@mwl we're sooo lucky it's usually years old produce. Fresh onions are :flan_cry:

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@mwl except when you have a proper (sharp) knife so you can cut through the layers/computers.

@mwl 😂

@mwl what about parfaits?
Or 7-layer dip?
7-layer-OSI-dip?

@mwl I feel this in my bones

@mwl I'm just a basic LInux user and understand this lol. Just got my editing software working after a month of faffing

@mwl And they taste better when they're cooked.

@mwl incredibly true! 🧅

@mwl @xgqt this is so true

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@mwl and sometimes the inner layers go rotten but the outer layers still look OK

This is my most popular toot since I joined the fedi in 2018.

So I've gotta mute it. Being popular is bad for my psyche.

@mwl Which is why, after 3 decades of messing with computers, I finally switched to healthcare. About the worst thing that can happen to me, now, is a patient pukes on me. When I worked in IT, sometimes, I had to perform perverse acts like finding a subtle error in a maze of m4 scripts for Sendmail.

@mwl And Ogres.

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Stimmt.
/i: Hyperthreading und parallel processing ist wirklich der ultimative Kick für Masochisten /i

@mwl ah, the 9th OSI layer - tears

@mwl I need @kagan to see this (scroll up from this comment)

@mwl @siracusa

We build our computer systems the way we build our cities: over time, without a plan, on top of ruins.

-ELLEN ULLMAN

@mwl oof I felt this into my core O^O

@mwl Layercake sounds more sweet, but still makes you cry.

@mwl You don't say

@mwl like Docker 😂

@mwl There's a kernel of truth in that.

@mwl caramelizing computers also takes more time than usually stated in recipes

@mwl Shrek's theory was correct: "onions have layers"

@mwl Yet, when you make it through the crying phase it can do some really awesome things!

@mwl every layer has its own generation of SRE. 😏

@mwl I first said something similar on usenet, nearly 40 years ago. Can't find an example now, but it got adopted in other folks' .sigs... https://marc.info/?l=qmail-ldap&m=101495733031772&w=2

@mwl also, they get better when you fry them … wait

@mwl troof

@mwl @SwiftOnSecurity When you peel them. If you use them like the 99.9% out there… ignorance is bliss!

@mwl Each layer lies to those adjacent.
One day programmer-archaeologist will be a major craft.

@mwl and sometimes the layers break down and it starts to smell really bad

@mwl especially layer 8

@mwl No gain, without pain
--my physics teacher, in school

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