I remember back in the day when your PC was not connected, and still you used it everyday to learn programming, to hack a game, to draw something...
Then the Fidonet came, so some your time was spent checking the free software and the message boards.
Then the Internet came, and it was a whole revolution. Fast forwarding to nowadays, I wouldn't be using the PC as much, in my spare time, if it weren't for the Internet.
And now, through the internet, you can watch good quality streaming TV. I was watching a show on a minor italian TV about food in Tuscany, and i realized...what a different use I am doing with this PC. Still, using it to watch TV does seem like an insult to Wirth, Shannon and Intelligence.
I will have to go back to hacking some good ole C++ code, in order to clean my digital soul.
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