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My first computer was a C128, and everything has been downhill since.

Interested in retro and modern retro projects.

I know how to code.

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2024-07-23 06:02:47

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@npub10jl…yfat The C64 intro song is so damn good as well. None of the other versions are as good :)

2024-06-19 05:00:34

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@npub10jl…yfat Hoping for a Zelda doodle later this year too:)
And surprised there’s not more buzz about 3!! DragonQuests coming. I’m looking forward to that.

2024-06-07 04:42:26

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@npub1j46…3gm7 Would G+ qualify?
I’m still a bit sad that circles haven’t been copied.

2024-06-07 04:36:14

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@npub10jl…yfat Thank you for all the art! I can’t be the only one that needs a smile now and then, and the doodles make me smile.

2024-04-05 22:16:24

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@npub1nsq…23w7 Nero-sama in general is a pretty interesting case. How people accept the concept is intriguing.

2024-04-05 05:00:09

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@npub10jl…yfat What happened to Pinky?

2024-03-25 02:22:04

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@npub10jl…yfat Dante was onto something.

2024-03-25 02:21:00

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@npub10jl…yfat Every time I see Steve Martin I just think of him playing banjo (he is genuinely very good). What a legend.

2024-02-19 20:16:14

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@npub1nsq…23w7 It’s been butter to be honest. My old Corolla (2010) is old gokart tech so all is old:)

2024-02-12 04:03:05

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@npub1a24…etnp I can’t help but like Swift more and more each day. Her music never drew me in (and that’s ok), but the impotent outrage she creates mostly by existing makes me happy.
Oh, and I still don’t care about football. :)

2023-12-25 07:26:58

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@npub1nsq…23w7 Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year!

2023-12-24 06:20:34

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@npub1keg…djeq Soundtrack would have been better.
That said I think Freddy Mercury could have done it too, and let’s face it that soundtrack would have kicked ass too.

2023-12-22 22:07:51

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@npub1j46…3gm7 One thing I know is that search isn’t the answer, nor is tagging (far too few are able to be that disciplined).
I think spatial memory could be valuable. It’s how many remembers where we put things. Multiple devices aren’t connected, and not in a spatial way.
Also LLM might actually be useful here. Auto tag all user created data (only locally) and let me browse pure metadata. Time, location, type, how much work did I put into it?
Basically can we map how we remember to a UI?

2023-12-17 21:01:20

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@npub14u2…zq27 GL!

2023-12-17 18:00:08

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@npub14u2…zq27 Layout constantly changes, data modeling is both more import and more difficult.
I’d say draw out a diagram of what you want to write and how it connects, then design a layout that reflects that. No amount to fancy css and js can fix bad data modeling imho.
I’d probably use some run of the mill wiki to get things written, and make sure the data can be exported :)

2023-12-17 16:18:55

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@npub14u2…zq27 Label everything with as much as you can, for future use. At some point in the future it will become useful :)

2023-12-15 06:43:18

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@npub14u2…zq27 I’ve never built a computer kit:)
They weren’t cheap back then afaik. And tools weren’t exactly around as easily as today, nor instructions.

2023-12-15 06:31:13

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@npub14u2…zq27 Leader can make it tricker, since many weren’t. Woz certainly wasn’t. Jobs was (so recommend folklore.org if you want to hear what the people who were there haven’t say). Grace Hopper wasn’t a leader, but she was super badass and interesting for sure.
If you had asked me, I would have suggested Dag Hammarsköld, because few know of him today, but more should. His death changed so much of our world today, and not for the better. :(
Or if tech, Cray. Interesting mad scientist.

2023-12-14 01:23:26

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@npub1yf4…fcsf Nice. I like the little guy in the corner :)

2023-12-13 18:43:22

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@npub14u2…zq27 @npub1g2s…9mvw Why not Zoidberg?

2023-12-13 18:25:23

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@npub14u2…zq27 36° here!
Fahrenheit :)

2023-12-13 18:05:42

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@npub14u2…zq27 I sadly sucked at it, but I remember when you were Elite if you were cool:)
I’d eat up a video or post on the evolution of 1337 speak. But boy would that be a lot of work to be done truly well.
I can’t even remember it and I *lived* through the era.
I’m oddly interested in those things:) Same with wanting a video on anime/manga styles over the years.

