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 remove elements from this list as you see fit.
 
 * test literally anything at all on a BSD and a Darwin
-* yices: more vigorously
+* yices: test more vigorously
     * is alarm working correctly?
     * what about resource limits?
 * kuroko: test more vigorously
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 * create a custom preprocessor to generate shell scripts
     * takes a sane syntax and transforms it into my fucked-up code style with `&&`s
 * generate Dockerfiles too
-* do build virtualization without Docker, a la Void Linux
 * use code style everywhere
+* do build virtualization without Docker, a la Void Linux
 * patch busybox with Alpine patches (especially security)
 * add note that cosmocc is separate from jart's cosmocc
-* handle -shared in cosmocc (i.e. warn about it)
+* handle `-shared` in cosmocc (i.e. warn about it)
 * describe Dockerfile gotchas and whatnot
 * util: include the "pretty" version of dedupe.awk instead of the golfed version
 * use "proper" directory structures in /opt