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@Natanox@chaos.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago
A plastic structure from an xkcd comic. It shows lots of blocks being balanced on top of each other, with one tiny brittle block on the bottom preventing the whole structure to topple. It's meant to show how all of modern infrastructure rests on the work of just some few tiny projects which do not get the recognition they deserve or even need. The front of the bigger blocks have a rough structure in some places.
A plastic structure from an xkcd comic. It shows lots of blocks being balanced on top of each other, with one tiny brittle block on the bottom preventing the whole structure to topple. It's meant to show how all of modern infrastructure rests on the work of just some few tiny projects which do not get the recognition they deserve or even need. The front of the bigger blocks have a rough structure in some places.
A plastic structure from an xkcd comic. It shows lots of blocks being balanced on top of each other, with one tiny brittle block on the bottom preventing the whole structure to topple. It's meant to show how all of modern infrastructure rests on the work of just some few tiny projects which do not get the recognition they deserve or even need. The front of the bigger blocks have a rough structure in some places.
Natasha Nox 🇺🇦🇵🇸
@Natanox@chaos.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago
A plastic structure from an xkcd comic. It shows lots of blocks being balanced on top of each other, with one tiny brittle block on the bottom preventing the whole structure to topple. It's meant to show how all of modern infrastructure rests on the work of just some few tiny projects which do not get the recognition they deserve or even need. The front of the bigger blocks have a rough structure in some places.
A plastic structure from an xkcd comic. It shows lots of blocks being balanced on top of each other, with one tiny brittle block on the bottom preventing the whole structure to topple. It's meant to show how all of modern infrastructure rests on the work of just some few tiny projects which do not get the recognition they deserve or even need. The front of the bigger blocks have a rough structure in some places.
A plastic structure from an xkcd comic. It shows lots of blocks being balanced on top of each other, with one tiny brittle block on the bottom preventing the whole structure to topple. It's meant to show how all of modern infrastructure rests on the work of just some few tiny projects which do not get the recognition they deserve or even need. The front of the bigger blocks have a rough structure in some places.
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@devnull@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago
A modified version of Randall Monroe's XKCD "dependency" featuring complex structure made of different size rectangles jurry rigged together. Above the image, there is a "ALL MODERN DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE" This version has additional text in different parts/inside the biggest rectangles - Trackers and Ads scripts eating all available RAM/CPU - VC-funded, technofascist Bullshit generator (LLMS) no one has ever asked for - Shitty authoritarian billionnaire-owned mega-corpo's cloud As well as "Useful service" inside a medium sized rectangle and "Linux distro" one another medium sized rectangle right under the "Useful service" one
A modified version of Randall Monroe's XKCD "dependency" featuring complex structure made of different size rectangles jurry rigged together. Above the image, there is a "ALL MODERN DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE" This version has additional text in different parts/inside the biggest rectangles - Trackers and Ads scripts eating all available RAM/CPU - VC-funded, technofascist Bullshit generator (LLMS) no one has ever asked for - Shitty authoritarian billionnaire-owned mega-corpo's cloud As well as "Useful service" inside a medium sized rectangle and "Linux distro" one another medium sized rectangle right under the "Useful service" one
