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Re:Leaking URLs to the Clown by gumby on Monday June 24, 2024 @08:30PM (#40782859)
It's been pretty common (derogatory) slang for "the cloud" for many years in certain circles I am in, so I assume that was the usage hear.

The clown emoji is also useful in this regard in SSIDs or strings in programs (breaks all sorts of things that it shouldn't too)

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Re:Leaking URLs to the Clown by ggm on Monday June 24, 2024 @09:14PM (#40783195)
I also like the Glaswegian "my computer is in the Clyde" meme. I always think of the cloud as a tired PC, bobbing around in the water, near Dumbarton.
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Re:Leaking URLs to the Clown by gumby on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @12:01AM (#40784347)
Hilarious, I can hear this in my head. Thanks!
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Re:Leaking URLs to the Clown by fuzzfactor on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @10:51AM (#40789375)
>slang for "the cloud"

Never had heard that but it was obvious from the title.

Cloud quite often is clown-computing, or maybe clown-car-computing.

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