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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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The world wide web has existed longer than the time between the inventions of the radio and television (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The birth of the internet and the birth of the world wide web are two differnet things though: The world wide web started in 1989.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Why do I have August 6, 1991 on my mind for "the world wide web switches on"?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

That was the day he opened it up to the world. 1989 was when he got it working at CERN, and it was released into the public domain in 1993.

https://webfoundation.org/about/vision/history-of-the-web/