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[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

There is a wall decoration at the Enschede central station listing all the important companies started there by the local university and all but one I had not heard of (which is prob my fault) but those also all sounded like 'Floorp' I get a chuckle every time I walk past it.

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Satire died when my friend told me at their Very Serious Corporation with a Very Important Mission Critical Software Stack they use a thing called "Splunk" and it wasn't a joke.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 3 points 3 weeks ago

Snort with Splunk!

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Tech people should be banned from naming things (I'm fine with including myself here)