2023-12-13 17:57:50

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@npub14u2…zq27 I can’t spell well, no h8 from me:) It’s better to (friendly) laugh at it.
Speaking a language well doesn’t mean someone is smart, and visa versa. Especially when it ends up being a language you learn later in life.
I see everything, I am the sentinel! I’m the electric eye! I am constantly sleep deprived.

2023-12-13 17:20:26

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@npub14u2…zq27 properlu :) Self fulfilling to the max. :)

2023-12-13 17:12:12

For every new version of iOS I use, I swear the auto correction is getting worse. It swaps
in words that aren’t even close to what I intended, and even swaps correctly spells words at times.
Is this some AI malarkey? Just worse algorithms? It was already not great at fixing spelling mistakes sadly:(

2023-12-10 02:11:44

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@npub14u2…zq27 Again?

2023-12-05 05:31:39

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@npub14u2…zq27 If I don’t *know* where the money goes, no donation to anything. Period.
I even have a personal rule. If you ask for money, you won’t get any.
Most charities are scams sadly:(

2023-12-04 02:38:16

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@npub14u2…zq27 I need to get some time to get OpenBSD on the G4 MDD. For some retro neofetch action :)

2023-11-30 07:03:39

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@npub14u2…zq27 Great design.

2023-11-29 06:39:58

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@npub14u2…zq27 I like the Bad Apple demos :)

2023-11-27 21:13:59

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@npub14u2…zq27 Bladerunner had an Atari logo (neon sign I believe) in it. I don’t think anyone from back then would have thought Atari would have fallen so far by now.
Crazy what can happen.

2023-11-27 03:45:58

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@npub14u2…zq27 She just haven’t had her eyes opened to the awesomeness that is Vice City and it’s soundtrack :)

2023-11-27 02:59:07

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@npub14u2…zq27 When you could play GTA or Xenosaga :)

2023-11-26 18:53:54

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@npub14u2…zq27 Depending on how much and often you intend to play, an emulator might be overall less work/cost to fiddle with.
Actually good converters and cables will run you a decent amount of coin after all.

2023-11-26 17:56:34

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@npub14u2…zq27 Which games?

2023-11-25 18:09:38

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@npub1nsq…23w7 Tab:)

2023-11-25 16:01:48

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@npub14u2…zq27 You missed all the awesome 80s music:)

2023-11-20 22:35:26

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@npub14u2…zq27 If recycling becomes the norm, I’m sure it will stop. Still it’s the wrong thing to do. But also one has to be pretty desperate to do that in the first place:(
(Sweden and many other countries have had “paid recycling” or whatever it’s called for decades. Basically you buy container, a fee is included, and you get it back when recycling. Easy.)

2023-11-20 18:55:59

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@npub14u2…zq27 Hehe, Android has had so dang many charging standards by now:) The iPhone has had three.
Which means little as I charge wirelessly.
Also not a fan of USB-C, it’s such a massive mess of a standard:( Wish we could get something good instead.

2023-11-19 14:26:04

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@npub14u2…zq27 Some y2k bug insanity with special dates for daylight “savings” and such perhaps?
Also 2000 was a bit special due to the funny leap year rules :)

2023-11-16 04:53:49

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@npub14u2…zq27 I was going to say “Transformers are Mecha” but now I’m unsure of where the genre begins or ends. Hmm.
Mobile Suit is clear, it’s a human in a machine. Robot should be autonomous, but that seems to be a bendable rule.
Gah. Have too many great games for the PS5 to play next. AC6, SM2, and GoW:R. Needing to finish FF16 and FF7:2 is not far away.
I’ll probably post something when I get to AC6:)

2023-11-16 01:44:51

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@npub14u2…zq27 KDE until something better arrives. I truly would prefer something Mac derived instead. From the core up. Imho a reskin and some mappings isn’t nearly enough.
YMMV.
(Running a reasonably powerful machine, so not resource constrained.)

2023-11-16 01:42:37

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@npub14u2…zq27 There’s a bunch of Gundam ones if you want Mecha, and Armored Core VI sounds pretty dope. I’m planning on playing that one.
Haven’t found any Mecha game that I truly think is cool though (AC6 do look pretty good). I really would love to be able to sit in a VR Mecha and really do something cool.
Too many of the games feel like some other game plus Mecha skins:(

2023-11-15 20:25:09

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@npub14u2…zq27 “Space trucking” :)

2023-11-13 22:14:48

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@npub1nsq…23w7 Are the Japanese aware of the old stories about “tomtar”? They can be pretty vicious, and I feel they kind of fit right in to Japanese spirits and monsters. At least from my heavily anime inspired weird view into it :)

2023-11-13 01:46:49

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@npub14u2…zq27 Nerd good.

