Going to guess you were cruising BBS, FTP, and Telnet sites? I was just an ignorant preteen coding Qbasic garbage trying to learn programming on my Dad's PC that year. When I read back on Internet history I was a little surprised it was already so active when most people weren't even aware of it yet.
At least now I know how Dad got all them free DOS games.
Scraping is hard on a server though. You gotta download the entire page and all its data instead of just the info/action you requested. That's one of the reasons other websites bother to make APIs, so bots and others DON'T start just scraping them.
If you put the Kbin link or Lemmy app right in RIF's place on your home screen, you'll barely miss it when your muscle memory comes calling for you to push the icon when you get ever so slightly bored.
Over the past few years I’ve accumulated way too much random electronics parts and pieces from projects and random Aliexpress shopping sprees. I figured I’d split it out into various “packs”, but I can move things around as desired (or combine things). It’s all free + shipping, I can ship however you want but default...
Ordinary redditors are feeling the pain as well. (teddit.adminforge.de)
The protests worked, and so did moving/editing/deleting our old content. As one person complains,...
BotDefense is wrapping up operations : r/BotDefense (teddit.adminforge.de)
https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/BotDefense/comments/14riw76/botdefense_is_wrapping_up_operations/...
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Boost confirms switching to being a fediverse app after the Reddit app shutdown. (www.reddit.com)
Right now it's going to be for Lemmy, but the fediverse is still getting a fantastic app.
The state of the internet 2023 (media.kbin.social)
You will be missed, RIF. o7 (media.kbin.social)
Downsizing my homelab! Free bit and bobs, just pay for shipping!
Over the past few years I’ve accumulated way too much random electronics parts and pieces from projects and random Aliexpress shopping sprees. I figured I’d split it out into various “packs”, but I can move things around as desired (or combine things). It’s all free + shipping, I can ship however you want but default...
My Lemmy Experience Thus Far (i.imgflip.com)
Vintage meme time and nobody has posted the most vintage meme in existence? (media.kbin.social)