RavenLuni

eniko, 12 days ago to random

idly pondering how hard it would be to convert kitsune tails to an existing 16-bit console despite it being written in C# and using 64-bit float literally everywhere 🤔

philpem, 17 days ago to random

I really need to break out of my habit of bodging stuff together out of whatever cheap Sparkfun- and Adafruit-style protoboards I can find. My old job put me off doing electronic design for a while and I'd like to get back in the groove.

RavenLuni, 20 days ago to actuallyautistic

Heres an example that triggers that funny size comparison sensation I mentioned a while ago @actuallyautistic

LRRRonEarth, 1 month ago to random

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

clive, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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.

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

JeremyMallin, 2 months 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

SmudgeTheInsultCat, 1 month ago to random

nixCraft, 1 month ago to random

HTML is 31 years old.

JavaScript is 28 years old.

CSS is 27 years old.

Dtl, 2 months 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.

RavenLuni, 2 months ago to random

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

RavenLuni, 5 months ago to gamedev

My Knight Lore remake is still available on the old Retrospec site. Everything written from scratch in Delphi with some x86 assembly here and there. I also did the music and sfx. Only runs with wine due to using directx 8 (which later windoze versions had issues with):
http://retrospec.sgn.net/info.htm?id=kl&t=g
#gamedev #retrogaming

philpem, 2 months 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

davidaugust, 2 months ago to random

🦴📎

iBlame, 2 months 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.

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?

avon_deer, 2 months ago to random

Should I Easter-egg?

If I do I can only really have one

astrid, 2 months ago to random

RavenLuni, 2 months ago to random

Seen on farcebork

RavenLuni, 2 months 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, 2 months ago to random

Police: Cover me!

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

realhackhistory, 3 months ago to hacking

#hacking #history

RavenLuni, 3 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