this post was submitted on 19 Oct 2024
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unix_surrealism

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one should not chase the electric dream, but strive to became an extension to its dreamer

Automatism in the age of the children of Unix.

It's a box of antique photographs. A blade, a girl and a fish. Whatever it means, you're invested.

https://analognowhere.com

Now that you're a surrealist, become a Techno-Mage:

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Some of the books I can make out:

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Can I get a quick run down on these books. Are they considered special or definitive in some way?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

K&R C book is still considered to be a good resource to learn C. K&R is also a popular C style guide.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't know what this community is about but I like the colours!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's a cyberpunk comic themed on open-source stuff.

https://analognowhere.com/wiki/analognowhere/

The character shown in the posted comic is Girl.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Also acceptable: The best, post-apocalyptic, dystopian, esoteric-technology-themed webcomic in the Fediverse featuring anthropomorphized unix-like operating systems.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Looks like chicken scratch with no cool jokes or meaning. Just...why

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's really just BSD propaganda, if you're immune to it, you already won!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

His display name is "Linux is for pussies". He's probably a hardcore NetBSD user!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Because this whole fictional world feels like a dream.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

Man I want to go to this book fair! They were my favorite thing during school, going to the little metal rolling things, buying a book or maybe even a scientific kit! So many Encyclopedia Brown books!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

I notice a book on dash. I wonder if it’s the dash that is the default shell on Debian. I always had a historical curiosity about the original author of the shell that would become dash, Kenneth Almquist. It’s just such a ubiquitous piece of software and yet there’s basically no information about the person who wrote it. All I’ve ever been able to find is his original Usenet post announcing his Almquist Shell. I think it would be cool if somehow in her world, the techno mage is the one who figures out what happened to Kenneth Almquist, who somehow winds up playing a role in her journey.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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