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Print a fresh joke every 2 mins (CLI\Bash\Zsh)
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jokes-on-a-timer.sh
# Every 2 mins (`-n 120` where 120 is num seconds), display a new joke.
#
# - On MacOS you may need to `brew install watch` first of all.
# - Fun to place this in a small Tmux pane
watch -n 120 "curl -s -H \"Accept: text/plain\" https://icanhazdadjoke.com/"
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