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Comment by Nextgrid

19 hours ago

> Feedback Assistant

They finally found a marketable name for /dev/null.

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JanNash  14 hours ago

well said. well, sad. but true ...

  • Nextgrid  6 hours ago

    As an Easter egg, I wonder if they can make it accept input in stdin and just discard it. If I was working there and didn’t mind burning some bridges (I’m not sure how many people would get wind of it as it’s quite obscure) I would be tempted to implement it.

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