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Tech Bros reinvent diallup ....

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First post, by BitWrangler

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So you could maybe book a hotel in the 90s with a few clicks and a modem on a machine that sucked maybe 60W....

Behold the "improvement" ..

https://www.iflscience.com/watch-two-ais-real … -language-78213

It was the "switching to audio tones for more efficient communication" thing that got me, over a phone connection Seriously, they just reinvented diallup 🤣

Unicorn herding operations are proceeding, but all the totes of hens teeth and barrels of rocking horse poop give them plenty of hiding spots.

Reply 3 of 4, by wierd_w

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(Looks around nervously)

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Reply 4 of 4, by Ozzuneoj

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Wow, this reminds me of a coworker I had back in the day that would call into the local dial-up number and whistle tones into the phone to the point that it would proceed with at least part of the connection process.

You can bet that there will be people trying to convince AI assistants to switch over to this mode just to troll them or create videos.

Now for some blitting from the back buffer.

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