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It's always a joy when I randomly feel the need to check and see if amasci is still up and running and am greeted with the comforting display of good old mid-90s HTML text and links offering all manner of interesting content.

What a dichotomy to the current "all pages must be apps/infinite scroll and optimized for ads" design that has reigned for the last decade or two.

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https? We don' need no stinkin' https. We are from BEFORE GEOCITIES! Usenet Newsgroups forevah.

See amasci.com 1995 timeline: http://amasci.com/news.html#older

Also, see much recent activity on: https://www.quora.com/profile/William-Beaty?sort=views

I tip my hat to you sir, for providing 25 years of the pleasure of pursing the scientific method and experimentation, even in areas that would be often dismissed by Those Who Know Things(tm). If a claim is made, well then roll out the experiments and demonstrate it works or it's false.

In the 90s I actually thought you were responsible for the Scientific American Amateur Scientist column but after a year or so of regularly browsing your site I realized you were simply what Amateur Scientist SHOULD have been in the 90s, reflecting the zeitgeist of the prior decades of SciAm AmSci.

I spent plenty of time kicking it on usenet circa 1990 and later, but as a content creator you have to bust out your gopher links for proper cred. ;)

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