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HOME Table of Contents Traversing the internet I’m ChaosInABox, a packet of data with an identity crisis. One minute I’m a harmless harbinger of cat videos, the next, I’m a suspected agent of chaos, hell-bent on destroying the internet as we know it.

The fluorescent lights of the data center hummed in harmony with the whirring of hard drives, creating a soothing melody that lulled me into a false sense of security. “Ah, ChaosInABox, the notorious packet of questionable repute,” NoHat924 extended a digital hand, his resonant voice boomed, echoing off the server racks, “I’ve heard a lot about you.” As we slunk away, defeated, I couldn’t help but wonder: in the wild west of the internet, where packets roamed free and the strong devoured the weak, would we ever find a way to outsmart the load balancer and its miner allies?

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