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A BSD. There are multiple

[–] Pratai@piefed.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

If it makes you feel better, you’re probably overestimating their interest in whatever it is.

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah that dude is just a post Unix purist about to launch into a 3 hour talk about how Plan 9 is (not was) the future.

[–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

GNU Hurd OS is the future though

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I touch computers every day - with my hands! Anyone else want to admit to it?

[–] rabidhamster@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

I finger my keyboard daily.

[–] OR3X@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This feels like it was made by someone who was bored during their shift at the help desk lol

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[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

When I started working for a MSP 15 years ago, the world of corporations introduced me to AS/400 (or iSeries, or IBM i). It's not that obscure as big corporations are still using it, but I never heard of it before starting working for big businesses.

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[–] LaggyKar@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This isn't quite following the format. The "And X, of course." line in the original is an example that's more well known than the preceding examples, something that ponytail thinks is so obvious that it doesn't even need to be mentioned (yet still something that the average person doesn't know about).

[–] A_A@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

"MACOS" ? ... a typo of "MACROS" ?
Edit : Nevermind... "MacOS"

[–] tunetardis@piefed.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago
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