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zack's avatar

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

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Wintermute's avatar

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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Vasudha Shankar's avatar

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

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DrunkDalek's avatar

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

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Dave Infante's avatar

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

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Mike Rapin's avatar

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

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Stephen's avatar

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

Or Tic Tac Dough

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Shawn's avatar

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

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sam's avatar

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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Alberto De Leon's avatar

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

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Max Read's avatar

“ Keychron C1 (surprisingly cheap)”

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Alberto De Leon's avatar

Thank you!!

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Samuel Garfield's avatar

"And so, there you have it (?)." One of my favorite Read Max lines of all time.

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yelbom's avatar

Ahhhh. Absolute chaos. Just how I like it

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elm's avatar

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

"This mission is entirely funded by paying readers; please consider subscribing. "

I think I'll pass.

elm

trolly

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