Mist
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You could avoid the idiots by not going on AOL.
Having a straight PPP dialup account in those days was so nice.
IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.
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Having a straight PPP dialup account in those days was so nice.
Noodleface
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I remember NetZero had an annoying banner you could "back" to disable, but then they fixed it. So I'd try to game but the ad would try to force itself on top of your game. I never went back
chaos
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You could black hole the ad for a while, then they made it stay on top of your window even if it timed out. Because this is a prison on planet bullshit.
I wish I'd had some kind of tech mentorship back then. I knew enough to steal media and find the dank web shit but I didn't get into coding or real IT shit until much later.
I wish I'd had some kind of tech mentorship back then. I knew enough to steal media and find the dank web shit but I didn't get into coding or real IT shit until much later.
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AOL used to be heavily client based and I recall having a version that would give you access to all of the "premium" stuff. I think it just had modules that it would load / unload (or flags it would set) based on your account type, but I guess you could force them to stay loaded somehow. I didn't really know much about it but I remember thinking it was super cool. Then they had the AoHell and all those "hacker" tools that were fun. I mostly only used them to kick people offline cause I was super l33t.
I also made one of those "proggies" in VB that had a whole bunch of buttons that said they would do cool stuff but all they did was focus AOL and trigger Alt+F4. It was always hilarious duping someone into downloading it then watching them go offline. The things that amused me as a kid...
I also made one of those "proggies" in VB that had a whole bunch of buttons that said they would do cool stuff but all they did was focus AOL and trigger Alt+F4. It was always hilarious duping someone into downloading it then watching them go offline. The things that amused me as a kid...
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Noodleface
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Autopsy.com is offering a free digital forensics class, if anyone is looking to take some training during the quarantine.
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IBM will offer free COBOL training to address overloaded unemployment systems
Many systems that process unemployment claims still run on a 60-year-old programming language that relatively few coders understand.
Asshat wormie
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Yay we can all work for new jersey ::barf::IBM will offer free COBOL training to address overloaded unemployment systems
Many systems that process unemployment claims still run on a 60-year-old programming language that relatively few coders understand.www.inputmag.com
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Noodleface
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Khane
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You say that but I think there are some contracts that would motivate you way more than enough, monetarily.
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Noodleface
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TJT
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My first job offer out of University finishing a CS program was to work at Raymond James Financial in Tampa, Florida. Where they would have trained me to be a COBOL developer. Now, I had only heard of COBOL from my Dad who learned some of it at university back in the 70s. Also from a few older professors who mentioned it because groups like Raymond James had been approaching the university to start teaching COBOL again rickity tick. They were planning on donating a ton of money to get this going.
So I took some tutorials on it and shit and gagged. ENJOY YOUR CAREER.
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