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		papln on Oct 23, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It was Bill Joy's password, not Ken Thompson's, th... Could be simplified to "Bill Joy's password had a control character", since no one had announced a thought that Ken's password had one, so the misdirection is pointless distraction.

tedunangst on Oct 23, 2019 [–]

https://twitter.com/TychoTithonus/status/1185211446537273344

js2 on Oct 23, 2019 | [–]

Ah, a link to that tweet in the first place would've made a lot more sense.

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