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I don't see a single visual. I don't use the web with javascript. Why not embed static images instead or in addition?

The visuals add a lot to this article. A big theme throughout is latency, and the visual help the reader see why tape is slower than an hdd, which is slower than an ssd, etc. Also, its just plain fun!

I'm curious, what do you do on the internet without js these days?

> I'm curious, what do you do on the internet without js these days?

Browse the web, send/receive email, read stories, play games, the usual. I primarily use native apps and selectively choose what sites are permitted to use javascript, instead of letting websites visited on a whim run javascript willy nilly.

I respect it. In my very biased opinion, it's worth enabling for this article.

They're not just static images or animations, they're interactive widgets.

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