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consider that the term "Easter egg" for hidden surprises in software, put there for people to find, was still years away in 1973, but the practice of hiding Easter eggs was very much alive, and in fact goes back to the beginning (unfortunately some Easter eggs were just excuses to be nasty)

codehappy lives!@codehappy.bsky.social

unfortunately, TREK73 (1973), an early (unofficial, fan-made) 'Star Trek' game for mainframe computer at the start you were asked to specify sex; if you typed 'M' you would be addressed "SIR", if you typed 'F' you would be addressed "MISS", you could give any other character and get a random slur

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codehappy lives!
@codehappy.bsky.social

but you should be making words for new things. you should be recognizing and doing things there aren't yet words for. if you aren't, what are you doing? "is there anything new under the sun?" legibility to others is increasingly unimportant/cheap, remember. "the right ones will get it."

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