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One of the most famous quotes was about a server that is online and pings, but the sysadmin doesn't know anymore where it physically is.
Famously it ends with the server being behind drywall or something after some construction project.
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> Because it seems wildly hyperbolic. We're not in the year 1995 anymore. That's exactly what I was thinking. We're not in the 90s when people thought AOL and the internet were synonyms.
Yeah; now they think that Chrome is...
But if I had to think of a modern equivalent of this joke, I would say now they think that Wi-Fi and the internet are synonyms.
Oh man, that is so sad to hear. bash.org has given me endless laughs. It always cheered me up. Its too bad the the top 100/200 hadn't changed in years. I guess that's because IRC has been mostly dead for a while now (no more new submission) and that the voting algorithm favored a self-feeding feedback loop. Nonetheless, it was fun to come back once every few years and re-read the top quotes. Hopefully someone revives…
> I guess that's because IRC has been mostly dead for a while now False
Oh man, that is so sad to hear. bash.org has given me endless laughs. It always cheered me up. Its too bad the the top 100/200 hadn't changed in years. I guess that's because IRC has been mostly dead for a while now (no more new submission) and that the voting algorithm favored a self-feeding feedback loop. Nonetheless, it was fun to come back once every few years and re-read the top quotes. Hopefully someone revives…
> I guess that's because IRC has been mostly dead for a while now False
no enterprise is using i seriously, chat platforms of course don't use it, and niche/hobbyists have long since moved to discord and reddit.
Of course there's holdouts, but I think it's fair to say 90 percent of IRC type chat hosts are dead/gone.
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Why do you believe that private corporations should be more powerful than the government?
Why do you believe some people should be more powerful than other people?
So why do you believe that private corporations should be more powerful than governments and have censorship powers that the government doesn't even have? Twitter, Meta, and Google affect our day to day life and control what we see far more than the government does. Why do you think this is a good situation to be in?
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Yeah; now they think that Chrome is...
I don't think people are ditching internet relay chat because they can't figure out how to run an app. But if I had to think of a modern equivalent of this joke, I would say now they think that Wi-Fi and the internet are synonyms.