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Sudo maintainer, handling utility for more than 30 years, is looking for support (www.theregister.com)
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It's hard to imagine something as fundamental to computing as the sudo command becoming abandonware, yet here we are: its solitary maintainer is asking for help to keep the project alive.

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[-] in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social 103 points 3 days ago

Not just AI slop but a right wing dog whistle as AI slop.

[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 49 points 3 days ago

And also... Completely irrelevant to the discussion. What's the connection?

[-] AugustWest@lemmy.world 38 points 3 days ago

It’s not a dog whistle when its meaning is plainly and purposefully obvious.

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