Anyone still using Usenet newsgroups? (lemm.ee)

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Read this Register article today and was wondering if anyone here still use Usenet newsgroups? And if so, what are your top recommended newgroups to subscribe to?

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[-] jet@hackertalks.com 36 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure it's 99% pirates nowadays.

[-] DrJenkem@lemmy.blugatch.tube 19 points 1 year ago

That's what I use it for lol.

[-] evatronic@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

Usenet has long been a place to find binary file content.

[-] Zink@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

For bytes transferred, I bet you’d have to add some 9s there.

[-] lakemalcom10@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I've only ever used it for binaries.

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