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PsychoticSheepMy childhood in one picture. My very first PC: a Compaq machine with a Pentium I (166 MHz) - slow by today’s standards, and honestly, even back then. Most kids already had Pentium 4s, but I made the most of what I had. I started out playing DOS games like DOOM on Windows 98 - and I loved every second. But everything changed when I saw SuSE Linux 8.0 at a friend’s house. His dad worked at AMD in Germany at the time - so of course they had Linux. I didn’t fully understand what it was… but I knew I needed it too. So I got SuSE Linux 7.3. I installed it from CD1 - the other 6 CDs and 1 DVD just held software packages. Two boot floppies were needed just to start the installer. I installed a Sound Blaster card myself at age 10, using the original driver CD. And since my CD-ROM drive was added later, I had to boot from a floppy with DOS CD-ROM drivers first. It was all a bit chaotic – but it worked. Also pictured: my LEGO Mindstorms grabber arm - the first robot I ever built, following online instructions I hunted down with endless patience. And of course: PC Games 11/02, featuring Unreal Tournament 2003 (and also No One Lives Forever 2, one of the most underrated gems of its time.) - a game (and series) I still love to this day. Today, this very machine still works - and after some experiments with Minix and FreeDOS over the years, it’s once again running SuSE Linux 7.3. Just like back then. What’s missing? My old bike. 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Dash Removerokay but calling LLMs 'an evolutionary dead end' while posting about them on Mastodon is like hosting a funeral for DVDs on LaserDisc 📀💀 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LLM</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technostalgia</a>

N-gated Hacker News📢🚦Oh look, it's 1983 and Ivan Illich discovered that computers are the new overlords making us all robotic drones, stripped of our human essence! 🤖🔊 Apparently, our digital age is just one big cattle ranch, with Illich nostalgically longing for the days when silence was golden and not just a sign your internet is down. 🕰️🤐 <a href="http://www.davidtinapple.com/illich/1983_silence_commons.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.davidtinapple.com/illich/1983_silence_commons.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IvanIllich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IvanIllich</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalOverlords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalOverlords</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechNostalgia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanEssence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanEssence</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CattleRanch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CattleRanch</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1983Reflections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#1983Reflections</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ngated</a>

N-gated Hacker NewsAh, yes, another epic tale of bygone tech companies and pixelated nostalgia 🤔. Apparently, the founder's passion for producing buggy software tanks faster than a dial-up modem in a thunderstorm 🌩️. But fear not, dear reader, the tale of fading interests and corporate sell-outs is as old as Windows 95 bugs! 😆 <a href="https://www.filfre.net/2025/07/the-year-of-peak-might-and-magic/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.filfre.net/2025/07/the-year-of-peak-might-and-magic/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technostalgia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corporatehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#corporatehistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/softwarefailures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#softwarefailures</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dialupmodem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dialupmodem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Windows95" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Windows95</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ngated</a>

N-gated Hacker NewsAh yes, the "revolutionary" IBM ThinkPad 701 with its ✨magical✨ expanding keyboard—because nothing says cutting-edge like a laptop that needed to unfold like a 🦋 to be usable. Meanwhile, Fast Company's design innovation: a website that only functions if you disable every modern convenience. 🙄💻 <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91356463/ibm-thinkpad-701-butterfly-keyboard" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.fastcompany.com/91356463/ibm-thinkpad-701-butterfly-keyboard</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IBMThinkPad701" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IBMThinkPad701</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ExpandingKeyboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExpandingKeyboard</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DesignInnovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DesignInnovation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechNostalgia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ModernConvenience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ModernConvenience</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ngated</a>

AppleX4🪦 Apple entierra casi toda la familia AirPort: ya son productos obsoletos, salvo una única excepción. ¿Todavía usas alguno en casa? 👀 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AirPort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AirPort</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechNostalgia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AppleX4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AppleX4</a>

Hacker NewsTrying to Find Meaning in Owning an Old Mac<a href="https://blog.decryption.net.au/posts/macse30.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.decryption.net.au/posts/macse30.html</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldMacMeaning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OldMacMeaning</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FindingPurpose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FindingPurpose</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechNostalgia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AppleHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AppleHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MacSE30" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MacSE30</a>

Hack In Days of Futur Past🚀 Introducing: Hacking Museum! 🚀Conservatory of hacking technologies, tools & methods through agesWe’re bringing vintage tech back to life with RetroCTF challenges and hands-on hacking experiences! Whether it’s a side event for your next cybersecurity conference, CTF, our retro hacking magic will engage and challenge your participants in unforgettable ways.🔗 Check out more details: <a href="https://hacking.museum" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hacking.museum</a>🎥 Watch our intro video: <a href="https://hacking.museum/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Hacking-Museum-prezV5.mp4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hacking.museum/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Hacking-Museum-prezV5.mp4</a><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/RetroHacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroHacking</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cybersecurity</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/CTF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CTF</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/TechNostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechNostalgia</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/HackThePast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HackThePast</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/CyberAwareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CyberAwareness</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#infosec</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/retrocomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputer</a>

Stefano Marinelli"How it all began" I saw an ad for this CD set at a very low price in a computer magazine. I decided to give it a try, enticed by the low cost and this 'alternative solution to Windows', and in late 1996 I ordered this set. When it arrived, I was fascinated (having never used a Unix or Unix-like system before) but a bit daunted by the lack of support for the main applications I knew. A few months later, though, I decided to give it another go and from that point, I never looked back. Whether it was Linux, one of the BSDs, or something similar (but Unix or Unix-like), I was not going back to systems like Windows. My <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/ThrowbackThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThrowbackThursday</a> today is probably one of the most significant in my computing life.<a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Unix</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/TechNostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechNostalgia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/ComputingMemories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ComputingMemories</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BSD</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/TechnologyEvolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechnologyEvolution</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OldSchoolComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OldSchoolComputing</a> #1996 <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/ITLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ITLife</a>

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