This kind of article reminds me of about 20 or 15 years ago. Maybe at the early days of Wikipedia.

There was so much exploring to do, and sites weren't filled with AI slop either.

You'd easily go ... "Ah, lookie here, this is interesting.. Unix usage in East Germany".. after 4-5 hours you'd still be reading, maybe about Elektronika (PDP-11 compatible clonest in old Soviet), etc.

Fun times!