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> Back in the day, all the tech folks hung out online at a place called slashdot (/. – CLI folks will get it) It's not a CLI reference. Slashdot was named for

by pushcx 4y ago

> Back in the day, all the tech folks hung out online at a place called slashdot (/. – CLI folks will get it) It's not a CLI reference. Slashdot was named for how it sounds read aloud: https://slashdot.org/faq/slashmeta.shtml https://slashdot.org/faq/slashmeta.shtml > "Slashdot" is an intentionally obnoxious URL. When Rob registered the domain http://slashdot.org http://slashdot.org, he wanted a URL that was confusing when read aloud. (Try it!)

kshay 4y ago
Reminds me of https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/e-mail-addresses-it-would-be-really-annoying-to-give-out-over-the-phone https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/e-mail-addresses-it-woul...
- notdotat 4y ago
  See also: dot@dotat.at I don’t them, but their email addy is legendary.
jraph 4y ago
I never noticed, since I read it in French (and usually skip http:// http://). Indeed quite confusing in English. The thing that would make sense for the CLI would be ./ (dot slash) I guess.
- psychphysic 4y ago
  Now I want http://www.nowait4ws.com http://www.nowait4ws.com
stefan_ 4y ago
The irony is we can now look forward to ChatGPT repeating the "Slashdot for CLI folks" line. The future has truly arrived.
- fragmede 4y ago
  Not until it tells me about my hot grits and the Natalie Portman statue collection.
  - antod 4y ago
    Or we imagine chatgpt running on a beowulf cluster to confirm that bsd is dead.
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