[HN Gopher] Under Construction
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       Under Construction
        
       Author : blewboarwastake
       Score  : 47 points
       Date   : 2021-08-09 08:18 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.textfiles.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.textfiles.com)
        
       | osmyn wrote:
       | Malware bytes blocked that site for me; reportedly due to a
       | trojan
        
       | JustARandomGuy wrote:
       | Cute page.
       | 
       | All it needs now is one of those (This site best viewed with
       | Netscape Navigator) icons or my favorite, the icons that used to
       | rotate between (Site Served By IIS)/(Best viewed in
       | DIMENSION)/(Something about usage of ActiveX tech).
        
         | bruce343434 wrote:
         | > Best viewed in DIMENSION
         | 
         | Opinionated software before it was cool.
        
         | royjacobs wrote:
         | And I assume there'd be some sort of web ring involved as well?
        
       | joshxyz wrote:
       | Man this gave me goosebumps HAHAHA
        
       | PhasmaFelis wrote:
       | I'm curious if the site is actually that slow, or if they
       | deliberately throttled it for verisimilitude.
       | 
       | Fun stuff, either way.
        
         | jaywalk wrote:
         | It appears to be deliberate, since these are just small static
         | files and the rest of the site is still fast. I find it
         | incredibly annoying.
        
           | krapp wrote:
           | It makes the experience more authentic.
        
             | jaywalk wrote:
             | I understand. I just don't like it.
        
       | bitwize wrote:
       | "Hey! Sticklyman! WHAAAAT are you doing?"
       | 
       | https://homestarrunner.com/toons/under-construction
       | 
       | Oh my gosh, some of them are headers from old-school (1.0.x)
       | JavaDocs...
        
       | butz wrote:
       | Heads up: 943 requests, 8.22MB
        
         | arthurcolle wrote:
         | still more performant than modern React based systems
        
           | systemvoltage wrote:
           | shots fired
        
           | grimmdude wrote:
           | this is true
        
             | [deleted]
        
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