LOL yep! Glad you found the source!

Makes total sense, his aura is unmatched

yeah. especially because nowadays attention = ddos attacks from bots, and i dont think neocities has enough funding to reliably counterract a botnet if one were to target it

yeah but also I don't think a lot of people would join. Making a website is way harder than just creating an account and adding a picture :/

@nexos-den And that's why Neocities will stay good :)

I dont think its bad that ppl are finding out about indie web through videos!! (thats how I partially found out, because I B watching videoz) I wanna encourage more ppl to switch off socials to make their own sites!! however brachy has a point abt the bots...

i am a big supporter of more people moving away from mainstream socials, and there's plenty of free site templates around that i always like to encourage new users to play with (after all, i got into coding through making templates for my forum pages back when those were still cool). the greater concern is in greater userbase = greater expenses = selling out = enshittification

I'm only here because of that video admittedly. It came at the best possible time for me. I was off work recovering from a surgery feeling sorry for myself. Then I was captivated by his video and was so full of inspiration I spent just about every spare moment I had building a website and connecting with people. I think Neocities bar of entry is perfectly set. People who don't want to work on it won't last.

i like watching those videos and going ":o" when I see someone I recognize

fwiw-- it's back!! onio re-listed it hehe

ah.........

Shout out to Garfriend! Nice art!

I also went to the Apple store an hour south in Delaware to dodge the sales tax and even dug up my dusty old .edu email to claim the student discount. They didn't even check for any student email or ID, they just gave it to me and I do NOT look like a freshman lmao

I love using the apple student discount >:]

me, an arrogant linux user, *pushes up glasses*, heh, well, you should've gotten a ThinkPad *pyrotechnics explode behind me like in some concert* *an airplane flies by with a banner saying "WOW THAT WAS BADASS"* (im so fucking sorry for this lmao)

the only issue with it I have is the soldered on ssd :/ And hell yeah linux mentioned! But I think it will take a long while until drivers are developed for this one

yup upping that thinkpads are fucking amazing!!! Also framework is quite dope :)

reject windows. reject macos. as a matter of fact, reject linux. we must return to os/360

i did something similar a few years ago - macbooks were like $2k in mexico where i lived at the time so i took a bus to texas, crashed on a friend's couch for a few days, got a new macbook and came home all for much cheaper than buying one in MX

i saw it and was considering it even if only to play the one apple store exclusive katamari game(still mad about this)

a few months ago i got an m1 macbook pro from Back Market for about the same price as the discounted neo. i've honestly been annoyed with how much i enjoy it, as someone who's wanted to switch away from my iphone for years lol

Yeah it's funny, I don't have any other Apple device and I use this thing like a Linux user with the Terminal and shit, but man these laptops rock. Now that they're repairable anyway (I used to love Framework but the price tag on them... eeeesh)

The dominance of Microslop in laptops get weaker and weaker every day, I probably won't buy a macbook any time soon (the neo sounds good tho), but my lenovo would probably be fine with linux mint if I finally find some time to convert to the good side

Thank you!! I'm honored to be the first

Love the pocket sewing kit on your site too!

thanks! im honestly surprised and pretty proud w how it's shaping up.

and thank YOU for having nice stealable lil assets for your nameplate border thingy