Love the aesthetic. There was another ezine like this years ago focused on cybersecurity, I’ve forgotten its name now but the ASCII art involved was top notch.
Does anyone have any idea? It was definitely when Twitter was still Twitter as I remember reaching out to them about their ASCII art.
Maybe you're thinking of Phrack [1]?
I wonder if there'll be another edition of it, and if yes what it would look like, now that the AIpocalypse seems to have reached security research...
A small window to how we used to spread deep computer topics in the 90s. No substacks or X posts. Very cool.
No boring themes either. There was more than the corporate bland aesthetic.
Seeing stuff like this reminds me why I got into computers in the late 90s. Human ingenuity paired with love for the art and the craft.
Good to have a reminder that it’s software engineering that has changed, not me.
I miss the ezines scene!
Good interview with McIlroy. Fix this: Goldstine, as in the citations, not Goldstein, as in the body text.
Also, the text mentions CDC 1620. I don't think this existed. Either it was IBM 1620 or CDC something else.
I'd be just as happy with clear readable type, but the content is the thing.
Wow, it's been a while since anyone published anything this interesting.
Agreed. Love stuff like this. Keep it comin’
wow, actual hackers
This one was good:
Interview: Doug McIlroy: https://tmpout.sh/5/2.html
That was an amazing read.
- i like visual
- can we get a whole magazine that explains ideas like this? https://visualrambling.space/neural-network/
Love the aesthetic. There was another ezine like this years ago focused on cybersecurity, I’ve forgotten its name now but the ASCII art involved was top notch.
Does anyone have any idea? It was definitely when Twitter was still Twitter as I remember reaching out to them about their ASCII art.
Maybe you're thinking of Phrack [1]? I wonder if there'll be another edition of it, and if yes what it would look like, now that the AIpocalypse seems to have reached security research...
[1]: https://phrack.org
Darnet Diaries'episode about the legendary phrack
https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/170/
there will be a new Phrack this year still!
Thank you, that is very reassuring to know :D
(and interactions like these are part of the reason why I <3 HN)
Not Phrack but I did find it, ThugCrowd [1]!
[1]: https://thugcrowd.com/archive.html
Edit to add, apparently one of the ThugCrowd people is part of tmp.0ut so that would explain why my mind immediately went there.
The interview with Doug McIlroy is incredible. It's almost worth a link all on its own.
Very cool and BBS/hacking style. BUT almost useless on mobile :(
I prefer to use a PC but that kind of articles are perfect to read when commuting.
You could just use <br> instead of fixed length words per line.