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andrewshadura
605 days ago
I’m not convinced Snarf is still a good name for any function in any piece of software these days. Or ever was, to be honest.
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tempfile
605 days ago
It got that name from Acme. I don't think it's any worse than "yank", which most of us continue to put up with.
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andrewshadura
605 days ago
I know it has. That's why I said "still". To be honest, yank is also not great. Both terms were invented back in the day the industry hasn't settled yet on copy and paste. For new software, choosing such names is counter-productive.
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lynx23
605 days ago
One (kill) ring to find them...
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major505
605 days ago
Snarf always remembers me of the Thundercats pet.
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fatboy
605 days ago
Such a great theme tune. That scream from mumm-ra is the icing on the cake.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooVDv8kuzXY
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gcanyon
605 days ago
Wow, something I didn't know was in my brain, and you found it. Snarf!
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nanna
605 days ago
Yeah definitely should be something modern and respectable like Hugging Face
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