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   Chris Siebenmann (cks@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 01:57:59 JST Chris Siebenmann

   I am not really a fan of sudo and one of the reasons for that is that the sudoers manual page makes my eyes bleed, which does not inspire confidence in my ability to write sudoers entries except via superstition. Security sensitive software should do better in its documentation. Clarity matters a lot.

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 01:59:13 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @cks Yeah, it's why I ditched sudo ages ago and then adopted doas few years ago.
     Not only I find the manpage readable but also the source code is.
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     brennen (brennen@federation.p1k3.com)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 02:32:19 JST brennen

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     @cks "Quick guide to EBNF" is my go-to example of a phrase encountered in documentation that lets you know instantly you're fucked.

     the man page equivalent of http://howfuckedismydatabase.com/nosql/

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