Posts by cr1901@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AziCuklx75YQcPS8Ui by cr1901@mastodon.social
2025-10-29T20:10:55Z
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@gloriouscow @foone Yea, I think the 1.2 format is a Japanese 3.5" format. _AFAIK_, UFI does not support 5.25" disks at all.
(DIR) Post #AzscFvgiAKjSzKnLKy by cr1901@mastodon.social
2025-11-03T20:40:34Z
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Just read: "Netflix was only included in FAANG because otherwise you get something offensive."Erm ._.
(DIR) Post #AzsdFnYWV5SzimSy92 by cr1901@mastodon.social
2025-11-03T20:41:49Z
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For context, I was looking for a serious reason "Why is Netflix included in FAANG", and the answer seems to be "Netflix had explosive growth when the acronym was coined".
(DIR) Post #Azwkn6NT1GBFxmxhke by cr1901@mastodon.social
2025-11-05T20:00:04Z
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I was today years old when I learned that most DVR recordings are stored in the cloud*; I thought they were stored on HDDs/SSDs locally.* Btw, f*** that.
(DIR) Post #B0G2X8AsCfGPW9igj2 by cr1901@mastodon.social
2025-11-15T03:55:19Z
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Interesting feature of my Logitech K400 keyboard's trackpad:If you do a two-finger tap, it performs a right click.This does not appear to be documented (though tap-to-left-click is). Maybe this is a standardized gesture? At the very least, my W520 trackpad can't do it.
(DIR) Post #B0OElSa8FfQo8MUUdc by cr1901@mastodon.social
2025-11-19T02:14:46Z
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LRT: God that's depressing.Linked time https://youtu.be/MvkGBWXb2oQ?si=q8tS4WCZUYa2qRQn&t=321"I think fate is trying to tell me it's time to move on".I don't personally care for programming in Forth. But I do believe in its goals of trying to create a bunch of little ecosystems that are maintained by a few ppl.AFAIC, @neauoire is more than capable of carrying on Chuck's legacy. I see they commented on the video already.To borrow a quote I heard: "In my dreams I can do what Chuck and @neauoire have done."
(DIR) Post #B0vafitmq7UYyS5h32 by cr1901@mastodon.social
2025-12-05T04:58:37Z
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#lazyweb In hard disks, Was Logical Block Addressing developed independently of "remapping bad sectors" or in tandem?Specifically, around what time period did it become safe to "copy a disk's filesystem from one drive to another to make a perfect copy" without having to worry about two drive's defect tables not matching up?
(DIR) Post #B0wiUTFLggcy2GHWPw by cr1901@mastodon.social
2025-12-05T17:58:38Z
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@neauoire >things just want to be linearAre you willing to elaborate? Not sure I understand what "linear" means in this context. But also, I haven't been feeling well lately lol...
(DIR) Post #B118hYha5gNQ9zED6O by cr1901@mastodon.social
2025-12-07T21:10:59Z
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USB 3 Gen 3.11 For Workgroups
(DIR) Post #B17sqyYB7NXxm11BAW by cr1901@mastodon.social
2025-12-11T00:31:58Z
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Deeply angered over RAM prices right now. The $ I save for a new machine each year ($500 per year, mind you!) can't keep up with the price increases.
(DIR) Post #B19rumLaieK1RlIf4a by cr1901@mastodon.social
2025-12-12T01:56:23Z
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https://gehrcke.de/2013/04/order-of-arguments-for-gnu-find-be-careful-where-to-specify-actions-such-as-print0/ God I Hate Find
(DIR) Post #B1AN8i52TfcQqWgGKu by cr1901@mastodon.social
2025-12-12T02:57:54Z
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@regehr It is absolutely unclear to me that I wouldn't also bitch about having to learn a different interface. E.g. I couldn't tell you how to use `FIND.EXE`.My own experience w/ the part of the RIIR crowd who absolutely _despise_ C seem to think "rewriting coreutils in Rust is not useful use of programmer time, considering the amount of testing/usage they've gotten".(I have no strong opinion on this.)
(DIR) Post #B1AN8jxfU2uYgFFP7o by cr1901@mastodon.social
2025-12-12T03:31:52Z
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@crzwdjk @regehr Autocomplete Mk II?
(DIR) Post #B1Q0mRREaADKOmOiEi by cr1901@mastodon.social
2025-12-19T21:16:16Z
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@futurebird Pica is a Very Good Brown Tabby. She is unconditionally innocent :3.
(DIR) Post #B1bxQX7d4KCA9sMZxQ by cr1901@mastodon.social
2025-12-25T15:35:15Z
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@tsutsuii TIL that Microsoft has anime mascots (and this one is named Claudia Madobe) :o...
(DIR) Post #B1ghheucjNqflYDwKe by cr1901@mastodon.social
2025-12-27T21:02:39Z
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@foone IIRC, the 34-pin interface doesn't really have a Reduced Write Current pin either. That was on the 50-pin interface and the most ancient MFM drives (ST-506-era). I think most ppl looked at pinouts.ru and copied it.That said: @brouhaha, please correct me, since I may be misremembering.
(DIR) Post #B1hDColRFVcpsRGVM0 by cr1901@mastodon.social
2025-12-28T03:21:12Z
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#lazyweb Anyone have any old VFD datasheets? Can they run properly with a filament voltage of 40V?That's what I'm reading by poking this board, I have. But the VFD driver chips on the board say they want 50-60V:https://docs.rs-online.com/add0/0900766b8002651f.pdf
(DIR) Post #B1hDCpqnD5VDFKmIL2 by cr1901@mastodon.social
2025-12-28T04:19:32Z
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Related... I'm surprised 40V didn't hurt me when I touched it. I didn't even feel it. I thought 25V was the minimum voltage considered dangerous. But maybe that's AC only...(Yea, don't do this, this probably wasn't smart)
(DIR) Post #B2BgZSzNmMU7T93MTA by cr1901@mastodon.social
2026-01-11T21:13:33Z
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@foone Great, now I have to rotate my monitor to view my floppies...
(DIR) Post #B2QtXONfsQHD6phpku by cr1901@mastodon.social
2026-01-18T23:21:19Z
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@foone At least it's not an epoxy blob. That's almost always what I find.