Tmp.0ut Volume 5(tmpout.sh) |
Tmp.0ut Volume 5(tmpout.sh) |
Good to have a reminder that it’s software engineering that has changed, not me.
An unreadable fantasy font logo at the top, multiple concentric frames, dot lines, l33t speech etc.
And I absolutely remember people complaining about slop in such intros even in the 90s, they just didn’t use that term.
We do, but as you say, they're often debugged into existence rather than cleanly designed into existence. ```
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.
Interview: Doug McIlroy: https://tmpout.sh/5/2.html
- can we get a whole magazine that explains ideas like this? https://visualrambling.space/neural-network/
Does anyone have any idea? It was definitely when Twitter was still Twitter as I remember reaching out to them about their ASCII art.
[1]: https://phrack.org
[1]: https://thugcrowd.com/archive.html
Edit to add, apparently one of the ThugCrowd people is part of tmp.0ut so that would explain why my mind immediately went there.
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.
It's 2026 - the site can look like an old-skool zine being displayed with monospace fonts on a computer monitor and easily still have alternate formats for mobile devices. Not having it is just pure laziness.
I wouldn't mind if Reader Mode could deal with the text, but it can't. Oh well.
Sorry, couldn't resist. Never got those as it was a bit before my time, I started coding in 2004'ish in EU and wasn't aware of 2600 until much later. Not sure if they ever moved digital?
> Welcome to tmp.0ut Volume 5!
They are kinda inconsistent about it, looking at the social media handles, ascii logos, etc.
You can do both, achieve a cool retro style and publish in a more modern format that supports multiple output devices.
(and interactions like these are part of the reason why I <3 HN)