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chard_slicks_on The Unix `Who` Command

If you don't care about all the features then Busybox's implementation will work fine at 170 lines inclusive of comments.

chard_slicks_on The Unix `Who` Command

I know that it isn't a full implementation and my comment wasn't meant as a real comparison.

chard_slicks_on The Unix `Who` Command

His "who" implementation is 73 lines (21 if you remove blank lines and comments). Compare that to 836 in GNU Coreutils[0].

[0] https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/blob/master/src/who.c

chard_slicks_on Ninth Circuit rules NSA's bulk collection of Americans' call records was illegal

Will Clapper's perjury ever be punished?

chard_slicks_on Police across Canada are using predictive policing algorithms, report finds

I agree with the unethical part but I'm not so sure about the statement that they don't work. Check out this video [0] which talks about profiling at Ben Gurion airport.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y1kJpHBn50

chard_slicks_on Bella Thorne, OnlyFans and the battle over monetising content

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