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  • In the early 00’s, we put DSL on a business card shaped cdrw and carried them around. When it would get too hot outside we’d go to the library and boot into Linux, bypassing the software firewalls they were running and download as much music as we could to a tape drive. It took a few weekends to get the drivers and software right but it worked and was so much faster than our home connections. $5 got you top10 hits from any genre you wanted. We thought we were SO smart like we invented bootlegging.





  • Woah, core memory unlocked! As kids, we put DSL on business card shaped DVDRWs and kept them in our wallets. We could take them to the library and boot into DSL, bypassing the software security.

    At the time, libraries had outrageously fast internet compared to home. I would plug in my ORB drive and write as much Napster to the tape drive as I could (2.2GB @ 5-8MB/second). I’m sure everyone there had the worst connections because of me.

    Great memory for me, thanks! 🙏



  • In this specific conversation, saying three of my decks made at different times that don’t have a problem means one in four are experiencing an issue. There’s also another person saying the same thing in this thread. So 4/5 dentists agree you have a problem.

    Show me the Zen Desk ticket with hundreds of people having the same WiFi issue. I looked, couldn’t find one. It’s a problem for you that you and Valve need to fix, not complain about in an otherwise nice feature story.