Re: Re: BBSes today
By: Nightfox to Andeddu on Fri Aug 14 2020 09:44 pm

Re: Re: BBSes today
By: Andeddu to Nightfox on Sat Aug 15 2020 12:02 am

What is "text speak"?

it is gr8 2 spk 2 u 2nyt. ty 4 ur rply.

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Re: Re: BBSes today
By: Nightfox to Andeddu on Fri Aug 14 2020 09:45 pm

TikTok is the new Vine. It's one of the most popular social media platforms among young adults/kids.

Vine is something I'm not really familiar with either.. :P

Haha, coming across all these massively popular social media apps which you've never heard of before can make you feel positively one-hundred years old.

I hadn't heard of Vine either until after it died in 2017. It was particularly big in the USA.

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Re: Re: BBSes today
By: Andeddu to Nightfox on Sat Aug 15 2020 05:17 pm

I hadn't heard of Vine either until after it died in 2017. It was particularly big in the USA.

There are some things I guess I don't pay much attention to. There's a TV show called Breaking Bad, which was apparently fairly popular, but I had never heard of it until there was a news story that it was in its last season. :P

Nightfox

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Re: Re: BBSes today
By: Nightfox to Andeddu on Fri Aug 14 2020 09:45 pm

Re: Re: BBSes today
By: Andeddu to Nightfox on Sat Aug 15 2020 12:12 am

I hadn't even heard of TikTok until a few months ago, when TikTok was
in the news for potentially being insecure and sending information
back to China.

TikTok is the new Vine. It's one of the most popular social media
platforms among young adults/kids.

Vine is something I'm not really familiar with either.. :P

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Re: Re: BBSes today
By: Andeddu to Nightfox on Sat Aug 15 2020 05:17 pm

you've never heard of before can make you feel positively one-hundred years old.

I hadn't heard of Vine either until after it died in 2017. It was particularly big in the USA.

i miss vine. it was very entertaining.
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Hello MRO!

** On Saturday 15.08.20 - 19:03, mro wrote to Nightfox:

Vine is something I'm not really familiar with either.. :P

DO YOU LIVE IN A CAVE

Maybe some people are not interested in visiting social media cess pools.

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Re: Re: BBSes today
By: MRO to Nightfox on Sat Aug 15 2020 06:03 pm

TikTok is the new Vine. It's one of the most popular social media
platforms among young adults/kids.

Vine is something I'm not really familiar with either.. :P

DO YOU LIVE IN A CAVE

Maybe it's his Man-Cave?
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Re: Re: BBSes today
By: Ogg to All on Sat Aug 15 2020 09:11 pm

Hello MRO!

** On Saturday 15.08.20 - 19:03, mro wrote to Nightfox:

Vine is something I'm not really familiar with either.. :P

DO YOU LIVE IN A CAVE

Maybe some people are not interested in visiting social media cess pools.

THEN GET OFF MY INTERNET.

vine was just funny short videos.
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Re: Re: BBSes today
By: Ogg to All on Sat Aug 15 2020 09:11 pm

Vine is something I'm not really familiar with either.. :P

DO YOU LIVE IN A CAVE

Maybe some people are not interested in visiting social media cess pools.

It's just something I hadn't come across, I guess. It does sound vaguely familiar though. I browse the sites I like, and I don't always pay attention to what other people are using.

Nightfox

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Re: Re: BBSes today
By: Underminer to MRO on Sat Aug 15 2020 09:15 pm

TikTok is the new Vine. It's one of the most popular social media
platforms among young adults/kids.

Vine is something I'm not really familiar with either.. :P

DO YOU LIVE IN A CAVE

Maybe it's his Man-Cave?

I wouldn't mind having a proper man cave. Maybe in my next house. Ideally I wouldn't mind having a basement type room where I could set up a man cave, but that probably won't happen. There aren't many houses in my area with basements anyway. :P

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Re: Re: BBSes today
By: MRO to Ogg on Sat Aug 15 2020 11:54 pm

vine was just funny short videos.

I have heard of "vines" as short videos. But I didn't realize there was a site called Vine. I've seen collections of "vines" as short funny videos on YouTube.

