Nerd pleasures: RFCs, names, and server naming

Merlin details RFC obsessions and machine-naming practices while John recalls conventions and RFC 1178.

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John explores how to repurpose an extra hole.

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Merlin comes clean about his slashed-sevens resolution, and John explains the sweatshirts of his storied attic.

For a main topic, John explores how to repurpose an extra hole.

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(Recorded on Tuesday, February 3, 2026)

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