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I would definitely read a blog (or just follow up comments) about a technology orientated person jumping forward almost a decade in time and what they find rea

I would definitely read a blog (or just follow up comments) about a technology orientated person jumping forward almost a decade in time and what they find really different. Are you a professional developer? Has framework churn been an issue?

maximedupre 5y ago
Yeah that would be facinating
- kingcharles 5y ago
  Ask away.
kingcharles 5y ago
Yes, been a web developer since 1994. Framework churn is THE WORST. Ugh. Really, nothing in terms of outside appearance has changed. The web looks pretty much identical to when I was locked up in 2013. There are a lot more ads, and way more video ads. The Web uses up waaaay more RAM and CPU. Development, though, has been a bitch since I got out a couple of months ago. I want to use the latest frameworks, but I'm starting from zero again. None of the old frameworks even exist. I feel like I'm 5 years old again. The code I've written in the last few weeks has all been very old fashioned! I just needed to get the job done. I had zero access to the Internet in all that time. The biggest thing I found was TikTok. I fucking love TikTok. From the inside we would see the occasional video on the news, but it just looked like it was to make videos of people dancing, but it's actually fucking awesome for those of us with "neurodiversity". One last thing - out of the, like, 1000 online account I had... only 2 were accessible once I got out. Wikipedia and eSnipe. Can't get into anything else. Don't have ready access to the email address used on a lot of them. The others have an email address on a domain I own, but I can't change the nameservers because I can't get into the account, but my friend paid the domain fees while I was locked up, so I still "own" the domain. I can't get anything back as the court owns all the identity documents that I have and won't let me have them. In fact, when I asked a couple of weeks ago they said they have no idea where they put them all. Oh, and everything is SSL now. That wasn't a thing in 2013. Any other questions, fire away. It's a fascinating topic. I do feel like I teleported 8 years into the future.
- what_is_orcas 5y ago
  I find it really interesting that you love TikTok. > it's actually fucking awesome for those of us with "neurodiversity". Can you expand upon that a bit? How engaged were you with social media before your sentence, and has that (or will that) change now that you've had some space from it? > we would see the occasional video on the news How does the picture that the media paints of the internet & social media compare to your observations now that you're able to use it hands-on?
  - kingcharles 5y ago
    I was really suprised about TikTok. I did a lot of social media marketing for nonprofits before I was locked up, so I was very into social media. The thing with TikTok is that there are tons of videos helping, supporting and bringing awareness to issues such as ADHD, OCD, Tourettes, differing sexualities, gender identity etc, that are really refreshing and have really helped me to understand myself and my neuro-problems that caused me to get locked up. No other social network has that type of content. Facebook was huge in 2013 and still relevant. Now I barely use it at all. I think Facebook has some big problems. I don't want to say it will go the way of MySpace as Facebook has been much better at adapting than MySpace was, and Facebook has some way smarter people and more money. It might even come back into trend again in the future if their "Meta" projects take flight. The media only really shows the goofiest or cutest videos from social media. Nothing of any real worth. So my view of TikTok was very fucked up. TikTok is different for every person that uses it since your For You page is based around how you interact with the videos it gives you. I get zero people dancing on my page, and a lot of really smart content. Also, for the first five years I didn't have any access to the news, for security reasons, so I was very cut off.
    - heavyset_go 5y ago
      > Also, for the first five years I didn't have any access to the news, for security reasons, so I was very cut off. What did they get you for?
      - 5y ago

maximedupre 5y ago

Yeah that would be facinating

kingcharles 5y ago
Ask away.

kingcharles 5y ago

Yes, been a web developer since 1994. Framework churn is THE WORST. Ugh. Really, nothing in terms of outside appearance has changed. The web looks pretty much identical to when I was locked up in 2013. There are a lot more ads, and way more video ads. The Web uses up waaaay more RAM and CPU. Development, though, has been a bitch since I got out a couple of months ago. I want to use the latest frameworks, but I'm starting from zero again. None of the old frameworks even exist. I feel like I'm 5 years old again. The code I've written in the last few weeks has all been very old fashioned! I just needed to get the job done. I had zero access to the Internet in all that time. The biggest thing I found was TikTok. I fucking love TikTok. From the inside we would see the occasional video on the news, but it just looked like it was to make videos of people dancing, but it's actually fucking awesome for those of us with "neurodiversity". One last thing - out of the, like, 1000 online account I had... only 2 were accessible once I got out. Wikipedia and eSnipe. Can't get into anything else. Don't have ready access to the email address used on a lot of them. The others have an email address on a domain I own, but I can't change the nameservers because I can't get into the account, but my friend paid the domain fees while I was locked up, so I still "own" the domain. I can't get anything back as the court owns all the identity documents that I have and won't let me have them. In fact, when I asked a couple of weeks ago they said they have no idea where they put them all. Oh, and everything is SSL now. That wasn't a thing in 2013. Any other questions, fire away. It's a fascinating topic. I do feel like I teleported 8 years into the future.

what_is_orcas 5y ago
I find it really interesting that you love TikTok. > it's actually fucking awesome for those of us with "neurodiversity". Can you expand upon that a bit? How engaged were you with social media before your sentence, and has that (or will that) change now that you've had some space from it? > we would see the occasional video on the news How does the picture that the media paints of the internet & social media compare to your observations now that you're able to use it hands-on?
- kingcharles 5y ago
  I was really suprised about TikTok. I did a lot of social media marketing for nonprofits before I was locked up, so I was very into social media. The thing with TikTok is that there are tons of videos helping, supporting and bringing awareness to issues such as ADHD, OCD, Tourettes, differing sexualities, gender identity etc, that are really refreshing and have really helped me to understand myself and my neuro-problems that caused me to get locked up. No other social network has that type of content. Facebook was huge in 2013 and still relevant. Now I barely use it at all. I think Facebook has some big problems. I don't want to say it will go the way of MySpace as Facebook has been much better at adapting than MySpace was, and Facebook has some way smarter people and more money. It might even come back into trend again in the future if their "Meta" projects take flight. The media only really shows the goofiest or cutest videos from social media. Nothing of any real worth. So my view of TikTok was very fucked up. TikTok is different for every person that uses it since your For You page is based around how you interact with the videos it gives you. I get zero people dancing on my page, and a lot of really smart content. Also, for the first five years I didn't have any access to the news, for security reasons, so I was very cut off.
  - heavyset_go 5y ago
    > Also, for the first five years I didn't have any access to the news, for security reasons, so I was very cut off. What did they get you for?
    - 5y ago