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Copy Link debesyla 14 hours ago Collapse Comment - It's interesting how HN crowd are mostly text (and text with low formatting too!) consumers. Compared to other social media, and even old school forums...Are we mostly l33t developers here, in love with CLI and Vim? Ha! Reply View | 8 replies Copy Link rietta 13 hours ago Parent Next Collapse Comment - I personally think the plain text howtos and forums of 1996-2002 were way easier to follow than the video links that come up these days. Reply View | 0 replies Copy Link stavros 14 hours ago Parent Prev Next Collapse Comment - Come on, it's absurd to think that we all follow a stereotype. Some of us use emacs. Reply View | 2 replies Copy Link dotancohen 12 hours ago Root Parent Next Collapse Comment - I don't have eight megs to spare, you insensitive clod!:wq Reply View | 0 replies Copy Link qingcharles 12 hours ago Root Parent Prev Collapse Comment - You monster. Reply View | 0 replies Copy Link bookofjoe 14 hours ago Parent Prev Next Collapse Comment - In the beginning was the command line Reply View | 0 replies Copy Link wat10000 13 hours ago Parent Prev Collapse Comment - The phrase “old school forums” really does a number on me. Forums are a web thing, and the web is newfangled tech. Reply View | 2 replies Copy Link bluGill 11 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Usenet, bbs. There are a lot of forums that predate the web. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link wat10000 10 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - They weren’t called that, were they? Usenet was just Usenet, or “news.” BBSes were BBSes.And in context, “forums” was presented opposite plain text, and pre-web stuff tended to be plain text. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link rietta 13 hours ago Parent Next Collapse Comment - I personally think the plain text howtos and forums of 1996-2002 were way easier to follow than the video links that come up these days. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link stavros 14 hours ago Parent Prev Next Collapse Comment - Come on, it's absurd to think that we all follow a stereotype. Some of us use emacs. Reply View | 2 replies Copy Link dotancohen 12 hours ago Root Parent Next Collapse Comment - I don't have eight megs to spare, you insensitive clod!:wq Reply View | 0 replies Copy Link qingcharles 12 hours ago Root Parent Prev Collapse Comment - You monster. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link dotancohen 12 hours ago Root Parent Next Collapse Comment - I don't have eight megs to spare, you insensitive clod!:wq Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link qingcharles 12 hours ago Root Parent Prev Collapse Comment - You monster. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link bookofjoe 14 hours ago Parent Prev Next Collapse Comment - In the beginning was the command line Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link wat10000 13 hours ago Parent Prev Collapse Comment - The phrase “old school forums” really does a number on me. Forums are a web thing, and the web is newfangled tech. Reply View | 2 replies Copy Link bluGill 11 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Usenet, bbs. There are a lot of forums that predate the web. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link wat10000 10 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - They weren’t called that, were they? Usenet was just Usenet, or “news.” BBSes were BBSes.And in context, “forums” was presented opposite plain text, and pre-web stuff tended to be plain text. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link bluGill 11 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Usenet, bbs. There are a lot of forums that predate the web. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link wat10000 10 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - They weren’t called that, were they? Usenet was just Usenet, or “news.” BBSes were BBSes.And in context, “forums” was presented opposite plain text, and pre-web stuff tended to be plain text. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link wat10000 10 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - They weren’t called that, were they? Usenet was just Usenet, or “news.” BBSes were BBSes.And in context, “forums” was presented opposite plain text, and pre-web stuff tended to be plain text. Reply View | 0 replies
It's interesting how HN crowd are mostly text (and text with low formatting too!) consumers. Compared to other social media, and even old school forums...
Are we mostly l33t developers here, in love with CLI and Vim? Ha!