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The early internet was so human and genuine. (lemmy.world)
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[–] 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It was, but... this morning I pulled out my pocket computer that also can make calls, started streaming the Disco Elysium soundtrack, and proceeded to drive across two cities. There were no pauses or hiccups in the stream.

The early 2000s mind cannot comprehend this.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I remember reading comments on Slashdot circa 2005 "explaining" why video streaming would never replace physical media. I totally bought it at the time.

    This was a moment in time when Netflix existed, but it only sent DVDs through the mail. Only took a few years before their streaming service took off. Also, YouTube showed up around that time (and then Google bought it).

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    and netflix wasn't even the first one to do streaming, years before them some startup bought one physical disk for each stream and if they ran out of copies you had to wait for someone else to finish watching the movie, it was like a digital library. they did it to avoid copyright issues but they got sued into the ground and died. then netflix happened and now we have another cable tv subscription instead of an internet

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    What's your favourite track on the Disco Elysium soundtrack (if you have one)?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That's a tough one. It hits so many moods.

    Detective Arriving On The Scene or Precinct 41 Major Crimes Unit are up there.

    Whirling-in-Rags 8 AM gets a lot of replays along with 8 PM.

    The Cryptozoologists sounds almost identical to a song I made in Ableton in 2008 and it trips me out.

    But I have blasted Ecstatic Vibrations, Totally Transcendant the most I guess.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Man, I gotta finish the game. I think we left off around the point where we've figured out that a sniper shot the victim and we've figured out that it must have come from one of three locations or so. Last thing I remember is the church and those party-goers in the tent - not sure where we're supposed to go next

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