Decoding the obfuscated bash script on a Uniqlo t-shirt • Hacker News Board

Re: Decoding the obfuscated bash script on a Uniqlo t-shirt

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Post by efreak » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 12:03 AM UTC

DrewADesign wrote: post #13

> I guess Uniqlo is run through Windows though: one thing that struck me was the font, which I’m almost certain is Consolas, Surely this would use whatever font the virtual terminal profile was set to? I don’t know of any method to choose a virtual terminal font from bash and don’t see any code that addresses it?

I don't recall the exact command I used, but I had my console font set to Comic Sans for a while (though it wasn't quite recognizable due to low resolution and aliasing). There's tools out there to convert type 1 and other fonts to console font format (I couldn't quite manage to get the opentype converter tool working, but truetype worked fine at large sizes)

Re: Decoding the obfuscated bash script on a Uniqlo t-shirt

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Post by tiagod » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 12:06 AM UTC

>peace for all >akamai ha!

Re: Decoding the obfuscated bash script on a Uniqlo t-shirt

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Post by episode404 » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 12:08 AM UTC

> Calling base64 encoding obfuscation

I was expecting some cool js deobfuscation tricks, so to put nicely I’ll just say that my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

Re: Decoding the obfuscated bash script on a Uniqlo t-shirt

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Post by MattDamonSpace » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 12:19 AM UTC

olooney wrote: post #128

If you enjoy this kind of thing, you might also like Martin Kleppe's work, such as the Quine Clock: https://aem1k.com/qlock/ I reverse engineered it to a unobfuscated version a few years ago: https://gist.github.com/olooney/a89db3932b089925b71b68d7e9f2... He's done a ton of other great ASCII visualizations as well: https://aem1k.com/

Is that really a Quine

edit: it’s impressive as all hell but like

Re: Decoding the obfuscated bash script on a Uniqlo t-shirt

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Post by arikrahman » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 12:43 AM UTC

_joel wrote: post #133

estebarb wrote: post #83

"Uniqlo x Akamai sells another design of shirt in the same range which is plainly incomplete" Imagine having to return a t-shirt because that malfunction! — I don't understand why are you returning this, was the size wrong or you didn't like it? — No, there is a syntax error at line 37 that makes it impossible to run, and I'm concerned people on the street may think I promote unsafe bash scripting.

Worked on my torso

Not everyone has a 6 pack sir!

Re: Decoding the obfuscated bash script on a Uniqlo t-shirt

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Post by jibal » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 1:21 AM UTC

I used to work for the first CDN company, Sandpiper Networks Inc. Akamai drank our milkshake.

Re: Decoding the obfuscated bash script on a Uniqlo t-shirt

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Post by marcus_holmes » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 1:41 AM UTC

criddell wrote: post #116

wbh1 wrote: post #42

I love this shirt! Here's a nice video from the actual designer about the process of making this shirt (including intentionally making it hard to OCR): https://youtu.be/jocGLiecpjU?t=526

It would probably be quicker to type it in than figure out how to OCR it. It would be like typing in a game from a COMPUTE! magazine 45 years go. https://archive.org/details/1983-01-compute-magazine/page/96...

This was my reaction!

OCR? oh my sweet summer child, you cannot know the days we spent typing in raw code from a magazine, and the joy when it finally ran.

Re: Decoding the obfuscated bash script on a Uniqlo t-shirt

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Post by webprofusion » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 2:51 AM UTC

I have the one with Go code on it, unfortunately I don't think that one would even compile.

Re: Decoding the obfuscated bash script on a Uniqlo t-shirt

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 4:39 AM UTC

netsharc wrote: post #210

helterskelter wrote: post #202

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All I remember is that it had some to do with Bill Clinton sleeping with underage girls and Bill Gates with a nasty case of VD.

I think there's also someone who's very close to him who currently has the reins of power in government... or you forgot about this? He even sent the now-deceased man a birthday card with some words that strongly suggest he knew what was going on..

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Re: Decoding the obfuscated bash script on a Uniqlo t-shirt

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Post by grumbelbart2 » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 5:52 AM UTC

mmooss wrote: post #216

grumbelbart2 wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> OCRing this is a nightmare and is a good benchmark to any self-proclaimed good OCR/vision model. It's not that difficult, our industrial OCR model read it correctly on its first attempt with default parameters. The characters are easily separable, there is no structured background (think expiration dates on yogurt aluminum lids) that confuses the reader, there is no almost-text-like texture anywhere that would clut…

Cool. What's an industrial OCR model?

Essentially part of a machine vision software package, which in turn is computer vision specialized for factory automation. It's "industrial" because it was trained on such data (more expiration dates and SEMI-font on wafers, less random pictures of streets with some text).

That, plus engineering and support: a robust implementation, deployment on almost any system, fast and good long-term support so your factory doesn't stop for too long if something goes wrong etc.