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		Almondsetat 13 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Useful Personal Computer Everything on that list could be done 30 years ago with an internet connection, except maybe online maps. Do not confuse functionalities with how much modern GUIs weigh things down

Antibabelic 13 days ago [–]

By "back in the day" I was thinking more IBM PC era, rather than Windows 95 era. I agree that there's almost no qualitative difference between how personal computing was done 30 years ago and now.

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