Me using onboard graphics…

Reminds me of Papers Please.

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Hahahahhah.

I made it up, but if be happy for it to be adopted.

Ah yes, and the old “flash some faded out rectangles” to prepare you for that sweet, sweet, information that’s coming any… moment… now…

No, now…

Now…

The key idea remains though. Text on a page, fast. No objections with (gasp) colours, if the author would like to add some.

Yep.

On a rare occasion I hit a website that loads just like “boom” and it surprises me.

Why is that? Because now we are used to having to wait for javascript to load, decompress, parse, JIT, transmogrify, rejimble and perform two rinse cycles just to see the opening times for the supermarket.

(And that’s after you dismissed the cookie, discount/offer and mailing list nags with obfuscated X buttons and all other manner of dark patterns to keep you engaged)

Sometimes I wish we’d just stopped at gopher :)

See also: https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/

EDIT: Yes, this is facetious.

I like the duckduckgo browser for android.

Also has a vpn built in to block app trackers.

Oddly specific theme on this sub today…

What about alternative universes? 🤣

Thanks!

Where is the new community please?

It can’t be worse than tex!

Rivet. Drill. Enjoy :)

I bet you’ve already read some Iain M Banks? If not, that’s an obvious choice.

I’m not sure if I read a lot of hard sci fi, but I’ve read some maybe semi-hard good stuff over the years.

Tried Gregg Bear’s Eon series?

Juice by Tim Winton was good.

I loved Gateway by Pohl, but don’t bother with the sequels.

Roadside Picnic by the Russian brothers? Super weird and intriguing.

J. G. Ballard? Alfred Bester? China Meiville?

This is all pretty mainstream stuff, I bet you’ve read it all.

About half way through Revelation Space by Reynolds.

Enjoying it so far.

This ^

Is that a thing people do, is it?

Yes, but there is a line at which point the art can no longer be seen.

For example, I can’t listen to the lost prophets any more.