@andrew @[email protected] also makes it easier for people to LEAVE said platform/network
I make things.
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Gregory Wild-Smith
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‘60’s VW Bus owner, Ghostbuster, Clio Award winner. Formerly Zynga, Netflix, LinkedIn, & Coinbase.
A-CSM, A-CSD, & CAL1 certified Staff Software Engineer.
I make things.
I make things.
@Meyerweb it absolutely was due to the invention of printed type. There was *no concept of a standard space width* before then. If you’re going to claim otherwise you’re going to have to have a *bucket* of citations to support that.
@Meyerweb yes, due to the limitations of print. Shackling modern writing to the technological limitations of the past is not only silly, it’s doomed to failure.
@aviator @srgower @billseitz @XenoPhage @pluralistic it IS! I believe that is likely what popularized the term tbh
@srgower @billseitz @XenoPhage @pluralistic I always liked the (older) term Tech Noir. It was originally associated with cyberpunk but seemed to split off in the late 90s.
Three Software Engineers come to a one-way street.
The Junior Software Engineer looks to the right, then crosses.
The Senior Software Engineer looks to the right, left, then looks to the right again. Then crosses.
The Staff Software Engineer looks to the right, left, right again… then looks up to make sure there aren't any planes falling out of the sky… and *sprints* across.
@hdv @brad_frost that’s amazing. Common W from the Netherlands there.
@hdv @brad_frost where are you?!? It was killed in the UK with the digital switchover 😭
@scottsantens agree with the general premise but good lord the image uses an incredibly tortured & contrived example.
@hdv @brad_frost I thought teletext was killed off?