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Seeking alternative compression. Hopefully wrong on average. Shameless. Started @getcognito and @bloom

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Joined August 2012

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    John Backus‏ @backus Jul 1

    Shrek, the Gulag of Dreamworkspic.twitter.com/PIxfoWFPxR

    9:58 PM - 1 Jul 2018
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    • InfraredArmy Tomasz Kajtoch kyleD feistyferret þ Kate Margaret Mike Miller Fred Fuchs Markus
    9 replies 210 retweets 535 likes
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      2. NihilismMeansNothing‏ @InkBlotQ Jul 3
        Replying to @backus

        Where is this from? Where can I read this whole thing?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. John Backus‏ @backus Jul 4
        Replying to @InkBlotQ

        https://nypost.com/2010/05/16/ugly-green-montrous/ …

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      1. ☧ious☤ Prev:  🏮Futaba Respecter ❤️‏ @RoisVoid Jul 2
        Replying to @backus @GolfNorman

        While this is amazing The Prince of Egypt did not flop. Tis a lie.

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      1. danqueseq 🦎 🐌 🦗‏ @danqueseq Jul 2
        Replying to @backus

        >getting shreked

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      1. Abe Voelker‏ @abevoelker Jul 3
        Replying to @backus @guy_jin

        Reminds me of Silent Hill (the video game), which was also a rubber room project developed by Konami “misfits”

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      1. Киберразъеба Прайм‏ @alex_fgsfds Jul 3
        Replying to @backus @JackFrost14_

        What's described was called "шарашка" (sharashka) during USSR

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      1. Omar Rizwan‏ @rsnous Jul 1
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        Omar Rizwan Retweeted Omar Rizwan

        https://twitter.com/rsnous/status/839534328140845056 …

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        Omar Rizwan @rsnous
        "We won't introduce it, but we'll just develop it in case we need it… I called it the 8086." http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2012/04/102658299-05-01-acc.pdf#page=32 … pic.twitter.com/3matbayiJQ
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      1. Snakeposter‏ @HikageSenran Jul 3
        Replying to @backus @Snegglepuss85

        Trigger warning: may lose sides

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      1.  💀Curse of the Wereseal ☠️‏ @RegressiveBard Jul 2
        Replying to @backus @TheQuQu

        >called it being shreked

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      1.  🎮Franxxfurt  👻‏ @Franxxfurt Jul 2
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