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aeva, 9 days ago to random

you ever think about how the standard cartoon bomb (a large blue or black sphere with a big fuse coming out the top) is essentially the "save icon" of destruction, because 1) it's symbolic meaning is widely understood, and 2) it's an anachronism that is widely recognized only for its symbolic meaning as its real life counterpart is long obsolete?

pinjontall, 1 month ago to Discord

You're running out of time to opt-out of #Discord attempting to take away your right to sue them and it's really easy to do! #forcedarbitration clauses like this should be illegal https://www.polygon.com/2024/4/20/24134970/discord-arbitration-how-to-opt-out

pinjontall, 3 months ago to trans

I survive! #trans #ffs

pinjontall, 6 months ago to haskell

Anyone who complains about #haskell's syntax but is cool with "[::-1]" in #python, I need you to look in the mirror pls

recursive, 7 months ago to random

"Is that a Half-Life t-shirt?"

Tweetfiction, 8 months ago to random

Is anybody in GMT? Can you confirm what time it is right now? It's confusing. LOL

pinjontall, 9 months ago to random

Dear Everyone Telling Me I Need To Do Less And Learn To Relax: I agree, how tho

aeva, 10 months ago to random

There's a cute elderly leather bear couple in matching outfits sitting across from me on the train today. I love this city 😌

foone, 10 months ago to random

I recreated the logo from my Packard Bell 386's BIOS. Since this is a text mode screen, it's 8x16 tiles, made out of a remapped VGA font.

I extracted the BIOS by dumping both the EPROMs, combining them, and running the resulting file through binxelview until I found the "font".

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foone, 11 months ago to random

I like how quickly a non-project can spiral out of hand. I have a Packard Bell 386 here with a dying hard drive. So I get my roommate to buy me an IDE drive, but it turns out it's also dying and I have to back up a bunch of files off it. so I get a CF to IDE adapter, but then it turns out it needs a 3.5" floppy power adapter, and I don't have one on hand. so I build a cable, then it turns out I can't easily mount the CF card in the hard drive slot, because it's bottom-mounted, not side-mounted

foone, 11 months ago to random

what kind of an asshole solders an EPROM to a PCB?

FlockOfCats, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to tech

If tech bros funded by VC tech bros had started wikipedia ( @wikipedia ), the past few years would’ve been the same, but now they’d be pivoting to charge for Verified Editor Badges :deifirev: and introducing a scrollable feed of video shorts for Historical Figures Gone Goblin Mode

#tech #wikipedia