A modified version of Randall Monroe's XKCD "dependency" featuring complex structure made of different size rectangles jurry rigged together. Above the image, there is a "ALL MODERN DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE" This version has additional text in different parts/inside the biggest rectangles - Trackers and Ads scripts eating all available RAM/CPU - VC-funded, technofascist Bullshit generator (LLMS) no one has ever asked for - Shitty authoritarian billionnaire-owned mega-corpo's cloud As well as "Useful service" inside a medium sized rectangle and "Linux distro" one another medium sized rectangle right under the "Useful service" one
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@devnull@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago
A modified version of Randall Monroe's XKCD "dependency" featuring complex structure made of different size rectangles jurry rigged together. Above the image, there is a "ALL MODERN DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE" This version has additional text in different parts/inside the biggest rectangles - Trackers and Ads scripts eating all available RAM/CPU - VC-funded, technofascist Bullshit generator (LLMS) no one has ever asked for - Shitty authoritarian billionnaire-owned mega-corpo's cloud As well as "Useful service" inside a medium sized rectangle and "Linux distro" one another medium sized rectangle right under the "Useful service" one
A modified version of Randall Monroe's XKCD "dependency" featuring complex structure made of different size rectangles jurry rigged together. Above the image, there is a "ALL MODERN DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE" This version has additional text in different parts/inside the biggest rectangles - Trackers and Ads scripts eating all available RAM/CPU - VC-funded, technofascist Bullshit generator (LLMS) no one has ever asked for - Shitty authoritarian billionnaire-owned mega-corpo's cloud As well as "Useful service" inside a medium sized rectangle and "Linux distro" one another medium sized rectangle right under the "Useful service" one
A modified version of Randall Monroe's XKCD "dependency" featuring complex structure made of different size rectangles jurry rigged together. Above the image, there is a "ALL MODERN DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE" This version has additional text in different parts/inside the biggest rectangles - Trackers and Ads scripts eating all available RAM/CPU - VC-funded, technofascist Bullshit generator (LLMS) no one has ever asked for - Shitty authoritarian billionnaire-owned mega-corpo's cloud As well as "Useful service" inside a medium sized rectangle and "Linux distro" one another medium sized rectangle right under the "Useful service" one
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Natasha Jay 🇪🇺
@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago
This image is a cartoon by XKCD titled "Universal Converter Box" that humorously depicts a hypothetical device capable of connecting to nearly every type of electronic and non-electronic interface imaginable. The image shows:  A central "UNIVERSAL CONVERTER BOX" with an array of cables extending from it. The cables on the left side are labeled with various older and less common connectors, such as VGA, DVI, FireWire, Parallel Port, and Floppy/IDE/2.5"/SCSI. The cables on the right side include more modern and proprietary connectors, such as USB variations, Ethernet, MagSafe, and a Bluetooth Dongle.
This image is a cartoon by XKCD titled "Universal Converter Box" that humorously depicts a hypothetical device capable of connecting to nearly every type of electronic and non-electronic interface imaginable. The image shows:  A central "UNIVERSAL CONVERTER BOX" with an array of cables extending from it. The cables on the left side are labeled with various older and less common connectors, such as VGA, DVI, FireWire, Parallel Port, and Floppy/IDE/2.5"/SCSI. The cables on the right side include more modern and proprietary connectors, such as USB variations, Ethernet, MagSafe, and a Bluetooth Dongle.
This image is a cartoon by XKCD titled "Universal Converter Box" that humorously depicts a hypothetical device capable of connecting to nearly every type of electronic and non-electronic interface imaginable. The image shows:  A central "UNIVERSAL CONVERTER BOX" with an array of cables extending from it. The cables on the left side are labeled with various older and less common connectors, such as VGA, DVI, FireWire, Parallel Port, and Floppy/IDE/2.5"/SCSI. The cables on the right side include more modern and proprietary connectors, such as USB variations, Ethernet, MagSafe, and a Bluetooth Dongle.
