<![CDATA[Re-reading "Neuromancer" and I'm struck how the protagonist wanting to get out of debt by selling 3MB of RAM went from being laughably dated to seeming actually plausible within recent months]]>Re-reading "Neuromancer" and I'm struck how the protagonist wanting to get out of debt by selling 3MB of RAM went from being laughably dated to seeming actually plausible within recent months

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/f070ae98-4668-4940-872b-76fc4cc76da1/re-reading-neuromancer-and-i-m-struck-how-the-protagonist-wanting-to-get-out-of-debt-by-selling-3mb-of-ram-went-from-being-laughably-dated-to-seeming-actually-plausible-within-recent-monthsRSS for NodeMon, 06 Apr 2026 05:32:16 GMTWed, 11 Mar 2026 03:27:57 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Re-reading "Neuromancer" and I'm struck how the protagonist wanting to get out of debt by selling 3MB of RAM went from being laughably dated to seeming actually plausible within recent months on Wed, 11 Mar 2026 23:51:35 GMT]]>@simonzerafa @goatrodeo @BoredomFestival Not blue enough.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonczech.cz/users/jwo/statuses/116213225608557434https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonczech.cz/users/jwo/statuses/116213225608557434Wed, 11 Mar 2026 23:51:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Re-reading "Neuromancer" and I'm struck how the protagonist wanting to get out of debt by selling 3MB of RAM went from being laughably dated to seeming actually plausible within recent months on Wed, 11 Mar 2026 18:41:44 GMT]]>@BoredomFestival time certainly is a flat circle.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/gellge/statuses/116212007186265898https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/gellge/statuses/116212007186265898Wed, 11 Mar 2026 18:41:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Re-reading "Neuromancer" and I'm struck how the protagonist wanting to get out of debt by selling 3MB of RAM went from being laughably dated to seeming actually plausible within recent months on Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:20:31 GMT]]>@alexanderondu
@BoredomFestival
Hitachi at some point in the '90s was making computers (MSX, laptop RISC, PCs) along with other Japanese tech company.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSX
https://www.computer-specifications.com/specifications/Hitachi-C90D-Specs.html
https://www.openpa.net/pa-risc_processor_other.html#pa50

So maybe Gibson was using one of these as reference.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.uno/users/Imprinted/statuses/116211687850357905https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.uno/users/Imprinted/statuses/116211687850357905Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:20:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Re-reading "Neuromancer" and I'm struck how the protagonist wanting to get out of debt by selling 3MB of RAM went from being laughably dated to seeming actually plausible within recent months on Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:10:17 GMT]]>@hush404 @BoredomFestival

It’s profoundly unfair that in the 80s we didn’t get 1940s space opera coming true, but in the 2020s we get 1980s cyberpunk dystopia.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ByMatthewPorter/statuses/116211411657865293https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ByMatthewPorter/statuses/116211411657865293Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:10:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Re-reading "Neuromancer" and I'm struck how the protagonist wanting to get out of debt by selling 3MB of RAM went from being laughably dated to seeming actually plausible within recent months on Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:23:57 GMT]]>@simonzerafa

I'm old enough to know how "dead channel" looked like.πŸ˜†
(I suppose) as it was meant by author back then.

@goatrodeo @BoredomFestival

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/FandaSin/statuses/116211229506092885https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/FandaSin/statuses/116211229506092885Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:23:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Re-reading "Neuromancer" and I'm struck how the protagonist wanting to get out of debt by selling 3MB of RAM went from being laughably dated to seeming actually plausible within recent months on Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:17:03 GMT]]>@FandaSin @goatrodeo @BoredomFestival

Depends how you read that line as it's meaning have managed over time. Also the sky is blue!! 🫨

