re: #121 jaunte

Cory Doctorow thread on early adopters of tech innovation:

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The sex industry has pioneered every new communications tool since the printing press: in my own lifetime, I’ve watched it take the lead in VCRs, desktop publishing, BBSes, digital text, digital images, digital videos, live streaming services, cryptocurrency, and VR. 1/ pic.twitter.com/72jNcm0h6m

— Cory Doctorow (@doctorow) June 21, 2022

Yea, verily, I remember my father telling me how the need to store and disseminate high quality pictures (of pr0n, natch) drove storage and file distribution research. He was quite excited about it.

Anyone else remember ASCII pr0n?