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I was watching Twitch developer stream where the young streamer was working with a new TUI library/service discussed earlier on HN[1]. I half jokingly asked a
by cbm-vic-20 5y ago
I was watching Twitch developer stream where the young streamer was working with a new TUI library/service discussed earlier on HN[1]. I half jokingly asked a question if it worked with real hardware terminals, in particular a DEC VT420, and the developer didn't even know what that is.
Feels old, man.
Oh, and it turns out the service doesn't work well on my VT420, but I understand why that's not exactly a priority.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30048332 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30048332
- johnisgood 5y agoFeels... yeah... sorta saddening.
- contingencies 5y agoZoom out. Ignoring the fact everyone now has a supercomputer in their pocket, now you can literally outcompute that era of terminals for <$1. Huge flat screens hang in literally every room with resolutions dozens of times higher per axis than anything of that period. Voice input is finally here, and the very notion of a 'terminal' has become an anachronism. In context, therefore, I think it's understandable.