R.L. Dane    🍵 

New #blog #post: I Loved Computers Before the Internet was a Thing

https://rldane.space/i-loved-computers-before-the-internet-was-a-thing.html

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I Loved Computers Before the Internet was a Thing

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Show threadAdam7h ago

@rl_dane I too started computing before the Internet. Computers are amazing devices that I feel modern society has forgotten what they can actually do locally without any outside resources. Hence why old tech is becoming new tech.

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Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 6h ago

@adamsdesk @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn @ay

Absolutely. Or as I wrote in the title of a post a few months ago, "The Past Is the Future." ;)

Show threadanthropomorphic blast radius6h ago
@rl_dane @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn @ay Yep. You and me and a helluva lot of others too 🫂