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My home server was a totally justified purchase (lemmy.world)

submitted 15 hours ago by GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/50893918

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[–] toynbee@piefed.social 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

This is, if not from Real Life Comics, very reminiscent of it.

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 10 points 11 hours ago (5 children)

Pretty sure it’s from Serial Experiments Lain, a show I’ve heard much about but haven’t watched yet so I’m not 100% certain about this.

[–] toynbee@piefed.social 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

TY!

edit: Seems you're correct. however Real Life Comics had at least one strip about how, iirc, the protagonist introduced his girlfriend to Linux and the next week she was building a Beowulf cluster. The visuals were not dissimilar to this, but RLC is difficult to search in my experience.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 hours ago

It is, and you should watch it

[–] Jesus_666@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

I have watched it and just seeing the meme has gotten Lain's theme stuck in my head.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

Looks about right to me.

[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

haven’t watched yet

That's a bug. You need to fix that ASAP.