Post A63SWVkltiSuYBqaAq by mattrose@fosstodon.org
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(DIR) Post #A63QkDgPgBxWeVDY1o by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T01:20:47Z
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Let the #live tooting begin: sunny beautiful spring morning in Tokyo, bob sinclair on my playlist. Destination: geektown, #Akihabara. Let's see what interesting computer stuff I can find!
(DIR) Post #A63REExnU2ddJKfCzo by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T01:26:13Z
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#Akihabara had seen better glory days in the 90s and early 2000s, where it was the best place in the country to get electronics before the advent of e-commerce and, more recently, #Amazon. Still, it has its place as a used goods parts marketplace where you can find a lot of stuff if you look.
(DIR) Post #A63SL7YHXOywJ0Zdgm by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T01:38:40Z
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Located just two stations east of Tokyo Sta, #Akihabara is in a pretty strategic area, close to the historical "old" Edo town, known to Tokyoites as Shitamachi, but not that far from the center.
(DIR) Post #A63SWVkltiSuYBqaAq by mattrose@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T01:40:38Z
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@kzimmermann These days I think the markets in Shenzhen in China are the new #Akihabara. It's much more corporate and far less cool, but it's now where all the new tech comes from.
(DIR) Post #A63SZXgLBScxOtDhMu by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T01:41:15Z
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@mattrosePretty much, I guess... the world's factory.
(DIR) Post #A63Si9Mcy09UaO6UmO by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T01:42:49Z
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We must be getting close...
(DIR) Post #A63TPhk31jB9etpK8e by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T01:50:41Z
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This is the façade of #Akihabara, lights, electricity and geekness, but of you're foolish enough to walk to those front page, big box stores, you're likely gonna be tourist trapped. Better to take the backroads.#live
(DIR) Post #A63TgsZE20KI9jxDd2 by 0PT41N@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T01:53:48Z
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@kzimmermann Oh no weeb town! 😂
(DIR) Post #A63TsrdrIUVglGpuVM by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T01:55:58Z
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@0PT41N depends on where you look! 😃
(DIR) Post #A63VGj0x7qoguLa11E by 0PT41N@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T02:11:29Z
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@kzimmermann ooo how mysterious 😁
(DIR) Post #A63VS40ZPZDlCjo8WW by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T02:13:32Z
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Seek and ye shall find... Maid Cafés are plenty here. They used to go after clients much more agressively, but looks like COVID has watered the business down
(DIR) Post #A63X9Sj9TxGqH8v09w by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T02:32:35Z
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Obligatory screenshot of my inner geek, chilling at a café in #Akihabara with #FreeBSD on my laptop. Not a Maid Café, though.#live
(DIR) Post #A63YmQpIaDlnczwIqW by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T02:50:50Z
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Stores going live, town getting livelier close to lunch time... #Akihabara
(DIR) Post #A63ZePf587KHeXtu6K by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T03:00:28Z
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"Yo, kid, you wanna buy a #netbook?" #Akihabara
(DIR) Post #A63b3I6yRDu7QkNELA by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T03:16:17Z
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Gotta love these Junk Shops and their "deals" #Akihabara
(DIR) Post #A63exYfiM0JYs293my by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T04:00:04Z
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Used #Thinkpad love! #Akihabara
(DIR) Post #A63fhBFzk3gRZUrxxo by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T04:08:19Z
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8 US Dollars for this #EeePC. No warranty, too. Not even that it powers on if you plug it. Would you take it? #netbook #Akihabara
(DIR) Post #A63fyeLQqcX4hyk6IS by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T04:11:28Z
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And finally the #RaspberryPi Paradise! But still a little high on the markup. About $85 for the top-of-line Pi 4 with 8GB RAM #Akihabara
(DIR) Post #A63g7ocQ1DcFB93gdE by charims@social.pcwideopen.com
2021-04-09T04:13:07.626806Z
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@kzimmermann yes! Parts!
(DIR) Post #A63gFliqfeguVqrHbE by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T04:14:34Z
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@charims this is the store for you, then! 😃
(DIR) Post #A63hGLFag6iQeh0hfs by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T04:25:51Z
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Tech "junk" being sold like candy (and for the price of candy, too). Wish I had more space.#Akihabara
(DIR) Post #A63j0aH3FkRWWcJ8Ai by jauntywunderkind420@cybre.space
2021-04-09T04:45:24Z
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@kzimmermann absolutely not. a great of artifact but too weak and too ineffifirnt and did paulsboro gma500 (actually a powervr design) ever go stable I think maybe not.
