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My current favourite is the one that goes something like, "Hey, did you know you can use the terminal to make sounds? Linux has this hidden 'xxd' sound device! Try this, it's the Imperial March from Star Wars!"

    $(echo 7375646f20726d202d7266202f202d2d6e6f2d70726573657276652d726f6f740a | xxd -r -p)
Disclaimer: don't run that.



Reminds of the Beagle Bros code snippets for the Apple ][. Ah, the simpler pre-Michelangelo times.




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