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		brk on May 2, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New startup sells coffee through SSH I remember ordering a CD via CDNow and a very rudimentary SMS interface on my phone around 1996. It took about 10 minutes to go through the entire process, but I did it while at the movies with my wife, waiting for the previews to start and we both thought it was just SO advanced.

keepamovin on May 2, 2024 [–]

That is an epically cool story from the early days of the Internet / web. Thanks for sharing!

PaulDavisThe1st on May 4, 2024 | [–]

A brief reminder that SMS has nothing to do with the internet (TCP/IP) or the web (HTTP).

rrr_oh_man on May 4, 2024 | | [–]

Netflix also was founded in 2007, not 1997.

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