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  • bignate31@lemmy.worldtoPrivacy@lemmy.mlTrust us bro
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    14 days ago

    You know why they “tombstone”? (By the way, they don’t replace with a tombstone marker but instead add the marker.)

    Because if you “accidentally” deleted something and then decided you wanted it back, you’d get really mad if they couldn’t do that. If they immediately deleted it, you couldn’t ever get it back

    The copies and deep copies are for a similar reason: Some engineer accidentally deletes a bunch of data, it’s really nice to have a backup so you don’t lose everything.



  • There’s a pretty trivial rule for getting this right. Phrase your sentence using who/whom as a question. Respond with he/him. If your response contains a “he”, your initial statement should be “who”; if it contains a “him” then you’re looking at a “whom” use.

    • ex: “To who/whom should the gold be given?” -> “To him” -> “whom”
    • ex: “Who/whom wants the gold?” -> “He wants the gold” -> “who”
    • ex: “Who/whom did you see at the party?” -> “I saw him” -> “whom”
    • ex: “The man who/whom called earlier is here” -> “Who/whom called?” -> “he called” -> “who”