The Delphi book never came in useful again, but as a stand it was perfect. On the screen, Linux and conferences, 21 years ago…

      • OutlierBlue@lemmy.caEnglish
        61·
        6 months ago

        Yeah, I thought mine was low and I had a 7-digit number.

        It started with a 1 though, so I was cooler than all those other 7-digit slowpokes 😎

    • weariedfae@lemmy.world
      91·
      6 months ago

      You were still on in 03? I figured everyone migrated by then, or at least were using Trillian.

      Also, 5 digits? l337

    • pyre@lemmy.world
      81·
      6 months ago

      i had 8 and still have it memorized. it was so good before AOL ruined it like it ruined everything it touched

      • enkers@sh.itjust.works
        51·
        6 months ago

        And then trillian fixed everything, and then Facebook and google broke it again, and then signal kinda fixed stuff, and then they broke it themselves. Or at least that’s been my experience.

    • 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      51·
      6 months ago

      I tried to sell a five digit id in college on ebay when I really needed some cash, and they terminated the auction on me. It was over $200 in mid-00’s money. I’m not still bitter.

    • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
      22·
      6 months ago

      Gosh, I wonder if I could find mine through old backups. I’m too lazy to discover the answer to this question. I just thought it was an interesting possibility.