Startups and big companies alike are swearing by this new data storage technology. One of the more popular ones was implemented and open-sourced by 1 (the dude in focus) and it is named after 2.

Identify the open source project(named after 2) which everyone seems to be so fond of these days.

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What connects:

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Who’s the guy in the pics?

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Here’s keeping with the spirit of the season. Something in (1) and the event in (2) share a name. Identify/connect:

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A website that is very popular now looked like this 5 years ago( when they launched ). Which website?

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Which epic movie was inspired by 1? (1 also appears in the movie)

Hint:

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Simple one, but could not resist asking this question :)
A recent internet meme did this to metro boards in NY. Which meme and what did these signs read before? (Please DO NOT expand acronyms in the

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Identify this sci-fi looking device, which is actually a real (and extremely nifty) device.

Clue:

Cracked by Logik, shrik, Rogi, Dibyo, Sumanth Patlolla, udupendra, Kaiser Soze and varuns88

Identify and Connect

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Who’s epitaph?

Pseudo-bonus points for pointing out the well-known screwup in this.

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