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Re:Show HN: A fork of sudo with Touch ID support by jstoja on Monday October 31, 2016 @02:54AM (#12834738)
Can you elaborate? I'm not sure to understand the "ATM machine thing" and the "feels wrong on the lips".
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Re:Show HN: A fork of sudo with Touch ID support by rydl on Monday October 31, 2016 @04:25AM (#12835008)
It's a pleonasm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleonasm
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Re:Show HN: A fork of sudo with Touch ID support by jhgg on Monday October 31, 2016 @03:00AM (#12834752)
ATM Machine = Automated Teller Machine Machine.
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Re:Show HN: A fork of sudo with Touch ID support by amelius on Monday October 31, 2016 @05:17AM (#12835226)
Ok, AT machine then, and PA module.
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Re:Show HN: A fork of sudo with Touch ID support by lloeki on Monday October 31, 2016 @03:02AM (#12834758)
"ATM" machine: "automatic teller machine" machine
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Re:Show HN: A fork of sudo with Touch ID support by laingc on Monday October 31, 2016 @03:01AM (#12834755)
The phrase "PAM Module" would be expressed in full as "Pluggable Authentication Module Module".
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Re:Show HN: A fork of sudo with Touch ID support by a2m on Monday October 31, 2016 @03:01AM (#12834756)
the M in PAM stands for Module, so saying PAM module is redundant (like saying ATM machine, where the M stands for Machine)
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