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Current professional computer nerd, former professional weather nerd. Licence plate collector, design and type geek, raconteur, bon vivant. ‘He’/‘Him’.

Wellington, New Zealand
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    Nick Piesco‏ @nickpiesco 21 Feb 2019

    Last night, I had the privilege of riding in the car with the best nerdy licence plate/frame combo in the Bay Area.pic.twitter.com/XeMXa4wHVg

    Licence plate ‘TAR XVZF’ with frame saying ‘It’s bigger on the inside’ on a Mini
    1:47 PM - 21 Feb 2019
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    • Steven T. Cramer #Blazor DIPΛK C. GΛJJΛᏒ ⚡ Anusha Josh Coupe Suraj Nath 🌻 Abigail kāmpønēz Senhor Coisinho Joan Smith
    66 replies 1,470 retweets 5,368 likes
      1. Nick Piesco‏ @nickpiesco 21 Feb 2019

        (It *just* dawned on me that there’s an extra level of ‘compression’ jokes to be made here. My hat is off.)

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      2. Rich Seymour‏ @rseymour 21 Feb 2019
        Replying to @nickpiesco @stevesi

        As the owner of http://zxvf.org  I like this but I also think it’s demonstrably the wrong way to type it (on qwerty at least)

        9 replies 1 retweet 84 likes
      3. Jeffrey  🇩🇴‏ @jeffreyrr 21 Feb 2019
        Replying to @rseymour @nickpiesco @stevesi

        Agreed, I was about to say the same. zxvf FTW!

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      1. Anthony Hess‏ @adhess 21 Feb 2019
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        Brilliant

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      1. Dawn Endico‏ @endico 21 Feb 2019
        Replying to @nickpiesco @lemay

        Reminds me of the plates @mjg5772 had

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      1. Death will not release you‏ @7leaguebootdisk 21 Feb 2019
        Replying to @nickpiesco @vaurorapub

        Tar xvjf if you want it even smaller on the outside

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      2. MrBill.ethernet‏ @SecureThisNow 21 Feb 2019
        Replying to @nickpiesco

        pic.twitter.com/9bqKc3YWFH

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      3. ./adhddd #  🍁‏ @douglasdd 22 Feb 2019
        Replying to @SecureThisNow @nickpiesco @scanlime

        ??

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      1. Chris Hasz‏ @chrishasz 21 Feb 2019
        Replying to @nickpiesco @stevesi

        The correct answer is tar -xvfc

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      1. Joe Boyle‏ @3d_jb 21 Feb 2019
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        @climagic might appreciate this

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