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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 04:21:20 JST nixCraft 🐧

   kids who would run dos defrag utility and sit and look at the little squares change colors are either {developers, sysadmin, devops} now or retired farmers

   • Owen Tyme (owentyme@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 04:22:39 JST Owen Tyme

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     @nixCraft It fulfilled my inner OCD side.

   • Psyhackological (psyhackological@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 04:24:42 JST Psyhackological

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     @nixCraft watch how it's getting being recreated in Rust

   • RyanParsley (ryanparsley@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 04:27:02 JST RyanParsley

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     @nixCraft visualizing defragging has stuck with me as a metaphor for so many things.

     Paying down tech debt to speed up development.

     Organizing my workbench for more efficient building.

   • petur 🔵😶 (peturdainn@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 04:27:41 JST petur 🔵😶

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     @nixCraft 💯

   • Viss (viss@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 04:28:13 JST Viss

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     @nixCraft

   • Marcus Jenkins (marcusjenkins@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 04:32:40 JST Marcus Jenkins

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     @nixCraft Developer in my case. Close to retirement.

   • Ryek Darkener (_ryekdarkener_@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 04:41:23 JST Ryek Darkener

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     @nixCraft
     This is so much better than many other programs.

   • Mondriter (moonrider_acme@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 04:50:51 JST Mondriter

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     @nixCraft yes, i do. Even as a screensaver!

   • R0851 (r0851@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 04:55:43 JST R0851

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     @nixCraft can confirm -- retired farmer here

   • Old Man in the Shoe (jenzi@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 04:56:59 JST Old Man in the Shoe

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     @nixCraft

     One theory of life on planet Earth is that it arose to order proteins from the right to the left. That's it, stacking proteins to one side. And here we are inventing computers that kind of did the same thing.

   • Fier (fier@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 04:57:50 JST Fier

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     @nixCraft Did that when I was young. Worked as a dev for 2+ years and now I'm studying to become a Therapist, lmao.

   • Elliott (eep@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 04:58:14 JST Elliott

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     @nixCraft I did helpdesk work a long time ago and when I got called to someone's desk for something trivial/silly I would run defrag to make it look like I was doing fancy and technical work. It always seemed to make people feel better.

   • potpie (potpie@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 05:02:05 JST potpie

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     @nixCraft I became a Latin teacher... But my homebrew programs and shell scripts are integral to my workflow so... I should look into farming.

   • GoatsLive (goatslive@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 05:14:54 JST GoatsLive

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     @nixCraft Guilty! 😁

   • HoracioDos (horaciodos@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 05:53:19 JST HoracioDos

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     @nixCraft Thousands of lost hours watching defrag. I want them back!! Life is short.

   • Guy on the run (philleu@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 06:09:53 JST Guy on the run

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     @nixCraft
     Guilty!

   • Chris from Earth (chrisfromearth@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 06:24:21 JST Chris from Earth

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     @nixCraft
     It was very satisfying.

   • Pandanus (pandanus@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 06:51:20 JST Pandanus

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     @nixCraft Currently living in and regenerating a rainforest…

     That’s one square per season defragging right there.

   • JeffG (orion3311@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 07:21:17 JST JeffG

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     @nixCraft the mod players moved a little faster.

   • Joykill (joykill@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 09:13:06 JST Joykill

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     @nixCraft just lowly tech support here.

   • ישראל (ojocle_olonam@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 09:14:34 JST ישראל

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     @nixCraft oh! I'm still in operation!

   • Jon Gilbert (jgilbert@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 10:22:15 JST Jon Gilbert

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     @nixCraft You're not wrong

   • Patricia Under Construction (patricia_rcga@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 15:31:26 JST Patricia Under Construction

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     @nixCraft used to really love watching it go. Could tell it was working, too.

   • Brain Pilgrim (brainpilgrim@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 04-Aug-2024 22:55:00 JST Brain Pilgrim

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     @nixCraft Or, players of M.U.L.E.