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by formerly_proven 2119 days ago
who is 66 % waste: w is 300 % shorter and shows up to 721 % more valuable information.
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who shows where the session is coming from which is useful for me where random people connect with the same system account.

(OK w -f shows this)

There's something delightfully absurd about invoking who and getting told where they're logging in from. There's an Abbot and Costello skit in there waiting to come out.

This is why I love computing. It's putting abject insanity to good use.