It's sad that kids today don't know the joy of defragging a hard drive or degaussing a monitor.
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It's sad that kids today don't know the joy of defragging a hard drive or degaussing a monitor. Maybe it's why games were better back then.
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It's sad that kids today don't know the joy of defragging a hard drive or degaussing a monitor. Maybe it's why games were better back then.
@grumpygamer there's actually an idle defragging game for steam now, to help The Kids experience the old times:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4181930/Idle_Defragmenter_95/
No word on degaussing a monitor, though
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It's sad that kids today don't know the joy of defragging a hard drive or degaussing a monitor. Maybe it's why games were better back then.
@grumpygamer Do they even know how to configure config.sys and autoexec.bat
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It's sad that kids today don't know the joy of defragging a hard drive or degaussing a monitor. Maybe it's why games were better back then.
@grumpygamer I run defrag.exe on my Mac regularly. 🙃
https://mastodon.functional.computer/@samir/114807930527218124
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It's sad that kids today don't know the joy of defragging a hard drive or degaussing a monitor. Maybe it's why games were better back then.
@grumpygamer I spent hours and hours just looking at cursors moving during defragging
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It's sad that kids today don't know the joy of defragging a hard drive or degaussing a monitor. Maybe it's why games were better back then.
@grumpygamer oh... degaussing. Loved it. The Sound. The "wobble". It felt like really important, when it was not done for a while 😀😀
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@grumpygamer there's actually an idle defragging game for steam now, to help The Kids experience the old times:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4181930/Idle_Defragmenter_95/
No word on degaussing a monitor, though
Make one. :)
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It's sad that kids today don't know the joy of defragging a hard drive or degaussing a monitor. Maybe it's why games were better back then.
@grumpygamer Thought you were talking about Doom for a second...
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It's sad that kids today don't know the joy of defragging a hard drive or degaussing a monitor. Maybe it's why games were better back then.
@grumpygamer
Oh, yes. No game could beat a session of "pc tools" 😜 (it was my sister's favourite program, indeed). -
It's sad that kids today don't know the joy of defragging a hard drive or degaussing a monitor. Maybe it's why games were better back then.
@grumpygamer oh I miss degaussing… someone™ should write a Desktop Compositor for Linux that simulates drifting colors/alignment over time and has a degaussing button 🤔
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It's sad that kids today don't know the joy of defragging a hard drive or degaussing a monitor. Maybe it's why games were better back then.
@grumpygamer I love that not only are both of those very satisfying to watch, they both have really cool names.
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It's sad that kids today don't know the joy of defragging a hard drive or degaussing a monitor. Maybe it's why games were better back then.
@grumpygamer at least there's a pixel refresh for oled screens >.<
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It's sad that kids today don't know the joy of defragging a hard drive or degaussing a monitor. Maybe it's why games were better back then.
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It's sad that kids today don't know the joy of defragging a hard drive or degaussing a monitor. Maybe it's why games were better back then.
@grumpygamer Degaussing the CRT monitor was really fun indeed! #goodoldtimes
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It's sad that kids today don't know the joy of defragging a hard drive or degaussing a monitor. Maybe it's why games were better back then.
@grumpygamer Games at that time did not steal out time with dark patterns, did not steal our money with loot boxes and pay to win. They told stories and made us team up. I learned Englisch to play those adventure games (or at least improved my vocabulary beyond the school necessary). Still love Monkey Island and other Lucas Arts adventures, still remember waiting for the release of LeChuck's Revenge...
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It's sad that kids today don't know the joy of defragging a hard drive or degaussing a monitor. Maybe it's why games were better back then.
@grumpygamer "degaussing a monitor", a term I hadn't even thought of in decades!
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It's sad that kids today don't know the joy of defragging a hard drive or degaussing a monitor. Maybe it's why games were better back then.
@grumpygamer Watching the defragger do its job on Win98 back when was like a game in itself to me.
Absolutely mesmerised for no good reason.
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It's sad that kids today don't know the joy of defragging a hard drive or degaussing a monitor. Maybe it's why games were better back then.
@grumpygamer or the panic in the eyes when floppy disk no. 15 out of 20 was missing to install the latest game
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@wansti @grumpygamer @klyx *whhooomP!*
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@Asymmetricblue @wansti @grumpygamer yes, just yes! Maybe I need to get out there and get an old CRT just for this? Nah, shouldnt do that... Need to explain this to wifey then and I am not sure, if she approves :D
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