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foone , to Random stuff
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HIMEM is testing your extended warranty... done.

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Extended warranty not found, executing HCF... 💥

BrodieOnLinux , to Random stuff
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1997: Here's thing but with internet
2010: Here's thing but now it's smart
2020: Here's thing but now it's got web3, blockchain and tokens
2024: Here's thing but now it's got AI

Nowhere along the way did we think, maybe a rice cooker is ok just being a rice cooker

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@BrodieOnLinux @AshKaijin hey wait, brodie and dank live in the same city, we need an "ai" colab!

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If you've ever found yourself missing the "good old days" of the , what is it that you miss? (Interpret "it" broadly: specific websites? types of activities? feelings? etc.) And approximately when were those good old days?

No wrong answers — I'm working on an article and wanted to get some outside thoughts.

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@molly0xfff I had a big list of small things, but i think the biggest thing i miss is the open architecture of the 1990's, protocols were published (rfcs), services were shared and not behind walled gardens, like irc & newsgroups. The new stuff doesn't provide a lot more functionality, but now comes with free . (irc -> discord, newsgroups -> reddit, etc...)

foone , to Random stuff
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Worst idea: a smart TV with all the annoying online features and built-in unblockable advertising, but it's a CRT

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@foone

Or: a smart CRT TV where the advertising it delivered by a transparent LCD over the front of the CRT.

TechConnectify , to Random stuff
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OK, this place. I've been pretty heady lately and not very technology-y.

So to make up for it, you can have this picture. As a treat.

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@TechConnectify this is perfect example of why you should have switches on every power point, so you can safely shove the wires in, and then switch it on when it's safe

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@TechConnectify my sarcasm may not have translate that well to a text medium. Big fan, love your work; I live in Australia where every power point has a switch, even some power boards; the main driver? People died, government reacted. We even regulate the infra red spectrum because... scary stuff in news in the 80's and 90's where people messing with TVs through windows with "high powered remotes."

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wisdom of the elders:

we used to make tiny little hard disk drives for ipods

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@TechConnectify kids 20 years from now: "You stored gigabytes of data on metal that was spinning 1,000's of times a second with magnets, and lived?!"

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Remember when I made that toot about side marker lamps on cars and a whole bunch of Europeans couldn't imagine a case where they were useful?

Well just tonight I found myself on the passenger's side of a big rig and was grateful the corners of my car had lights so its driver could actually see me in their convex mirrors.

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@TechConnectify @mos_8502 When I first moved to South Australia, I got a rude shock when drivers there decided to go all the way to the end of the merge lane at speed, then stop completely, then decide to merge. Even when there is a big gap they could easily get into, at the speed of the traffic, but no.

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