Similar. I’d guess it was something like ctrl-z; ps -e vi; kill -9 procnum on a vt100 terminal.

ESR: “Every good work of software starts by scratching a developer’s personal itch.”

…because corporations are people? Blegh.

Whenever I try, I get Ravi Bhatia screaming “How can she slap?!”

Orions are demonstrably mammals, but unfortunately fictional.

You’re forgetting the pre-Web internet: 99% students & academics. It was largely awesome. When you did get trolled, it was by someone who could spell and form a cohesive argument.

This is what happens when you try to put Humpty Dumpty back together again.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer

2001 called and asked for its headline back.

In case anybody else was confused, the character on The Simpsons is Nelson Muntz.

My experience in going from C to C++ was different: if you’re not converting everything from mallocs with custom addressing systems to the collections framework, you’re not living.

Republicans’ effort to count fails after they run out of fingers.

Three fiddy.

Me looking around the article for a satire tag.

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PEMA is technically correct. Division and subtraction are illusions.

I can live with 100 burgers = rent, if burger=$10, but not $18.

Do you want Hannibal Lecters? Because that’s how you get Hannibal Lecters!

Calling Weird Al: There’s a Queen parody to be had here.

I’d say there was a period before reddit hit its pinnacle where Quora was significantly better. Probably more than 10 years ago, though, and only for a few years. I remember when I started spending more time on Reddit than Quora.