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[–] rem26_art@fedia.io 202 points 3 days ago (2 children)

swap out those mechanicals windows for mechanical linux and then we'll talk

[–] Thorry@feddit.org 85 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I use Arch BTW.

Like just huge arches instead of windows or even doors, Arch is all you need.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 20 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I thought Emacs is all you need?

[–] Thorry@feddit.org 41 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Impractical_Island@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Real programmers use memes to program the machines of the world.

[–] realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Tfw you come to your first day of work in critical infrastructure to maintain drivers and highly critical network applications and they're all written in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOLCODE

Just play Zork all day until you get fired. They'll think you're coding!

[–] Morphit@feddit.uk 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

https://youtu.be/urcL86UpqZc

According to this documentary, you're wrong!

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 days ago

I never thought about how a physical arch relates to physical windows. Interesting.

[–] Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone 38 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I am more of a hydraulic Linux person myself

[–] dai@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's pneumatic Linux, though.

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Actually it's GNUmatic Linux.

[–] WR5@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago

Likely not, the whole point of hydraulics is that the fluid is non-compressible!