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Gaywallet (they/it)@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 10 months ago

The bizarre secrets I found investigating corrupt Winamp skins

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The bizarre secrets I found investigating corrupt Winamp skins

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Gaywallet (they/it)@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 10 months ago
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I started looking through corrupt Winamp skins and it lead me down some very strange rabbit holes
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    I take issue with “everything”, as most things are not. But it is a common trick when a developer wants to make a “new” file format that encapsulates a bunch of different files.

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      Everything, including you, is a .zip file.

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        😧🤐

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        Transcription is just unzipping your coding

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          Your browser does not support playing HTML5 video. You can download a copy of the video file instead.

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        It’s just .zip files all the way down

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          I just came here to say stuffit.

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