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> "write" was used to DM a person. Notably, it did so by literally opening up the tty associated with the user's session and spitting bytes directly at it. It

by ajross 2y ago

> "write" was used to DM a person. Notably, it did so by literally opening up the tty associated with the user's session and spitting bytes directly at it. It was a different world back then.

kps 2y ago
`stty 0 </dev/ttyxx` was briefly popular when I was in school (although setting an incorrect but nonzero baud rate would probably have been more annoying).