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As an added wrinkle, the alt text's search is cursed because there is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext_JS a javascript framework] completely unrelated to the ext filesystem that is ''also'' called ext, which had a version 4 and would thus muddy the waters of the search.   
 
As an added wrinkle, the alt text's search is cursed because there is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext_JS a javascript framework] completely unrelated to the ext filesystem that is ''also'' called ext, which had a version 4 and would thus muddy the waters of the search.   
 
-- [[Special:Contributions/172.70.178.51|172.70.178.51]] 13:15, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 
-- [[Special:Contributions/172.70.178.51|172.70.178.51]] 13:15, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
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: Explanation should include why the alt text's search is "cursed."  Seems like this comment hints at it, but I don't know enough about the topic to know if that is the full curse. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.107.234|162.158.107.234]] 17:22, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
  
 
XKCD and its weirdly fitting timing in relation to my life again… Just 4 hours earlier, I had dealt with hardlinks in a Bash script and produced things like <code>cd "$(readlink -f "$(pwd)")"</code>. [[User:Fabian42|Fabian42]] ([[User talk:Fabian42|talk]]) 13:53, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 
XKCD and its weirdly fitting timing in relation to my life again… Just 4 hours earlier, I had dealt with hardlinks in a Bash script and produced things like <code>cd "$(readlink -f "$(pwd)")"</code>. [[User:Fabian42|Fabian42]] ([[User talk:Fabian42|talk]]) 13:53, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

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Whoo, my first "first explanation". It's not a particularly thorny comic but my explanation could still use some judicious editing I'm sure. Esogalt (talk) 06:51, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

I added a "citation needed" to the claim that letting arbitrary websites modify your filesystem is a Bad Idea, because I couldn't resist >.< 172.68.132.74 08:40, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

[citation needed] 162.158.88.113 10:45, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

The previous comment is almost worth an XKCD comic of its own. --162.158.203.24 10:10, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

WTH did Randal do that lead him to put ext4 and javascript in the same search, and why does he think hardlinks are the problem with such a cursed search? 172.69.69.182 10:17, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Which specific IT professional is the explanation referring to? 141.101.105.35 12:40, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

None in particular, just in general. 172.69.90.11 14:01, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
It's an expression. It's essentially the same as saying "Any experienced IT professional", but a little more stylistic. That whole sentence seems slightly gatekeeper-ish to me anyway. Esogalt (talk) 13:51, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

As an added wrinkle, the alt text's search is cursed because there is a javascript framework completely unrelated to the ext filesystem that is also called ext, which had a version 4 and would thus muddy the waters of the search. -- 172.70.178.51 13:15, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Explanation should include why the alt text's search is "cursed." Seems like this comment hints at it, but I don't know enough about the topic to know if that is the full curse. 162.158.107.234 17:22, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

XKCD and its weirdly fitting timing in relation to my life again… Just 4 hours earlier, I had dealt with hardlinks in a Bash script and produced things like cd "$(readlink -f "$(pwd)")". Fabian42 (talk) 13:53, 21 October 2021 (UTC)