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 $ cat state
 idle
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+## Credits
+
+Many sources of inspiration:
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+- [Plan 9 from Bell Labs](https://9fans.net) — for an interesting system
+- [@9fans](https://github.com/9fans) — for the Plan 9 port
+- [Suckless](https://suckless.org) — for articulating good software development principles
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