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ceaselessbasher · 5 months

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Here's an internet hidden gem for y'all

So I'm fucking around in the network section of Firefox's developer's tools because I'm taking a Django course and I'm looking at the instructor's samples as part of a lecture and I spot this little thing:

and I'm like ????? Sir what are you doing in my browser???

The instructor of this course likes making little references all the time (for example he often uses "42" as a value because of Hitchhiker's), so my first thought was that he is also a Terry Pratchett fan and added him as a value in his sample code, but what is "x-clacks-overhead"?

Well, let me share with you what I found on the X-Clacks-Overhead website:

In Sir Terry's novel "Going Postal", the story explains that the inventor of the Clacks - a man named Robert Dearheart, lost his only son in a suspicious workplace accident, and in order to keep the memory of his son alive, he transmitted his son's name as a special operational signal through the Clacks to forever preserve his memory

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As a way to preserve the memory of Sir Terry Pratchett, the users of the SubReddit for the Discworld series came up with the idea behind the X-Clacks-Overhead HTTP Header. It allows web authors to silently commemorate someone through the use of a non-invasive header that can be transmitted from server to server, or server to client without operational interference.

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At the time of writing, Mozilla.org (makers of the Firefox web browser), the makers of Debian (a popular Linux Operation System), and Xml.com (a major repository of standards information) are examples of some of the backbones of the Internet who transmit the Signal "GNU Terry Pratchett".

It's not that the instructor is making a hidden little reference to Terry Pratchett. It's so much more than that. And I think it's beautiful :')

EDIT: There's more information in the GNU Terry Pratchett website if anyone is interested

#NO I HAVEN'T READ DISCWORLD IM SORRY ITS ON MY LIST #terry pratchett #discworld #discworld series #going postal #mogologue #http #web development #backend

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protagonistpolling · 11 months

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Woah! Nice Hat!

Why should you vote for these characters?

Why should you vote for Bocchi? (1)

"Silly, pink and embodiment of my social anxiety"

Why should you vote for Ib? (1)

"9 year old child commits arson and murder for revenge after someone kills her friend."

Why should you vote Rincewind? (1)

"He’s such a pathetic little man (affectionate). He just wants to stay in the library but keeps getting dragged into world saving adventures. He misspelled the word wizard on his hat."

Why should you vote for Hat Kid? (1)

"They stole her ship fuel let the little alien have some fun PLEASE she keeps getting nearly k.o.ed by time peice theives and mustashioed fellow little girls"

#poll2023 #tournament poll #hitori gotoh #bocchi the rock!#btr!#ib #ib game #rincewind #discworld series #hat kid #a hat in time #ahit

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fluffyblue-multifandommess · 1 year

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just finished reading my first Discworld novel, Guards! Guards!. I loved it and I want more. Suggestions on which to read next?

#won't be right away cos im a little broke #discworld #terry pratchett #guards! guards!#discworld series #blue fandom ramblings #i love these characters i love carrot i love vimes i love sybil #i want to know more about vetinari his worldview is So pessimistic #if you showed him how people are in a thriving socialist countr either his head would explode or vetinari.exe would spend five days updatin

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joncronshawauthor · 8 months

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The Marvellous Evolution of Magic Systems in Fantasy

Today, we’re going on a trip to the fantastical realm of magic systems in fantasy, the invisible scaffolding supporting the marvellous spectacles in our beloved enchanting tales. As ubiquitous as a unicorn in a fairy tale, these systems are the heart and soul of many a fantastical narrative. What is a Magic System? A magic system is the set of rules that governs the use of magic in a fantasy…

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bookloversofbath · 2 years

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Soul Music :: Terry Pratchett

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#0-5750-5504-9 #books by terry pratchett #discworld #discworld series #english fiction #fantasy fiction #first edition books #imaginary fiction #imaginary literature #imaginary novels #imaginary stories #satire fiction

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sneez · 4 months

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my lord of autism

#discworld #havelock vetinari #artwork #i have read. A Lot of discworld this year #i just finished the watch series so im moving on to moist next. very excited for moist #anyway i love 100% of the characters but vetinari is probably my favourite hes a massive bitch i love him #other characters who are my favourites include sybil angua carrot and constable visit. and vimes but he goes without saying #also vetinari is about as close to canonically acearo and autistic as a character has been since sherlock holmes which means da world 2 me #i was talking about this yesterday but i think him and holmes would get along. steepling their fingers at each other #i have a lot of thoughts about vetinari but i cant really express any of them i just rotate him in my head often #i hope you are all doing well my friends and that you are enjoying the end of the year :D i luv you

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magpiesketchins · 2 months

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I'm sorry I didn't sign up to be emotionally eviscerated by Sam Vimes reading to his son.

