Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoHow old do you think is the oldest lemmy user?message-squaremessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down14
arrow-up162arrow-down1message-squareHow old do you think is the oldest lemmy user?Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squareClinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down4·1 month agoOk boomer.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-21 month agoWell fuck, I’m on the young end of Gen X and I was around for the birth of the internet in '83.
minus-squarepalordrolap@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoWhat’s specific about '83? ARPANET began in 1969 and grew from there, mostly in academia, until HTTP finally transformed it into the WWW in the '90s. The “September that never ended” began in 1993. Maybe you meant that?
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoI’m thinking of TCP/IP allowing for the connectivity to massively expand around '83.
Ok boomer.
Well fuck, I’m on the young end of Gen X and I was around for the birth of the internet in '83.
What’s specific about '83? ARPANET began in 1969 and grew from there, mostly in academia, until HTTP finally transformed it into the WWW in the '90s.
The “September that never ended” began in 1993. Maybe you meant that?
I’m thinking of TCP/IP allowing for the connectivity to massively expand around '83.