You've seen Hackers, right? The 1995 movie? At the time, most of the internet was dialup BBS sites. But then, the world wide web happened, and big centralised providers like CompuServe and AOL started taking control.

Discussing the perils of centralised internet services? Basically, y'all are talking about the original spirit of the internet, and I kinda love it.

**claire, lesbnyans~ 💜⚸** @DarkWitchClaire@computerfairi.es · Jul 20, 2020, 01:14

**claire, lesbnyans~ 💜⚸** @DarkWitchClaire@computerfairi.es · Jul 20, 2020, 01:14

Jul 20, 2020, 01:14

claire, lesbnyans~ 💜⚸ @DarkWitchClaire@computerfairi.es

30-day Video Game Music Challenge day 18

music in a game released the year you were born
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX) - Wandering Ghosts
composer: Michiru Yamane

nearly every track in this game is a classic, so i decided to showcase one of my favorites that isn't among the more commonly talked about ones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_Yf8FFBarY

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**claire, lesbnyans~ 💜⚸** @DarkWitchClaire@computerfairi.es · Jul 20, 2020, 01:00

**claire, lesbnyans~ 💜⚸** @DarkWitchClaire@computerfairi.es · Jul 20, 2020, 01:00

Jul 20, 2020, 01:00

claire, lesbnyans~ 💜⚸ @DarkWitchClaire@computerfairi.es

supermodel3 is such an annoying emulator but at least you can imitate the arcade controls with the right setup

**claire, lesbnyans~ 💜⚸** @DarkWitchClaire@computerfairi.es · Jul 19, 2020, 21:58

**claire, lesbnyans~ 💜⚸** @DarkWitchClaire@computerfairi.es · Jul 19, 2020, 21:58

Jul 19, 2020, 21:58

claire, lesbnyans~ 💜⚸ @DarkWitchClaire@computerfairi.es

nothing

beemani, the makers of beemania

**claire, lesbnyans~ 💜⚸** · Jul 19, 2020, 21:55

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**claire, lesbnyans~ 💜⚸** @DarkWitchClaire@computerfairi.es · Jul 19, 2020, 21:55

Jul 19, 2020, 21:55

claire, lesbnyans~ 💜⚸ @DarkWitchClaire@computerfairi.es

@velexiraptor lb i have no idea what's going on but i will not stand for anyone hexing the moon, she's a lesbian who loves all wlw

**claire, lesbnyans~ 💜⚸** · Jul 19, 2020, 21:45

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**lexi (radtown forever 2021)** @velexiraptor@radical.town · Jul 19, 2020, 21:45

Jul 19, 2020, 21:45

lexi (radtown forever 2021) @velexiraptor@radical.town

anyway hexing the moon is an act of lesbophobia

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**claire, lesbnyans~ 💜⚸** · Apr 20, 2018, 13:35

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**r҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖** @cypnk@mastodon.social · Apr 20, 2018, 13:35

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r҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖 @cypnk@mastodon.social

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**claire, lesbnyans~ 💜⚸** @DarkWitchClaire@computerfairi.es · Jul 19, 2020, 20:00

**claire, lesbnyans~ 💜⚸** @DarkWitchClaire@computerfairi.es · Jul 19, 2020, 20:00

Jul 19, 2020, 20:00

claire, lesbnyans~ 💜⚸ @DarkWitchClaire@computerfairi.es

why do smoothing filters for emulators of 2d systems exist

**claire, lesbnyans~ 💜⚸** · Jul 19, 2020, 15:54

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**toxicodendron radicans** @InvaderXan@sunbeam.city · Jul 19, 2020, 15:54

Jul 19, 2020, 15:54

toxicodendron radicans @InvaderXan@sunbeam.city

You might be an Internet Ancient if you:

• remember Netscape Navigator

• ever used any modem with a bandwidth of 28,8 or lower

• had an Early Adopter account on Livejournal

• witnessed the rise and fall of PhPBB

• witnessed the rise and fall of Napster

• used the web before Google existed

• ever used a dialup BBS site

• remember Gopher

• ever downloaded music as .mod files

• remember when about 90% of the web was made up of personal sites which were "under construction" and had pictures of people's cats on them

• remember when Yahoo was literally just a big list of websites

• know IRC commands

• have heard anyone unironically use the phrase "information superhighway"

• can recognise different bandwidth modems by what bleepy handshake sound they make

• have ever received one of those chain e-mails where you have to scroll through about a kilometre of forwarded headers only to find a "hilarious" vaguely lewd image and/or a banal list like this one