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 (DIR) Post #9ghu58beDKQXLY97lA by kalium@xkcd.network
       2019-03-12T20:47:05Z
       
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       I'm writing a bunch of tutorials for students on linux admin and stuff and it's telling how often the explanation for why something counterintuitive is like that is "Ridiculous Historical Reasons"
       
 (DIR) Post #9ghu590Sj4HCaVkwRE by multiplexd@xkcd.network
       2019-03-12T21:17:04Z
       
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       @kalium Explanations of the historical background behind the ridiculous reasons might make a good appendix, and would almost certainly be informative.
       
 (DIR) Post #9ghu59G3n4klMt3Oka by ky0ko@cybre.space
       2019-03-12T21:21:34Z
       
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       @multiplexd@kaliumi like the one about why the mess that is /usr is what it is
       
 (DIR) Post #9ghuBitUD57fd1d8D2 by multiplexd@xkcd.network
       2019-03-12T21:22:53Z
       
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       @ky0ko @kalium I don't even know what the story behind that is, and I'm not sure that I want to.
       
 (DIR) Post #9ghuQPuj3kPl6gDU7U by ky0ko@cybre.space
       2019-03-12T21:25:33Z
       
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       @multiplexd@kaliuma unix box from back when mainframes hard drives were measured in megs had the drive mounted to / fill upthey had a second drive mounted to /usr, which at that time was for home directories, and it had spaceso they started copying things that weren't required for boot from /bin and /lib and whatnot into /usrand then users from that system began cargo culting that setup into future systems
       
 (DIR) Post #9ghuTYVzXNUkeR8z8i by multiplexd@xkcd.network
       2019-03-12T21:25:57Z
       
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       @ky0ko @kalium of course
       
 (DIR) Post #9ghusYVugAPnt31oDA by ky0ko@cybre.space
       2019-03-12T21:30:29Z
       
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       @multiplexd@kaliumalso the one about how /etc used to be literally "whatever doesn't seem like it belongs anywhere else" and i guess that was pretty much just config files and eventually was standardized as such
       
 (DIR) Post #9ghv5tT05UTSdV1ezI by kalium@xkcd.network
       2019-03-12T21:33:00Z
       
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       @ky0ko @multiplexd @kalium I'm glad we all agree that /usr is just a dumpster fire on modern systems
       
 (DIR) Post #9ghvHfr0WdQltLs8ky by kalium@xkcd.network
       2019-03-12T21:35:10Z
       
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       @ky0ko @multiplexd @kalium also the reason why "wheel" is the sudoers group because "The Boss" -> "The Big Cheese" -> "The Bi Wheel o' Cheese" -> wheel
       
 (DIR) Post #9ghvNg2uixzUE0Itxg by kalium@xkcd.network
       2019-03-12T21:36:10Z
       
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       @ky0ko @multiplexd @kalium also the reason why "wheel" is the sudoers group because "The Boss" -> "The Big Cheese" -> "The Big Wheel o' Cheese" -> wheel
       
 (DIR) Post #9gi2tjc5hC24EbzUvI by kalium@xkcd.network
       2019-03-12T22:01:43Z
       
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       @ky0ko @multiplexd oh, what about "~ is short for home because on the old keyboards ~ was a layer on the home key"
       
 (DIR) Post #9gi2tjzqGt1zQH6Swa by kalium@xkcd.network
       2019-03-12T22:08:33Z
       
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       How to explain like, four or five design decisions with one picture:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AKB_Terminal_ADM3A.svg