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  a meme, slightly off-topic Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> - 2022-12-29 20:13 +0000
    Re: a meme, slightly off-topic Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-12-29 12:31 -0800
      Re: a meme, slightly off-topic BGB <cr88192@gmail.com> - 2022-12-30 10:27 -0600
      Re: a meme, slightly off-topic Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> - 2022-12-30 17:40 +0000
        Re: a meme, slightly off-topic David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-12-30 19:33 +0100
          Re: a meme, slightly off-topic "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-12-30 13:58 -0800
      Re: a meme, slightly off-topic om@iki.fi (Otto J. Makela) - 2023-01-04 12:16 +0200
        Re: a meme, slightly off-topic "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2023-01-04 14:31 -0800
          Re: a meme, slightly off-topic Matt Fax <mattfax84100@gmail.com> - 2023-03-07 19:56 -0800

#168689 — a meme, slightly off-topic

Saw this dating meme the other day, and it references C programming:

https://is.gd/OMTkfn

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#168690

Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> writes:
> Saw this dating meme the other day, and it references C programming:
>
> https://is.gd/OMTkfn

Not sure why you'd use a URL shortener that hides the actual site.  That
kind of thing *could* be used to spread malware.

It redirects to
https://media.tilde.zone/system/cache/media_attachments/files/108/718/484/208/150/753/original/d91a0a2e3b8d6fb8.jpeg

It seems harmless enough, but not really worth clicking.  It's a cartoon
with the caption "I lied to you.  We're not gonna watch netflix.  I will
teach you C programming".

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
Working, but not speaking, for XCOM Labs
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */

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#168692

On 12/29/2022 2:31 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:
> Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> writes:
>> Saw this dating meme the other day, and it references C programming:
>>
>> https://is.gd/OMTkfn
> 
> Not sure why you'd use a URL shortener that hides the actual site.  That
> kind of thing *could* be used to spread malware.
> 
> It redirects to
> https://media.tilde.zone/system/cache/media_attachments/files/108/718/484/208/150/753/original/d91a0a2e3b8d6fb8.jpeg
> 
> It seems harmless enough, but not really worth clicking.  It's a cartoon
> with the caption "I lied to you.  We're not gonna watch netflix.  I will
> teach you C programming".
> 

Though, to be fair, the show the image is from is "Serial Experiments 
Lain" which was computer-themed and did at least show C code at one 
point IIRC (though more as a background thing).


Not exactly a new show, came out around the time I was in middle school 
during the late 1990s...

At the time the show came out, Netflix was still based around mailing 
out DVDs and having users mail them back. Though, the show doesn't 
appear to be set in the same universe, so it is unclear if Netflix would 
exist in the first place (show also depicts use of ISDN, which would 
have been a stretch for things like online video streaming).

...

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#168693

On 2022-12-29, Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> wrote:
> Not sure why you'd use a URL shortener that hides the actual site.

I used a URL shortener because my news client rejects lines longer
than 80 characters.

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#168695

On 30/12/2022 18:40, Ben Collver wrote:
> On 2022-12-29, Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Not sure why you'd use a URL shortener that hides the actual site.
> 
> I used a URL shortener because my news client rejects lines longer
> than 80 characters.

Enclose the URL in angle brackets:

<https://media.tilde.zone/system/cache/media_attachments/files/108/718/484/208/150/753/original/d91a0a2e3b8d6fb8.jpeg>

Then it does not matter how it is split across lines - it will still 
work with any decent newsclient.  This has been the standard practice 
for decades, for email in particular.

(Disclaimer - I have not bothered looking at that link.)

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#168696

On 12/30/2022 10:33 AM, David Brown wrote:
> On 30/12/2022 18:40, Ben Collver wrote:
>> On 2022-12-29, Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Not sure why you'd use a URL shortener that hides the actual site.
>>
>> I used a URL shortener because my news client rejects lines longer
>> than 80 characters.
> 
> Enclose the URL in angle brackets:
> 
> <https://media.tilde.zone/system/cache/media_attachments/files/108/718/484/208/150/753/original/d91a0a2e3b8d6fb8.jpeg>
> 
> Then it does not matter how it is split across lines - it will still 
> work with any decent newsclient.  This has been the standard practice 
> for decades, for email in particular.
> 
> (Disclaimer - I have not bothered looking at that link.)
> 
> 

looks like an anime where a pretty woman (too skinny for me) is going to 
teach somebody how to program C instead of watching netflix. She lied.

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#168720

At this point, the URL just gives a XML file which says amongst
other things "The specified key does not exist."

From the description, I think I've seen it before, eg. here:
  https://twitter.com/__femb0t/status/1552048412941484034
-- 
   /* * * Otto J. Makela <om@iki.fi> * * * * * * * * * */
  /* Phone: +358 40 765 5772, ICBM: N 60 10' E 24 55' */
 /* Mail: Mechelininkatu 26 B 27,  FI-00100 Helsinki */
/* * * Computers Rule 01001111 01001011 * * * * * * */

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#168721

On 1/4/2023 2:16 AM, Otto J. Makela wrote:
> At this point, the URL just gives a XML file which says amongst
> other things "The specified key does not exist."
> 
>  From the description, I think I've seen it before, eg. here:
>    https://twitter.com/__femb0t/status/1552048412941484034

You got it! :^)

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#169565

On Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at 2:32:07 PM UTC-8, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> On 1/4/2023 2:16 AM, Otto J. Makela wrote: 
> > At this point, the URL just gives a XML file which says amongst 
> > other things "The specified key does not exist." 
> > 
> > From the description, I think I've seen it before, eg. here: 
> > https://twitter.com/__femb0t/status/1552048412941484034
> You got it! :^)

Ha!

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