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Lö(h)we
@loewe@metalhead.club  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago
A four-panel xkcd comic shows two stick figure characters: one standing and one sitting at a computer. Panel 1: The standing character points to a small box on the floor with a cord coming from it. Standing character: “What’s this?” Sitting character: “The cloud.” Panel 2: The standing character looks confused. Standing character: “Huh? I always thought ‘the cloud’ was a huge, amorphous network of servers somewhere.” Sitting character replies: “Yeah, but everyone buys server time from everyone else. In the end, they’re all getting it here.” Panel 3: The standing character asks: “How? You’re on a cable modem.” The sitting character responds: “There’s a lot of caching.” The standing character, now looking at the long cord stretched across the room, asks: “Should the cord be stretched across the room like this?” Sitting character answers: “Of course. It has to reach the server, and the server is over there.” Panel 4: The cord stretches across the floor between them. Standing character: “What if someone trips on it?” Sitting character: “Who would want to do that? It sounds unpleasant.” Standing character: “Uh. Sometimes people do stuff by accident.” Sitting character: “I don’t think I know anybody like that.” (alt text by ChatGPT)
A four-panel xkcd comic shows two stick figure characters: one standing and one sitting at a computer. Panel 1: The standing character points to a small box on the floor with a cord coming from it. Standing character: “What’s this?” Sitting character: “The cloud.” Panel 2: The standing character looks confused. Standing character: “Huh? I always thought ‘the cloud’ was a huge, amorphous network of servers somewhere.” Sitting character replies: “Yeah, but everyone buys server time from everyone else. In the end, they’re all getting it here.” Panel 3: The standing character asks: “How? You’re on a cable modem.” The sitting character responds: “There’s a lot of caching.” The standing character, now looking at the long cord stretched across the room, asks: “Should the cord be stretched across the room like this?” Sitting character answers: “Of course. It has to reach the server, and the server is over there.” Panel 4: The cord stretches across the floor between them. Standing character: “What if someone trips on it?” Sitting character: “Who would want to do that? It sounds unpleasant.” Standing character: “Uh. Sometimes people do stuff by accident.” Sitting character: “I don’t think I know anybody like that.” (alt text by ChatGPT)
A four-panel xkcd comic shows two stick figure characters: one standing and one sitting at a computer. Panel 1: The standing character points to a small box on the floor with a cord coming from it. Standing character: “What’s this?” Sitting character: “The cloud.” Panel 2: The standing character looks confused. Standing character: “Huh? I always thought ‘the cloud’ was a huge, amorphous network of servers somewhere.” Sitting character replies: “Yeah, but everyone buys server time from everyone else. In the end, they’re all getting it here.” Panel 3: The standing character asks: “How? You’re on a cable modem.” The sitting character responds: “There’s a lot of caching.” The standing character, now looking at the long cord stretched across the room, asks: “Should the cord be stretched across the room like this?” Sitting character answers: “Of course. It has to reach the server, and the server is over there.” Panel 4: The cord stretches across the floor between them. Standing character: “What if someone trips on it?” Sitting character: “Who would want to do that? It sounds unpleasant.” Standing character: “Uh. Sometimes people do stuff by accident.” Sitting character: “I don’t think I know anybody like that.” (alt text by ChatGPT)
Lö(h)we
@loewe@metalhead.club  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago
A four-panel xkcd comic shows two stick figure characters: one standing and one sitting at a computer. Panel 1: The standing character points to a small box on the floor with a cord coming from it. Standing character: “What’s this?” Sitting character: “The cloud.” Panel 2: The standing character looks confused. Standing character: “Huh? I always thought ‘the cloud’ was a huge, amorphous network of servers somewhere.” Sitting character replies: “Yeah, but everyone buys server time from everyone else. In the end, they’re all getting it here.” Panel 3: The standing character asks: “How? You’re on a cable modem.” The sitting character responds: “There’s a lot of caching.” The standing character, now looking at the long cord stretched across the room, asks: “Should the cord be stretched across the room like this?” Sitting character answers: “Of course. It has to reach the server, and the server is over there.” Panel 4: The cord stretches across the floor between them. Standing character: “What if someone trips on it?” Sitting character: “Who would want to do that? It sounds unpleasant.” Standing character: “Uh. Sometimes people do stuff by accident.” Sitting character: “I don’t think I know anybody like that.” (alt text by ChatGPT)
