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potatoxel (potatoxel@pleroma.potatoxel.org)'s status on Friday, 16-Dec-2022 21:25:32 JST potatoxel

aborting mission, core dumped.

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  Jason Self (jxself@social.bobcall.me)'s status on Friday, 16-Dec-2022 21:25:23 JST Jason Self
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  @potatoxel It's the state of memory. The name comes from old computer days when magnetic core memory was being used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_dump#Background
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    Core dump
    
    In computing, a core dump, memory dump, crash dump, storage dump, system dump, or ABEND dump consists of the recorded state of the working memory of a computer program at a specific time, generally when the program has crashed or otherwise terminated abnormally. In practice, other key pieces of program state are usually dumped at the same time, including the processor registers, which may include the program counter and stack pointer, memory management information, and other processor and operating system flags and information. A snapshot dump (or snap dump) is a memory dump requested by the computer operator or by the running program, after which the program is able to continue. Core dumps are often used to assist in diagnosing and debugging errors in computer programs. On many operating systems, a fatal exception in a program automatically triggers a core dump. By extension, the phrase "to dump core" has come to mean in many cases, any fatal error, regardless of whether a record of the program memory exists. The term "core dump", "memory dump", or just "dump" has also become jargon to indicate any output of a large...
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  potatoxel (potatoxel@pleroma.potatoxel.org)'s status on Friday, 16-Dec-2022 21:25:30 JST potatoxel
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  @jxself idk what core is every program dumping?
  
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  翠星石 repeated this.
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  Jason Self (jxself@social.bobcall.me)'s status on Friday, 16-Dec-2022 21:25:31 JST Jason Self
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  @potatoxel What mission?
  
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