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@jarango I'm on the Internet since 1994. (Same month the Netscape Navigator web browser hit the day of light, making the WWW a much better place to browse through.) So yes, I'm ancient.

I've been an avid information worker ever since.

And I never ever subscribed to any #mailinglist or #newsletter.

It would turn my #email process a miserable place to be.

Any organization doing some auto-signup is begging me to extend my killfile, making it impossible to reach me in future.

(#gmane was my dear friend though as I've very much loved the #usenet. And I still think people should re-adapt it as it solved many problems people are having these days.)

#PIM #newsgroups

Back to basics, so with all the web has become, I'm looking at the past, where newsgroups, private BBS and generally isolated sites and systems ruled.

Does anyone have any that are still alive?
#1990internet #newsgroups #bbs #bulletinboardsystem #retrocomputing #electronicprojects

This is EXACTLY how I feel when I search solutions for my #LaTeX problems...
#Internet #Forums
#newsgroups #XKCD
#TexShop #Mactex
https://xkcd.com/3245/

Just polled my software team: without googling or asking, have you heard of #copyfail ? if so, do you know what it is sufficiently to explain it to a colleague?

Not a single hand. We make embedded #linux devices. ( yes, ours are affected.)

Call me old fashioned, but when I was a #developer I _kept tabs on shit_. First coffee every morning was pouring over #slashdot and #thedailywtf and a dozen tech specific #blogs and #newsgroups and #channels. Whats new, or blowing up?

#cve_2026_31431

you cando ssl proxy with squid also i think - you run it and grab cert for your browsers, put your bank on bump list and have viz for siem - i still have to do this, is is a bit gray hat, not really but you do need to think about it and be judicious, it is industry standard best practice if you want to look at it objectively (widely used) , it lives on the edge is basically transparent. a good upgrade for malcolm box, can be cpu intensive if you have a busy network - you have to offer this to clients #pkt cap #dpi #flavors of tls #open source #newsgroups

@Lydie Yes I still use Usenet, principally for comp.lang.tcl but not only. I also created a web gateway to make it easy to access Usenet without needing to set up newsreading client software - https://newsgrouper.org
#usenet #newsgroups

"Was habt ihr alle gemacht als es noch keine #sozialenMedien gab?"

Das hieß früher nur anders, in den 80ern traff man sich in elektronischen #Mailboxen, in den 90ern erst in #Newsgroups, dann in chats zb dem #IRC und später dann zusätzlich in #Foren. Der Mensch war schon immer sozial und hat auch digital Kontakte gesucht. Das ging dann auch ins offline Leben von #Lanpartys bis zu deutschlandweiten #Usertreffen . Mitte der 90er bin ich zb oft quer durch DE zu unser Treffen gefahren.

@timbray That's my site. Yes, Usenet is "not dead yet" - https://tenor.com/en-GB/view/alive-dead-im-not-dead-yet-gif-13642579 . These days most of the traffic is for "dodgy downloads" - binary files of problematic provenance. But a few dinosaurs like me cling on to it as another text communication medium that's not under the control of crackpot billionaires or rapacious corporations. For my preferred programming language the primary forum is still https://newsgrouper.org/comp.lang.tcl .
#usenet #newsgroups

I just made another update to https://newsgrouper.org my web interface to Usenet. If you have registered to post you can now set a Face and/or X-Face icon for your posts by uploading a suitable image in the Preferences section. X-Face images are monochrome and most clients will display them. Face is a newer format which supports colour images but is less widely supported. Both are 48x48 pixels, Newsgrouper will do the necessary scaling and format conversions. 🗨 💬 🗯 💭
#usenet #newsgroups

@haitchfive :-) It's a kind of legend / story / fiction that was discussed back in the mid-90s on comp.sys.amiga back in the day!

#Usenet #Newsgroups #Amiga #Blazemonger

ok so i finally fumbled around and found update feeds button - it populated and has a pretty decent look - lots of flexibility to discover and add collections of sites/topics #newsgroups #related #portal news

Usenet Undernet #undernet #uruguay #usenet #news #newsgroups #noticias

Yesterday I work most of the day in implementing #newsgroups #articles #threading support on #UsenetReborn updated the main branch and the image, let me know what you think.

- https://sr.ht/~rek2/Usenet_Reborn

#usenet #nntp #rust #programming #tui #decentralization #happyHacking #Hispagatos
Warning: I'm not a developer just a #hacker that works in #infosec and #unix systems that loves to learn as much as I can of everything. So patches with actual good code is welcome #happyHacking

@profoundlynerdy @rek2 @Toxic_Flange I'm trying to keep my web interface to usenet - https://newsgrouper.org.uk/ - usable on mobile devices (as well as PCs with or without javascript), and I do see some iPhone and Android users in the logs. I'm happy to hear any suggestions for how it could be improved.
#usenet #newsgroups

The end of an era with K7RA publishing his last ARRL Propagation Report on January 17:

“Sorry to say this is the last ARRL Propagation Forecast Bulletin I willwrite. I took over in 1991 from Ed Tilton, W1HDQ when he was too ill and weak to continue, and now with ALS I have similar problems.”

This easily-missed sentence at the start of the report belies the immense service Tad has provided to the amateur radio community for 34 years.

I’ve on-again-off-again read this reports in rec.radio.* newsgroups since the 90s, and I am sure may others have received them by email or via the web in more modern times.

Thanks Tad for all your work on these reports over all the years. These reports are an iconic part of the amateur radio experience, and web 1.0 era.

#hamradio #amateurradio #k7ra #arrl #newsgroups #usenet

I've made some updates to Newsgrouper, my web gateway to Usenet discussion groups - https://newsgrouper.org.uk -

- Keyboard navigation improved
- New display options
- Crossposting now supported
- Historical search enhancements
- Edit subscribed groups list in Preferences
- Display group charters
- Show X-Face user avatars
- Most active groups page
- Help page
- Source code now online at https://chiselapp.com/user/cmacleod/repository/newsgrouper/home

It aims to be useable on desktop or mobile devices.
#usenet #newsgroups @usenet

#Usenet #hispagatos #cyberpunk #darksynth #music #alt.cyberpunk #alt.cyberpunk.movement #alt.2600 #alt.2600.hackers #hispagatos.talk and many more #newsgroups #comp.infosystems.gopher #comp.infosystems.gemini #comp.lang.go #alt.comp.lang.rust #free.palestine #hispagatos.hacking.news <-- and more in #Usenet the original #decentralized and #open social network