Hey, uh, I feel pretty ignorant here. And I'm gonna look stupid for not asking earlier. But, uh, what does "GNU" actually mean here?
@sc o-o and here i thought it was a reference to their love of coding but now I gotta ask, does this mean that the GNU project was referencing this or?
it's a Pratchett thing, it's code in a fictional relay system that causes the message to be relayed forever
so that someone's name lives on forever
also I'm not crying at all now
(okay I'm crying a little)
More details and how-to: http://gnuterrypratchett.com/
I'm aware its the name of a programming language that stands for "GNU's Not Linux", and the joke being that its recursive so you'll never know what the "G" stands for.
@DensetsuNoGomez Actually, I think it's from this! http://www.gnuterrypratchett.com/ But that does seem to be the origin for the reference.
@Ulfra_Wolfe GNU's Not Unix.
@CoronaCoreanici "GNU's Not Unix" makes for a not very understandable slogan with "GNU Natalie Nguyen". The Pratchett reference makes more sense.
@Ulfra_Wolfe The Pratchett reference is itself a reference to the GNU project (he was a free softawre supporter).
@Ulfra_Wolfe I’ve always wondered, thanks for asking.
@Ulfra_Wolfe https://gist.github.com/nightpool/bd6324b1fb632cf509e2ed827febe772 is the original quote from the book.
@Ulfra_Wolfe http://www.gnuterrypratchett.com/