[Me, sobbing] You can't just call whatever you see a file, Linux.
[Linux, points at hard drive] /dev/sda
[Me] Please, no
[Linux, points at controller] /dev/input/js0
[Linux, points at the ever present void, just at the edge of our vision that we all try so hard to ignore] /̵͉͒̈d̸͍̙̯́͝e̶͔͗v̷͒̏̚͜/̸̺̝͆ṅ̸̫u̴̟̓̍͘l̶̦̣̃̃͝l̷͚̩̋
@Authoritimmy you wouldn't call your car a file
@Authoritimmy you mean, /dev/null?
@Authoritimmy insert “is this a file.jpg” meme here
@Authoritimmy The ugly problem is BSD sockets and IOCTL operations are not files, but they should be under the same paradigm. Plan 9 to the moon! 🤣
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@Authoritimmy Don't use Plan 9
@Authoritimmy $:cat /dev/random|/dev/null
@_cr0_tab this just makes your i/o angry, right?
@Authoritimmy It keeps it occupied long enough for you to run...
~makes the partition table a file~
@Authoritimmy [Linux, points at network card]
I—
*starts shaking*
@Authoritimmy *points to /usr/local/bin/gnucash* nationalized
@Authoritimmy /dev/null ?
@Authoritimmy the relentless drumming sounds heralding the coming inevitable heat death of the universe?
linux:
/̫͊ͭ͛̏̾͛͗d̨͍̲͍̊ͧ̈ͭ̊ͥȇ̢͔v̧͓͉̲̙̗̣̣̼̽̅ͩ̌/̬̘̰͚̗̿ͦ̆⃗̓ṛ̷̮͈̬̗̞̟̰͂ͬ͛ͬͮ⃖̋̽ä̯̭༙̜ͮ̀̔n̸̦̹̋̏͗̆͘dི̨̯͖̺̬͈͆ͅo̠̙̙̠͛ͫ̑ͧͣͤ̅̚͘m̯͍͙͉͕̹͖̞᷈̽̽⃣
@Authoritimmy
[me] *eats big meal*
[linux, points at me] /dev/full