When the Internet Was a Place

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qsera•31 minutes ago

And a little while before that, the desktop computer was a mystical thing that could take you to wonderlands. I was truly an intriguing machine, instead of just another home appliance.

pixelpoet•about 2 hours ago

The article seems to repeat its thesis almost verbatim three times.

booleandilemma•about 2 hours ago

Thanks. Glad I'm not the only one who felt that. I think the author just learned the word panopticon.

userbinator•29 minutes ago

It doesn't have the usual giveaways of LLM text (except for the rather prominent dashes) but definitely has a similar verboseness and repetitiveness. Human writing can be like that too, if its author wanted to pad it out to a word quota.

booleandilemma•about 2 hours ago

The thing that kills me is how serious it's gotten. Can't joke around anymore, not unless you're doing it ironically.

userbinator•28 minutes ago

Memes are still a thing.

Ayaan2004•about 2 hours ago

i love those days where we uses visit internet cafes to play games and enjoys the internet through searching in google.com

When the Internet Was a Place

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