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2026-08-05 20:25 UTC
@pernia@cum.salon @phnt@fluffytail.org @VD15@pl.valkyrie.world why yes. you can pipe data around however you want. it's one of the main advantages to what remains of the unix-philosophy where things just expect to receive data streams on stdin and then spit them back out after processing.
Sending a file to /dev/sdb is FAR from the most cursed thing you can do by connecting unexpected applications together.
for example "ssh server cat videofile.mp4 | mpv -" will ssh into a machine, read a video file to stdout from said remote machine, which you can then pipe into your local mpv player.
*nix OSes just don't give shit, and that's the point
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@pernia@cum.salon 2026-08-05 20:27
@quad@akko.quad.moe @phnt@fluffytail.org @VD15@pl.valkyrie.world curling into your disk just seems wild lmao. pipes win again