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    14 months ago

    his very first program

    Who’s very first program? The sysadmin or powerruser? Neither of them are likely to make programs, and idk why anyone would bring a printout of a program to a sysadmin to inspect.

    I can’t tell if this is self-deprecation of sysadmin or a PEBCAK joke.

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      4 months ago

      This likely originates from the Before Times when universities would have a full time sysadmin who would often write some of the software for the computer system/network at the university. See Bastard Operator From Hell for an example.

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        4 months ago

        As native speaker of English: English is stupid

        I’ll tell you who isn’t first (in my heart); the Angles. Nor are any of their descendants.