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ultraboom··on Nikon photography contest winner loses title after scientists spot signs of AI
In a news broadcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz3V9398LEY
ultraboom··on The tilde in your PATH may not be your HOME
The bash man page is comprehensive, precise, and well-written. A recommended read for any bash user.
ultraboom··on TK, or the secret to effortless writing (2024)
I slice my latke with a pocketknife.
ultraboom··on Hosting a website on an 8-bit microcontroller
I did the ACE1101 version, and mailed a preprogrammed chip to the artist in Saskatoon. Archive.org has the original description:

https://web.archive.org/web/20020605032321/http://d116.com/a...

It was great fun bumming the code down; eliminating ping made room for bit-banged I2C and UDP uploading to an eeprom, still <1024 bytes.

ultraboom··on How did people deal with punch cards?
The best thing about punch cards and FORTRAN was punching a "C" in column 80; then the statement could be commented-out simply by reversing the card.