Re: Young people peering

candycanearter07 wrote:

Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.com> wrote at 11:03 this Wednesday (GMT):

The Doctor wrote:
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In article <uvmi06$13lru$1@dont-email.me>, Kyonshi  <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:

On 4/14/2024 2:11 PM, The Doctor wrote:

What happened to the young people who wanted to set up a Usenet node?

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define young.
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I am working on getting one running, although most likely focused on a few specific groups. but considering I reinstalled the OS at least three times since I decided to do that it might still take a while.
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maybe next week or so

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There was a high school studnet wanting to set up an NNTP node withing the last 3 months!

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I remember. They just kind of disappeared. >
The school IT dept probably decided to block Usenet for the safety of "the kids".

Not blocked here! They have more important things to block, like Github
(yes really)

Lol, github is blocked at my wife's district also.
When she found out that I used github, her first reaction was that I was using some bad website. I had to explain it to her.
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Retro Guy