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

#71

Post by rovr138 »

ICQ being first hurts

Thanks to people I met there, I started tinkering more with computers. I had a lot of fun there when everyone else went to sleep.

> "uh-oh." its sound was a generation's text notification before texts existed

Be around me when I get a text... I have gotten some really wild looks when people recognize it. It's a bit of wtf which shifts to woah when it clicks in their head.

Fun chat with CEO last week

...now, the typewriter when you turned on the keyboard sound. Maybe that has to do with why I like mechanical keyboards.

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

#72

Post by bozdemir »

nottorp wrote: post #68

The top of the page starts great, but then it goes to grey on grey on the item descriptions for that low contrast Apple like feeling. Firefox/mac os, dark mode on. Edit: no, dark/light doesn't seem to matter. Edit 2: Time to go on a tangent. I opened the site experimentally on my oled phone and while the grey on grey is still too low contrast, it's significantly more readable than on either my desktop or laptop monit…

I was trying to capture the essence of the dead/grave concept, that's why I chose that type of pallet, I am really open to suggestios, what can I do better, what would you recommend? thnx for the taking the time, appreciate it so much.

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

#73

Post by ChoGGi »

rovr138 wrote: post #71

ICQ being first hurts Thanks to people I met there, I started tinkering more with computers. I had a lot of fun there when everyone else went to sleep. > "uh-oh." its sound was a generation's text notification before texts existed Be around me when I get a text... I have gotten some really wild looks when people recognize it. It's a bit of wtf which shifts to woah when it clicks in their head. Fun chat with CEO last…

37292769

Why is that stuck in my brain?

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

#74

Post by bozdemir »

ramblin_ray wrote: post #52

LOVE this! I also love how concise and readable it is... Only thing I miss (especially for people who never experienced early internet) would be a visual example, or picture of the site, etc... like this: https://neal.fun/internet-artifacts/space-jam/

would be a very good addition, thnx for the suggestion, added to road map.

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

#77

Post by brk »

Cuecat? Though I'm not sure if that ever really got big enough to warrant a spot, but it was a thing for a hot minute.

HomeRF - The wifi contender that was supposed to unify wireless networks across multiple device types.

Tivo - technically still around, but pretty much a zombie version of their former selves. (Maybe make an "I'm not dead yet!" section).

Gateway 2000 PCs -Their support line had a DJ, and they were everywhere until all of a sudden they were nowhere.

Optical Drives

Zip Drives - 100MB on a floppy! OMFG!!!11

Slashdot - Digg and Reddit's funky uncle.

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

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Post by rovr138 »

ChoGGi wrote: post #73
rovr138 wrote: post #71

ICQ being first hurts Thanks to people I met there, I started tinkering more with computers. I had a lot of fun there when everyone else went to sleep. > "uh-oh." its sound was a generation's text notification before texts existed Be around me when I get a text... I have gotten some really wild looks when people recognize it. It's a bit of wtf which shifts to woah when it clicks in their head. Fun chat with CEO last…

37292769 Why is that stuck in my brain?

no QR codes back then

It was just another phone number you had to know.

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

#79

Post by zorked »

brk wrote: post #77

Cuecat? Though I'm not sure if that ever really got big enough to warrant a spot, but it was a thing for a hot minute. HomeRF - The wifi contender that was supposed to unify wireless networks across multiple device types. Tivo - technically still around, but pretty much a zombie version of their former selves. (Maybe make an "I'm not dead yet!" section). Gateway 2000 PCs -Their support line had a DJ, and they were ev…

Interesting Cuecat story: LibraryThing bought a massive stock of Cuecats and, 20 years later, they still sell them, repurposed to scan ISBNs from books for cataloging purposes: https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/CueCat_Guide

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

#80

Post by bozdemir »

a57721 wrote: post #36
chordbug wrote: post #21

Is the text generated by AI? Are the "eulogies" by real people or AI?

The text on all pages looks very much LLM-generated, and I think all "user comments" there are fake too. (Edit: I mean "what people said" sections.) I like the idea of the site, but not the execution. It feels weird to read "nostalgic recollections" that pretend to be human, while in reality come from gen AI.

those are there for the placeholder purposes, I am currently removing and substuting them with real user feedbacks, thank you for the feedback, thank you for taking time to share it.
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