Rob Ricciricci@discuss.systems
Jun 30, 2026, 2:51 AM@robpike fun(?) fact, we worked with this reporter several months ago but he got laid off from the TV station, apparently he just got permission to post it on his own youtube channel
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bitsaversbitsavers@oldbytes.spaceJun 30, 2026, 3:11 PMI was wondering why it never ran.
At the time we realized the sound bite that needed to get out to the general public was that Unix is everywhere.I've also been thinking that thanks to the community, Unix is probably the most completely preserved piece of 70s software that exists in the world.
- Rob Ricciricci@discuss.systemsJun 30, 2026, 4:10 PM
@bitsavers @robpike we did kind of get that sound bite into the stories that ran in local news, such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-3RJaKcw_4 but this "new" video definitely foregrounds it more
Jun 30, 2026, 4:30 PM@ricci @bitsavers @robpike I didn't expect to become an AI-generated thumbnail: https://discuss.systems/@thalia/116835417030068268
The Audacity of Nopesecretasianman@types.plJun 30, 2026, 4:32 PM- Rob Ricciricci@discuss.systemsJun 30, 2026, 4:32 PM
@thalia @bitsavers @robpike uh whoa
aburka 🫣aburka@hachyderm.ioJun 30, 2026, 4:38 PM@thalia @ricci @bitsavers @robpike gross, sorry they did that to you
Jul 2, 2026, 1:25 PM@thalia @ricci @bitsavers @robpike Ewwww