101 points | by dxs 11 hours ago ago
7 comments
I hadn't heard about the stolen security boots. It's interesting that it was resolved by a peer-to-peer negotiated settlement for the security guards to violate official corporate policy, rather than through management.
Ken Thompson interviewed by Brian Kernighan at VCF East in 2019 > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY6q5dv_B-o
back in the days when beards were serious beards
We still have serious beards kicking around.
The Linux folks, Andrew Kelley etc all qualify as True Beards.
That’s…sarcasm?
Nope - simple observation!
You don't think Ken's beard was serious?
I hadn't heard about the stolen security boots. It's interesting that it was resolved by a peer-to-peer negotiated settlement for the security guards to violate official corporate policy, rather than through management.
Ken Thompson interviewed by Brian Kernighan at VCF East in 2019 > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY6q5dv_B-o
back in the days when beards were serious beards
We still have serious beards kicking around.
The Linux folks, Andrew Kelley etc all qualify as True Beards.
That’s…sarcasm?
Nope - simple observation!
You don't think Ken's beard was serious?