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1. ryandrake · 1789773077 · focus · HN ↗

   I remember warez being the sole driver of my modem upgrade path from 9600 to 14,400 to 28,800, finally to very unstable 33,600 bps, then to trying to convince my parents to order a second phone line for... uh... modem... stuff... And then, suddenly it was off to undergrad where, lo and behold there were these two weird looking "RJ45 jacks" in each dorm room, and I soon realized I'd never have to worry about modem speed again...

   1. gct · 1789783693 · focus · HN ↗

      Ahhh mIRC, jolt cola and an EDU connection at 3AM...

      1. pluc · 1789816435 · focus · HN ↗

         I remember being contracted to build an XDCC search engine that would connect to IRC servers, get XDCC lists from bots and then put that list up on the web to make everything searchable in one place... it was my first "we don't host anything" defense and people did not know what to do with me

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