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From: vallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
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Subject: Re: Need Assistance -- Network Programming
Date: 20 Jun 2024 19:29:55 GMT
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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.

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