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Before hotels had wifi, they had a free 'lobby computer' with internet that you could use. Like the library. (lemmy.world)
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I remember doing this at the Embassy Suits probably around 2002.

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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

We used to check out software at the library on floppy disks. Imagine that.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    Further back (same time, maybe?), us kids'd type in line after line of code in order to program the video game from scratch that came printed inside whatever issue of your favorite gaming mag you had on hand. 🥲

    *Conan, you bastard. So much code, but it was worth it to experience at that reverse age what the Sunk Cost Fallacy felt like *

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