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   Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Saturday, 07-Mar-2026 19:00:29 JST Miakoda

   I wonder what time travel, and going online where the internet agrees it's 1999, would do to a modern computer. What would "File X is newer" even mean at that point?

   I wonder what systems like PlayStation Network would do if I time traveled a PS5 to the PS3 days and tried to use it online.

   Can someone please make an open source time machine so I can find out?

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Saturday, 07-Mar-2026 23:49:38 JST Miakoda

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     • Infrapink (he/his/him)

     @Infrapink The assumption was I'd bring a compatible display. PSN was online. I'm curious if it'd connect, and if so, would PSN freak out it's a PS that doesn't exist yet.

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     Infrapink (he/his/him) (infrapink@mastodon.ie)'s status on Saturday, 07-Mar-2026 23:49:40 JST Infrapink (he/his/him)

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     @hellomiakoda
     Your PlayStations will have gotten a server not found error, same as if the network goes down. Also you'll have had trouble finding a compatible TV or monitor, since it was all 4:3 CRTs with SCART connectors back then; HDMI won't even have been invented for another four years.

     You can get the effect of "File X is newer" today. Touch a file with a future date.