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#terminal

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Did you know that awk supports networking?

Yes, THAT awk, the text data processing tool that some of us use for quick throw-away oneliners.

This may sound impractical -- and it probably is -- but I love how networking is implemented in GNU Awk. I love the beauty of the abstraction with Plan9's everything-is-a-file vibes.

Check out my breakdown of a working reverse shell code written in awk, link in the first comment.

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"Heh, that's a good idea." When they landed, Kiki and Tav leapt out and ran to the idling C-130J. Jack pulled out his phone, opened a #terminal and felt relief. His backdoor to Keek's processes was still there and untouched.
It was a twelve hour flight to Russia.
He had time to wrangle whatever surprises Bo and his buddies might've coded into her. 12/12
#wss366

Ever since walking along a beaver dam in childhood, Violet had engineering #aspirations, but the #terminal degree at the community college was an associate's degree--not a good enough qualification.

"You could work with Smitty," her dad said. "He builds houses."

But Violet dreamed bigger: bridges. road systems. environmental landscaping.

She knew what she had to do. One night when the moon was waxing, she went to the beaver pond. Maybe they'd take an apprentice.

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Zeffir folded his hands in his lap. "Yes, Sair?"
Dobron looked into the distance. "Soon, I will be joining my ancestors."
Zeffir started. "Sair?"
"My condition worsens. The healers say it is #terminal."
"But you can't!" Zeffir cried. "Not… Not until I…" He burst into tears.
Dobron tousled his hair.
"Is winning so important?"
Zeffir looked up, stricken. He shook his head.
"Fear not," Dobron said. "I will not give up so easily. But you are now in a race. And death waits for no-one." (3/3) #wss366

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@Yuki @OS1337 @bjornsdottirs no need to go beyond 1440kB when using mlb instead of #syslinux (which wastes 200kB on it's own!)

  • Also including the #initramfs into the #Kernel can save more due to better compression than two seperate files.

Needless to say the core idea is to be a continuation of #tmsrtbt and a "minimalist #linux distro" as in "#SSH #Terminal #Firmware"...

Minimal Linux Bootloader. Contribute to OS-1337/mlb development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHubGitHub - OS-1337/mlb: Minimal Linux BootloaderMinimal Linux Bootloader. Contribute to OS-1337/mlb development by creating an account on GitHub.
#linux#ssh#terminal

I’ve recently been trying mapping command (⌘ or cmd) to control (ctrl) on #macOS when within the #terminal. I'm doing this in #KarabinerElements. Why? One less key on a compact ergonomic keyboard!

I quickly excluded ⌘+tab as a special case for application switching (more useful than ctrl+tab), but should have seen another obvious clash coming:

It only took a day for me to press ⌘+c for copy, and get ctrl+c which cancelled what I was running 🤦