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hackingonempty • today at 12:32 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Back in 1995 this was so improbable it was one of the purported negative effects of the "Good Times" virus which was a parody of the virus warning e-mails that were being forwarded around at the time. Computers still can't give you Dutch elm disease, fortunately.

> It will recalibrate your refrigerator's coolness setting so all your ice cream goes melty.

https://people.cs.rutgers.edu/~watrous/goodtimes-spoof.html


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superjan • today at 7:25 PM

Somebody made that into a song. Never knew where the lyrics came from.

https://open.spotify.com/track/1mvK5h91yWsm97sAugKy6K?si=wXw...