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Re:Reviving the 1973 Unix Programmer's Manual by scoot on Sunday November 19, 2017 @07:11PM (#15736747)
"The number of UNIX installations is now above 20, and many more are expected."

Understatement of the year, 1973.

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Re:Reviving the 1973 Unix Programmer's Manual by contingencies on Sunday November 19, 2017 @10:29PM (#15737544)
Nice pick :) Added to http://github.com/globalcitizen/taoup
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Re:Reviving the 1973 Unix Programmer's Manual by Bromskloss on Sunday November 19, 2017 @10:37PM (#15737579)
I don't use `gem`. Are these available in a format other than hardcoded into the source code?
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Re:Reviving the 1973 Unix Programmer's Manual by contingencies on Sunday November 19, 2017 @10:39PM (#15737586)
https://gist.github.com/globalcitizen/dba12c237722811e64fb86...
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Re:Reviving the 1973 Unix Programmer's Manual by qntty on Sunday November 19, 2017 @07:32PM (#15736865)
I wouldn't mind living in a time when an engineer could make a living supporting 20 users. (Or maybe you still can?)
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Re:Reviving the 1973 Unix Programmer's Manual by Anticapitalist on Sunday November 19, 2017 @07:43PM (#15736926)
That's 20 installations, not 20 users. In early computing many users would share the same computer.
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Re:Reviving the 1973 Unix Programmer's Manual by Sirened on Sunday November 19, 2017 @08:48PM (#15737188)
And now, (un?)fortunately, we have to support users and their creative ways of breaking things across many devices. A bright future for IT!
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