• ZC3rr0r@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Back before music piracy was a thing; because who’s going to download a 3-4MB file on a 14k4 modem? By the time you grab one song you’d have racked up such an internet bill you might as well have bought the single.

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      The days of overclocking your CPU so that your pr0n would load faster TT__TT and we used emojis like that. Those were dark days, but people learned a lot about CPU cooling.

      • 0x4E4F@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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        1 year ago

        Like how a room cooling fan with the legs removed and leaned on the case with the side panel removed can really help… A LOT!