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TIL about an OS named Inferno, by Bell Labs back in 1995. Much of its software is named after references to Dante Alighieri's Inferno.

It has: a communication protocol named Styx, a type-safe programming language named Limbo that runs on the virtual machine Dis, Charon is a web browser and Bolgia is a picture viewer.

It's so nerdy, I love it

Regular reminder: if your site or app doesn’t work in Firefox, it’s broken.

I lived through the “this site requires and/or is best in IE” era, and I’d rather burn it all down than return to that.

Pro-tip: Firefox does most things better anyway. Give it a spin and enjoy a less-tracked web.

The defense attorney fell asleep during proceedings. The prosecution attempted to raise an objection, but the defense rests.

Get a sense of scale for computer storage...

Byte of data: a grain of rice
Kilobyte: a cup of rice
Megabyte: 8 bags of rice
Gigabyte: 3 container lorries
Terabyte: 2 container ships
Petabyte: covers Manhattan
Exabyte: covers the UK (3 times)
Zettabyte: fills the Pacific Ocean

<picking up someone's knit gifts at a local craft show>

You're telling me a hand made these gifts?

Pun, food mention 

When you're grilling some meat, you are a line to watch the new movie about a doll coming to life

A barbie queue

Every liberation movement is criticized as rude for disturbing the serenity of the oppressor. That's the strategy for ignoring you: you have to get them to fight you.

Hello Masto peeps, sorry i've been neglecting you all. let me make it up you you with my favorite clip i've made. MIMIC FIGHT
#pixelart #Gamedev #indiedev #retrogame #ドット絵 #solodev #gamedevelopment

Please don’t come.

Cancel your trip and donate the money to the Hawaii Community Foundation Maui Strong Fund instead.

hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/

:boost_ok: I'm not gonna stop making these posts until I get a job! Send me what you got, refer me if you can manage that, please!

- Comp sci degree
- 1.5 years as a software test engineer
- Python and JS
- Same field, web dev, sysadmin, or dev ops
- Remote preferred, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, USA

DM for a resume or any questions, take a look at my site for some examples of things I do!
werefox.cafe

#GetFediHired #HachyJobs #FediHire #TechIsHiring #Jobs #JobSearch

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