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		intelVISA on Dec 5, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: How did your computer reach my server? remember the avg person presses colorful squares on a screen to "operate a machine" this type of self-directed exploration is still in the hacker spirit imo even if it's not the Next Big Thing according to greybeards I enjoyed using it and i'm sure many others too, though i do agree we're in interesting times with how regressed the modern understanding of computing truly is

yieldcrv on Dec 5, 2023 [–]

It makes me wonder what other random system utilities I could hook up to an API and be like “look! wow! netstat from another computer!”

intelVISA on Dec 5, 2023 | [–]

You should be at YC with visions like that

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