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Show HN: A (marginally) useful x86-64 ELF executable in 301 bytes

Quality: 7/10 Relevance: 7/10

Summary

A show-and-tell of a battery-status utility for x86-64 Linux compiled into a 298-byte ELF, packaged via base64 and xz. It demonstrates extreme code efficiency and practical tiny binaries, with usage and installation details in the README. Useful as a case study in compact tooling and code-golf culture.

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