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[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago (6 children)

In case you were wondering the 'w' in 'wine' stands for 'wine', and the full acronym is 'Wine Is Not an Emulator'. What do you think the 'w' in 'Wine Is Not an Emulator' stands for?

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

As a younger teen trying to get starcraft running on my linux box, my parents were definitely upset when they saw me browsing "winehq". They thought I was trying to get booze shipped to our house :D

[–] who@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

It originally did not. Then it did for a time. Now it does not.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I once tried to play "PHP" in Scrabble and argued that it should be infinite points.

The opponent didn't agree.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's personal home page and I don't care if they retconed it

[–] ChaosMonkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

And Linux Is Not Unix.

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

idk let's ask yaml

[–] doctordevice@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

TikZ ist kein Zeichenprogramm