Ah, the pinnacle of modern communication: a command-line walkie-talkie that nobody asked for, brought to you by the year 2026. Because who needs usability when you can relive the thrill of 1980s tech from the comfort of your terminal? 🤖📟 #InnovatingBackwards
https://gitlab.com/here_forawhile/terminalphone #InnovatingBackwards #RetroTech #CommandLine #Communication #1980sNostalgia #TechTrends #HackerNews #ngated

🚀 Oh, look! Yet another attempt to convince us that #Prolog is the holy grail of #programming languages, as if a history lesson from 1980s nerd land was what we were missing! 🤓 Who needs modern tools when you can play with "lambdatree syntax" and pretend you're inventing the future of programming? 🙄
https://www.lix.polytechnique.fr/Labo/Dale.Miller/lProlog/ #ProgrammingLanguages #TechHumor #1980sNostalgia #HackerNews #ngated

Perfectly '80s video of guys 'summer skiing' down a grassy hill is blowing people's minds

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Stimulated and Unsupervised

Daily writing promptIf there were a biography about you, what would the title be?View all responses The biography about me would be called Part Caffeine, Part Bad Decisions, Part Caffeine because nothing else sums it up. I’m not the poster child for measured responses or controlled enthusiasm. I’m that jittery voice in the back of your head yelling that you can send that email at 2 a.m. while chugging espresso like it’s a personality trait. I grew up when MTV actually played music, […]

https://ericfoltin.com/2026/02/14/stimulated-and-unsupervised/

Why My Parents Didn’t Lose It

Daily writing promptWhat were your parents doing at your age?View all responses My parents at my age were actually existing in a world without smartphones, without instant validation, without everyone screaming into the void 24 / 7. They were busy trying to keep the lights on, fix the leaky roof, and keep siblings from murdering each other over the last slice of pizza. Meanwhile I came along—a perfect storm of attitude, emotional baggage, and too much caffeine—and they survived. That […]

https://ericfoltin.com/2026/02/13/why-my-parents-didnt-lose-it/

Someone asked, 'What did the '80s smell like?' and the scent memories are a time warp

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The Lie of “I’ll Put These Away Later”

Daily writing promptSomething on your "to-do list" that never gets done.View all responses Here’s the thing about to-do lists. They lie. They pretend life is a series of tasks you can conquer if you just apply enough grit, focus, or color-coded optimism. My list has one item that has achieved permanent residency. Putting clothes away. Not washing them. That part happens. I can sort, load, dry, even fold like a functional adult. Then the clothes hit the baskets and enter a witness […]

https://ericfoltin.com/2026/02/03/the-lie-of-ill-put-these-away-later/

Boomers and Gen Xers share the biggest differences between the early 1980s vs. the late 80s

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1989 Hershey’s Kisses “Jingle Bells” commercial
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#HersheysKisses #JingleBellsCommercial #Hershey #HolidayAdvertising #RetroAds #ClassicCommercials #ChristmasCommercial #StopMotionAnimation #TVHistory #retro #TVCommercial #1980sNostalgia

I re-watched 'St. Elmo's Fire' for its 40th anniversary and it definitely hits different

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