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💙🩷💜 Brett [he/him/any]@brettm@swarm.coiloptic.org
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"I'm so old that I'm still kind of scared to put spaces in file names" — Open image attachment ⁨1⁩ of ⁨1⁩
"I'm so old that I'm still kind of scared to put spaces in file names"
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natalie[ee]@0x6e6174@catgirl.cloud
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@brettm isn't this just normal? why would I put spaces in a file name?

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kimapr ☭ 🇺🇿 ⚧ ⚢ ❤️🧡🤍🩷💜@kimapr@ublog.kimapr.net
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@0x6e6174 @brettm to fuck up poorly written shell scripts and build systems

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Jernej Simončič �@jernej__s@infosec.exchange
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@kimapr @0x6e6174 @brettm Microsoft intentionally made the place to install programs to "Program Files", to force programmers to deal with spaces in file paths.

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fraggle@fraggle@social.coop
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@jernej__s @kimapr @0x6e6174 @brettm not true! https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20131119-00/?p=2623

The Old New ThingWhy is the Program Files directory called Program Files instead of just Programs? - The Old New ThingSome people suggest that one thing Microsoft Research could do with that time machine they're working on is to go back in time and change the name of the
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💙🩷💜 Brett [he/him/any]@brettm@swarm.coiloptic.org
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@fraggle@social.coop @jernej__s@infosec.exchange @kimapr@ublog.kimapr.net @0x6e6174@catgirl.cloud it should be called 'lib' not 'programs' or 'program files'
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