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2026-08-05 20:14 UTC
@quad@akko.quad.moe @phnt@fluffytail.org @VD15@pl.valkyrie.world does that work btw?
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@quad@akko.quad.moe 2026-08-05 20:25
@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