Nightfox

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Re: Re: BBSes today
By: Andeddu to Nightfox on Sat Aug 15 2020 05:13 pm

Re: Re: BBSes today
By: Nightfox to Andeddu on Fri Aug 14 2020 09:44 pm

Re: Re: BBSes today
By: Andeddu to Nightfox on Sat Aug 15 2020 12:02 am

What is "text speak"?

it is gr8 2 spk 2 u 2nyt. ty 4 ur rply.

Almost as annoying as sentences formed with emojis

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Re: Re: BBSes today
By: Andeddu to Nightfox on Sat Aug 15 2020 05:17 pm

Re: Re: BBSes today
By: Nightfox to Andeddu on Fri Aug 14 2020 09:45 pm

TikTok is the new Vine. It's one of the most popular social media platforms among young adults/kids.

Vine is something I'm not really familiar with either.. :P

Haha, coming across all these massively popular social media apps which you' never heard of before can make you feel positively one-hundred years old.

I hadn't heard of Vine either until after it died in 2017. It was particular big in the USA.

Not big enough because i never heard of it either

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Re: Re: BBSes today
By: Nightfox to MRO on Sat Aug 15 2020 22:26:30

vine was just funny short videos.

Nightfox> I have heard of "vines" as short videos. But I didn't realize
Nightfox> there was a site called Vine.

the domain is/was the home of all those vine vids and the vine app ;)


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Re: Re: BBSes today
By: Nightfox to MRO on Sat Aug 15 2020 10:26 pm

Re: Re: BBSes today
By: MRO to Ogg on Sat Aug 15 2020 11:54 pm

vine was just funny short videos.

I have heard of "vines" as short videos. But I didn't realize there was a site called Vine. I've seen collections of "vines" as short funny videos on YouTube.

it was an app
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Re: Re: BBSes today
By: Moondog to Andeddu on Sun Aug 16 2020 12:06 am

I hadn't heard of Vine either until after it died in 2017. It was
particular
big in the USA.

Not big enough because i never heard of it either

it was huge.
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Re: Re: BBSes today
By: Nightfox to Andeddu on Sat Aug 15 2020 03:17 pm

There are some things I guess I don't pay much attention to. There's a TV show called Breaking Bad, which was apparently fairly popular, but I had never heard of it until there was a news story that it was in its last season. :P

Haha, I think everone's seen Breaking Bad over here except me, I can't be arsed watching something that's 5+ seasons long. Too much to get through, so I'd rather not bother.

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Re: Re: BBSes today
By: MRO to Andeddu on Sat Aug 15 2020 06:54 pm

i miss vine. it was very entertaining.

TikTok is very similar... will you miss that too?

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Re: Re: BBSes today
By: Moondog to Andeddu on Sun Aug 16 2020 12:06 am

Not big enough because i never heard of it either

Or perhaps, like us, you're just positively middle-aged.

Vine is the app that created over 100 massive YouTube stars.

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Re: Re: BBSes today
By: Andeddu to MRO on Sun Aug 16 2020 05:59 pm

Re: Re: BBSes today
By: MRO to Andeddu on Sat Aug 15 2020 06:54 pm

i miss vine. it was very entertaining.

TikTok is very similar... will you miss that too?

it's similar but not the same entirely. i find it less enjoyable and i'm not an avid user.
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I know its unpopular, but with the TikTok/WhatsApp bans that Trump is bringing... I just think that America shouldn't tell its citizens wha they can and can't do. I can't wrapo my head around how thats OK. If

I've heard of the TikTok ban, but haven't heard anything about WhatsApp being ba nned..

Yea, along with TikTok hes trying to push a WhatsApp ban too - *IF* its not WhatsApp, its weibo or... one that like EVERYONE in China and India use. Regardless, I don't use either- but... if I wanted to, I thought I lived in America so that I could CHOOSE. Sure, inform me of the risks but.... free?



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Re: Re: BBSes today
By: Andeddu to Nightfox on Sun Aug 16 2020 05:28 pm

There are some things I guess I don't pay much attention to. There's a TV show called Breaking Bad, which was apparently fairly popular, but I had never heard of it until there was a news story that it was in its last season. :P

Haha, I think everone's seen Breaking Bad over here except me, I can't be arsed watching something that's 5+ seasons long. Too much to get through, so I'd rather not bother.