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/simonzerafa/statuses/116211202345921221https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/simonzerafa/statuses/116211202345921221Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:17:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Re-reading "Neuromancer" and I'm struck how the protagonist wanting to get out of debt by selling 3MB of RAM went from being laughably dated to seeming actually plausible within recent months on Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:09:28 GMT]]>@flun1tr4z3p4m @BoredomFestival @GreatDismal He’s been fairly active on Bluesky. Not Masto, I realize, but at least better than Twitter.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/smitty/statuses/116211172556549298https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/smitty/statuses/116211172556549298Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:09:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Re-reading "Neuromancer" and I'm struck how the protagonist wanting to get out of debt by selling 3MB of RAM went from being laughably dated to seeming actually plausible within recent months on Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:08:00 GMT]]>@roadskater @goatrodeo @BoredomFestival I read a critic's take on one of Gibson's later books, in which the critic asserted that cyberpunk, like newspapers, is writing for the now, with no consideration for how it might age at all. I don't like the idea but I haven't been able to fault it, either.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mefi.social/users/WesternInfidels/statuses/116211166749217474https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mefi.social/users/WesternInfidels/statuses/116211166749217474Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:08:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Re-reading "Neuromancer" and I'm struck how the protagonist wanting to get out of debt by selling 3MB of RAM went from being laughably dated to seeming actually plausible within recent months on Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:27:17 GMT]]>@BoredomFestival
Later in the series, he describes AI-generated art that is nothing like the soulless drivel we actually got.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tofugolem/statuses/116211006658823423https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tofugolem/statuses/116211006658823423Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:27:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Re-reading "Neuromancer" and I'm struck how the protagonist wanting to get out of debt by selling 3MB of RAM went from being laughably dated to seeming actually plausible within recent months on Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:18:59 GMT]]>@alexanderondu @BoredomFestival @patterfloof Hitachi hadn't put their name on the magic wand for ages, and sold the design to another company a few years ago...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/chloeraccoon/statuses/116210974036035366https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/chloeraccoon/statuses/116210974036035366Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:18:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Re-reading "Neuromancer" and I'm struck how the protagonist wanting to get out of debt by selling 3MB of RAM went from being laughably dated to seeming actually plausible within recent months on Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:55:20 GMT]]>@simonzerafa

I've read it like 10-15 years ago.
I still remember this line.

Great book and great writer.😍

@goatrodeo @BoredomFestival

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/FandaSin/statuses/116210881048916733https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/FandaSin/statuses/116210881048916733Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:55:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Re-reading "Neuromancer" and I'm struck how the protagonist wanting to get out of debt by selling 3MB of RAM went from being laughably dated to seeming actually plausible within recent months on Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:50:35 GMT]]>@BoredomFestival Longtime fan of CP.... starting to hate how real shit is getting (also, its always the terrible stuff and none of the cool stuff from the genre).

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/hush404/statuses/116210862334057988https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/hush404/statuses/116210862334057988Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:50:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Re-reading "Neuromancer" and I'm struck how the protagonist wanting to get out of debt by selling 3MB of RAM went from being laughably dated to seeming actually plausible within recent months on Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:38:28 GMT]]>@BoredomFestival @benroyce next generation of consoles will be a re-cased Dreamcast.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/Sonikku/statuses/116210814695216230https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/Sonikku/statuses/116210814695216230Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:38:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Re-reading "Neuromancer" and I'm struck how the protagonist wanting to get out of debt by selling 3MB of RAM went from being laughably dated to seeming actually plausible within recent months on Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:19:04 GMT]]>@BoredomFestival All of that AI hallucinating itself as a god/artist nonsense starting to look a lot more realistic as well.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://vermont.masto.host/users/Wyatt_H_Knott/statuses/116210738405200195https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://vermont.masto.host/users/Wyatt_H_Knott/statuses/116210738405200195Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:19:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Re-reading "Neuromancer" and I'm struck how the protagonist wanting to get out of debt by selling 3MB of RAM went from being laughably dated to seeming actually plausible within recent months on Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:58:10 GMT]]>@BoredomFestival

I just looked up that passage.
It says 3 MB of "hot" RAM from "the Hitachi".

