> I have no idea what's that and why it exists but I like it!
Sometimes it's better not to explain things.
But my guess it's a fun OS version of those lofi Youtube channels with the slowly changing background images and never ending playlist which get tons of pageviews daily: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHW1oY26kxQ
A lot of non-accessibility apps use the accessibility features to do things like window resizing and clipboard management. Looking at my relatively pristine MacBook Pro's settings, I've got Flycut and Rectangle (expected) and less expectedly Dropbox and Aquamacs with accessibility access.
I think (but could be wrong) that it's a relatively low-risk permission to grant.
I have not played it, but I've heard... things about Hypnospace Outlaw, which is a simulation game inside an alternate history/satired 1999 (a bit later than OP experience though).
Maybe it’s a scientific research question. Maybe as everything pop / media was limited/produced/organized we as consumers could only be hit with heavy filtered (see nice and consumable from bigcorps) content ?
Maybe it was the fact that media didn't play as dominant a role in people's lives? You'd read the daily paper and then move on with your day.
As for the popular music, I dunno. I mean 80s music is distinctly optimistic in contrast with 90s grunge. Maybe it was an echo of the disco era of the 70s that bled into the music style?
I remember the 90s very well and it definitely was an optimistic period even though the music was mixed, with hip hop taking off amongst the gang violence of the early 90s. And grunge and emo with their much more emotional versions of rock. Still, seemed like the world was generally at peace and everything was getting better and people believed they were getting better.
In many ways the world is still getting better, but there seems to be a lot of tension today and I don't know what all the root causes of that are.
My expectation was that this was Uber for pools: a VC backed 2 sided on demand pool marketplace where I could instantly book and swim. Now I'm totally confused :) <s>
And as someone who owns a pool, it will freeze over here in CA before I let some stranger book it for a party on the Internet. This is the pets.com of the sharing economy.
I've known about Poolside for a while, looks like they've changed their format a bit (it used to just be a full sized 80s videos with background music.) When I used it often, I discovered some artists which was nice.
The onboarding experience is so good. I was dropped into a nostalgic interface that I recognized and I immediately knew what was going on and started exploring. Everything made sense and I happily signed up. Good Job!
I had the opposite experience. There was no context or description provided by the author, and the website is confusing and has stuff flying all over it. Furthermore, their Soundcloud API access is already revoked, so there is no music playing, thus making it even more confusing. I'm all for novelty websites, but this is a mess.
It's cool and in 1997 I was around 16, so this does bring back some good memories. Very well done. Is this just for the the visual reminiscence of the mid 90s or does it have a direction that I am not aware of? Good job!
The UI is brilliant, and everything just works. Not that it's doing anything as such.
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