Category: The Nerdy Sixty
Not your average sysadmin sit-down.
The Nerdy Sixty – Complete. Compiled. Committed.
You made it. 60 terminal-wrangling, history-digging, logic-bending challenges later, The Nerdy Sixty comes to a close. What a ride.
The Nerdy Sixty | (60/60) Hello, World Origins | Solution
Solution: Learn that the “Hello, World!” program first appeared in Brian Kernighan’s 1974 programming examples and was popularized by the 1978 K&R C book.
The Nerdy Sixty | (60/60) Hello, World Origins | Challenge
Learn that the “Hello, World!” program first appeared in Brian Kernighan’s 1974 programming examples and was popularized by the 1978 K&R C book.
The Nerdy Sixty | (59/60) Year 2038 Problem | Solution
Solution: Understand that on January 19, 2038, 32-bit Unix time will overflow, potentially causing software that uses 32-bit time_t to fail (similar to Y2K, but for Unix timestamps).
The Nerdy Sixty | (59/60) Year 2038 Problem | Challenge
Understand that on January 19, 2038, 32-bit Unix time will overflow, potentially causing software that uses 32-bit time_t to fail (similar to Y2K, but for Unix timestamps).
The Nerdy Sixty | (58/60) Emacs Therapist | Solution
Solution: Discover Emacs’s “doctor” mode, an ELIZA-like chatbot from the 1960s embedded in the editor.
The Nerdy Sixty | (58/60) Emacs Therapist | Challenge
Discover Emacs’s “doctor” mode, an ELIZA-like chatbot from the 1960s embedded in the editor.
The Nerdy Sixty | (57/60) 3D ASCII Demo | Solution
Solution: Install the `bb` package to watch a retro 3D ASCII art demo animation in your terminal.
The Nerdy Sixty | (57/60) 3D ASCII Demo | Challenge
Install the `bb` package to watch a retro 3D ASCII art demo animation in your terminal.
The Nerdy Sixty | (56/60) Robot Finds Kitten | Solution
Solution: Install and play the zen game ‘robotfindskitten’, where you roam as a robot (#) to find the kitten among random items.