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[–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Well, I have written in assembly. Once. I built a motor controller that ran off the serial port of... I can't remember if it was an Intel or a Motorola. 😏

It was educational.

Your point is taken, though, thank you. I wouldn't go back to that time because my job is so much easier now, but I do miss the days when it was filled with nerds and weirdos. You could talk to anyone in the room about Star Wars or D&D. The community was so much smaller and loved lifting one another up.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    Your experience predates mine by a decade but I'm right there with you missing the culture. You had to want to be on the internet to be there back then so the userbase skewed nerdier and smarter. Websites were also tailored to niche audiences, they didn't aim for mass appeal.

    Internet culture remained pretty great until low effort garbage took over. I stand firm that (the modern definition of) memes ruined the internet and one day I'll write my essay on it

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