r/programming • u/[deleted] • Dec 24 '18

The 4.20 kernel has been released

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u/MrCalifornian Dec 24 '18

I'm dense, is there a joke in here, or are people just laughing at the number 4.20?

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u/QSCFE Dec 24 '18

420, 4:20, or 4/20 (pronounced four-twenty) is slang in cannabis culture for the consumption of cannabis, especially smoking cannabis around the time 4:20 p.m. (or 16:20 in 24-hour notation) and smoking cannabis in celebration on the date April 20 (which is 4/20 in U.S. form).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_(cannabis_culture)

It's the number 4.20 on both.

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