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   ~n (nblr@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jun-2024 22:47:44 JST ~n

   This happened exactly 40 years ago.

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     Moana Rijndael 🍍🍕 (mo@mastodon.ml)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 06:11:00 JST Moana Rijndael 🍍🍕

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     @nblr :ageblobcat:

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     Alexander Sosedkin (monk@social.unboiled.info)'s status on Friday, 21-Jun-2024 04:27:35 JST Alexander Sosedkin

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     • mittorn
     @mittorn @nblr can't have both: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%5EX
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     mittorn (mittorn@masturbated.one)'s status on Friday, 21-Jun-2024 04:27:36 JST mittorn

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     @nblr W was replaced by X. Why replace back X by W?

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     DesRoin :fullstacklive: (desroin@geekdom.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 06:37:04 JST DesRoin :fullstacklive:

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     @nblr I didn't even know there was a "W" Window System xD

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     isengaara (isengaara@vocalounge.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 06:37:10 JST isengaara

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     • Ludovic Courtès

     @nblr
     Today we have Wayland built I still use X. Some apps and xfce that I use do not support Wayland yet.
     @civodul

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     clay anderson 🇺🇦🇮🇱🔰🥑🌐🚲🗽☢️ (cshentrup@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 06:37:18 JST clay anderson 🇺🇦🇮🇱🔰🥑🌐🚲🗽☢️

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     @nblr 3 months later I started kindergarten.

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     Growlph Ibex (growlph@greywolf.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 06:37:23 JST Growlph Ibex

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     • Paul Gatling

     @nblr @paulgatling Wow, TIL why it was called X

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     Jef Poskanzer :batman: (jef@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 06:37:28 JST Jef Poskanzer :batman:

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     @nblr Did not know that the first API was in CLU. One of my favorite languages!

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     Garrett Wollman (wollman@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 06:37:28 JST Garrett Wollman

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     • Jef Poskanzer :batman:

     @jef @nblr Both came out of Barbara Liskov's research group. In 1994, although Scheifler had moved on, Barbara and her group were still there, around the corner and down the hall from me.

     The 5th floor of 545 Tech Square was an astonishingly productive place: X, the End-to-End Principle, library operating systems, packet audio and video over wide-area networks, "soft state", RSVP, mesh networks, content-addressable file systems, TCP time-sequence plots, ...

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     wakest ⁂ (liaizon@social.wake.st)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 06:37:42 JST wakest ⁂

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     @nblr you want the code? just come by with a tape!

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     John Francis (johnefrancis@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 06:37:47 JST John Francis

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     @tux0r @hackbyte @hanser I think Yayland! would attract a lot more converts.

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     tux0r :openbsd: (tux0r@layer8.space)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 06:37:48 JST tux0r :openbsd:

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     @hackbyte @hanser They should have named Wayland "Y".

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     hackbyte (hackbyte@friendica.utzer.de)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 06:37:50 JST hackbyte

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     @hanser Not even remotely funny.
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     hanser (hanser@hofra.rocks)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 06:37:57 JST hanser

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     @nblr

     Ah, back then they switched from W (Wayland) to X and are slowly realizing their mistake and are migrating back to W now?

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     Emmanuele Bassi (ebassi@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 06:38:03 JST Emmanuele Bassi

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     @nblr "There is no documentation yet; anyone crazy enough to volunteer? I may get around to it eventually."

     🎶 Tale as old as time… 🎶

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     leonceundlena (leonceundlena@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 06:38:09 JST leonceundlena

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     @nblr Anyone who wants the code can come by with a tape.

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