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Re:Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do... by pchander on Saturday April 25, 2020 @08:51PM (#22983173)
Re:Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do... by nemo1618 on Saturday April 25, 2020 @09:29PM (#22983426)
Oh shit, I totally forgot about bash.org. hunter2, DISREGARD THAT, "I put on my robe and wizard hat"... a lotta old memes came from IRC.
Re:Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do... by dnh44 on Sunday April 26, 2020 @07:08PM (#22991144)
I’m not sure which BBS system had this, I think it was Wildcat or WWIV, but if you typed something like %pw in a post other users would see their own password leading to a situation like hunter2.