If it’s the shareware pinball game I think it is, that complete stranger who wanted your credit card number? Tim Sweeney

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Pinball

I was able to convince my dad to give them his credit card number over the phone for the full versions of Epic Pinball and One Must Fall 2097.

Systemd? More like systemdeez.

I built an RS232 cable from parts from RadioShack 25 years ago, with no soldering, just electrical tape. It’s surprisingly easy if you don’t need speed. Mine capped out at 1200 or 2400 baud. Was it good? No. Did it work? Absolutely.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peano_axioms

In this case, they’re talking about being in the natural numbers club, and applying the “successor” (or “succ”) function.

I was wondering if Cato the Elder was the inspiration for the Cato Institute, but a quick Google search suggests that it was named after “Cato’s Letters”, a series of 18th century essays, which took their name from Cato the Younger.