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Re: www.userfriendly.org seems to be gone, RIP Erwin, Dust Puppy and Co :(

#131

Post by blywi »

dredmorbius wrote: post #64

There were a number of early webcomics, with UF being among the more prominant. Others I recall: - "Cafe Hugo", I believe. Tagline included "vague enneui", possibly also "coffee, puns, ..." or something like that. Mostly college students / recent graduates and their life at a cafe. All traces seem lost. - "Westward Ho!" was a very short-lived, and I think intentionally limited, comic about a young woman engaged in fi…

Some other webcomics I remember from that time:

- CFRH or College Roomies from Hell, still ongoing although at a much slower pace: http://www.crfh.net/

- Sabrina Online, started 1996 by Eric W. Schwartz of Amiga fame: https://www.sabrina-online.com/

- General Protection Fault, like the name suggest, this one also has an IT setting: https://www.gpf-comics.com/

- Roomies! and It's Walky! - A teen romantic comedy: http://www.itswalky.com/

- Argon Zark, this was the first web comic I discovered, seems to be going back to 1995: https://www.zark.com/

Re: www.userfriendly.org seems to be gone, RIP Erwin, Dust Puppy and Co :(

#132

Post by tentacleuno »

duskwuff wrote: post #39
an_mp_speaks wrote: post #22

This gives me a chance to ask about a different webcomic that I read in the early 2000s, but have totally forgotten. It also took place at a small development company or ISP. There was a dog who was a system administrator, and he might have been in love with a cat? All the characters were animals, I think, and there were the usual 90s-early 00s Linux/Microsoft jokes.

Could you be thinking of Kevin and Kell ( https://www.kevinandkell.com/ )? The species don't quite match up, but the general description and the time period do. (And it's still running daily strips, making it the longest-running web comic!)

Mmm, have you got any more of these [pre-]2000's webcomics? I love them, they're like a snapshot of a totally different era.

Re: www.userfriendly.org seems to be gone, RIP Erwin, Dust Puppy and Co :(

#133

Post by Nextgrid »

bloqs wrote: post #126
MandieD wrote: post #13

A webcomic that started back when mid-sized US/Canadian towns really did have one-stop ISPs that employed both experienced sysadmins, the new web designers doing sites for local businesses, and students just getting started in IT - and were places where all of the above could actually advance or at least enjoy their careers, not just languish as call center drones. I was lucky enough to spend a couple of summers in h…

Are there any businesses that are like this now? I'm based in europe and this sounds like the ideal environment for me

Hosting providers such as OVH, Hetzner, etc still have old-school sysadmin work.

ISPs are hit & miss. If you can get into an early-stage (W?)ISP you will get interesting work, but avoid the big established ones like the plague - there it's all about outsourcing to the lowest bidder and providing the lowest level of service they can legally get away with.

Re: www.userfriendly.org seems to be gone, RIP Erwin, Dust Puppy and Co :(

#134

Post by tentacleuno »

latexr wrote: post #73
1970-01-01 wrote: post #67

HEADS UP: We're Going Dark by Illiad 2022-02-24 11:04:32 Hello all, long time. We'll be shutting down the website in the coming days. It may be at the end of this month. If not, it won't be much later than that. Many UF community members have moved over to Hedgehog, which is run by Klaranth. You can find the site here. All the best, Illiad https://web.archive.org/web/20220225062754/http://ars.userfr...

Hedgehog link: https://hedgehog.blindambitionstudios.com

The humour in those threads are something else :-)

Re: www.userfriendly.org seems to be gone, RIP Erwin, Dust Puppy and Co :(

#135

Post by fmajid »

FireBeyond wrote: post #100
techsupporter wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed. Dilbert was for if you worked in an office building doing pretty much anything. User Friendly was for a very specific niche of people who either worked at mid-sized ISPs (like MandieD wrote: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30593421 ) or who supporter or empathized with people who worked at mid-sized ISPs. "Thank you for calling Columbia Internet, this is Miranda."

Mostly. Every once in a while Dilbert would surprise: Dilbert: My company asked all employees to act as salespeople to friends and family. I think you could use this, mom. Dilbert's mom: Why would I need a primary rate circuit? I've already got a frame relay drop to my web server in the sewing room. Dilbert (thought bubble): This is going to be a tough sale. Dilbert's mom: Hello-o-o! Earth to Dilbert! This is packet…

Scott Adams used to work for Pac Bell in San Francisco before he went full-time on Dilbert.

