Posts by scruss@xoxo.zone
(DIR) Post #AzGjrqAkLA1NQcEjxI by scruss@xoxo.zone
2025-10-16T14:09:43Z
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@foone ugh indeed: sorry you're dealing with this. If I weren't in another country, I'd print the thing for youRaspberry Pi power supplies are weird: the micro USB variants are specced at 5.1V / 2.5A DC.
(DIR) Post #AzSLKkdpoh3BiQ3ChU by scruss@xoxo.zone
2025-10-22T00:48:30Z
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I made a librarian laugh today
(DIR) Post #B0M3A380RAxOfFNFPU by scruss@xoxo.zone
2025-11-18T00:33:01Z
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reminiscence: The late Prof Heinz Wolff disagreed with my application of elastic bands in a high school spinoff of "The Great Egg Race" organized by the not remotely amusingly-named Smallpeice Trust. He was right, naturally.
(DIR) Post #B0M48wDWkLPctXzScK by scruss@xoxo.zone
2025-11-18T01:43:04Z
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@vik rubber-band powered car that had to carry an egg 10 metres in the fastest time.Ours was shit.
(DIR) Post #B0UTtllHl4vOrw4Lom by scruss@xoxo.zone
2025-11-22T03:09:20Z
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@tomjennings to me, all the zombie stuff from 2010 or so on was very, very thinly coded racism
(DIR) Post #B0ep8guvNkWGtg0lxw by scruss@xoxo.zone
2025-11-27T02:53:58Z
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Oh dear ...#RetroComputing #beige #Amstrad
(DIR) Post #B0epPX2pLDARCVjpE8 by scruss@xoxo.zone
2025-11-27T02:57:30Z
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@vik yup, it's got a bunch of mouldy ones of those. It appears to work, too!
(DIR) Post #B0eqWasFbMzr3hiqES by scruss@xoxo.zone
2025-11-27T03:09:59Z
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@vik yeah, I knew it was. No idea how this one made it to Canada. It's got a US keyboard and was a daily driver for its owner
(DIR) Post #B0j1EfX5Q0eSQHJlrs by scruss@xoxo.zone
2025-11-29T03:28:50Z
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@vik that got expensive
(DIR) Post #B0jzcT8d9AM2BL3lWi by scruss@xoxo.zone
2025-11-29T14:45:25Z
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@vik yes, I took an illumination class. We weren't allowed near the real stuff. Somebody sneezed... Oh no.My teacher's artworks typically have about $1500 worth of gold leaf (reduced to shell gold) per page.
(DIR) Post #B0uSY8Xoc21XP8j2si by scruss@xoxo.zone
2025-12-04T15:22:16Z
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I don't know why there's a huge statue of a bear on a black marble throne on Eglinton Ave near Leslie Street, but here it is ...#toronto #sculpture
(DIR) Post #B1BHCruJTgRLupDuZU by scruss@xoxo.zone
2025-12-10T13:51:41Z
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@rakontisto
(DIR) Post #B1HhDG0FeaOAP6bfBQ by scruss@xoxo.zone
2025-12-15T19:55:18Z
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And now, over to Gotham City for a seasonal press conference:BATMAN: I do not smell ...
(DIR) Post #B1HhDODf6brxt0wUCG by scruss@xoxo.zone
2025-12-15T20:26:13Z
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This was a single panel cartoon I'm trying to find. I thought it was Buddy Hickerson from the 90s or so
(DIR) Post #B1Hi28xVbTqBKEaWQq by scruss@xoxo.zone
2025-12-15T20:10:31Z
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@vik with clothespeg on nose
(DIR) Post #B1KTWTY4hSZU25Zosi by scruss@xoxo.zone
2025-12-17T04:20:28Z
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My old Atari monitor is making phenolic smells
(DIR) Post #B2EDuYWW5CThWD8Qz2 by scruss@xoxo.zone
2026-01-13T00:37:13Z
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TIL one can buy new IMSAI 8080 S-100 bus systems (if you have a *lot* of money) — https://www.parastream.com/imsai/systems/i-systems.aspx
(DIR) Post #B2EEYVlNlT9wXc8mY4 by scruss@xoxo.zone
2026-01-13T02:46:15Z
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@vik that would be some big linears.
(DIR) Post #B2IAJiFdQj3bkAopPM by scruss@xoxo.zone
2026-01-15T00:17:35Z
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@vik inside a giant case statement for all the different airlines
(DIR) Post #B33uVb1fHnduBT6Meu by scruss@xoxo.zone
2026-02-06T23:49:23Z
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There are no blinkies, no interactions, it's not hackable and worst of all I'm supposed to give it back in 72 hours ... Worst. Conference. Badge. EVAR!!!1!#electronics