Posts by lroop@retro.social
(DIR) Post #9rEGnlMBvNj8xu6YjY by lroop@retro.social
2020-01-09T16:41:44Z
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@logout Same reason we now have frameworks for embedded development in NodeJS, WebUSB, etc. When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. When there is a surplus of hammers, people try to turn other things into nails.
(DIR) Post #9s6m3lVsiI9wPMVCdM by lroop@retro.social
2020-02-16T19:35:11Z
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Today in 80s oddities: A Sony Watchman portable television, featuring an unusual side view CRT display. Video signal courtesy of an Atari Flashback connected to an RF modulator and pair of rabbit ears, making a very low power analog television transmitter.
(DIR) Post #9s6mZBgtR4R2ZcdVFQ by lroop@retro.social
2020-02-16T21:58:18Z
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@djsumdog @ajroach42 Quite possibly. I took this photo myself but it seems like the kind of thing Techmoan would do a video about.
(DIR) Post #9sF6g0aKg4tSVKmDcu by lroop@retro.social
2020-02-20T22:15:23Z
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@lain cats can have a little wire insulation as an occasional treat, as long as it isn't asbestos?
(DIR) Post #9tdVfgLnIfzFJuuOvo by lroop@retro.social
2020-04-02T04:02:24Z
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For some reason I feel like sharing a photo of my blender. It's from the mid to late 60s and has a cool pulse mode implemented with an electric motor turning a gear, cycling a switch on and off. It won't blend a crowbar but it handles things you'd actually want to eat just fine.
(DIR) Post #9usEKzGzEKi2nyUwWe by lroop@retro.social
2020-05-09T15:04:39Z
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Bagels! Having more time to cook is one of the few positives of the current state of the world.
(DIR) Post #9xOjqk4RexYZw9Mria by lroop@retro.social
2020-07-24T03:13:11Z
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@lis Indeed, what garbage. It's 2020, some younger adults have literally never known a time that the US wasn't at war. We're not a bunch of babies, we're sick of the status quo and want change, but the same people who accuse us of being spoiled and lazy get mad when we do try to take action and stand up for our beliefs.
(DIR) Post #A018dof5jSWERhRBOC by lroop@retro.social
2020-10-10T04:34:50Z
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Callie likes the lava lamp.
(DIR) Post #A0V3Dd1LKzgNcrcyf2 by lroop@retro.social
2020-10-24T01:04:57Z
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There's tedious, and then there's cleaning every single potentiometer on a mixing console...
(DIR) Post #A1B8ZDFBwzSckTxtA0 by lroop@retro.social
2020-11-12T20:04:03Z
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It's cats and vintage hardware time again. Here's Callie wanting attention while sitting on top of an Apple IIe.
(DIR) Post #A1P70Yq9NAQOLlrcBM by lroop@retro.social
2020-11-20T22:34:06Z
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Getting ready to stream demos for Demosplash 2020. We're streaming live right now at http://www.demosplash.org/ thanks to our friends at SceneSat, check it out!
(DIR) Post #A33HY2pZ09cDSVTqcq by lroop@retro.social
2021-01-09T05:59:11Z
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I'm hearing this low frequency rumbling sound on my shortwave set.
(DIR) Post #A3EbSWBoWGmKcYT7xY by lroop@retro.social
2021-01-14T04:29:24Z
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Now if only I could teach her to swap cables instead of just playing with them.
(DIR) Post #A3Eqj3TI2pMFmwzEDg by lroop@retro.social
2020-12-04T00:17:22Z
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Callie examines a Snark Barker PCB.
(DIR) Post #A3Eqk1MHO1OvWaATce by lroop@retro.social
2020-11-11T06:10:39Z
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This machine hasn't been booted since 2014, a bad mouse blew the PS/2 port fuse and it sat in my repair pile, got moved to the new house, and finally got a new fuse tonight.
(DIR) Post #A62NQtwQMQUotxqLOi by lroop@retro.social
2021-04-08T03:46:30Z
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12 megabyte hard drive. 512 gigabyte NVMe for scale.
(DIR) Post #A62NQv0iNxWSDYrHiy by lroop@retro.social
2021-04-08T03:57:29Z
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Correction: I have been informed that this is in fact a 24MB drive despite being in a box labeled 12MB. The 12 meg version was the same size, just with one platter instead of two.
(DIR) Post #AAjhZPrsoIQC2euQL2 by lroop@retro.social
2021-08-26T19:10:49Z
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SCSI2SD installation for a Quadra 605. 3D printing is cool but scrap wood is free and I can do 2 saw cuts and drill some screw holes faster than I can print something.
(DIR) Post #AAjhZQxakYa9QeaUsK by lroop@retro.social
2021-08-27T00:17:40Z
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And now it's installed and working. I'm fixing this machine for someone and replaced a dead 40MB Quantum hard disk with this.
(DIR) Post #AcKiueuUQdD1XREkMK by lroop@retro.social
2023-11-30T06:06:33Z
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When will the LLM hype finally go away? A computer program regurgitating bits and pieces of other people's creative work isn't "intelligence" any more than teaching your dog to respond to "Hey Fido, what's 2+2" by barking 4 times actually constitutes teaching a dog math.