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"Users" was a common term for people at PCs in my early networking days (Novell, early '90s), so it's actually much older than the Web. We made jokes about it b
by themadturk 5y ago
"Users" was a common term for people at PCs in my early networking days (Novell, early '90s), so it's actually much older than the Web. We made jokes about it being the same term used for junkies, but we certainly never meant it in that context. The people who were "addicted" were the ones running the network; the users were happy to leave it all at the end of the day.
- agumonkey 5y agoBack when computers were just a piece o your life. Video games the same. It was a corner in your room. Now it's both center an floor.
- analognoise 5y agoThat's why I haven't bought a console in a decade! It's such a huge time sink when you add it all up; virtual chains that you wear willingly. That's part of why the metaverse is such dystopian bullshit. Like I need my entire field of view taken away too, so Lord Zuck can sell more ads? Ew, gross, no.