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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Lemmy is the only place I've seen EBCDIC referenced, other than the college class that introduced me to it.

Lemmy is for sure the only place where I've seen a JOKE about it. Nerd.

I like you.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I worked for a credit bureau for a while and a product we had used a mainframe for billing customers. So the billing file was in EBCDIC.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Financial and health institutions are famously behind the times.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

NERRRRRRRRRRRRD!!!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Okay, Homer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

lulz