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[Somewhat solved] NES outputs 4.6V on controller port instead of 5V which prevents Blueretro from functioning properly
EDIT: Thanks everyone for you help, that has been very instructive. I think I just have a very poor quality cable adapter. Given that Blueretro is mostly an opensource DIY project, I’ll make a cable adapter myself instead of trying to fix what would obviously not function properly....
Your Experience with Linux, BSD etc
The fact that you get a full OS for free, customizable and no crappy forced in features that you don’t want is amazing....
Sand and CPU creation
So like, if sand can be used as the first “ingredient” of a CPU, is it possible to use other variants of sand? Or is there only a very SPECIFIC kind of sand used for CPU creation?...
Google Is Paying Reddit $60 Million for Fucksmith to Tell Its Users to Eat Glue (www.404media.co)
“You can also add about 1/8 cup of non-toxic glue to the sauce to give it more tackiness.”
when google bought datasets from reddit (lemmy.world)
we love google (and LLMs)...
[solved] EU plastic toilet cistern with foam gasket leaks when flushing -- trapped with old design or forced to upgrade the whole toilet… or take a grinder to the motherfucker
I have a plastic cistern which has started leaking, only when flushing. The cisterns in the region are installed to sit on a foam ring (~12mm thick), which serves as a gasket. The foam eventually fails. I’m baffled because failing foam looks no different than new foam. They charge €10 for these gaskets that probably...
The market will for sure solve this (slrpnk.net)
The inside story of Elon Musk’s mass firings of Tesla Supercharger staff (finance.yahoo.com)
Archive.org link...
Does mini 12V DC diaphram water pumps like this get really hot after running for 5 min?
I’m trying to use it as a water pump for my aquarium. I’m using a 6V 4.5AH battery with a DC step up convertor to power the pump. After about 5 minutes it gets really hot. Is this expected?
Meta is now internationally limiting the political content you can see on their platforms. Here’s a quick guide on how to stop Instagram and Threads from deciding what shows up on your feed. (lemmy.ml)
https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/53ea9fa8-61ac-4fb1-ad68-912c24d32164.jpeg...
Can we all agree that whatever version of predictive text we have nowadays is crap, and has been for a long time?
I’m sick of random capitalisations mid sentence. I’m sick of common words being replaced by less common ones or even downright nonsense. I’m sick of it taking three attempts to successfully get the word I want. I swear it’s been like this for five years or more. Can we have a better version yet, or at least the old one...
Sydney man wrongly named as Bondi Junction stabbings murderer settles defamation claim with Seven (www.theguardian.com)
Young Canadians think retiring at 65 is an outdated concept (financialpost.com)
Canadians’ views on retirement are shifting dramatically, with the idea of retiring at age 65 being one of the early casualties. Read more.
What would dinosaur meat taste like? (lemm.ee)
Chicken?
Which communication protocol or open standard in software do you wish was more common or used more?
Whether you’re really passionate about RPC, MQTT, Matrix or wayland, tell us more about the protocols or open standards you have strong opinions on!
How come TurboVPN can have double the amount of downloads compared to NordVPN and ExpresVPN? ++ (slrpnk.net)
Disclaimer: I know TurboVPN and the others mentioned are not good services to use, I’m strictly doing research. I’m not looking for VPN recommendations....
Dead satellites are filling space with trash. That could affect Earth’s magnetic field | Sierra Solter [Guardian, opinion] (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/11636550...
Reading raw comments is like executing malware on your brain (slrpnk.net)
I found that idea interesting. Will we consider it the norm in the future to have a “firewall” layer between news and ourselves?...
we live in an explosion (mander.xyz)
Can tell a business will go the way of the dodo when it requires passwords to have janky symbols, forced capitalization, or weird numbers of letters
Microsoft is trying to convince Windows 10 users to upgrade with full-screen prompts (www.theverge.com)
It takes a lot to impress Picasso (lemmy.world)
Sunbird beta to relaunch and rejuvenate iMessage for Android (www.androidheadlines.com)