Mastodawn

Overheard at the lab: “I don’t understand why people do drugs when they could be doing operating systems research instead.”

@dan Just do both. And you just said drugs, nothing about legality, so sugar also counts.

@kristallpirat @dan awesome *rolls a banknote*

@dan well, for one, drugs have more predictable effects and modes than operating systems,

@dan hah, yes, agreed

@dan because drugs damage your brain less than #plan9 does. And I say that as someone who likes plan 9. From a safe distance.

@DrHyde @dan I could quit any time I want.

@DrHyde @dan my what???

“Two of the most famous products of Berkeley are LSD and Unix. I don’t think that is a coincidence”

The Unix Haters Handbook, 1994

@dan it's possible to deploy novel drugs

@dan only some drugs are depressants