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by twinge 1729 days ago
The predictions for the future of computing, December 1996, had some truly prescient gems. And a few misses.

> We may experience a gradual drift into a surveillance society ...

> The merging of cellular phones, portable computers, and highspeed networked servers offers many exciting possibilities.

> The Internet will be as ubiquitous in our lives as cable television is today.

https://vintageapple.org/byte/pdf/199612_Byte_Magazine_Vol_2... - page 86 in the magazine, page 90 in the PDF

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> The Internet will be as ubiquitous in our lives as cable television is today.

Fun thing: my 9yo daughter learned what a commercial break is on YouTube. We haven’t watched live TV since the 2010’s or so.

I think I still have the print edition of this issue.