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		ratww on Nov 7, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: _why's Estate If anyone is interested in the links that return 404, here's the current location of the projects. Some are still maintained: • bloopsaphone: https://github.com/localhost/bloopsaphone • hacketyhack: https://github.com/hacketyhack/hacketyhack • markaby: https://github.com/markaby/markaby • metaid: https://github.com/whymirror/metaid • chirrup: https://github.com/whymirror/chirrup • skistrap: https://github.com/whymirror/skistrap • fakeplus: https://github.com/sspencer/fakeplus • processor: https://github.com/whymirror/processor • rb_parse_args: https://github.com/whymirror/rb_parse_args • dns-zone: I don't think this one had a public release • dotfiles: http://web.archive.org/web/20090328140045/dotfiles.org/~_why

dsizzle on Nov 8, 2021 [–]

Thanks for this. I was confused why a page of 404s was staying on the front page for so long, as I've never heard of _why, but I just went down the rabbit hole for a bit and I'm very intrigued now.

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