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You Must Listen to RFC 2119(ericwbailey.website)
42 points by pavel_lishin 4 days ago | 14 comments
  • wonger_3 days ago

    This reminded me of a random HN submission. Someone was reading a terms of service agreement out loud. And I think that audio was like 20 minutes long, and only a minor joke in the background of a webpage that was an even bigger joke or parody. Does that sound familiar to anyone?

    • munksbeer3 days ago |parent

      https://neal.fun/stimulation-clicker/

      ?

      • wonger_3 days ago |parent

        Ah I found it, I was combining two memories.

        This is what I was thinking of: https://www.zzzuckerberg.com/

  • davidpfarrell2 days ago

    Having listened now, I see what you wanted was to have David Cross read it in (almost any) one of his characters.

    We can probably arrange a Cameo to achieve this!

  • kwoff3 days ago

    That was hilarious. Also kudos for paying a person instead of using AI to generate it.

    • suchoudh3 days ago |parent

      ROFL

      made my day

  • zugi3 days ago

    I just about lost it at the "may be very subtle" around 3:35...

  • evanjrowley3 days ago

    I didn't know RFC 2119 by number, but it was the first one I ever read. What was your first RFC experience?

    • luckystarr3 days ago |parent

      RFC 821, the original. I operated a mail relay some lifetimes ago and I knew this one by heart.

    • james_a_craig3 days ago |parent

      RFC1459, the IRC one. I wrote the QuakeNet channel services once upon a time.

    • beng-nl3 days ago |parent

      POP, for which I implemented a client. A webapp to read your mail. In C. Awful to our modern ears, but the functionality was something of an achievement at the time.

    • 3 days ago |parent
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    • wonger_3 days ago |parent

      RFC 1034 for me.

  • ncgl3 days ago

    Everything's a spectacle