I love Linux

[nicefish]

This kept me awake all night long:

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$ date; sleep 30m && aplay /dev/urandom

[rachel]

y

[netpun]

try this:

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playfont() { (cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc a-zA-Z0-9 | fold -bw 80 | while read; do figlet -w "${2-80}" -f "${1-term}" "$REPLY"; done | aplay) 2>&-; }
it (optionally) accepts two arguments. the first is the FIGlet font file name, the second is the line-wrap length

[nicefish]

try this:

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playfont() { (cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc a-zA-Z0-9 | fold -bw 80 | while read; do figlet -w "${2-80}" -f "${1-term}" "$REPLY"; done | aplay) 2>&-; }
it (optionally) accepts two arguments. the first is the FIGlet font file name, the second is the line-wrap length

that's really awesome. thank you.

[rachel]

try this:

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playfont() { (cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc a-zA-Z0-9 | fold -bw 80 | while read; do figlet -w "${2-80}" -f "${1-term}" "$REPLY"; done | aplay) 2>&-; }
it (optionally) accepts two arguments. the first is the FIGlet font file name, the second is the line-wrap length

that's really awesome. thank you.

You're right, this does sound nicer than just piping /dev/urandom to aplay. Do you have any recommended fonts?

[rachel]

I think it's more fun to listen to structured binary files, like this:

aplay /bin/bash

Do you know any other programs that sound good?

[netpun]

...

that's really awesome. thank you.

You're right, this does sound nicer than just piping /dev/urandom to aplay. Do you have any recommended fonts?

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doh

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doh 1

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alligator 1

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alpha

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banner 1

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bear

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crazy 1

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isometric1
Actually, just go to this list and try any of the ones which have unique geometry: http://www.jave.de/figlet/fonts/overview.html
I got most of my fonts from that website, btw: http://www.jave.de/figlet/fonts.html
You can list all the fonts on your computer by typing

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locate .flf

[netpun]

I think it's more fun to listen to structured binary files, like this:

aplay /bin/bash

Do you know any other programs that sound good?

Whoa I never thought of that.
Why not play them all?

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aplay /usr/bin/*
brrrrrrrrrrr EEEEEEEEEE ASDFJKLWFPOQIUBPASCJOAPJEPQOCMAPJFQPIEJFIWEGRIJFUHFJGKFP...
brrrrrrrrrrrrrr EE EOFJWEOPFJOWPEJPMVPOSDFJPWOIFIOWIJPOIFJPWOIGEPORIWEJPOWWE...

On another note, try this:

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tree / | aplay

[h]

save as freedom.png

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aplay freedom.png

EDIT: IT WORKS NOW

[rachel]

save as freedom.png

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aplay freedom.png

Hey, this is pretty cool, but for best results you need to specify the sample rate.

aplay -r 16000 ~/Pictures/freedom.png
Playing raw data '~/Pictures/freedom.png' : Unsigned 8 bit, Rate 16000 Hz, Mono

The default of 8000 is very weird and slowed down.

[rothen]

Yeah, for a long while my alarm was a little script that threw random binary files at aplay until killed. Try

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aplay /bin/sed

[here cums the fuck truck]

i hate linux so much im going to fight it

[rachel]

same

[rachel]

If you love linux then you'll LOVE the new Librem 5 phone from Purism!



It's a phone that runs Linux!!! Coming to an internet near you some time in 2019. Pre-order today!

https://puri.sm/shop/librem-5/

[nicefish]

If you love linux then you'll LOVE the new Librem 5 phone from Purism!



It's a phone that runs Linux!!! Coming to an internet near you some time in 2019. Pre-order today!

https://puri.sm/shop/librem-5/

Unfortunately, a new phone isn't in my budget until at least May 2019. Full-priced phones should last me at least 2 years.