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by martin_a 1284 days ago
While tempting, I should not click on any of these links from within the corporate network. Curiosity has to wait.
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This is why I had to fork nipple.js years ago. A harmless joystick library with a “ha ha okay…” name.

Oh and another: I had an uncomfortable talk with IT when I tried to navigate to the TypeScript playground by visiting “tsplayground” which… was definitely not typescript.

Finally: I will type “pythong” maybe once a month into bash. I’m not sure what that says about me.

Sorry this is off topic now. Naming is hard… sometimes fun.

Don't forget about gnome's liboobs (https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/liboobs).
Tales from the corporate firewall: Yesterday I couldn't access a website where "rechtsextremismus" (Right-wing extremism) was part of the URL. Obviously that URL contains sex and should therefore be blocked. -_-
Ha. Similarly a friend once told me that in days of yore she worked at a place where “postits” (as in, will you please order some more postits) was automatically transformed to “post*ts” in their intra-office chat system.
See also the "Scunthorpe Problem":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem

I hadn't heard of this; thanks! Also made me think of Jimmy Kimmel's Unnecessary Censorship bit.
That's why I have this phone in my pocket that can access the internet via the airwaves. Checkmate corporate network!

Oh, wait, now Google will update the ad analytics for me based on this visit. Abort! Abort!