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	'title' => 'An interview!',
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<p>
	I found today that the <a href="http://community.floraverse.com/users/y.st/activity">Floraverse forums</a> are now up and running.
	They are no replacement for the $a[IRC] network I&apos;ve been banned from, but at least now I can interact with the community without it being about specific pages of the comic.
	There&apos;s an <a href="http://community.floraverse.com/t/andre-appreciation-thread/40?u=y.st">Andre appreciation thread</a> that I would like to participate in when I get some time.
	I&apos;m no artist, but drawing and posting pictures of Andre does sound like fun.
</p>
<p>
	I decided to mess with my command prompt a bit today, mostly because I don&apos;t like that the host name in the prompt isn&apos;t fully-qualified.
	I tried changing <code>\\h</code> to <code>\\H</code>, which I thought would cause the full host name to display, but it did not.
	I never could find a way to fix it, so I replaced it with <code>\$(hostname --fqdn)</code>.
	It seems hacky, but it does what I want it to.
	I also tried adding colors to the prompt, turning the text of the prompt cyan.
	However, this caused strange issues with the display of long commands, so I disabled it.
</p>
<p>
	I didn&apos;t get a whole lot of research done today, but I did find one strange registry.
	First, the <a href="/en/URI_research/usable_ccTLDs.xhtml#mw"><code>mw.</code></a> registry refused to believe that my email address is a real email address.
	I though this was because I use the uncommon <code>//st.</code> $a[TLD], but that would be a stupid reason; they run a $a[ccTLD] register, they should know that $a[ccTLD]s are valid.
	However, after some experimenting, I found that they actually have no problem with the <code>//st.</code> $a[TLD].
	Instead, they have a problem with my single-character $a[SLD]! Again, this is strange, considering that they themselves have some single-character $a[SLD]s in their register.
	To finish my research on them, I had to register for an email alias elsewhere.
	Second, the rules on their <code>//gov.mw.</code> namespace are strange.
	Normally, if a country reserves such a space, they only allow their own government to register names in it.
	However, <a href="http://www.registrar.mw/index.php?link=instructions">Malawi allows registrations from any government</a>! They say that they prefer that use by entities within their own government is preferable, but that it is allowed for outside governments to use it as well.
</p>
<p>
	I received an email from the company that asked that resumes be sent by email.
	They are now holding interviews and I&apos;ve been invited! There are probably several applicants that will be there, so I shouldn&apos;t get my hopes up too much, but I really hope I land this position.
	Interviews are from 14:00 to 18:00.
	I&apos;ll show up a bit early (most probably will) and try to get one of the first interviews, before the interviewers have gotten weary of dealing with candidates.
</p>
<p>
	My <a href="/a/canary.txt">canary</a> still sings the tune of freedom and transparency.
</p>
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