I came from days of dialup and gone through yahoo groups, Myspace, tons of geocity sites, ask jeevs, LiveJournal, and so on. Sites will only be an attraction tell something comes that offers more. With federation and decentralized systems coming up, the hold on people and corporations trying to use you as a commodity will only tarnish the shine that it once was. When companies hold a noose around your neck thinking there isn't another option, telling you to go ahaid and jump, thinking no one will and when something comes by that makes the jump just a step down and you can take off the noose, there is nothing that they can hold onto anymore. They cannot say you have nowhere else to go. With the choice around in a federated system, you cannot be held hostage by a single entity. When people have the freedom of choice, the people win.
Nausiyan
That's a great range of glass. You certainly got a great shot!
It seems I am moving to Lemmy just in time then.
Well speaking of... my journal entries use Unix timestamp in milliseconds. Soooo... that's a small look into my insanity.
Oh gosh! I remember mandrake. I don't remember version but do remember it. Was certainly an experience for me. Had no clue what I was doing. No idea how I went from that to gentoo. Stage 1 install was a nightmare I couldn't forget. Stage 3 is a breeze now.
YES! Yarf doeth approved!
I remember hearing about it but have not experienced it myself but certainly remember SMS charged per message.
I was upset that it ended without really giving any closure but I loved this show. It really struck something in my imagination that stuck with me for a long time.
This is why I was the crazy kid at school who falls asleep listening to 5,10,15,or 20mhz on shortwave for the coordinated universal time and lived completely off UTC regardless of daylight savings or standard or whatever timezone.
I have to say that it's amazing and beautiful. It never occurred to me for the longest time that, that is what is going on when I dial on a rotary or switch hook dial.
My first was 28.8 Hayes but was limited to 9800 cause of Telxon audiocopler. I also had a USR PCMCIA card that was 56k(? My memory is slipping cause of long covid) and somehow that was able to connect faster through Telxon audiocopler.
Hallou there. Love that pic. Hope you're enjoying yourself