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#retrocomputing #frogfind #searchengine #wannabe #macos
๐ป Spotting a Ghost in the Logs: The Return of the WannaBe Browser ๐
While combing through our recent quarantine logs to hunt down relentless modern bots, an absolute vintage gem surfaced from the noise: a user agent identifying itself simply as WannaBe! ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ๐ธWhat is WannaBe? ๐พ
For those who didn't surf the web on a Macintosh in the late 90s, WannaBe is a legend. Developed by David Pierson, itโs a lightning-fast, text-only browser for Classic Mac OS (System 7 to OS 9). By completely ignoring images, plugins, and CSS, it renders pure, unadulterated text. ๐Why it rules: ๐ ๏ธ
Blistering Speed: Loads pages instantly, even over a screeching 14.4k dial-up modem. โ๏ธ
Minimal Footprint: Runs effortlessly on older 68k Macs that would completely choke on Netscape Navigator. ๐
Mac-Native Feel: Beautifully integrates with the classic Mac OS interface. ๐ฅ๏ธ
At OSfOM (Open Systems for Open Minds), our philosophy is all about keeping historical hardware alive and functional. WannaBe strips away the modern web bloat, leaving only the information. When paired with a text-friendly search gateway, it transforms an isolated beige Mac into a highly capable research tool. ๐ง โจ
Seeing this pop up in the access logs proves the retro web is thriving. To whoever is out there currently browsing via WannaBe: keep the classic Mac OS running, and happy surfing! ๐โโ๏ธ๐ป
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๐๐ Oh, look! Another cryptographic "breakthrough" by #wannabe #mathematicians who think pressing buttons on #GitHub is equivalent to #actual #research. ๐คฆโโ๏ธ Next up: discovering fire! ๐ฅ
https://github.com/anthropics/cryptography-research-demo #cryptography #breakthrough #tech #satire #HackerNews #ngated -
NO PAYWALL
>Why is it legal for corporations to scan our faces
>Why do we live in this surveillance state
>Where are standard privacy protections
- Oh that would be communist LOL
We are through the looking glass,
And MSG (suing Wired) is likely to find sympathetic judges these days
#fascist #USA #tracking #trans #gay #artists #MSG #MadisonSquareGarden #surveillance #SocialMedia #posts #paranoid #conservative #millionaire #wannabe #Batman
https://www.wired.com/story/madison-square-garden-celebrity-database-surveillance/ -
Naturnah Gรคrtnern bringt auch Verluste - die Kapuzinerkresse wird jetzt von anderen gefuttert. #garten #kresse #erdfloh #Raupenzeit #butterflyinprogress #Schmetterling #wannabe #grรผn #pflanzen #natur
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'๐ช๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ' ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ 30 ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฟ: ๐ธ๐ผ๐บ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐-๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ป๐ผ๐ด?
Dertig jaar geleden veranderde een videoclip met vijf kleurrijke outfits, een aanstekelijk refrein en een flinke dosis girlpower de popgeschiedenis voorgoed. 'Wannabe' maakte van de Spice Girls een wereldwijd fenomeen. Maar drie decennia later blijft een vraag terugkomen: zien we...
https://www.rtl.nl/boulevard/artikel/5626055/30-jaar-wannabe-komt-er-spice-girls-reunie
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๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฎ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ด ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ฑ ๐ถ๐
Victoria Beckham kan niet geloven dat het woensdag precies dertig jaar geleden is sinds de debuutsingle Wannabe van de Spice Girls verscheen. De zangeres en modeontwerpster stond op Instagram stil bij de release van de single die "ons leven voor altijd veranderde".
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A nice summer meal: potatoes with spring onion, broccoli, asparagus, soy beans and two vegan sausages. We grow most of our food during spring and summer months. Something about learning to live with nature, no plastic wraps or something along those lines ๐
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Good Thursday morning to you all! Today's 11x11 shouldn't take you too long to complete, then you can go out and enjoy a lovely spring day. Click below for "All Those Wannabes" and I'll see you on Sunday. :)
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Spice Girls - Wannabe First appearance ever!!!
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๐ตEl 22 de abril de 1996, a las 8:34 de la maรฑana, el pop cambiรณ para siempre en un platรณ de Londres.
Cinco chicas que nadie conocรญa aparecieron en televisiรณn para presentar "Wannabe", y lo que parecรญa una promociรณn mรกs terminรณ siendo el estallido del girl power.Tres dรฉcadas despuรฉs, ese momento sigue siendo el referente de cรณmo irrumpir en la industria con una frescura que hoy, con tanto filtro y estrategia medida, se echa de menos.
Fueron directas, autรฉnticas y no pidieron permiso a nadie para quedarse con el trono.๐ต๐ถ๐ต๐ถ
#spicegirls #wannabe #girlpower #londres #pop #aniversario #musica #efemerides #30aรฑos
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๐ Oh, look! Yet another #wannabe #AWS emulator on #GitHub, because clearly, the world was lacking in half-baked #cloud #computing clones. This one's called 'Hiraeth'โbecause nothing says "I'm serious about emulating AWS" quite like a word that sounds like a sneeze. ๐คง
https://github.com/SethPyle376/hiraeth #Hiraeth #emulators #tech #humor #HackerNews #ngated
