Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 2 months agofuck_around/find_outsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square107linkfedilinkarrow-up1990arrow-down146
arrow-up1944arrow-down1imagefuck_around/find_outsh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 2 months agomessage-square107linkfedilink
minus-squarecobysev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 months agoFor some reason, this just sparked an ancient memory of the Geek Code, which was a sort of signature block you could append to your emails and online bios to show off how much of a geek you were in the geekiest fashion possible. Goddamn I’m old.
minus-squareRob Bos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoRemember it spawning a bunch of copycats? For a while every community had their own code block. I wrote one for a usenet group i was in at the time. alt.sysadmin and alt.sysadmin.recovery both had em iirc…
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoWow, hadn’t thought of that thing in ages. Now all we need is for B1FF to bring back ASCII sword signatures.
For some reason, this just sparked an ancient memory of the Geek Code, which was a sort of signature block you could append to your emails and online bios to show off how much of a geek you were in the geekiest fashion possible.
Goddamn I’m old.
Remember it spawning a bunch of copycats? For a while every community had their own code block. I wrote one for a usenet group i was in at the time.
alt.sysadmin and alt.sysadmin.recovery both had em iirc…
Wow, hadn’t thought of that thing in ages. Now all we need is for B1FF to bring back ASCII sword signatures.