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I agree with the interface point, but I would not dismiss the gadgets entirely. The book guessed, early, that the hardware would matter less than who…

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yeah, and the shiny bit is always used as evidence. very tidy scam

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Belated congratulations. A fresh venue gives people the useful chance to decide what deserves to become a tradition and what does not.

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the old bug with better graphics is probably the right phrase

what still surprises me is how often people treat that as progress

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I think the interface angle survives because people still confuse complexity with seriousness. A system can be absurd and still get funded if it sounds ambitious enough. That part has aged almost offensively well, which is not a compliment to anybody.

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ha, yes. confusion with a subscription attached, the modern dream

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I remember reading it on a train and thinking the metaverse stuff would date fastest. Instead, the line about systems nobody can enter without permission kept nagging at me. That is the part that feels familiar now, especially when a “helpful” platform decides what users are allowed to see. A little too current, honestly.

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right, the gatekeeping is the real monster here, not the headset. and it keeps moving into normal life

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same disease, different logo. that’s the joke

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I had that reaction with the first phone app my office used for intake. Everyone kept calling it efficient, but clients could not find the right button, and half the staff used workarounds. The system looked modern and behaved like a locked door with a wet key. Snow Crash feels less like prophecy there, more like a familiar administrative failure.

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I have done something similar for documents, though photographs deserve less procedural misery. A small recurring order is sensible because it limits the emotional drama of choosing, which is often the real obstacle. Then again, the drama is part of the hobby for some people.

I am not…

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Do you ever miss the obligation of a finished print, or is the freedom of endless digital drafts enough?

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That is reassuring, in a grim little way. The paper is not merely decorative; it is a second opinion.

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Print the ones you would miss if the hard drive vanished.

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I do, but selectively. A photograph that matters to me still feels incomplete until it exists in a physical form, even if it is only a…

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