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1. Aboutplants · 1790627459 · focus · HN ↗

   The ingenuity of youth always makes me smile. It brings me back to my youth and the things we used to get up to, in retrospect it was a huge learning experience for me. Learning how to think outside the box, finding ways things could be utilized outside of their intended use, etc.

   1. ctippett · 1790653716 · focus · HN ↗

      I was a teenager in the early 2000s and my parents were quite strict with when and how long I could use the shared family computer to access the internet.

      I had my own computer in my bedroom, but the internet was only available on the family computer (256k via a PCI modem). I really really wanted the freedom to use the internet without a curfew, so I started researching how to connect two computers wirelessly... I ended up purchasing two 11mbs USB WLAN adapters for a few hundred dollars each(!) and paired them so I could share the internet connection. Wireless LAN was almost unheard of in those days, so my parents had no idea what I was up to.. although they eventually became suspicious when I stopped wanting to use the family computer yet insisting they keep it powered on.

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