I've seen a race of electronically linked humanoids who share information in a vast decentralized net to which they all have access; who see data as a kind of neutral atmosphere, like air; who use technology to share thoughts and impressions at all times; who are never out of contact with one another; and who react to the briefest removal from their shared consciousness with an itchy, frantic eagerness (cf. "Hugh") to get back.
I learned about socat a few years ago and am generally surprised more developers don’t know about it. Perhaps I appreciate it all the more since I saw it being used for the first time to fix a…