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Worth expanding on, for the younger crowd:
"Like, the library" refers to the 2000s all the way back to the 1980s, when libraries (universities, then public, of course) had computers available (and eventually wifi) for all visitors. Some even offered networks after that point that extended a fair distance from their building, and didn't turn off between open & close.
Wild times. wistful, distant look
WiFi wasn't invented until 1997 and even then nobody had any devices that could use it. It wasn't common until the mid 2000's. They would have computers you could use because most people didn't own a computer.
Fair point, I was getting memories mixed up, yeah. It's been a minute. 🙇🏼♂️😅
We used to check out software at the library on floppy disks. Imagine that.
Further back (same time, maybe?), us kids'd type in line after line of code in order to program the video game from scratch that came printed inside whatever issue of your favorite gaming mag you had on hand. 🥲
*Conan, you bastard. So much code, but it was worth it to experience at that reverse age what the Sunk Cost Fallacy felt like *