Please don’t be shocked, but I’ve been reading old #UNIX Review magazines on Archive.org, as one does.
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It's summer, 1985.
I get a call from my buddy to open this month’s issue of UNIX WORLD magazine to page 110.
I see they are preparing to standardize the C programming language.
I say, “This is a good thing" under my breath.
I am still punk as fuck.
They should re-create this steel-bound UNIX reference manual.
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@occult can confirm this is how I use technology already, get on my level 2026
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Computing in the year 2029 as depicted in UNIX WORLD magazine, 1985.
RE: https://vox.ominous.net/@occult/116085999024791244
@occult there’s still time
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@Haste Imagine thinking this illustration was appropriate for UNIX WORLD magazine in 1985, geared toward business users, not realizing that in 2026 it could be used as banner art for an LGBTQ+ self-hosted Mastodon instance.
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Computing in the year 2029 as depicted in UNIX WORLD magazine, 1985.
@occult The only thing off is how excited they look.
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@occult the more of these I see the more I am convinced that their target audience was in fact gay wizards
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@occult literally me coding
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@occult the more of these I see the more I am convinced that their target audience was in fact gay wizards
@Haste lets be perfectly honest... if you're going to start a magazine focused on UNIX computing in 2026, you really do need to target the gay wizard demographic.
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Computing in the year 2029 as depicted in UNIX WORLD magazine, 1985.
@occult LOL
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@occult Every new language, tool, platform, library, and framework in the last 40 years was going to cut development time in half. Must be close to zero already even without Claude.
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Computing in the year 2029 as depicted in UNIX WORLD magazine, 1985.
For a woman wearing two wigs at once and tied into her chair by a copper band, she seems awfully happy.
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For a woman wearing two wigs at once and tied into her chair by a copper band, she seems awfully happy.
@CppGuy I don't judge.
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Computing in the year 2029 as depicted in UNIX WORLD magazine, 1985.
@occult What, that's not how you use your computer?
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Computing in the year 2029 as depicted in UNIX WORLD magazine, 1985.
@occult everything, including this laser beam, is a file!
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It's summer, 1985.
I get a call from my buddy to open this month’s issue of UNIX WORLD magazine to page 110.
I see they are preparing to standardize the C programming language.
I say, “This is a good thing" under my breath.
I am still punk as fuck.
@occult ANSI C FOR LIFE
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Computing in the year 2029 as depicted in UNIX WORLD magazine, 1985.
@occult @bert_hubert we can still get there! 3 years left!
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Hey #Fediverse! See you all at the 1985 California Computer Show.
@occult
It's only March. That's in May.
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Computing in the year 2029 as depicted in UNIX WORLD magazine, 1985.
@occult give ai access to nuclear bombs and it will playout with punch cards
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They should re-create this steel-bound UNIX reference manual.
@occult giving new meaning to "throwing the book at someone"
