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Life-among-the-ruins of old technology. Accretion, aggregation, accrual. The lifecycle of systems. The author has their own pretty direct answer for you: > if
by jauntywundrkind 3y ago
Life-among-the-ruins of old technology. Accretion, aggregation, accrual. The lifecycle of systems. The author has their own pretty direct answer for you:
> if only because I thought it'd be interesting to watch such a legacy, time-worn piece of automation come back to life.
> ...and it was [ed: coming back to life]! I got to see the terminal boot from a quite sophisticated script and the sound of everything settling into place was enchanting, pitifully.
Being perceptive & interested in the world is what hackers do & are.
- sbierwagen 3y agoThe very next line, which you elided: >Unfortunately, though this did clear the error, it landed on (and got stuck) the exact same error when I tried my card lol He didn't actually fix anything. It's still broken.
- ShadowBanThis01 3y agoThere wasn't so much as a screen shot, nor was the system explored or restored. This post is way below any reasonable standards for a site like this and should have been buried, not promoted to the front page.