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From: Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: [OFFTOPIC] Re: On manuals and the Intertubes not working
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2024 10:43:06 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvsf12yrwr.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87h6hijbsn.fsf@ucl.ac.uk

>> You, Sir, are a wise person. Now one question: hasn't that
>> happened already?
> Not quite yet because email & nntp still work.

And so does IRC, indeed.  There are even some successor candidates, such
as Matrix and ActivityPub.

But beside the basic functionality of "being able to connect with fellow
victims", the internet can still be used to consult research
articles, to replace phone lines, and to log into your home server.


        Stefan




  reply	other threads:[~2024-03-07 15:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-03-07  7:30 [QUESTION] Add conditional indicator to `mode-line-misc-info' not working Christopher M. Miles
2024-03-07 14:54 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-03-07 15:13   ` On manuals and the Intertubes [was: Add conditional indicator to `mode-line-misc-info'] " tomas
2024-03-07 15:34     ` Eric S Fraga
2024-03-07 15:43       ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [this message]
2024-03-07 17:07         ` [OFFTOPIC] Re: On manuals and the Intertubes " Eric S Fraga
2024-03-07 22:56           ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor

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