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Vid clip - https://xcancel.com/tsarnick/status/1842401670225125539

I made the big mistake of watching that. And now [redacted]. Holy mother of fuck are tech bros evil.

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[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 38 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

nah the internet was awesome before us corporations took control.

capitalism is the mistake.

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

Telegraphs are really cool and, while the bandwidth is low, we could still send cat pictures iwth a relatively low-energy system in a world that adjusted its expectations.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

to be fair the internet can be quite low-energy as it is when it isnt used for ai, ads and video formats instead of text

[-] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes, or something.

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

Lol. Everyone going to the data upload center to upload their stuff for the week before it gets put on the big hard drive on the train. And then the train goes to the nearest major city, downloads everything to the big archive, and comes back with a super-compressed updated index so you can make requests for data during next week's run.

[-] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Telegraphed low quality memes for shit-posting at the speed of electricity, and stationwagon’ed high quality memes for those who prefer low speed shit-posting. It could work.

To add - I’m not sure if you’re familiar with the origins of that joke but here’s a Reddit post to explain it

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

I'm old enough to have heard it pre-reddit. I honeslty love that story. It captures a moment on the cusp of radical change.

[-] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

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