• toynbee@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    Back in (estimating) 1997, I was playing Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 via the then-relevant MSN Online and someone posted a link in the public chat; I don’t remember what the link offered, but it was enticing enough that my ten-year-old self clicked it.

    They said “someone with the IP [whatever IP I had then] clicked this!” In response I unplugged both my modem and computer so they couldn’t hack me.

    It’s embarrassing to remember now, but I knew so little at the time that it seemed to make sense in the moment.

  • Pratai@piefed.ca
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    10 hours ago

    Something that any script kiddie can do within 30 seconds? What’s to worry about?

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        4 hours ago

        I was walking out of the gym today and some random kid stood up and gave me a fist bump for no reason. It’s been a shitty week so far, and that kid made my day.

        While I suspect that my own kids are probably not human, that random kid sure was.