German: Tu wat, tu was, mache was

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'do what'

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do something, be active, change things

1981 the left/alternative scene in Germany was thinking about the use of computers in society (police, companies, ...). There was a TUNIX congress. The 'tuwat' note in the TAZ newspaper invited to a meeting, which was kind of the foundation of the Chaos Computer Club... which was the birth of the hacker movement in Germany. tuwat is the motto calling people into action and to change the society with projects, meetings, a club, a congress, ...