probably the best advice you’ll find in a fortune cookie
this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2023
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I tried it on windows since it didn't specify anything.
Considering how fortune mostly contains very out-of-date computer jokes, I highly doubt an actual fortune cookie manufacturer would use its output.
Ty for reminding me to install fortunemod.
somebody make a fortune cookie cow for cowsay.
"sudo apt-get cowfortune"
I'm like 90% sure I've actually seen that
yup cowfortune is a thing.
fortune and cowsay are 2 separate packages, the output of them combined is this:
I assumed the package called "cowfortune" was the 2 combined.
oh, maybe. if so, it’s new to me!
So you want to create a botnet of fortune cookie wisdoms, is that it?
Are you some bizzaro world version of me?
I am. Mustache, black gloves and all
Not intentional, or more likely staged. YMMV.
For a moment I thought I was on command line