@nixCraft one time as kids, separated from our computer for a weekend and before the advent of smartphones, we attempted to write machine code on paper to be directly input on our calculator via a hex editor
an early attempt instead crashed the calculator, which erased the hex editor, so we weren't able to continue. ah well. it was a fun diversion
@nixCraft I think the most unusual was from the inside of a real-size robotic bull cinetic sculture, installed in the courtyard of a abbey, while it was snowing.
@nixCraft Dictating over the phone a simple ksh and awk loop to kill a bunch of processes from my rented room to an operator in the NOC of a bank in the mid 90s.
@nixCraft One of the most fun things I ever did, was push a BASIC program, which I wrote, from a - can't remember what's it's called
There used to be these tiny computers, basically a keyboard and a 1" screen, that a reporter would use. Powered by a half-dozen AA batteries. You could write up some text, and then plug in and fire it off to the home server over telnet
Well, I used one of those to update an IBM server, whilst I was at a football match, to fix the "automatic" scorecard system
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