A four-panel xkcd comic shows two stick figure characters: one standing and one sitting at a computer. Panel 1: The standing character points to a small box on the floor with a cord coming from it. Standing character: “What’s this?” Sitting character: “The cloud.” Panel 2: The standing character looks confused. Standing character: “Huh? I always thought ‘the cloud’ was a huge, amorphous network of servers somewhere.” Sitting character replies: “Yeah, but everyone buys server time from everyone else. In the end, they’re all getting it here.” Panel 3: The standing character asks: “How? You’re on a cable modem.” The sitting character responds: “There’s a lot of caching.” The standing character, now looking at the long cord stretched across the room, asks: “Should the cord be stretched across the room like this?” Sitting character answers: “Of course. It has to reach the server, and the server is over there.” Panel 4: The cord stretches across the floor between them. Standing character: “What if someone trips on it?” Sitting character: “Who would want to do that? It sounds unpleasant.” Standing character: “Uh. Sometimes people do stuff by accident.” Sitting character: “I don’t think I know anybody like that.” (alt text by ChatGPT)
A four-panel xkcd comic shows two stick figure characters: one standing and one sitting at a computer. Panel 1: The standing character points to a small box on the floor with a cord coming from it. Standing character: “What’s this?” Sitting character: “The cloud.” Panel 2: The standing character looks confused. Standing character: “Huh? I always thought ‘the cloud’ was a huge, amorphous network of servers somewhere.” Sitting character replies: “Yeah, but everyone buys server time from everyone else. In the end, they’re all getting it here.” Panel 3: The standing character asks: “How? You’re on a cable modem.” The sitting character responds: “There’s a lot of caching.” The standing character, now looking at the long cord stretched across the room, asks: “Should the cord be stretched across the room like this?” Sitting character answers: “Of course. It has to reach the server, and the server is over there.” Panel 4: The cord stretches across the floor between them. Standing character: “What if someone trips on it?” Sitting character: “Who would want to do that? It sounds unpleasant.” Standing character: “Uh. Sometimes people do stuff by accident.” Sitting character: “I don’t think I know anybody like that.” (alt text by ChatGPT)
datenwolf
@datenwolf@chaos.social  ·  activity timestamp last week
Cueball is shown literally digging through a pile of old files; which is a metaphor for looking through old files on his computer. The layers of the pile are arranged much like geological rock formations where older strata are deeper down than younger layers. The files are in concentric layers because each directory is embedded in the previous directory. Therefore, the "Documents" folder contains an "Old Desktop" folder, which contains a folder with files recovered from an older system, which itself contains a "My Documents" folder, which contains a folder with files copied from a Zip Disk from high school. The result is that files from high school have survived in his present-day machine. These older folders serve as a time capsule of sorts, storing old files from AOL, NYET, and Kazaa. These files are meant to be analogous to the fossils and artifacts found in lower, older rock layers. The sizes of the files decrease as Cueball goes deeper, since data storage has gotten cheaper over time. When the Zip Drive first came out, it cost $200 USD (plus $20 per 100 MB floppy). As of 2019, $200 could buy you at least an 8 TB portable external hard drive. In the 1990s, during AOL's heyday, 10+ GB hard drives were prohibitively expensive and a terabyte of data was unimaginable to most users. Deep down, Cueball discovers several files he is surprised about, including a poetry file which embarrasses him as he does not remember writing poetry.
Cueball is shown literally digging through a pile of old files; which is a metaphor for looking through old files on his computer. The layers of the pile are arranged much like geological rock formations where older strata are deeper down than younger layers. The files are in concentric layers because each directory is embedded in the previous directory. Therefore, the "Documents" folder contains an "Old Desktop" folder, which contains a folder with files recovered from an older system, which itself contains a "My Documents" folder, which contains a folder with files copied from a Zip Disk from high school. The result is that files from high school have survived in his present-day machine. These older folders serve as a time capsule of sorts, storing old files from AOL, NYET, and Kazaa. These files are meant to be analogous to the fossils and artifacts found in lower, older rock layers. The sizes of the files decrease as Cueball goes deeper, since data storage has gotten cheaper over time. When the Zip Drive first came out, it cost $200 USD (plus $20 per 100 MB floppy). As of 2019, $200 could buy you at least an 8 TB portable external hard drive. In the 1990s, during AOL's heyday, 10+ GB hard drives were prohibitively expensive and a terabyte of data was unimaginable to most users. Deep down, Cueball discovers several files he is surprised about, including a poetry file which embarrasses him as he does not remember writing poetry.
