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		dinkumthinkum on July 10, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PySkyWiFi: Free stupid wi-fi on long-haul flights A more charitable view is that there are some people that grew up with BBS and then the Internet and it was just a very different place with a culture for which nerds could sort of call home and now it is decidedly not that thing and it can be kind of sad for some people.

s1artibartfast on July 10, 2024 [–]

Sad is pretty different than angry and bitter, but I think I get what you are laying down.

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