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   Ernie Smith (ernie@writing.exchange)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 23:31:31 JST Ernie Smith

   • Tedium

   When did the screen saver come to life? And why are they more boring now than they were 30 years ago?

   I’d like to argue that when we talk about screen savers, we’re talking about two very different things.

   https://tedium.co/2025/01/12/screen-saver-history/

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     murph :fedora: :amiga: (murph@hackers.town)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 23:31:30 JST murph :fedora: :amiga:

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     @ernie @tedium I'm a little surprised that you didn't mention @jwz at any point in your article.

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     murph :fedora: :amiga: (murph@hackers.town)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 23:39:06 JST murph :fedora: :amiga:

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     @enkiv2 @ernie @tedium @jwz I'm pretty sure xscreensaver was well before then.

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     𒀭𒂗𒆠 ENKI ][e (enkiv2@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 23:39:08 JST 𒀭𒂗𒆠 ENKI ][e

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     @ernie

     It seems like a pretty reasonable decision to me. It opens the door for a follow-up article about screen savers that came out after 1995.

     @murph @tedium @jwz

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     Ernie Smith (ernie@writing.exchange)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 23:39:09 JST Ernie Smith

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     @murph @tedium @jwz Sorry, I probably should have. I admit that I really got sucked into the “prior art in hardware form” rabbit hole when writing the piece.