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I wish I had a retro handheld enthusiast friend IRL

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ah, it's alright. I thought the situation was you opening up to new opportunities. and it's OK not to be ready for that, take whatever time you need, they will still be out there.

I lived a similar situation in the past, and I was certainly reluctant to open up to new friendships in my late thirties, but one day I took a chance on a local message board, and ended up meeting a very nice group of people that enjoyed my hobby and now I have monthly to bimonthly meetups with them, and through those we've meet each other's families, travel together, helped each other move, birthdays, and funerals.

It's great to have friends again, makes me really happy.

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I wish I had a retro handheld enthusiast friend IRL

what about finding them? you can start a meetup on a local library or cafe. print flyers, hang them around. commit to show up even if no one shows up, it's just the first one. drink your coffee, go home, try again in a couple of weeks.

I walk my town with my 3DS on in the hope that our there, some freak is doing the same and we find each other in street pass.

maybe there's someone out there trying to find you, but with a little less initiative. you already show some, by posting this.

good luck! don't lose a kidney.

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there were many ways to use the internet before browsers, applications talked with other applications, people joined BBSs, but you could argue that eventually, you'd like to access text or media in a repeatable manner, you'd like to be able to point to those resources in the least steps possible (some way of universally locate a resource...), those resources will end up being referenced by other resources and you'd eventually end up with the web.

the web is a side-effect of the internet

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What Era was the best and why was it the 90s?

Every era is defined by the tools we had at hand during that process. While Memphis is basically pixel art, Y2K was defined by the gradient and mask tools on Photoshop, and Aero was a victim of skewmorphic design trends pushed by the commodity of 3D tooling. Flat design took prevalence because raster-based products felt weird when seen on retina displays.

I wonder how design will be affected when AI tools become the norm.

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In your opinion, is space exploration necessary?

yes. there's two branching discussions here:

  • Space as a scientific topic, it needs to be understood. Our observation of reality is very local, and although we can prove that some of our assumptions about physics, life and civilization work on our neighborhood, it doesn't mean that they're the same everywhere. That alone is sufficient reason for me, to explore.
  • Space as the new frontier. Many if not all exploration done on planet Earth has been, in some shape or form, resource-motivated. Lands, food, medicine, minerals, routes, are all found through exploration and normally through people spending money looking for a return over investment. Space is no different.

I think the interesting part is where this two branches touch: If we ever plan on capturing an asteroid for mining, the technology needs to be there to do it, and hopefully the technology is about the benefit of all humankind. This kind of development is showing us the way to move forward and solve problems. Imagine a world when we don't need to destroy ecosystems in order to get iron because all iron comes from off-world.