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Deeply curious to learn more about the people who are not lineally descended from an ancient family

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This article reads like the old-school internet. I'm here for it.

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This person would ace an audition for “minor character in a William Gibson novel.” The best, and most convincing, part is the matter-of-fact-ness of this character. Sometimes, people just train student in Linux administration and the occult!

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Came here just to say: "like what da fuck"

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I have to assume a demon-hunting OS _does_ exist, though.

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"I assume he’s talking about Hollywood squares."

Or Tic Tac Dough

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Okay, this one gets a "what in the absolute fuck" from me.

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Oct 4, 2022·edited Oct 4, 2022

Dumb question: isn't everyone, by definition, a lineal descendent of 'the common ancestors of all 7 billion people currently alive'?

Love the roundabout way of describing Linux, I too initially read it as something proprietary and esoteric.

(not the Sam described above)

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Hell yes. This is the kind of bonkersness internet findings I come here for.

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Can you ask your friend Sam what kind of mechanical keyboard he's using in that photo?

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“ Keychron C1 (surprisingly cheap)”

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Ahhhh. Absolute chaos. Just how I like it

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Yeah, I very vaguely remember that guy. Revenge of Usenet, huh?

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I think I'll pass.

elm

trolly

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