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		sitkack on Jan 9, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I had to take down my course-swapping site or be e... Get a lawyer. Holding your degree hostage unless you work for them for free is off the charts ridiculous. They might have just paid for your entire education. When I went to the UW I used Arexx and my 2400 baud modem to turbo register for classes the moment the system went live.

bb88 on Jan 9, 2025 [–]

> Arexx and my 2400 baud modem

Arexx was fun back in the day. A nice scripting language for the time.

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