Because, as it stands, ole Donny boy is going to aid him not hinder him

Take your pick from the Linux family tree

And now I flap. Into your face. I flew right into your big lamp, it looks just like that thing in space.

Why does that look like an LTT clickbait thumbnail image?

Upskill. I’m not ‘upskilling’ someone, I’m training them.

Hey Peter Man! Check out Channel 9! Hobbit foot exams!

I’m getting the impression he worked with brass balls

This was also my first Linux distro after having used Sun’s Solaris while at uni. I think I tried out Slack and Suse at around the same time, but stuck with RedHat and related distros for about 6 years.

If they were trained by the Paris firefighters then they can face anything

He truly is the Holy Farter

It is the horseshoe crab of trees

Given the right conditions, some plants can live indefinitely. Others die shortly after seeding.

Do plants die of old age though? Now that question has been put in my head, I need to know.

Be back in a bit, going down a rabbit hole.

Other people who’ve read it and who I’ve talked with seem to be split over whether the first book is better than the sequels, or the other way around. I prefer the sequels, my wife prefers the original. Do you have a preference?

I had no idea this was being worked on, and the news has made my day

Game: Super Mario Galaxy
Book: The Rama series, Arthur C Clarke
TV: The West Wing
Movie: The 5th Element

Simple fix, change legal name to Al.

Image of Brits still singing ‘God save the queen’ 2 years after her death

My face, screaming in horror, but in words instead. I’ve only really worked with projects in homogenous languages on the application side, so hadn’t considered that. Thanks for taking the time to reply.

There is an IETF standard for UUIDs? Do we need an IETF standard for UUIDs? I’ve been coding since the '90s and never thought a UUID to be complicated or contentious enough to need a standard. I guess it makes for a pretty unique icebreaker to say you’ve contributed to an IETF standard, if you get invited to those sort of parties.