Talking to someone about Nix.

[mcc@mastodon.social]

@hipsterelectron Hello, this is a news article about the military actions of the Government of National Unity in Libya

[hipsterelectron@circumstances.run]

@mcc early versions of python and gnu mailman were funded by and directly developed at the government research facility bob kahn fucked off to after stealing credit for inventing the internet from louis pouzin

[hipsterelectron@circumstances.run]

@mcc oh i see the page now. i always think about GUN soldiers in shadow the hedgehog (2005) as GNU as a little joke. a treat. i also used to work at a government research facility (LLNL, DOE) and think they can be some of the most incredible places to work hiring people who genuinely want to build infrastructure that lasts. it is terribly upsetting that warfare is the most reliable source of funding

[bonsai@hachyderm.io]

@mcc Thanks. I did not know that about Nix.

[cppguy@infosec.space]

@mcc @hipsterelectron

This GNU's not (GNU's not Unix). 😄

[yuki@im-in.space]

@mcc you had me for a sec lmao

[davidr@hachyderm.io]

@mcc That joke aside, I stopped donating to the #FSF when I learned Stallman is an Epstein defender.

[mcc@mastodon.social]

Update: As the conversation progressed, it gradually came up that Nix® is also the name for a brand of childrens' anti-lice shampoo. We have at least one strong endorsement of Nix® from a Mastodon user. https://rascalking.com/@dave/statuses/01KGX1N4FVG7DX6Z02JVMGWT8M

[bestgirlgrace@social.illegalpornography.com]

@mcc God I hope the lice shampoo doesn't take military funding

[burnoutqueen@todon.nl]

@mcc BSD was made with DARPA funding, and the sockets api that it introduced is the foundation of the modern internet. Some GNU code in inetutils was originally from BSD

[brad@1040ste.net]

@mcc Gnu's Definitely Not Unix 😂

[ingalovinde@embracing.space]

@mcc fedi users will go to conferences to talk about managing packages with nix and then will go home and treat conference lice with nix