i imagine the few people still working on and around the X Window System technology stack, their travails wearying enough already, waking up today and reading tech news headlines and letting out a long, ragged sigh, loud enough to startle flocks of crows from their trees.

@jplebreton

1985, a dark, smoky lab at MIT.

“We have to release the latest version of the X Window System!”

What version are we up to?

“X10!”

*maniacal laughter*

Home automation engineers: *crying softly into pillow, the lamp on the nightstand automatically dims in sympathy*