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Lots of great memories beautifully bottled up and impeccably presented (as we've come to expect from Neal). I was hoping the million dollar homepage would be included, and wasn't disappointed. :-)

Did anyone else notice how the audio stops playing when you slide to the next screen, except for zombo.com? Haha.

Related Artifacts:

"Here comes another bubble" - https://youtube.com/watch?v=SvmNDym6CvQ (dotcom startup boom)

BonziBUDDY - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BonziBuddy (predatory browser extension dressed up as your friend)

Digg - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digg (reddit predecessor)

RuneScape - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RuneScape / https://play.runescape.com/

Ultima Online - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_Online / https://uo.com

Demoscene - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene

Warez - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_warez_groups

I'm sure there were other notable phenomenons that didn't make the cut, what did I miss?


Instant messaging apps like ICQ for example.

This is called Fair Use. While you're asking the question, everyone else is doing it.

Some dead linked content in TFA is resurrectable courtesy of archive.org (though I had to dig a bit, which is why I'm sharing):

Dubya's Sectera Edge, a BlackBerry-esque Ultra Secure PDA phone:

https://web.archive.org/web/20120922044930/http://www.gdc4s....

Product eventually deprecated in September, 2015:

https://web.archive.org/web/20150926124453/http://www.gdc4s....

The link finally died with a site redesign in Jan 2016:

https://web.archive.org/web/20160131082757/http://www.gdc4s....

Original (now deceased) link: http://www.gdc4s.com/sectera-edge-(sme-ped)-proddetail.html

P.s. The device was somewhat comically proportioned, with thick antenna and bezels, haha: https://gdmissionsystems.com/-/media/general-dynamics/cyber-...

A teardown and chip analysis would be interesting! Though I imagine these devices aren't easy to come by?


> It’s probably against the rules to self-link old comments

It's not against the rules to link past comments - in fact it's preferred to repeating the same or similar content across stories.

At the same time, does 'look, I had the right take once in the past' make for interesting conversation? I'm keen to see it unfold!


No, I rarely think self-referential comments are useful, let alone interesting.

I do think it’s useful however to claim information space on a serious topic before, interestingly, various apologists show up as is happening ITT now.


I think it's good to compare and contrast the items you got right and wrong in the take and discuss why it did or did not play out that way.

Thanks for sharing, Chris! In case it's helpful to other readers, the linked article outlines combining several tools together, including N8n and how it fit into the picture. Decent article, although a bit shallow on details.

Discussed previously:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5860250 - 169 comments (June 2013)


Does it handle RSUs?


It does. It'll also let you do cost basis adjustments just like TurboTax.


Yup! ESPP too.


Not shocking considering how much heavy mining industrial pollution has taken place in Utah for the past 120 years.

It's sad because so much prime nature is contaminated.


Actually, ffmpeg exists thanks to the legendary Fabrice Bellard. He's the rarest kind of programmer, stunningly capable and on a totally different wavelength of existence in terms of breadth of achievements. He made ffmpeg, incepted QEMU, and is a mobile / cellular communications guru.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabrice_Bellard


It's cool the source code really is open and available:

https://github.com/VERT-sh/VERT

AGPL licensed, which seems perfect for this kind of product:

The AGPL (Affero General Public License) is a type of free software license developed by the Free Software Foundation. It is similar to the GPL (General Public License) but with one key difference:

Network Use Clause: If you modify AGPL-licensed software and use it over a network (like a web app or API), you must also release your source code to the users who interact with it.

In other words, with GPL, you have to share your code only when you distribute the software. With AGPL, you have to share your code even if users are just accessing it over the internet (like using a SaaS product). AGPL was created to close the "SaaS loophole" in the GPL.

Further reading: https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/7578/what-are...


Does writing a library that does an RPC to AGPL licensed software count? Even if you don’t modify the AGPL code in any way?


As I understand the license, it doesn't apply to clients, just the service itself.


Would be even cooler if the website gave credit to what it is built on.


It does though? I you click on the (i) button, there's a "Libraries" section.


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