Isn't "Hitachi" synonymous with a certain kind of toy for grown-ups these days?

Those surely have 3 MB of RAM nowadays. And it would be "hot" RAM for sure.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://troet.cafe/users/alexanderondu/statuses/116210420320044022https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://troet.cafe/users/alexanderondu/statuses/116210420320044022Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:58:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Re-reading "Neuromancer" and I'm struck how the protagonist wanting to get out of debt by selling 3MB of RAM went from being laughably dated to seeming actually plausible within recent months on Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:35:59 GMT]]>@goatrodeo @BoredomFestival

"The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel."

😌

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/simonzerafa/statuses/116210097137091868https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/simonzerafa/statuses/116210097137091868Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:35:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Re-reading "Neuromancer" and I'm struck how the protagonist wanting to get out of debt by selling 3MB of RAM went from being laughably dated to seeming actually plausible within recent months on Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:19:45 GMT]]>@roadskater @goatrodeo @BoredomFestival I imagined it would be gray with static πŸ˜†

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/ap/users/116097439922645398/statuses/116210033350564859https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/ap/users/116097439922645398/statuses/116210033350564859Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:19:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Re-reading "Neuromancer" and I'm struck how the protagonist wanting to get out of debt by selling 3MB of RAM went from being laughably dated to seeming actually plausible within recent months on Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:12:55 GMT]]>@BoredomFestival this has happened before.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/burnitdown/statuses/116210006440963962https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/burnitdown/statuses/116210006440963962Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:12:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Re-reading "Neuromancer" and I'm struck how the protagonist wanting to get out of debt by selling 3MB of RAM went from being laughably dated to seeming actually plausible within recent months on Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:08:43 GMT]]>@BoredomFestival funny and sad πŸ˜‰

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.bike/users/Tacitus/statuses/116209989914195756https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.bike/users/Tacitus/statuses/116209989914195756Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:08:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Re-reading "Neuromancer" and I'm struck how the protagonist wanting to get out of debt by selling 3MB of RAM went from being laughably dated to seeming actually plausible within recent months on Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:41:30 GMT]]>@BoredomFestival lately I’ve been constantly thinking about Neuromancer. Almost seems like it’s been used as a guide book by some, but not in the good way. Anyway, I just wish @GreatDismal was more into mastodon than twitter

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/flun1tr4z3p4m/statuses/116209646964978744https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/flun1tr4z3p4m/statuses/116209646964978744Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:41:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Re-reading "Neuromancer" and I'm struck how the protagonist wanting to get out of debt by selling 3MB of RAM went from being laughably dated to seeming actually plausible within recent months on Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:39:38 GMT]]>@BoredomFestival
In the early nineties I sold 8MB of 100ns DRAM chips to pay off a credit card debt.
So, yeah. Feels like we're back where we started.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/clanger9/statuses/116209639655776376https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/clanger9/statuses/116209639655776376Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:39:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Re-reading "Neuromancer" and I'm struck how the protagonist wanting to get out of debt by selling 3MB of RAM went from being laughably dated to seeming actually plausible within recent months on Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:13:17 GMT]]>@goatrodeo @BoredomFestival "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel" So confusing in 2026. What, it's completely black? Or in 2030, it's showing non-stop ads?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/roadskater/statuses/116209536029159698https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/roadskater/statuses/116209536029159698Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:13:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Re-reading "Neuromancer" and I'm struck how the protagonist wanting to get out of debt by selling 3MB of RAM went from being laughably dated to seeming actually plausible within recent months on Wed, 11 Mar 2026 03:59:13 GMT]]>@BoredomFestival
Wow, a flash forward from the past. Must reread this. Thanks! William Gibson was prescient on so many levels

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/goatrodeo/statuses/116208536987727050https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/goatrodeo/statuses/116208536987727050Wed, 11 Mar 2026 03:59:13 GMT