this post was submitted on 05 May 2024
680 points (93.8% liked)

linuxmemes

21291 readers
981 users here now

Hint: :q!

Sister communities:

Community rules (click to expand)

1. Follow the site-wide rules

2. Be civil
  • Understand the difference between a joke and an insult.
  • Do not harrass or attack members of the community for any reason.
  • Leave remarks of "peasantry" to the PCMR community. If you dislike an OS/service/application, attack the thing you dislike, not the individuals who use it. Some people may not have a choice.
  • Bigotry will not be tolerated.
  • These rules are somewhat loosened when the subject is a public figure. Still, do not attack their person or incite harrassment.
    • 3. Post Linux-related content
  • Including Unix and BSD.
  • Non-Linux content is acceptable as long as it makes a reference to Linux. For example, the poorly made mockery of sudo in Windows.
  • No porn. Even if you watch it on a Linux machine.
    • 4. No recent reposts
  • Everybody uses Arch btw, can't quit Vim, and wants to interject for a moment. You can stop now.
    •  

    Please report posts and comments that break these rules!

    Important: never execute code or follow advice that you don't understand or can't verify, especially here. The word of the day is credibility. This is a meme community -- even the most helpful comments might just be shitposts that can damage your system. Be aware, be smart, don't fork-bomb your computer.

    founded 1 year ago
    MODERATORS
    [email protected]
    [email protected]
    [email protected]
    680
    I really do want to know though (lemmy.world)
    submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
    97 comments fedilink hide all child comments
     
    you are viewing a single comment's thread
    view the rest of the comments
    [–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    But yeah, affect is a verb, effect is a noun.

    Unless you are effecting a change :)

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    If you mean that you are having an effect on said change... oh god maybe that's actually correct?

    If you are affecting (a) change, that would mean you are basically causing change.

    But if you are effecting change, said change would have to have been previously established or referenced.

    I think???

    English is a goddamned shit-show sometimes.

    Anyway, we should bring back the interrobang, and the thorne, and also I actually love the Oxford comma even though the AP style guide hates it.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

    It's the other way around! Effecting a change means causing it, whereas affecting a change would be having some effect on an existing change.