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[–] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 282 points 6 days ago (5 children)
[–] can@sh.itjust.works 121 points 6 days ago (4 children)

ASS (Advanced Substation Alpha)

[–] Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works 63 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

Fantastic sub format for anime.

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 13 points 6 days ago (4 children)

I wonder why “great” and “sword” need to be Katakana

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 15 points 6 days ago (4 children)
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[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 23 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Why is that not ASA? Or even ASSA.

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 62 points 6 days ago

Because they knew exactly what they were doing, obviously.

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 38 points 6 days ago

Because ASS.

[–] vodka@lemm.ee 18 points 6 days ago

Because substation alpha is SSA so they just reversed it.

Because it's funny.

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

When I took a geometry test in eighth grade, I got a point deducted because I wrote ASS instead of SSA (side-side-angle) when calculating angles and side lengths of a triangle. Still got the right answer though

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

Oh, wonderful, teachers who punish kids for being kids and/or making mistakes.

[–] ServantOfRa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 6 days ago

Right in the nostalgia! Happiness is a warm genlock...

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 92 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 63 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I’m so old and tired, this isn’t even funny anymore. I’ll have to explain to some junior engineer about ASS. Then management will learn about this term “ass”, and use it incorrectly at every possible opportunity. Then when no one can explain ASS, I end up being “the ass guy.”

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 23 points 5 days ago

HEY EVERYONE IT'S THE ASS GUY

[–] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 41 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I always chuckle when Jellyfin shows subtitles as "Full ASS".

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Never half ass two things. Full ass 1 thing

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[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 18 points 6 days ago

The default libass shaping engine,

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 54 points 5 days ago (4 children)

ffmpeg command lines are straight up black magic.

Anyone who understands them is not to be trusted.

It's even worse than tar.

[–] el_bhm@lemm.ee 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If they know Regex, assume you are in Sarumans tower and held captive until a hawk comes in.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Writing regex is easy.

Reading it again after a couple of weeks...

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 days ago

It's a write only language

[–] mmddmm@lemm.ee 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

GNU tar is easy and straight-forward.

It's also completely incompatible with any other Unix, but then, what difference does it make is nobody can use them?

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

A more complex but more commonly used program is rsync

rsync -rav /home/user/Documents /mnt/usbdrive is treated differently than rsync -rav /home/user/Documents/ /mnt/usbdrive which is different than rsync -rav /home/user/Documents /mnt/usbdrive/ which is different than rsync -rav /home/user/Documents/ /mnt/usbdrive/

It's a great tool for making copies onto drives, even servers. But man you have to double check how each folder path is laid out, otherwise it'll write the files of one folder to the main drive, unorganized.

[–] gamer@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

ffmpeg commands are one of the best use cases for ChatGPT

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[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 33 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Force Feminisation male pregnancy

[–] al4s@feddit.org 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)
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[–] Tungsten5@lemm.ee 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] HakunaHafada@lemm.ee 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I was hoping for this gif:

[–] HakunaHafada@lemm.ee 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

lol that's a good one too. And thanks to your comment, now I know how to properly do GIFs.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 5 days ago

My omega is gonna be cute, one way or another.

[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 31 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Wtf? Is datascope funny or am I missing something?

[–] db2@lemmy.world 53 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This guy doesn't get the joke, everyone point and laugh!

[–] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 25 points 6 days ago

Ha ha ha, whoosh! Right guise?

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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Are you a tits or FFMPEG filter documentation on section 11.5 man?

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

Please refer to section 8008S.

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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago (1 children)
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[–] mobotsar@sh.itjust.works 14 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

Pages are fractional now?

Man, I really gotta get with the times...

[–] sxan@midwest.social 12 points 6 days ago

"Section". They just used the wrong word ¯\(ツ)

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago

The bible is an old western book that orders itself so

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[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago

(⁠ ͡⁠°⁠ ͜⁠ʖ⁠ ͡⁠°⁠)

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