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by mwest 8mo ago
That doesn't work either? Looks like the .com and .net domains are sadly just up for sale rather than being used for something fun.
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by mwest 8mo ago
Very cool, some nice nostalgia looking through that list! Missed a trick not being able to “telnet telnet.org” though. :-)
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by mwest 3y ago
The word "adaptation" has a few specific meanings in the field of biology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptation
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by mwest 3y ago
Insomnia Festival is the largest of these in the UK I believe. In fact, i71 is going on right now. :-) https://www.insomniagamingfestival.com/lan Still manages to capture some of that "old school" LAN feel if you
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by mwest 4y ago
The only one I've seen that comes close is https://keys.pub/ but it still misses a lot of what keybase gives (sigchains, etc.) Previous HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22995792 Are ther
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by mwest 4y ago
Wow, I love the "daily tabs" concept. I'll install this and give it a go. Thanks! "The use-case of tabs are websites that you know are going to change: subreddits, games, or tools that you want to use for a few minutes d
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by mwest 4y ago
If you're interested in this kind of thing, you may also want to check out: - the Distributed YouTube Archive Discord: https://discord.com/invite/PQqks7eSKc - ArchiveTeam also do a significant amount of YT archivi
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by mwest 4y ago
Some great nostalgia reading this. If you want more, check out Jason Scott's "BBS: The Documentary": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dddbe9OuJLU&list=PL7nj3G6Jpv...
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by mwest 4y ago
In theory you can use OTR[1] but I've yet to see an easy way to use this from a phone. I remember IRC very fondly, but I feel it has a lot of baggage that makes it difficult to bring into the modern era. This blog post (not mine) expla
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by mwest 4y ago
Comes up with a privacy error atm. Guess their server got bit hard by HN? Cached copy here: https://web.archive.org/web/20220915015328/https://pestnet.i... Reminds me a bit of SILC: http://www
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by mwest 4y ago
I had the same question some time ago. The Wikipedia page is, as always, quite interesting. Although I think the tl;dr is "the name's so old, no one really knows". But the theory is: https://en.wikipedia.org/w
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by mwest 4y ago
Although not the same as a LAN party at a friend's house, I've quite enjoyed Insomnia in the UK a few times. Still some great LAN party vibes with a group of friends! https://insomniagamingfestival.com/lan/
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by mwest 4y ago
Very chill domain name... ;-)
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by mwest 4y ago
I too am a fan of FIRE. :-) I think most folks will still want something to do - and a purpose - post-retirement, especially if it's early. It would be nice to live to work, rather than work to live... Good luck with your target!
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by mwest 4y ago
You have ~80,000 hours in your career. Make them count. :-) https://80000hours.org/
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by mwest 4y ago
The stand-out innocence (or naivety) of the title is what made me click on this post. :-)
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by mwest 4y ago
Thanks for the guide! I've always felt setting up the server is the easy part. The more complicated bit is setting up the clients, especially for friends who aren't as tech savvy, or just don't want to bother figuring out all
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by mwest 5y ago
Hah! Something to replace https://www.twitch.tv/twitchdefrags/ which seems to have stopped broadcasting. Now we just need the right sound. :-)
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by mwest 5y ago
It's quite heart breaking. I particularly loved the idea of the Keybase Filesystem, sad to see this fall into an abandoned state. The closest Keybase alternative I've found so far is https://keys.pub/ (on HN: htt
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by mwest 5y ago
I'd love something like this. I've managed to get partway there by using ArchiveBox and feeding it my bookmarks, and then using the sonic to search through them. Would be great to have this more streamlined into a normal Google&#x
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by mwest 6y ago
Taken a look through http://www.pouet.net/ ? Looks like both Amiga and PC demos available there. Spent a nostalgic time running through some of the older PC demos I remembered. Most run fine on DOSBox!
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by mwest 6y ago
I recently managed to watch Fogel's _The Dissident_. The Twitter manipulation campaign that's covered in the movie was fascinating. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dissident It's on Apple TV. It's
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by mwest 6y ago
Or you could buy a whole town... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjBDKfrqQI4TgzT9YLNT8g The idea is quite appealing, but I think I prefer to experience Brent's journey vicariously through his Cerro Gordo videos!
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by mwest 6y ago
If you enjoy this mechanic, I have very fond memories of Star Control II ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Control_II ) which did something similar. I highly recommend checking out the open-source port "The Ur-Qu
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by mwest 6y ago
Doesn't look like the code is freely available, although the author states they'll provide a copy of the app for research purposes if asked: https://eclecticlight.co/2020/04/19/last-week-on-my-mac-va
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by mwest 6y ago
The screenshots for Igloo look nice, but the developer responses to reviews are... entertaining, and concerning.
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by mwest 7y ago
I remember the name Phil Katz from "PKZIP" back in the BBS days. I had no idea he had such an unhappy story! The wikipedia page covers it briefly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Katz
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by mwest 7y ago
Surprised this comment isn't higher. OP does indeed sound like the discipline they're looking for is Research Software Engineering. Some reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_software_engineering &q
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by mwest 7y ago
Back in the mists of time, I used to use wwwoffle proxy. It was great for low-latency links, but also had the benefit of keeping an offline archive of whatever you'd browsed. Project's still there, although not sure how well it do
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by mwest 7y ago
Don't forget --warc! :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_ARChive

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