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[–] Eiim@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Unrelatedly, I need to quickly sneer at another quote:

like in 1995 when the internet was born

1995? How was the Internet born in 1995? Eternal September already started two years ago at that point.

[–] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Even Mosaic was 2 years old already in 1995, so the web—much younger than the infrastructure—was a solidly established thing. Did he just make up the number or is that some benchmark, I wonder?

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 5 points 5 months ago

Maybe the “corporate” web?