Unfortunately, I can't grow a proper UNIX beard. The most I can manage is a rather scraggly goatee, so I go for clean-shaven or a bit stubbly these days. Niklas Den fre 18 dec. 2020 kl 14:59 skrev Tyler Adams : > I imagine there's relatives like the programmer beard, but googling "UNIX > beard" returns some examples where it seems to be a thing. > http://www.usenix.org.uk/content/unix_beards.html > https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Unix%20beard > > https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/4nt38v/how_many_of_you_have_a_unix_beard/ > https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why-do-hackers-love-beards-so-much subtitle: > " Decoding the “Unix beard” at this year’s DefCon. > https://pthree.org/2009/11/01/get-your-unix-beard-on/ > > Tyler > > > On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 3:56 PM Noel Chiappa > wrote: > >> > From: Tyler Adams >> >> > We all know and love the UNIX beard, but I can't find anything on >> how >> > the beards started other than an old photo of Ken and Dennis >> >> I'm not sure the term is Unix-specific. At a fairly early stage, people >> who >> worked on the ARPANET/Internet (when PDP-10's were still the 'usual' >> host, and >> Unix systems were just starting to beceome common) were jokingly known as >> 'network grey-beards': the prototypical one being Jon Postel. (Vint Verf's >> beard was too tidy to qualify, IIRC!) >> >> Noel >> >