Akamai is an OG internet infrastructure company. Many have never heard of them but have likely passed through their network via CDNs.
Uniqlo, on the other hand, is a well-known Japanese retailer, specializing in casual wear, but similarly have also had many customers pass through their doors. People in Munich sometimes even wait in line for a chance to shop there with less fortunate individuals traveling across the country or countries to do so.
Earlier this year, these two paired up for an unusual collaboration and produced a t-shirt printed with a {♥} on the front and a base64-encoded script on the back.
I used OCR in the iOS Photos app to capture it. After a little cleanup, this is the script I decoded:
#!/bin/bash
# Congratulations! You found the easter egg! ❤️
# おめでとうございます！隠されたサプライズを見つけました！❤️
# Define the text to animate
text="♥PEACE♥FOR♥ALL♥PEACE♥FOR♥ALL♥PEACE♥FOR♥ALL♥PEACE♥FOR♥ALL♥PEACE♥FOR♥ALL♥"
# Get terminal dimensions
cols=$(tput cols)
lines=$(tput lines)
# Calculate the length of the text
text_length=${#text}
# Hide the cursor
tput civis
# Trap CTRL+C to show the cursor before exiting
trap "tput cnorm; exit" SIGINT
# Set frequency scaling factor
freq=0.2
# Infinite loop for continuous animation
for (( t=0; ; t+=1 )); do
# Extract one character at a time
char="${text:t % text_length:1}"
# Calculate the angle in radians
angle=$(echo "($t) * $freq" | bc -l)
# Calculate the sine of the angle
sine_value=$(echo "s($angle)" | bc -l)
# Calculate x position using the sine value
x=$(echo "($cols / 2) + ($cols / 4) * $sine_value" | bc -l)
x=$(printf "%.0f" "$x")
# Ensure x is within terminal bounds
if (( x < 0 )); then x=0; fi
if (( x >= cols )); then x=$((cols - 1)); fi
# Calculate color gradient between 12 (cyan) and 208 (orange)
color_start=12
color_end=208
color_range=$((color_end - color_start))
color=$((color_start + (color_range * t / lines) % color_range))
# Print the character with 256-color support
echo -ne "\033[38;5;${color}m"$(tput cup $t $x)"$char\033[0m"
# Line feed to move downward
echo ""
doneSee for yourself
Ready to run.
I'm not sure what the exact mission behind 'Peace for All' is, but I image its about having ubiquitous peace in the world. So, whatever door you go through, peace ought to await you on the other side? This analogy actually kind of makes sense for Akamai, I guess? Eh whatever it's a cool t-shirt.