Cueball is shown literally digging through a pile of old files; which is a metaphor for looking through old files on his computer. The layers of the pile are arranged much like geological rock formations where older strata are deeper down than younger layers. The files are in concentric layers because each directory is embedded in the previous directory. Therefore, the "Documents" folder contains an "Old Desktop" folder, which contains a folder with files recovered from an older system, which itself contains a "My Documents" folder, which contains a folder with files copied from a Zip Disk from high school. The result is that files from high school have survived in his present-day machine. These older folders serve as a time capsule of sorts, storing old files from AOL, NYET, and Kazaa. These files are meant to be analogous to the fossils and artifacts found in lower, older rock layers. The sizes of the files decrease as Cueball goes deeper, since data storage has gotten cheaper over time. When the Zip Drive first came out, it cost $200 USD (plus $20 per 100 MB floppy). As of 2019, $200 could buy you at least an 8 TB portable external hard drive. In the 1990s, during AOL's heyday, 10+ GB hard drives were prohibitively expensive and a terabyte of data was unimaginable to most users. Deep down, Cueball discovers several files he is surprised about, including a poetry file which embarrasses him as he does not remember writing poetry.
datenwolf
@datenwolf@chaos.social  ·  activity timestamp last week
Cueball is shown literally digging through a pile of old files; which is a metaphor for looking through old files on his computer. The layers of the pile are arranged much like geological rock formations where older strata are deeper down than younger layers. The files are in concentric layers because each directory is embedded in the previous directory. Therefore, the "Documents" folder contains an "Old Desktop" folder, which contains a folder with files recovered from an older system, which itself contains a "My Documents" folder, which contains a folder with files copied from a Zip Disk from high school. The result is that files from high school have survived in his present-day machine. These older folders serve as a time capsule of sorts, storing old files from AOL, NYET, and Kazaa. These files are meant to be analogous to the fossils and artifacts found in lower, older rock layers. The sizes of the files decrease as Cueball goes deeper, since data storage has gotten cheaper over time. When the Zip Drive first came out, it cost $200 USD (plus $20 per 100 MB floppy). As of 2019, $200 could buy you at least an 8 TB portable external hard drive. In the 1990s, during AOL's heyday, 10+ GB hard drives were prohibitively expensive and a terabyte of data was unimaginable to most users. Deep down, Cueball discovers several files he is surprised about, including a poetry file which embarrasses him as he does not remember writing poetry.
Cueball is shown literally digging through a pile of old files; which is a metaphor for looking through old files on his computer. The layers of the pile are arranged much like geological rock formations where older strata are deeper down than younger layers. The files are in concentric layers because each directory is embedded in the previous directory. Therefore, the "Documents" folder contains an "Old Desktop" folder, which contains a folder with files recovered from an older system, which itself contains a "My Documents" folder, which contains a folder with files copied from a Zip Disk from high school. The result is that files from high school have survived in his present-day machine. These older folders serve as a time capsule of sorts, storing old files from AOL, NYET, and Kazaa. These files are meant to be analogous to the fossils and artifacts found in lower, older rock layers. The sizes of the files decrease as Cueball goes deeper, since data storage has gotten cheaper over time. When the Zip Drive first came out, it cost $200 USD (plus $20 per 100 MB floppy). As of 2019, $200 could buy you at least an 8 TB portable external hard drive. In the 1990s, during AOL's heyday, 10+ GB hard drives were prohibitively expensive and a terabyte of data was unimaginable to most users. Deep down, Cueball discovers several files he is surprised about, including a poetry file which embarrasses him as he does not remember writing poetry.
Cueball is shown literally digging through a pile of old files; which is a metaphor for looking through old files on his computer. The layers of the pile are arranged much like geological rock formations where older strata are deeper down than younger layers. The files are in concentric layers because each directory is embedded in the previous directory. Therefore, the "Documents" folder contains an "Old Desktop" folder, which contains a folder with files recovered from an older system, which itself contains a "My Documents" folder, which contains a folder with files copied from a Zip Disk from high school. The result is that files from high school have survived in his present-day machine. These older folders serve as a time capsule of sorts, storing old files from AOL, NYET, and Kazaa. These files are meant to be analogous to the fossils and artifacts found in lower, older rock layers. The sizes of the files decrease as Cueball goes deeper, since data storage has gotten cheaper over time. When the Zip Drive first came out, it cost $200 USD (plus $20 per 100 MB floppy). As of 2019, $200 could buy you at least an 8 TB portable external hard drive. In the 1990s, during AOL's heyday, 10+ GB hard drives were prohibitively expensive and a terabyte of data was unimaginable to most users. Deep down, Cueball discovers several files he is surprised about, including a poetry file which embarrasses him as he does not remember writing poetry.
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@devnull@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago
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