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ComradeSharkfucker lemmy.ml sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml
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insufferableninja sh.itjust.works imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works
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What does it extract? 😳

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TachyonTele piefed.social TachyonTele@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-03
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Fucking astronomers flexing again

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ComradeSharkfucker lemmy.ml sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-07-07
#4 · (edited) Quote Reply

What does it extract? 😳

Sex data, obviously

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rockSlayer lemmy.blahaj.zone rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-02-24
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Reminds me of a tool at my job called Picard. No idea what it does, but my disappointment was palpable when I found out that there wasn't even a hint of a star trek easter egg

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Sunspear piefed.social Sunspear@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-09-10
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https://www.astromatic.net/software/sextractor/

Given that there's an acknowledgement of the tool in a 1996 article, the software may even be older than sex itself

Also what a time capsule this page is lol, nothing wrong with it really... just a relic of a different era

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MoonMelon lemmy.ml MoonMelon@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-12-23
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I worked at a place where the asset management system was called "ASS" and yes, publishing assets was called "pushing to ASS". Unfortunately management eventually made the developer change it.

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DozensOfDonner mander.xyz DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-02
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Friend working with rodent data often had, prolly intentional, git lines like "push mouse_anal"

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Evil_Shrubbery thelemmy.club Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club
Joined: 2025-08-15
#9 · (edited) Quote Reply

Sex data, obviously

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atomicbocks sh.itjust.works atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-02-16
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https://www.astromatic.net/software/sextractor/ Given that there's an acknowledgement of the tool in a 1996 article, the software may even be older than sex itself Also what a time capsule this page is lol, nothing wrong with it really... just a relic of a different era

I wonder how old their Wordpress version is…

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Elting piefed.social Elting@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-11-18
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These stargazers have a little more than just wanderlust huh.

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4am lemmy.zip 4am@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-23
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if it HAS to be -dp and you can't also use -pd then it is implemented incorrectly.

Dunno why you'd ever do -pd, considering, but still

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TachyonTele piefed.social TachyonTele@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-03
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if it HAS to be -dp and you can't also use -pd then it is implemented incorrectly. Dunno why you'd ever do -pd, considering, but still

You do -dp when the stars align, obviously

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ryannathans aussie.zone ryannathans@aussie.zone
Joined: 2023-09-20
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if it HAS to be -dp and you can't also use -pd then it is implemented incorrectly. Dunno why you'd ever do -pd, considering, but still

You can't just tell someone their software is implemented incorrectly

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ryannathans aussie.zone ryannathans@aussie.zone
Joined: 2023-09-20
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I worked at a place where the asset management system was called "ASS" and yes, publishing assets was called "pushing to ASS". Unfortunately management eventually made the developer change it.

At work, work is assigned to people through a system that contains a Value Assessment Gate. Work frequently gets stuck in the VAG, which is the code used to interact with that component. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to get things out of the VAG, and when they do come out, it's called flowing out/on

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perishthethought piefed.social perishthethought@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-07
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Reminds me of a tool at my job called Picard. No idea what it does, but my disappointment was palpable when I found out that there wasn't even a hint of a star trek easter egg

Oh, you haven't found it yet?

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nightofmichelinstars sopuli.xyz nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-09-21
#17 · (edited) Quote Reply

At work, work is assigned to people through a system that contains a Value Assessment Gate. Work frequently gets stuck in the VAG, which is the code used to interact with that component. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to get things out of the VAG, and when they do come out, it's called flowing out/on

My old job had a deployment script called shipmyself. The developer who wrote it brought it up by name whenever possible. He really enjoyed it.

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bright piefed.social bright@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-09-24
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https://www.astromatic.net/software/sextractor/ Given that there's an acknowledgement of the tool in a 1996 article, the software may even be older than sex itself Also what a time capsule this page is lol, nothing wrong with it really... just a relic of a different era

On mobile it looks like a modern page design

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bright piefed.social bright@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-09-24
#19 · (edited) Quote Reply

At work, work is assigned to people through a system that contains a Value Assessment Gate. Work frequently gets stuck in the VAG, which is the code used to interact with that component. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to get things out of the VAG, and when they do come out, it's called flowing out/on

You have to be careful when the input is discharged from the system, it can really make a mess of things

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JohnnyCanuck lemmy.ca JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-07-30
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https://www.astromatic.net/software/sextractor/ Given that there's an acknowledgement of the tool in a 1996 article, the software may even be older than sex itself Also what a time capsule this page is lol, nothing wrong with it really... just a relic of a different era

True, I never had sex before 1996

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gedfromgont piefed.ca gedfromgont@piefed.ca
Joined: 2026-05-12
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True, I never had sex before 1996

We know. No one has.

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onnekas sopuli.xyz onnekas@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2024-04-21
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I genuinely think that being able to name your own invention or discovery is a big driver for scientific progress.

See the Cox Zucker Machine!

"A few weeks after we met, we realized that we had to write a joint paper because the combination of our last names, in the usual alphabetical order, is remarkably obscene."

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enbiousenvy lemmy.blahaj.zone enbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2023-07-01
#23 · Quote Reply

What does it extract? 😳

cum

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olenkoVD lemmy.dbzer0.com olenkoVD@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-09-17
#24 · Quote Reply

What does it extract? 😳

S, mainly

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i_love_FFT jlai.lu i_love_FFT@jlai.lu
Joined: 2024-10-18
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What does it extract? 😳

Boring real answer: stars in an image. It's a robust pre-opencv image processing tool for astrophysics.

See also SAO Image DS9, which was the subsequent version after SAO Image Next Generation.

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paydequeso piefed.social uuj8za@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-03-17
#26 · Quote Reply

Has anyone had to work with Advanced SubStation Alpha files? Extension .ass.

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softotteep pawb.social solxix@pawb.social
Joined: 2025-12-03
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On mobile it looks like a modern page design

Not for me

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SpongyAneurysm feddit.org SpongyAneurysm@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-06-29
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shrug
Non-issue. File name extensions are irrelevant on Linux and you can always use an alias if you don't like the command's name.

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