RavenLuni

clive, 17 days ago to random

“How could so many people accidentally start a campaign for President of Iceland?”

A truly wild tale of UX gone awry: https://uxdesign.cc/how-do-you-accidentally-run-for-president-of-iceland-0d71a4785a1e

Via @baldur

philpem, 18 days ago to retrocomputing

Presenting the Fully Loaded 486.

• 486DX2/66, Pine Technology motherboard
• 16MB RAM
• S3 805 VLB graphics
• ISA 2xCOM+parallel+IDE+floppy I/Oaaa
• Tekram 880 VLB Cached SCSI, 10K SCSI hard drive, PiSCSI
• 8x IDE CDROM
• Monochrome video card (CGA/MDA) for second monitor
• Realtek 8019 NE2000 NIC

Of course you can watch ASCII Star Wars!
#RetroComputing #RetroPC

A very crowded 486 I/O bay

Dr_Obvious, 19 days ago to actuallyautistic German

@actuallyautistic
Professionals get highly irritated if one knows too much stuff on their field.

Was today at the pediatrician with the kid. When I said that I think the wound between his toes might be athletes food, because there was some fluorescence under UV light, he was kinda confused and asked me about my profession.

Just by getting informed I create often remarkably irritating unusual encounters. I take that as occasional confirmation that I am a bit different.

LRRRonEarth, 21 days ago to random

ADDING "BEFORE:2023" TO GOOGLE SEARCHES MAKES IT FEEL LIKE YOU'VE TRAVELED BACK IN TIME TO WHEN THE INTERNET WORKED.

SmudgeTheInsultCat, 1 month ago to random

Onj, 1 month ago to random

Take two notes. In this case, G# and A#, put chords around them. You might think it's quite simple and boring, but I don't think so. It can flow like water in a gentle river. You can take the idea in many different directions. https://youtu.be/mRQOuzeARos

nixCraft, 1 month ago to random

HTML is 31 years old.

JavaScript is 28 years old.

CSS is 27 years old.

JeremyMallin, 1 month ago to actuallyautistic

I'm curious—how do we feel about any/all of the following labels? Are we ok with them? Offended by them? Have attitudes changed at all recently? I've noticed we don't all use the same vocabulary here.

• on the spectrum
• ASD
• has autism
• with autism
• is autistic
• Autistic
• Autist

#ActuallyAutistic
@actuallyautistic

Dtl, 1 month ago to random

It finally arrived. I got one of the plessy amplifier chips with a bolt stuck to the top.
I'll see if I can x-ray it tomorrow. @philpem I think you were interested in this.

philpem, 1 month ago to Electronics

One for the JFET experts - I'm repairing a vectorscope which has a blown input FET on channel A.
This is the input circuit - A and B are the same, and the A and B input FETs (BF244Bs) are called out as "matched pair".
What parameter do I need to measure and match?
I figured Idss but that doesn't seem to have cut it, as the A- and B-ch have an offset error between them.
#electronics #ElectronicsRepair #JFET

RavenLuni, 1 month ago to random

Talking about Loki is a great way to bring out all the toxic / ignorant pagans...
P.S. Hail Loki

davidaugust, 1 month ago to random

🦴📎

iBlame, 1 month ago to random

Dear Excellent Fediversian Who Recommended Timer Pill Bottle Caps: a thousand times thank you! These things are genius. SO many times (just now, for example) the timers have saved my brain-fogged ass from double-dosing. All technology should be this useful.

avon_deer, 1 month ago to random

Should I Easter-egg?

If I do I can only really have one

astrid, 1 month ago to random

RavenLuni, 1 month ago to random

Seen on farcebork

RavenLuni, 1 month ago to random

When you spot a fellow animal soul and try to warn them against all the pretenders who would mess with their head...
#greymuzzleproblems

dgar, 1 month ago to random

Police: Cover me!

Me: “Don't stand, don't stand so, don't stand so close to me!”

rebekka_m, 2 months ago to ADHD

Hypothesis to be discussed with the @actuallyautistic:

The high prevalence of #ADHD in Autistics might be just the symptoms of an overstimulated life, misunderstood communications and lots of trauma that led to cPTSD.

Would also explain why ADHD meds very often don't work for Autistics - but certain antidepressants do.

What do you think?

realhackhistory, 2 months ago to hacking

#hacking #history

RavenLuni, 2 months ago to actuallyautistic

Is there a way to stop being tortured by every awkward moment youve ever had /assuming the worst about someone must be thinking when you see the confused look on their face?

@actuallyautistic

RavenLuni, 2 months ago to actuallyautistic

Feeling pretty rattled after an interaction with a beggar but I guess even an NT would have trouble with this one:

• walked by the first time

• felt bad, so passed again and put what I had in my pocket in her cup (which happened to be £10)

• saw her again later sheltering from the rain in a doorway and she called me over and thanked me which was fine but then she asked if I could give more and really started pleading.

Whats the moral here - are you not supposed to give people more than a certain amount?
@actuallyautistic

autism101, 2 months ago to actuallyautistic

I frequently have to re-read the same paragraph over and over again before it sinks in. It is really frustrating, and makes reading a book take forever. It even happens when I’m listening to an audio book.

Do you struggle with this?

#AskingAutistics #AskADHD #AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic

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RavenLuni, 3 months ago to actuallyautistic

Is there a name for that weird sensation you get when you see 2 things of vastly different sizes compared or is it just my brain that does this?

@actuallyautistic