Are you trying? I've been brutally bashing my head against some ancient telnet shit recently and this actually was concretely helpful and I could apply it immed

Are you trying? I've been brutally bashing my head against some ancient telnet shit recently and this actually was concretely helpful and I could apply it immediately. The tone and presentation seem calculated to annoy HN readers (nice) but this article has a bunch of difficult-to-uncover details with just enough context to apply them if you actually have a use for them and a desire to.