🥚 Easter Eggs in Tech 👀 — Hidden Gems in Software & Code

📝 Description:

A collection of hidden Easter eggs found in software, programming languages, and websites. Some are fun, some are bizarre, and some are legendary! 🕵️‍♂️💻

📌 Know an Easter egg? Feel free to suggest one! 🚀

📂 Easter Egg List

🐧 Linux / Unix Command Line Fun

sudo make me a sandwich 🥪
🔹 Response: "Okay." (If you’re root) | "What? Make it yourself." (If you’re not!)
💡 Found in: sudo (Unix/Linux Command)
sl Command (Steam Locomotive) 🚂
🔹 If you mistype ls as sl, instead of listing files, a train animation appears!
💡 Found in: Unix/Linux (Install via sudo apt install sl)
cowsay "Hello, World!" 🐄💬
🔹 A talking ASCII cow that repeats your text!
💡 Found in: Unix/Linux (sudo apt install cowsay)
figlet 🎨
🔹 Converts text into large ASCII art.
💡 Found in: Unix/Linux (sudo apt install figlet)

🖥️ Operating System Easter Eggs

Windows XP Hidden Credits 🏆
🔹 In XP, typing volcano in Notepad and saving it as .log would show a hidden team credit message!
💡 Found in: Windows XP
Mac Terminal: “Say” Command 🎙️
🔹 Running say "Hello, I am your Mac" makes your Mac talk!
💡 Found in: macOS Terminal
Windows 95/98 Hidden Screensaver (3D Pipes) 🧑‍💻
🔹 Typing winver in the run command shows a screensaver with a fun 3D pipe animation.
💡 Found in: Windows 95/98

🌐 Hidden Easter Eggs on Websites

Google "Do a Barrel Roll" 🔄
🔹 Searching do a barrel roll makes the page rotate 360°!
💡 Found in: Google Search
Konami Code on Websites 🎮
🔹 Pressing ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A on certain websites unlocks fun animations!
💡 Found in: Many websites (Example: old Konami site, dev pages, etc.)
Google’s "Askew" 🔍
🔹 Typing "askew" in Google Search tilts the page!
💡 Found in: Google Search

📜 Programming Language Easter Eggs

Python’s “import this” 🧘‍♂️
🔹 Running import this prints the Zen of Python, a list of coding philosophies.
💡 Found in: Python
JavaScript: typeof NaN Returns “number” 🤯
🔹 Despite standing for "Not-a-Number", typeof NaN returns number.
💡 Found in: JavaScript
Ruby's “puts” with “chomp” 🍔
🔹 Typing puts "Hello".chomp will return "Hello" without a newline.
💡 Found in: Ruby
Java's "Floating Point Arithmetic Fun" 🤯
🔹 Did you know that in Java, performing certain floating-point arithmetic operations can lead to surprising results due to precision issues? For example:
```
System.out.println(0.1 + 0.2 == 0.3);  // prints "false"
```
💡 This happens because floating-point numbers aren't always stored exactly as they appear.
💡 Found in: Java

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Know a cool Easter egg? Drop a comment or PR! Let’s make this the ultimate archive of hidden tech gems! 🚀

Feel free to share your discoveries and help others uncover the fun side of tech! ✨

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