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Jason Scott: "A terrible thing happened recently. You might have missed it."

Jason Scott (ASCII)200970 points41 comments History & Retro Computing details

A terrible thing happened recently. You might have missed it. AOL Hometown, which itself was actually a combination of a bunch of previously acquired websites, shut down. It shut down on October 31…

Survival tips if you find yourself in the Middle Ages?

Jason Kottke200962 points98 comments History & Retro Computing details

I spend far too much of my life daydreaming about scenarios like this: I wanted to ask for survival tips in case I am unexpectedly transported to a random locat