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    [–] [email protected] 34 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Why does this option without specifying a number of threads even exist? It might as well be footgun mode.

    [–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    I'm pretty sure it's "run as many threads as there are cores" mode, though if you're running it in a terminal I always find it best to use nproc-1 or -2 so the machine actually stays usable.

    [–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    My man pages specify it’s as many as possible limited only to the number of jobs.

    [–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago

    Oof, that might as well be a fork bomb then

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

    I don't think I've ever used -j without specifying as many cores as I have, so it sounds completely reasonable.