#Thud!#sam vimes #This book is going to be a trip for someone with a Bad Relationship With Their Father isn't it #Sam fucking Vimes man #Truly the most character ever #This is my first read through of the city watch series and it has consumed me #discworld #He's a good dad!!!!#I'm emotional about it!!!

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scribbles-on-the-cave-wall · 2 years

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everyone's favorite world turtle!!!!

#i stole my friends tablet for this :)#world turtle #discworld #the disc #the great a'tuin #discworld series #art #my art #digital art #this is like some of the only digital art ive ever done and i love it #terry pratchett #im planning on making a proper print of the disc later :)))

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bodhrancomedy · 11 months

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By the way, if it was Harry Potter or Percy Jackson please don’t answer because I’m trying to see what else people loved. Also, children’s, not YA.

#deaf #queer #polls #books #children’s books #Roman mysteries #discworld #a series of unfortunate events

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robotbirdhead · 2 years

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We get, rightfully imo, pretty sad and somber and naval-gazey about Discworld and Sir Terry on the 25th of May but I need everyone who might be discovering this series through this annual outpouring of love and sadness to know that these books are mostly just really fucking funny. Like, they're heart-wrenching and poignant but really they can only pull that off because they're also the funniest books ever written. There's a line near the end of Hogfather that, when I read it, made me feel more deeply connected to, like, the concept of humanity then I ever have before, but the book was only able to deliver that because the rest of it is about what if Santa Claus got kidnapped and a Big Skeleton had to take over his job? It's a patently ridiculous series but that is absolutely also where it's power comes from.

#discworld #Terry Pratchett #the glorious 25th of may #lilac day #gnu terry pratchett #speak his name #ive been reading these books for three years now #and im still not done 😣#every year i tell myself i will finish the series before discworld day #but once again i am made a liar #only two to go now though #if i manage not to finish the series by next year something might have gone wrong

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p4nishers · 5 months

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mobius m mobius and loki laufeyson in loki // expert from soul music by terry pratchett.

#back on my 'mobius loves like discworld death' bullshit again #look i know this probably only makes sense to me and tj but. let me have this ok.#mobius m mobius #lokius #loki season 2 #loki #loki series #web weaving #poetry #gnu terry pratchett #terry pratchett #discworld #discworld death #soul music

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inquissien · 1 year

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Very late to the party, but I've read my first discworld novel

#I got interested in it because of discworld elysium #(it's great you should check it out here on tumblr)#and my friend who is fan of the series suggested me to start with going postal #one of the reasons being that I would like the protagonist #and she was right #discworld #going postal #terry pratchett #moist von lipwig

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wolfoflua · 1 year

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“OMG I can’t boycott Harry Potter what will I read then?!”

#harry potter #Discworld #there's a better british book series waiting for you #and if you liked good omens it's written by one half of the good omens authors

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joncronshawauthor · 10 months

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A Book for All Seasons: Why Terry Pratchett's Hogfather is a Must-Read All Year Round

Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather is a novel I can’t help but love. Published in 1996, it’s the twentieth book in Pratchett’s popular Discworld series, and tells the story of Death and his granddaughter Susan trying to save Christmas and rescue Santa…erm…I mean, save Hogwatch and rescue the Hogfather. Full of witty humour, clever satire, and relatable characters, the Hogfather skewers fantasy tropes…

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carriemebags-art · 2 months

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I finished Night Watch today and I am Changed.

#sam vimes #night watch #city watch #discworld #I'm reading through the series for the first time #sam vimes my beleoved

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creativenicocorner · 15 days

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I don't have the words to acutely explain this desire.

But I would love to watch Laios Touden and Carrot Ironfoundersson interact.

There's something about them... you know?

LIKE????

Okay goofs aside, beyond Laios having carrots in his armor.

There's something about the pair of them. Their steadfastness, the earnestness, the 'is actually cleverer than they seem', the carrying acute amount of knowledge about what interests them (Laios: monsters. Carrot: rules and ordinances of Ankh-Morpork and Dwarf bread) the KINDNESS. OUGH

I could mention a very specific something else, but I don't want to spoil anime only watchers and those who have yet to read any Discworld book featuring Carrot (the watch series). If you know you know ;) 👑

I can't be alone in thinking this!! In seeing this!!

#Carrot Ironfoundersson #Laios Touden #Discworld #Dungeon Meshi #Delicious in Dungeon #I guess what I'm really wondering is #if Ryōko Kui ever read Discworld #I know the series (or part of it) was translated into Japanese!#nico blabs into the void

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