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Post by RiverCrochet »

rideontime wrote: post #101

How does one "pour a 56k modem out"? This is the sort of nonsensical turn of phrase that AI writes.

- the 56k modem must be liquid or ground up into a fine powder. the liquid route will be safer.

- the liquid or fine powder must be inside of a can or bottle for alcoholic beverages.

- for best results secure 1 or more homie(s) to occupy the immediate vincinity.

- it is the reader's responsibility to comply with any applicable environmental or littering laws. pouring a 56k modem out to one's homie(s) near a sewer drain or natural water source could lead to contanimation.

Re: Show HN: Rip.so – a graveyard for dead internet things

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Post by vunderba »

ghaff wrote: post #100
Xiaoher-C wrote: post #91

This is fun, but I think the site needs a clearer distinction between “dead”, “declined”, and “still alive but culturally moved on”. Tamagotchi is a good example: it’s no longer the late-90s phenomenon, but it’s definitely not dead. A small status tag could help: - shut down - zombie / technically alive - niche but active - spiritual successor exists That would make the debates part of the site instead of just correc…

There are a lot of things that aren't dead exactly but are certainly at some small percentage of their peak popularity. Not Internet, but I like to give rollerblading/in-line skating as example. Yes, you may see someone doing it every few months but it used to be a pretty common activity at some point in the 90s. Bowling was very big at one point. There are still alleys but when was the last time you thought of being…

Yeah, I was thinking about pagers. They’re still used in some limited settings, like hospitals, but there are probably entire landfills composed entirely of old beepers.

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Post by prmoustache »

ghaff wrote: post #100
Xiaoher-C wrote: post #91

This is fun, but I think the site needs a clearer distinction between “dead”, “declined”, and “still alive but culturally moved on”. Tamagotchi is a good example: it’s no longer the late-90s phenomenon, but it’s definitely not dead. A small status tag could help: - shut down - zombie / technically alive - niche but active - spiritual successor exists That would make the debates part of the site instead of just correc…

There are a lot of things that aren't dead exactly but are certainly at some small percentage of their peak popularity. Not Internet, but I like to give rollerblading/in-line skating as example. Yes, you may see someone doing it every few months but it used to be a pretty common activity at some point in the 90s. Bowling was very big at one point. There are still alleys but when was the last time you thought of being…

But that is probably because peak popularity was the abnormal state and these thinhs came back to their normal and warranted popularity.

Re: Show HN: Rip.so – a graveyard for dead internet things

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Post by vunderba »

hugobeey wrote: post #30

Interesting Tamagoshi story. I didn't realize how addictive the "keep them alive" narrative was. No wonder streaks work so well nowadays. There is a lot to learn from the past.

Personal story, but depending on when you last fed your pet, a teacher punitively confiscating your Tamagotchi until the end of the school day could mean the difference between life and death for the poor creature.

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Post by bitwize »

malfist wrote: post #51
myself248 wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They used to be part of your ISP. You got a usenet server, and a mail server and a web server with a certain amount of space, just as part of signing up. This meant that everyone had one, you didn't have to go sign up somewhere else. You still could if you wanted to have a URL that didn't have your ISP's name in it.

Did they? I've been around for ages (I know the dial up tone by heart). My early ISPs at best offered a mailbox (not a mail server), no web server, Usenet was extra. And few people used the ISP mailbox because you couldn't take it with you when you left. Hell, I got my gmail during the invite only era

I also got a gmail during the invite only. I was so stoked, I drew a picture of Link (from Wind Waker) holding a Gmail icon over his head in his triumphant "got a new item!" pose.

Some ISPs from back in the day did offer a few megs of space for a web site with a ~username url that you could use to build a personal site. But by the late 90s this practice began to wane as services like GeoShitties became the norm.

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