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• joshuaS98
  ``` How can people write big systems in general?We do, but as you say, they're often debugged into existence rather than cleanly designed into existence. ```
• sph
  Seeing stuff like this reminds me why I got into computers in the late 90s. Human ingenuity paired with love for the art and the craft.Good to have a reminder that it’s software engineering that has changed, not me.
• harel
  This reminds me that I have a stack of 2600 magazines in the garage somewhere. I need to revisit them...
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  glimshe
  A small window to how we used to spread deep computer topics in the 90s. No substacks or X posts. Very cool.
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  NDlurker
  The mixtape is great. Not sure what genre this would be considered but it's very interestinghttps://soundcloud.com/blotter1/blotter_tmp0ut_2026
• atannen
  Good interview with McIlroy. Fix this: Goldstine, as in the citations, not Goldstein, as in the body text.Also, the text mentions CDC 1620. I don't think this existed. Either it was IBM 1620 or CDC something else.I'd be just as happy with clear readable type, but the content is the thing.
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  pixelpoet
  Is the zero instead of capital O in the title intentional?
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  guerrilla
  Wow, it's been a while since anyone published anything this interesting.
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  Rendello
  This one was good:Interview: Doug McIlroy: https://tmpout.sh/5/2.html
• chews
  really missed an opportunity to make this available via SSH shell or renderable in lynx.
• brettermeier
  Very nice aesthetics.
• vivzkestrel
  - i like visual- can we get a whole magazine that explains ideas like this? https://visualrambling.space/neural-network/
• nekooooo
  wow, actual hackers
• darkstar_16
  I miss the ezines scene!
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  bargainbin
  Love the aesthetic. There was another ezine like this years ago focused on cybersecurity, I’ve forgotten its name now but the ASCII art involved was top notch.Does anyone have any idea? It was definitely when Twitter was still Twitter as I remember reaching out to them about their ASCII art.
• josefritzishere
  This is gorgeous; supremely impressive.
• debo_
  The interview with Doug McIlroy is incredible. It's almost worth a link all on its own.
• anon
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  iberator
  Very cool and BBS/hacking style. BUT almost useless on mobile :(I prefer to use a PC but that kind of articles are perfect to read when commuting.You could just use <br> instead of fixed length words per line.
• megagpt1
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  BodyCulture
  It would be great if you hacked your website to be better usable on a smaller mobile device! I need to zoom in to read, but then I also need to scroll sideways because of fixed layout.You can do both, achieve a cool retro style and publish in a more modern format that supports multiple output devices.