There's a billboard on my commute for a company that's hiring technical people. They're using Unix commands in the ad to attract the people they want, so the ad says:

Want to tail -f the latest thing? Then wget http://some/company/url!

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The customer hasn't renewed my contract for next year, so I'm a free agent again.

I'm looking for system administrator and application support work in the greater Los Angeles area.

Email thread.

Boss: Everyone can leave early today.

Coworker #1: Awesome! Everyone have a great holiday! Anyone having a turducken?

Coworker #2 [Vegetarian, not native English speaker]: I think I might instead try a Tofucken !

Thread: ended

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