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   nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 06:29:20 JST nixCraft 🐧

   • xkcd

   Well that was unexpected .Debian GNU/Hurd 2023 released https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/news/2023-06-11-debian_gnu_hurd_2023.html Also this reminds me of @xkcd comic https://xkcd.com/1508/

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     Adam Katz :donor: (adamhotep@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 06:29:19 JST Adam Katz :donor:

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     @nixCraft
     The last Hurd release was in 2016. Debian has been doing some good porting work, but there's nothing happening upstream ☹️
     https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/news.html

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 06:29:28 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     • zwangseinweisung
     @zwangseinweisung @nixCraft And somehow it's missing Haiku: https://xkcd.com/806/
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     zwangseinweisung (zwangseinweisung@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 06:29:29 JST zwangseinweisung

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     @nixCraft there is still plan 9

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 06:29:30 JST clacke

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     • Adam Katz :donor:
     @adamhotep @nixCraft Yeah, the first "Debian GNU/Hurd released!" was in 2013, so this is not a milestone, just the semiannual snapshot.
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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 06:29:58 JST clacke

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     Directly translating semiannually as halfyearly makes it obvious that it's once every half year, rather than half as often as yearly.

     TIL not to use any of these terms to stay safe. 🤣

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 06:29:59 JST clacke

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     • Adam Katz :donor:

     @adamhotep Ugh. I was avoiding "biannual" as it's ambiguous whether it's twice a year or once every two years, but "semi" seems to me obviously less than annual, so it can only mean once every two years.

     Seems the obvious was not so obviously correct.

     Debian GNU/Hurd has been released 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023.

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     Adam Katz :donor: (adamhotep@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 06:30:00 JST Adam Katz :donor:

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     • clacke

     @clacke I think you meant "somewhat annual"

     "Semiannual" means "twice a year" while "biannual" is usually a synonym but can alternatively mean "every two years" (aka "biennial"). Confusingly, "biweekly" usually means every two weeks.

     https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/definitions/bi-vs-semi-weeklymonthlyannually/

     https://english.stackexchange.com/q/18540/112762