@jmac I think back then memory was expensive, so shared libraries were very important (leading to DLL hell, of course). I think Linux was more of a minority platform then, so there was more emphasis on following the traditional Unix directory structure.

Apt was pretty magical back in the days before anyone else had an "app store", and it's kind of a shame that now instead of one place to get apps, we have at least four (apt, snap, flatpak, and appimages). Back then, of course, one regularly had to build from source, so maybe this complaint wouldn't have happened?

There's also a reflexive neophobia among technologists, for good reasons, although I think that was less of a thing in the Slashdot era.

So on reflection, I think the major complaint back then would have been memory and disk usage.

@mjd Congratulations!

@aysamanra I always feel a tiny bit guilty when I normalize a vector. I think vectors should be allowed to let their freak flags fly.

@jessamyn Nope, for roughly the same reason as Semantle: once I binge a game like this, I lose interest.

@jessamyn And if you're in the mood for an easier game than Semantle, I also made Middles.