Comment by ๐Ÿš€ RubyMaelstrom

Re: "Gemini Demographics? Has anybody done any sort of researchโ€ฆ"

In: s/AskGemini

If there's any popular phrase that is certain to be hip with the youth of today, it's obviously Just Do Itยฎ! We're going to be overflowing with the youth in no time.

๐Ÿš€ RubyMaelstrom

2025-01-22 ยท 1 year ago

11 Later Comments โ†“

๐Ÿš€ stack ยท 2025-01-22 at 19:31:

As a procrastinator, I did not like it in 1988, and do not like it today.

๐Ÿฆ‚ zzo38 ยท 2025-01-23 at 02:00:

My opinion is that you should put what you like to write. Someone might or might not read it and might or might not like it, but even if one person does, it is good enough to write and to read. I think that this is better than marketing, because if someone only writes what a lot of people like and you don't, then it is not good enough.

๐Ÿš€ AGourd ยท 2025-01-23 at 03:07:

Ok but like as a gen Z i must say that it does intrigue me

๐Ÿ undefined ยท 2025-01-23 at 05:31:

I'm a zoomer, and I reckon there's a lot more of us than some might think. Post whatever you got, if it's interesting.

๐Ÿ‘ป darkghost ยท 2025-01-23 at 19:39:

It is ghastly how tech illiterate the youth are. I'd already started messing with Yggdrasil Linux by the time I was the age of my oldest kid. I won't say I knew wtf I was doing but I was trying.

๐Ÿš€ stack ยท 2025-01-23 at 22:28:

I don't know if I'll ever be a grandfather, sadly

๐Ÿš€ digler ยท 2025-01-24 at 13:21:

@HanzBrix you're unlocking memories for me...

Just Type "RUN"!

๐Ÿ‘ป darkghost ยท 2025-01-24 at 14:33:

LOAD "*",8,1

RUN

Yeah in the US we virtually all had disk drives.

๐Ÿ‘ป darkghost ยท 2025-01-24 at 16:41:

@hansbrix Load times on disk were awful too due to a bug in the signaling protocol. It was 300 BAUD! Large programs could take a half hour to load.

๐Ÿš€ stack ยท 2025-01-24 at 17:39:

Commodore disk drives were slower than tape.

๐Ÿš€ stack ยท 2025-01-24 at 22:06:

The bug was in the 6551 comms chip, and amazingly is still exists in chips sold today by the Western Design Center! It has to do with the shift register dropping bits, so you basically have to bitbang. Some people figured out how to bang up to 64kbps, while others, workarounds with the shifter...

This bug manifests in synchronous mode, and makes SPI-like comms not work.

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๐ŸŒ’ s/AskGemini

๐ŸŒฒ Bosque:

Gemini Demographics? Has anybody done any sort of research on who's using Gemini? As in age, gender, language and so on. I have content that might be interesting to younger generations, but I'm afraid nobody of that age range is going to visit my capsule. (In other words, what's the point to write a gamebook for gemini?) I believe others will be asking themselves similar questions..

๐Ÿ’ฌ 17 comments ยท 3 likes ยท 2025-01-22 ยท 1 year ago