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[–] lol_idk@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Why is this command recursive?

[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You don't just want to fix one human, you want to fix all the offspring as well.

[–] verstra@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Haha. But really what does -R mean?

Or some posts have a bunch of ,,,.., at the end. What's that?

[–] Faresh@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I think it's a way for members of a plural collective to use social networks, while making it clear who is currently fronting.

[–] verstra@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago

Cool thanks.

-me

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

I think that here it is because there are multiple people running the account and they sign with an initial.