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Are they on a PDP-11 or a dumb terminal?

by rblatz 3y ago

treeman79 3y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser) Used this daily for many years. Was great when connecting to the internet was only practical via a shell.
- Dylan16807 3y ago
  Did you try it on this site? All of the comments/updates on the bug report are loaded by javascript and don't work for me in lynx or elinks.
  - aabbcc1241 3y ago
    Do you mean hacker news as "this site"? HN seems to be server side rendered, so it should display well without Javascript.
    - jwilk 3y ago
      I think they meant <https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1696 https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1696>.
inetknght 3y ago
> Are they on...? I've met people who seriously do use dumb terminals and other people who have seriously discussed using a PDP-11. So, while your question might sound sarcastic, the answer is definitely yes. Nerds gonna nerd. Nothing wrong with that. I personally don't like going to gitlab or github because I don't like the businesses behind them. That's another point irrespective of whether I'm browsing in a terminal or ancient device.
- nickelpro 3y ago
  You recognize that using hardware from the 70s means you're in a single digit minority right? You can't possibly expect the world to cater to such affectations
hedora 3y ago
They might be using linux. After all, it's just a glorified news group reader for starving/cheap undergrads.
- nroets 3y ago
  On some favors of Linux (gnome), it's possible to right click on a link that appears in a terminal emulator and open it. However there are many things that all need to work: Firefox (or similar) installed (using a snap??) DNS must work Firewall allow it Preferably open the browser on a second monitor for easy work flow. Oh and to click the link, the programmer may need to find his wireless mouse because he may not have used it in days.

4 ms·

Are they on a PDP-11 or a dumb terminal?

by rblatz 3y ago

Are they on a PDP-11 or a dumb terminal?

treeman79 3y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser) Used this daily for many years. Was great when connecting to the internet was only practical via a shell.
- Dylan16807 3y ago
  Did you try it on this site? All of the comments/updates on the bug report are loaded by javascript and don't work for me in lynx or elinks.
  - aabbcc1241 3y ago
    Do you mean hacker news as "this site"? HN seems to be server side rendered, so it should display well without Javascript.
    - jwilk 3y ago
      I think they meant <https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1696 https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1696>.
inetknght 3y ago
> Are they on...? I've met people who seriously do use dumb terminals and other people who have seriously discussed using a PDP-11. So, while your question might sound sarcastic, the answer is definitely yes. Nerds gonna nerd. Nothing wrong with that. I personally don't like going to gitlab or github because I don't like the businesses behind them. That's another point irrespective of whether I'm browsing in a terminal or ancient device.
- nickelpro 3y ago
  You recognize that using hardware from the 70s means you're in a single digit minority right? You can't possibly expect the world to cater to such affectations
hedora 3y ago
They might be using linux. After all, it's just a glorified news group reader for starving/cheap undergrads.
- nroets 3y ago
  On some favors of Linux (gnome), it's possible to right click on a link that appears in a terminal emulator and open it. However there are many things that all need to work: Firefox (or similar) installed (using a snap??) DNS must work Firewall allow it Preferably open the browser on a second monitor for easy work flow. Oh and to click the link, the programmer may need to find his wireless mouse because he may not have used it in days.