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Back in '77 I worked with Steve Bourne on /bin/sh (little known fact: like awk, sh was named for its inventors, 'S' for Steve and 'H' for Humbert) and was responsible for the 'done' keyword. Following that I alternately pursued computer programming, field anthropology, and general philology; I currently work for an organization that has no name in the field of complex system obfuscation.

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84 Answers

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18	Why does deleting a file on a USB stick not free up space?
10	Can I make links to email addresses open Gmail instead of Evolution?
8	How can I email an attachment from the command line
8	What's the best way to store a passphrase?
7	Boot time is super fast, how come?

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+8	When is it appropriate to use `dump` vs `rsync`?
+10	Scan many pages straight into a PDF
+10	How to fix broken repository information?
+10	list of apt-get packages for upgrade

4 Questions

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9	No application to launch when plugging in ipod
6	Why does update-mime-database complain about uri/rtspt and other unusual types?
6	meta-package dependencies
2	gnome-open confused: Could not display “/home/msw/anything”