Re: www.userfriendly.org seems to be gone, RIP Erwin, Dust Puppy and Co :(

#136

Post by AlchemistCamp »

kstrauser wrote: post #118
thaumasiotes wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It looks like there's a slider at the head of the comments section controlling which comments are displayed with their text, which comments are "abbreviated", and which aren't visible at all. The line between abbreviated and hidden is defaulting to a position just less than 1, so a comment with a score of 0 has no representation on the page other than an indicator somewhere in the comment thread saying "[n] hidden co…

I’m definitely not. I copied and pasted that link into a freshly cleared out Duck Duck Go browser window on my phone and saw the comment. I can’t reproduce not seeing it in any browser I’ve tried, except where I had an ad blocker installed that hides website comments.

Oh the irony. You've dug up a truly horrible comment that Slashdot's own moderation system hid and then shared it to a far larger audience than even unflagged content on Slashdot threads get by posting its direct link to a higher traffic site.

And apparently you've done this out of a belief that such comments shouldn't be discoverable, even by those observing a record of moderation decisions.

Are you similarly upset by HN's "showdead" option? Will you be sharing some truly objectionable comments from here on a large social media account?

Re: www.userfriendly.org seems to be gone, RIP Erwin, Dust Puppy and Co :(

#137

Post by gtk40 »

dredmorbius wrote: post #64

There were a number of early webcomics, with UF being among the more prominant. Others I recall: - "Cafe Hugo", I believe. Tagline included "vague enneui", possibly also "coffee, puns, ..." or something like that. Mostly college students / recent graduates and their life at a cafe. All traces seem lost. - "Westward Ho!" was a very short-lived, and I think intentionally limited, comic about a young woman engaged in fi…

It's not quite as old, but I loved Hackles back in the day. http://www.hackles.org/

Re: www.userfriendly.org seems to be gone, RIP Erwin, Dust Puppy and Co :(

#138

Post by duskwuff »

tentacleuno wrote: post #132
duskwuff wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could you be thinking of Kevin and Kell ( https://www.kevinandkell.com/ )? The species don't quite match up, but the general description and the time period do. (And it's still running daily strips, making it the longest-running web comic!)

Mmm, have you got any more of these [pre-]2000's webcomics? I love them, they're like a snapshot of a totally different era.

Better yet, I've got a whole list of long-running webcomics:

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WebcomicsLongRun...

Re: www.userfriendly.org seems to be gone, RIP Erwin, Dust Puppy and Co :(

#139

Post by fl0wenol »

blywi wrote: post #131
dredmorbius wrote: post #64

There were a number of early webcomics, with UF being among the more prominant. Others I recall: - "Cafe Hugo", I believe. Tagline included "vague enneui", possibly also "coffee, puns, ..." or something like that. Mostly college students / recent graduates and their life at a cafe. All traces seem lost. - "Westward Ho!" was a very short-lived, and I think intentionally limited, comic about a young woman engaged in fi…

Some other webcomics I remember from that time: - CFRH or College Roomies from Hell, still ongoing although at a much slower pace: http://www.crfh.net/ - Sabrina Online, started 1996 by Eric W. Schwartz of Amiga fame: https://www.sabrina-online.com/ - General Protection Fault, like the name suggest, this one also has an IT setting: https://www.gpf-comics.com/ - Roomies! and It's Walky! - A teen romantic comedy: http:…

Roomies! got rebooted spiritually as Dumbing of Age. That iteration has been going for _12 years_

Re: www.userfriendly.org seems to be gone, RIP Erwin, Dust Puppy and Co :(

#140

Post by fl0wenol »

dredmorbius wrote: post #64

There were a number of early webcomics, with UF being among the more prominant. Others I recall: - "Cafe Hugo", I believe. Tagline included "vague enneui", possibly also "coffee, puns, ..." or something like that. Mostly college students / recent graduates and their life at a cafe. All traces seem lost. - "Westward Ho!" was a very short-lived, and I think intentionally limited, comic about a young woman engaged in fi…

I think I remember "Westward Ho!", but I can't find anything that isn't the 1924 novel anymore. Do you have any more information about it?
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