It's worth it. One of the best series of all-time.

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On 8/13/2020 11:00 AM, Andeddu wrote:

20GB should be enough of a threshold for most people. Having a phone with an uncapped unlimited data plan has sure changed the way I use technology. I pretty much just use my phone these days... I very rarely browse the web on my
PC and the only other device I use to go online is my iPad. Around a decade ago
I used my laptop to carry out at least 90% of all my media consumption.

How things change!

Yeah... I use a combination of things... I'm WFH, and have a wired VPN
device for my work laptop. Beyond this, there's a combination of
devices connected to the TVs. I have my Shield TV, fiance and daughter
prefer Fire sticks, and there's also chromecasting. I do watch youtube
on TV, but will use my phone a lot of the time.

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On 8/16/2020 9:28 AM, Andeddu wrote:

There are some things I guess I don't pay much attention to. There's a TV >> show called Breaking Bad, which was apparently fairly popular, but I had
never heard of it until there was a news story that it was in its last
season. :P

Haha, I think everone's seen Breaking Bad over here except me, I can't be arsed
watching something that's 5+ seasons long. Too much to get through, so I'd rather not bother.

It's a decent show. You don't have to binge it, you can do it just like
any syndication show, watching an episode a night during the week to
wind down.

If you like "Breaking Bad" should also give "The Shield" a view.

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Re: Re: BBSes today
By: MRO to Andeddu on Sun Aug 16 2020 07:38 pm

it's similar but not the same entirely. i find it less enjoyable and i'm not an avid user.

I never used Vine or TikTok but I have seen my fair share of videos posted on YouTube. I agree, some can be highly entertaining. There will be a gap in the market for a new app to take over should TikTok be banned in the US.

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Re: Re: BBSes today
By: Tracker1 to Andeddu on Mon Aug 17 2020 03:06 am

Yeah... I use a combination of things... I'm WFH, and have a wired VPN

what the hell is WFH

white fat human?
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Re: Re: BBSes today
By: Andeddu to MRO on Mon Aug 17 2020 11:14 am

Re: Re: BBSes today
By: MRO to Andeddu on Sun Aug 16 2020 07:38 pm

it's similar but not the same entirely. i find it less enjoyable and
i'm not an avid user.

I never used Vine or TikTok but I have seen my fair share of videos posted on YouTube. I agree, some can be highly entertaining. There will be a gap

the thing about vine is it was quick, it was entertaining and it was easy.
and you could use 3rd party apps
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Re: Re: BBSes today
By: MRO to Tracker1 on Mon Aug 17 2020 04:54 pm

Yeah... I use a combination of things... I'm WFH, and have a wired
VPN

what the hell is WFH

white fat human?

ROFLMAO... thanks for the laugh of the night!

WFH in this case probably means Working From Home, esepcially with the added context of a wired VPN.

But still, I needed the laugh... thanks!

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what the hell is WFH

Working from home. :)


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Re: Re: BBSes today
By: Tracker1 to Andeddu on Mon Aug 17 2020 03:06 am

Yeah... I use a combination of things... I'm WFH, and have a wired VPN device for my work laptop. Beyond this, there's a combination of
devices connected to the TVs. I have my Shield TV, fiance and daughter prefer Fire sticks, and there's also chromecasting. I do watch youtube
on TV, but will use my phone a lot of the time.

Shield TV... as in the nVidia shield? I haven't heard about that thing for a long time. Do you stream your PC onto your TV screen?

My friend sometimes brings his Chromecast along to mine so we can watch football matches on his BT subscription... it's a brillaint versatile device. I don't have anything for my TV as all the apps I need are already on it. If I had to move from house to house, a Chromecast would be nice.

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Re: Re: BBSes today
By: Tracker1 to Andeddu on Mon Aug 17 2020 03:46 am

It's a decent show. You don't have to binge it, you can do it just like
any syndication show, watching an episode a night during the week to
wind down.

If you like "Breaking Bad" should also give "The Shield" a view.

--
Michael J. Ryan

I'll keep The Shield in mind. The first long running show I have to get through will have to be Game of Thrones. I have never watched it before, so I really must.

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