Also notable that The Mentor (Loyd) actually participates (or used to participate) here in Hacker News. I had a brief starstuck moment when he commented here in another thread in the past.
I was so identified by this in the early 1990s because I was very lonely in my small town in a developing country where nobody cared about computers and programming. As I got access to the internet I finally found a sense of belonging.
That's awesome. Perhaps closer to the early 2000s for me (on Astalavista [sic] or some such), and I still get the feels when I read it. It really made what otherwise seemed like a strange/underground interest turn into a noble pursuit.
I was so identified by this in the early 1990s because I was very lonely in my small town in a developing country where nobody cared about computers and programming. As I got access to the internet I finally found a sense of belonging.