Fstab -> File Systems Table ❌
Fstab -> F 🔪 ✅
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Btrfs -> Better FS ❌
Btrfs -> Butterface ✅
Bcachefs -> B Cache FS ❌
Bcachefs -> BCA Chefs ✅
I seem to remember Butter FS is an officially recognized way of saying it
BTR is strongly associated with APC (armoured personnel carrier) in my native languages.
То я мерздну, а то парюсь
Но машина - просто зверь
Он конечно не икарус
Мой граненый
Мой граненый
Мой граненый БТР
БТР!
"BTR" by Kaskad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGL_u9j7pjY
Absolute banger song IMO
SQL -> Structured Query Language ❌
SQL -> SQuirreL ✅
It's okay, I know SQL!
ls -> LiSt ❌
ls -> Let's See what's hiding inside of this folder ✅
cat -> concatenate ❌
cat -> cat 😼
man -> manual ❌
man -> man 👨
I personally prefer "squeal"
I always used “sequel” but I guess that’s very traditional businesspeople speak
In real life I either say "Ess-cue-ehl" (spelling it out), or I say "sqwool," "sq" as in squirrel and "wool" like sheep wool
I always used "Ss-Quill" in class, professionally I usually refer to the database as a series of pained grunts and whimpers
I'm also in camp sequel, though I could be persuaded to camp squirrel.
If only squirrel weren’t a popular sql gui tool already.
WSL -> Windows Subsystem for Linux❌
WSL -> WeaSeL ✅
"It's 'Weselton'!"
sudo ln -s $(which systemctl) /usr/local/bin/systemcdl
CTL - cuddle? More like cattle, castle, chronic tumor lymphocytes.
cuttlefish.
See Tee Ell
Why not both? The system might need aftercare too.