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alternativeto, to random
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Winamp, the popular Windows music player, has announced that it will make its source code public on September 24, 2024, to facilitate collaborative development of its software. Developers interested in contributing to this project can reach out.
https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/5/winamp-will-open-up-the-source-code-of-its-classic-windows-player-in-september-2024/

mroach,
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@alternativeto It really whips the llama’s ass.

mroach, to Eurovision
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Windows NT guy here supporting Windows95Man in

mroach, to random
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I love how Sun included service diagrams on the inside of panels. So helpful.

mroach,
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@yakkoj Until recently I was hosting a public archive of the Sun System Handbook and then Oracle DMCA’d my host 😤
Now I need to make a new host somewhere that doesn’t care about DMCA

Fuck Oracle.

mroach, to random
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These are excellent ideas for making English writing more clear both for native speakers but especially those learning it as a second language, without actually changing spelling.

Probably my biggest complaint even as a native speaker is homographs. They can make you stop and pause to figure out what word is actually meant.

Object or object? Content or content? Read or read? Present, present, or present?

Someone add this stuff to autocorrect.

https://youtu.be/0Fok5AQ2WRo

mroach, to random
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Nothing has me running away from a website faster than the pricing page having "Book a demo", "Request a quote", "Get in touch".

Give me the price or you don't exist to me.

cassidy, (edited ) to 3DPrinting
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I designed a printable 3D model of the kids' beds from Bluey! This was super fun and rewarding as my preschooler has a bunch of the Bluey character figures and wanted to make their bedroom. I used stills from the show as reference, but proportioned it to fit the figures nicely.

https://www.printables.com/model/810362-bluey-bingo-bed-frame-and-mattress

mroach,
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@cassidy Those look so good! Thanks for sharing, I’m going to print some for my niece so her Bluey and Bingo have nice beds in Barbie’s Dreamhouse 😬

mroach, to TaylorSwift
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I’m glad I attended the concert twice so I could get two Pixmob bracelets. I want to try out some of the reverse engineering efforts to build an infrared blaster to control them, if possible. When the concert ended, it seems they blasted a command to put them into a permanent colour loop, which is fun! I don’t want to lose that on both if I mess one up.

mroach,
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They’re such clever devices. They’ve got a little 8 bit processor and some storage. These models are controlled with infrared. During the shows a few times I covered the IR receiver with my hand and the bracelet kept going for about 10 seconds.

I’m guessing they broadcast instructions in batches and/or instructions are like “do this for the next X seconds”.

Of course there’s a lot more info on GitHub.

https://github.com/danielweidman/pixmob-ir-reverse-engineering

mroach, to random
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I couldn’t sleep without looking up what model of PowerBook Jeff Goldblum’s character used in Independence Day. Thank goodness for one of the best information sources on the internet.

http://www.starringthecomputer.com/feature.html?f=47

mroach, to rubyonrails
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There's a story of developer (me) having a no good very bad morning because of this loaded gun that Rails leaves on the table.

Just imagine you're fixing some production data and you accidentally type User.update instead of user.update and realise you just updated not one, but every single record in the database with the same value.

Also, thank goodness for PostgreSQL point-in-time database restoration 😓
(I updated a field excluded from audit logs, of course)

carnage4life, to random
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A former coworker just posted a Facebook memory from when $MSFT hit $30 in 2012 which was unprecedented after the lost decade under Steve Ballmer.

It’s at $410 this morning. This is the difference Satya made and ironically Steve Ballmer has benefited the most from the stock rise

mroach,
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@carnage4life Pretty nice chart. Almost as nice as Home Depot for the same period.

smellsofbikes, to random
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For a fire/CO2 detector that has several "the battery is not replaceable" stickers on it, this thing sure looks like I could replace the battery.
It's a 3v lithium. The brown thing is a CO electrochemical cell.

mroach,
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@moira @smellsofbikes They should explain that on the sticker instead of pretending the battery can’t be replaced. I’d have the exact same thought of “bullshit. The battery can 100% be replaced” as it can it most any device.

What’s the CO cell for? Doesn’t help with detection somehow?

mroach, to random
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“Sandstorm” by Darude turns 25 this year and the song still slaps so hard.

https://youtu.be/y6120QOlsfU

mroach, to random
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I’ve tried to come up with the worst phonetic alphabet.

Aoife, Aubergine, Aegis
Burr, Bet, Bath
Cue, Cellar
Djibouti
Ewe
Fiscal
Geoff, Gnat
Herb
Isle
Jean
Knight
Lend, Lake
Mnemonic
Nog, Nginx
Oedipus
Pseudo, Psalm, Phalanx, Ptolemy
Quiche, Qatar
Right
Seller, Sea
Tsar
Urn
Vat, Vine
Wring, Wrapper
Xenon, Xylophone
Yves
Zeal

mroach, to random
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I’ve been shopping for cars here in Denmark and a feature caught my eye: fartpilot
It just means cruise control, but what a terrific word.

mroach, to random
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It’s not often that I fully complete a game. I managed the full 120% on Spyro on PlayStation 1!

chriscoyier, to random
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Everything about SEO is obnoxious: https://chriscoyier.net/2023/11/08/everything-about-seo-is-obnoxious/

mroach,
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@chriscoyier Which is why so many people affix “reddit” to queries, so much so that Google even suggests it for autocomplete.

mroach, to retrogaming
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Today’s mod has been installing an xStation into a PlayStation 1. A perfect fit for a system with broken CD drive. Now I’ve got a 128 GB microSD card in there loaded with games.

Also, the 8BitDo controller adapter works so well with a DualShock 4. Wireless controller!

mroach,
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@davespice It's a kit. The two main things to do are solder a QSB, lift some pins, remove a resistor. It's not that bad. I screwed up the first time around and lifted pins off the wrong chip (it looks exactly the same). But the second time around, all good!

https://www.game-tech.us/product/xstation/

mroach,
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@davespice Voultar has a great video on how to install it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVf-dIM1f6k

Just be aware the kit is not compatible with SCPH-9XXX versions of the console and also not some of the 7XXX.

mroach,
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@davespice I don’t have experience with any. Both PlayStation consoles I modded already had a mod chip in them that I had to remove. A simple 4 wire thing. I think I’ve seen videos about that even being a simple DIY with some generic chip. I’m sure YouTube has answers on that.

mroach, to random
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This sparks joy.

donni, to random
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Every night I climb into bed and review all the weird things I’ve ever said or thought

mroach,
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@donni Same! My brain is like “remember in 7th grade you made this comment to sound smart and clever but you actually sounded like an asshole and made someone uncomfortable? Yeah, good times.”

COOL CAN I SLEEP NOW PLZ

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Telcos filed blank robocall plans with FCC and got away with it for 2 years

FCC received blank pages, a Windows Printer Test, and an "indiscernible object."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/telcos-filed-blank-robocall-plans-with-fcc-and-got-away-with-it-for-2-years/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

mroach,
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@arstechnica That Windows printer test page though 🤣

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