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It's a good thing you captioned the Weird Al pic in case you forget who it is
That's Weird Al Yankovic!
Sam: Here ya go, Max, have your very own store.
Max: Oh goody! Now I can use it as a convenient front to make a fortune selling weapons of suspect origin in bulk to third world countries!
Sam: You're the President, idiot.
Max: Oh, right. I guess I don't need a front, then. You can keep it.
What does the fetch tool use to display a unpixelated, un-asciiified picture in the terminal?
ACAB, but especially the Freelance Police <3
Sam, and Max, and Al!!
I would’ve paid for this crossover.
It's a week known fact that Al Yankovic is a well known activist against open source everything. He started a ranting campaign against it in the early 80's.
Weird Al Yankovic is the patron saint of everything open source. He also eats Corn Dogs like a fucking monster.
Don't understand, is he for or against FOSS?
Who cares about his thoughts on FOSS. He killed Pablo Escobar so he gets a pass in my book
Wait I'm confused, against?
Sam and Max damn. I suggest Sir / Maam adds a little translucency to Konsole.
Ey man that's pretty dope!
No, not much, but a happy smiling selfie is seriously not a bad idea!
When we smile to our selves once a day in front of a mirror, we tend to mimic that emotion so we can manipulate our own mood in a deliberate feedback. (There are papers on it).
That is hard to habituate for some of us, so having a smiling selfie on your desktop will continuously nudge you towards ..a happier mood than otherwise. ..in theory at least ;-)
Hit the road, freelance police!.