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1. Today I learned (todayilearned@noc.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 01:07:04 JST Today I learned

   TIL that by the late 90s, 80% of digital library catalogs ran on the PICK operating system, named after its developer Dick Pick.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynix_(software)
   https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15vji58/til_that_by_the_late_90s_80_of_digital_library/

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   • Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 01:07:04 JST Moon

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     @todayilearned I crashed my entire state's library system running this in the early 90s when I figured out it could view text files over FTP on the internet. They removed the feature after that.