Random Talk Thread Mk. II

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#9054

Nah, FTP for everything file related. Or Kermit, if you were a fan of the muppets.

My earliest network memories were connecting from a terminal to the mainframe by a dedicated dialup box (named “Gandalf”) and something insane like 150 or 300 baud. You didn’t even try transferring files then, just characters to create the file on the mainframe.

About six years later, we had a variety of early PCs (and other microcomputers) connected via an early internet setup with the astonishing rate of 1 MB. A few more years, and we were on to 10 MB, then 100 MB. Now the backbone is up to 1 GB. And it STILL takes forever to transfer files because even simple Word documents are now stupidly huge bloated messes.

Bring back punch cards and paper tape, I say. Harrumph. :older_adult:

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#9055

Yeah, you predate me by a good decade sounds like. My first real experience with PCs was Wolfenstein 3D. On a similar nostalgic moment, apparently AIM is shutting down. Which feels… Odd. Even if I haven’t used it lately, it’s still the end of a place I probably put more words into than a small library. Leaves me with a bizarre sort of nostalgia leavened with the mild bitterness of old opportunities forgone.

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#9057

I wonder what it feels like to be pregnant :thinking:

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#9058

why tho

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#9059

As I understand, you get quite a lot of different feelings, and it all ends in something rather like pushing an action man out of your penis.

I actually have a similar question but I probably shouldn’t ask and I’m too British anyway :blembarrass:

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#9060

Omg ask pls

I dunno, just kinda popped in my head

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#9061

I’m far too innocent

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#9062
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#9063

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#9064

Thats just wrong
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#9065

Villainous organizations need to be shut down. Do not A.I.M. when you can AIMbot!

:laughing:

Lies…LIES…

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#9066

I acted like a drunken arsehole last night and today this is me:

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#9067

…just got back to Cali from a tradeshow in Las Vegas. Awkward. :no_mouth:

#9068

How is it down there?

#9069

Can anyone help me shed some light on the topic of self destructive behaviour?

My next therapy appointment isn’t until Thursday due to the Thanksgiving holiday so maybe I can pick you guys brain.

Could these periodic “breakdowns” I have every now abs then where I tend to go burn all my bridges in a mix of drama I create, oversharing, and desperate validation seeking be just me crying out for attention, any attention, be it good or bad?

Or where do I keep doing the same exact thing over and over again without even realizing I am doing it until it is much too late?

#9070

No idea what happened, but as someone with Bipolar type 2, it took me years to develop coping mechanisms to disengage from a situation when I’m having trouble. Honestly, if you want my advice it’d be to keep a regular sleep schedule, eat healthily, get some exercise, and walk away if you start losing control.

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#9071

Honestly, other than the standing police presence at the entrance of any given hotel and the #vegasstrong tags on the overhead signage, I might not notice? Taxi drivers would breathe a sigh of relief when our destination didn’t include bringing them down to that end of town, and I might not even think twice about the missing windows in the Mandalay Bay hotel, as seen from a distance.

I did see the card workers having a staff meeting on a corner for the first time though… was dying to overhear what they were talking about. :laughing:

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#9072

It doesn’t surprise me on some level, so many tourists

Still eerie to be there so soon after

Anyway, this is a thing
http://www.wife-carrying.org/

#9073

… Where exactly did you come across this?

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#9074

My news feed on my phone, the championships were held this weekend aparrently