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A parasitic Fibonacci computation inside /usr/bin/top
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Hacker News | Oct 2, 2026 | beefburger
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ncurses terminfo parameter expansion can simulate 2-counter Minsky machines. Host a parasite Fibonacci program in your terminal, clocked by /usr/bin/top. Terminal applications need to know which escape sequences a terminal understands.
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