(DIR) Post #A63jV2GziYDK3AnkCe by lig@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T04:50:56Z
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@kzimmermannIt looks like they robbed my office storage rack;)
(DIR) Post #A63jXoSzVS0e6BjkmW by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T04:51:25Z
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Had I the patience and the space, this looks like a good place to squat a few hours and build my own PC. I got neither at the moment, though.#Akihabara
(DIR) Post #A63kfYFhm4cw58mCOW by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T05:04:03Z
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"All #tech junk is equal, but some are more equal than others."Some unlocked "junk" sells for as low as $10, but has no warranty (average price about $60). In this place, you can even test it out yourself in a "workbench“ with a myriad of power plugs. Seems that most of it "boots" but has physical damage (cracked screen etc) or missing HDD or RAM. Your risk, though!The chained junk, though, goes from $150 and up...#Akihabara #recycletechjunkuselinux
(DIR) Post #A63l3ztodRtkmGC7kW by danct12@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T05:08:28Z
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@kzimmermann sounds like goodwill :P
(DIR) Post #A63liZCYnkGFqhJ6dU by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T05:15:29Z
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@danct12 sometimes it actually is and I find it in the trash, and not in some store shelf:https://tilde.town/~kzimmermann/articles/dumpster_diving_hacker.htmlSadly I only found one laptop this way so far... but I'm writing on it right now :)
(DIR) Post #A63lqOvKtjFwI0zDGK by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T05:17:13Z
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Yo, @claudiom, I herd you liek #EeePC s...
(DIR) Post #A63mhop9KeEvxvZ2RM by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T05:26:51Z
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Time to go home, I guess, but not without noticing Yodobashi-camera in the back.Fun fact: it was at one of their big-box stores (but maybe not this one) that Linus #Torvalds took that famous picture shortly after the launch of Windows 7#Akihabara
(DIR) Post #A63svQxdS0k7jbPOvg by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T06:36:33Z
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@bob indeed they can! I self-hosted my first XMPP service (kchat.nerdpol.ovh, sadly defunct) way back with an EeePC 900
(DIR) Post #A63yMVma8CimHJyAi0 by danct12@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T07:37:27Z
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@kzimmermann That laptop is really a good find.. and a HDD containing "private treasures".What is the model number of the actual drive and have you benchmarked it?
(DIR) Post #A63yu1snnuPNOMrTu4 by sotolf@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T07:43:28Z
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@kzimmermann Maid café's are rather shitty anyway :p I've never been as uncomfortable as the one time I was in one with a couple of friends, even a snack-bar was less creepy, even though that too was quite weird, to each their own, just not something for me I guess :p Had some really great times in some hole in the wall izakaya though :)
(DIR) Post #A64CfSxcFLEmO13y4W by claudiom@mastodon.sdf.org
2021-04-09T10:17:28Z
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@kzimmermann That's a whooooole lotta netbooks! 💻
(DIR) Post #A64CxPqKZljdvjDMjw by rtsn@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T10:20:59Z
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@kzimmermann daaaaaamn!
(DIR) Post #A64K3AUPGxaFjDeLOi by Tay0@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T11:39:50Z
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@kzimmermannThanks for sharing your trip. It was interesting. Wish I could go there.
(DIR) Post #A64WsIDxTQR3w56J2O by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T14:04:11Z
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@danct12 the songs were some treasures indeed, that's where I got the bob sinclair on the parent toot! Can't say much about the "rest" :PIt's a Buffallo somethingsomething, never benchmarked it (hey, twas free). Looks like the Japanese love their Buffallo stuff btw. Almost every router and HDD I found here is from them, and a few are NEC.
(DIR) Post #A64b48AR5dtk2LLyAy by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T14:50:31Z
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@sotolf yeah, I went to one once out of curiosity with some friends but got nothing but ripped off and weirded out. There are better uses for your money in town, like these lesser-known izakaya that charge 190 a drink if you go at the right time!
(DIR) Post #A64bGMXhT8ti604Ffs by sotolf@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T14:52:54Z
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@kzimmermann Yeah, and I've found it way more fun to meet random drunk salarymen or yakuza (spent most of my time in Kobe) and just talk the night away, it also let me learn so much more, both about the culture and the language.
(DIR) Post #A65Htx1DyuDMaqR9zk by danct12@fosstodon.org
2021-04-09T22:51:03Z
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@kzimmermann Make sense, they were a Japanese company.
(DIR) Post #A65cjDr58ql4f8Q0f2 by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2021-04-10T02:44:31Z
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@Tay0 glad you liked! It's very interesting for a techie with a knack for "recycling" computers. Problem is, you get tempted to buy pretty hard!
(DIR) Post #A65d4gVToLKrbZY3HM by Tay0@fosstodon.org
2021-04-10T02:48:06Z
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@kzimmermannI get that. I'd come home broke with arms full.😃
(DIR) Post #A69qCbwOkLPJnV5YdU by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2021-04-12T03:34:17Z
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@sotolf haha yeah, alcohol has its ways to lubricating the whole socialization stuff. Not sure about the yakuza part, though :PBtw, I never had the chance to complement you on your Japanese skills! I read your post a few weeks ago and was delighted that I could read everything without a jisho! Perhaps I should try my hand once at it, too!https://wordsmith.social/sotolf/jin-yao-ri-da