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found this kicking around on one of the feeder sites a few days ago and only got to read it now

kinda neat. it's the sort of thing that you used to find quite a lot with keygens and other things prone to easter eggs, and that I don't really know of being as prevalent in more recent gaming and such

Very interesting article!

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The original was posted on /r/InternetIsBeautiful by /u/captbaritone on 2024-07-26 18:00:10+00:00.

Here's a preview from the introduction of the article:

This ended up leading me down a series of wild rabbit holes where I found:

• Encrypted files which I was able to crack to discover their secrets
• A gift a dad in Thailand had made for his two and a half year old son, but didn’t want published online
• Somebody’s email password
• A secret biography of Chet Baker
• A file called worm.exe which held quite the surprise
• A host of extremely random images and files
• 56 previously unknown Winamp skins hidden inside other Winamp skins!

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