But we all know that the big man is just the little man in disguise.
>>>>
>>>> Eh, twinkletoes?
>>>>
>>>> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
>>>
>>> I'm beginning to think you are a "scorpion".
>>
>> Why do you people even bother with him? The first thing I do after I set
>> up Betterbird is filter out all of his nyms.
> 
> Boredom?
> 
> Besides, if one is complacent about crazed extremists,
> then they win.  Better that moderates police the alleged
> "advocates" that talk crazy talk.
> 
> The guy gives Linux advocacy a bad name.
> 
rightly so , it should have