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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 32 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The "RTFM" linux users.

[–] tourist@lemmy.world 47 points 11 months ago (3 children)

And then the man page is just a verbose unformatted paragraph written in 2007 by some guy on a lethal dose of ritalin

[–] jarfil@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

"The source code is the real manual" 🧘

The source code: 🍝

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

a lethal dose of ritalin

How much is that though?

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Not enough to cure him.

[–] tourist@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Varies from person to person.

A few hundred 10mg pills for lunch will probably cause irreversible heart damage at the very least.

[–] poopsmith@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've always found it's easier to use Stack Overflow or Google than a man page.