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		ofrzeta on March 24, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Plan 9 from Bell Labs in Cyberspace That eccentric idea of calling the window system "8½" ... Back in the day when I was trying out Plan9 I spent a whole lot of time figuring out how to enter that on a keyboard.

smorrow on March 26, 2021 [–]

/bin/8*

smorrow on March 27, 2021 | [–]

okay, I'm an idiot. This would invoke 8c et al.

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