An unwelcomed verbose explanation.
Person1: I think Linux is neat
Person2: I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux,
is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux.
Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component
of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell
utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day,
without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU
which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are
not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a
part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system
that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run.
The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself;
it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is
normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system
is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux"
distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
Person1: You didn't have to splain it. I know already. I just don't care.
Person2: I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux,
is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux.
Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component
of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell
utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day,
without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU
which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are
not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a
part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system
that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run.
The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself;
it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is
normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system
is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux"
distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
Person1: You didn't have to splain it. I know already. I just don't care.
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Get the 'splain' mug.1. When someone explains in great detail about a subject, or how to do do something despite the victim have a sufficient amount of knowledge and/or experience.
2. When you are told to do something, despite already doing it or are just about to do what has been asked already.
Will-splaining is usually accompanied along side words such as "mate" or "dude".
Will-splaining is often followed by a rear naked training dit-lock.
2. When you are told to do something, despite already doing it or are just about to do what has been asked already.
Will-splaining is usually accompanied along side words such as "mate" or "dude".
Will-splaining is often followed by a rear naked training dit-lock.
1.
LC3: "Red means port doesn't it?"
Will: "yeh mate, red is always used to show port, for example; in a marked channel the port side will be marked with red marker boys. However you'll need to keep in mind the direction you are travelling in and what zone you're in, in the UK the bouyage system will "welcome you in" so as you come into port the red port marker boys will be on your left but as you leave to go to sea they will be on your starboard side. You understand dude?"
LC3: "Cheers for Will-splaining that to me..."
2.
LC3: *driving a boat on a course 160 degrees at 20kts coming up to an obvious port turn in a channel, and is planning to turn*
Will: "alright mate just keep on a course of 260 degrees, make sure you're going 20kts and don't alter course as we'll cause a pendulum effect. Also when we get to that pair of marker bouys make sure you turn to port or we'll end up outside the channel, happy mate?"
LC3: "Red means port doesn't it?"
Will: "yeh mate, red is always used to show port, for example; in a marked channel the port side will be marked with red marker boys. However you'll need to keep in mind the direction you are travelling in and what zone you're in, in the UK the bouyage system will "welcome you in" so as you come into port the red port marker boys will be on your left but as you leave to go to sea they will be on your starboard side. You understand dude?"
LC3: "Cheers for Will-splaining that to me..."
2.
LC3: *driving a boat on a course 160 degrees at 20kts coming up to an obvious port turn in a channel, and is planning to turn*
Will: "alright mate just keep on a course of 260 degrees, make sure you're going 20kts and don't alter course as we'll cause a pendulum effect. Also when we get to that pair of marker bouys make sure you turn to port or we'll end up outside the channel, happy mate?"
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It’s like mansplaining,
but robotic…
and somehow more confident than it should be.
It’s like mansplaining,
but robotic…
and somehow more confident than it should be.
“AI-splain is when the chatbot answers the question you never asked with confidence it absolutely did not earn.”
“AI-splain is when AI delivers a masterclass… in Missing The Point.”
“AI-splain: when the bot is very sure of itself about something wildly unrelated.”
"AI-splaining is when AI assumes expertise over my own experience."
“AI-splain is when AI delivers a masterclass… in Missing The Point.”
“AI-splain: when the bot is very sure of itself about something wildly unrelated.”
"AI-splaining is when AI assumes expertise over my own experience."
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Get the AI-splain mug.A play on "mansplainer," it captures someone in SOMa, NJ who is overly eager to "educate" others on their ultra-woke worldview, even when it's riddled with contradictions or hypocrisy. It nods to the self-righteousness and instability while keeping it tongue-in-cheek.
Rea was SOMa-splaining to the terrorized new moms in her group who didn't understand the local political culture.
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