2023-11-12 22:46:27

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@npub14u2…zq27 (I was equating school with basic training (in the military). Not suggesting you should join up:)

2023-11-12 19:33:56

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@npub14u2…zq27 It’s a life skill to figure out scammers from smart people.
Hint, scammers work a lot like bullies, but they want you to like them. But act very much the same.
Either way, hope you find a better path now with basic training, I mean mandatory school behind you.

2023-11-12 05:16:56

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@npub14u2…zq27 national anthem once a week? Insanity. Almost as insane as the terrifying pledge here. Nationalistic stupidity.
They tell you a lot in school. Some really smart and good stuff. Some oversimplified stuff. Some utter hogwash. The trick is to learn how to detect what kind it is. Never stop learning!

2023-11-10 17:42:34

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@npub14u2…zq27 I have to throw the suggestion of Gunpla (Gundam Plastic) into the mix. Cool models, and you build them yourself! Without glue! Without painting! Unless you want to paint :)

2023-11-09 23:27:28

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@npub14u2…zq27 As long as the read/write heads are there you can make it happen:)
I think you can ever use the platter somehow. I’ve seen it done, but never done any of this myself.

2023-11-09 19:12:12

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@npub14u2…zq27 You can use old hard disks as speakers. Ever tried that? You should :)

2023-11-07 14:05:39

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@npub1nsq…23w7 @npub1agl…hyzu That’s a fantastic feature!

2023-11-07 04:49:53

@npub1a24…etnp Did you see that the PS4/PS5 is dropping twitter integration? I think that’s good.
But I wonder what it would take for them to get fediverse integration. I usually don’t see it as a good thing to get massive corporations that can outspend any small outfit involved in the fediverse.
But this is much more of a one way thing so I think it’s a win win. Share on Mastodon would be a cool thing.
(Same goes for other similar products, I just happened to see the news about PS.)

2023-11-05 23:44:28

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@npub1yf4…fcsf Still doesn’t rank in his top 100 creepy and scary things he says and does. And that is very weird and crazy to begin with.
Someone should buy his internet traffic history and publish it.

2023-11-05 04:23:52

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@npub14u2…zq27 Well now I’ve gone from Paradise City lodged in my head to Danger Zone (red line overload!).
That movie was so cool when I was a kid, and before we know what a complete psycho Tom “Tiny” Cruise is.

2023-11-05 04:20:41

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@npub14u2…zq27 Be careful now, you could get the bug worse:)

2023-11-05 04:14:36

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@npub14u2…zq27 I might get people hooked on something addictive and expensive, or I might have very dangerous ideas!
You know, like retro computers or be nice to other people.
:)

2023-11-05 04:10:17

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@npub14u2…zq27 Takes a lot more to weed people out these days. I think since more people are online you can run into far more, well, people. Lots of unpleasant ppl around.
Best to not hang in those metaphorical bars imho:)
Me, I’m mostly harmless.

2023-11-05 03:55:57

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@npub14u2…zq27 Used to play FH as well (but wasn’t it 5?), but I ended up finishing a lot and had really tricked out cars. So after a few hundred hours or what it was I stopped:)
Koenigsegg for the win!

2023-11-05 03:48:47

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@npub14u2…zq27 I do. On XBox. With a completely different handle as well.
Well play in the sense that I don’t jack up the difficulty that much really. It’s not GT, I’m not trying to be good:) Just trying to make the cars go really fast and putting anime girls on all my cars to annoy people:)

2023-11-04 23:57:12

Random thing of the day. Been playing Forza lately, and even though I don’t directly play online people they do show the names/cars of real players (I assume) for the other cars I race against.
Almost none of them have the female body type. (Their avatar that is.)
I wonder why. There could be many explanations, but I just got curious. I know gaming isn’t the boys club I never wanted it to be anyway, but I see 0-1 females out of 23 (plus me). Mario Kart isn’t like that at all.

2023-11-03 22:27:04

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@npub14u2…zq27 Thing eats battery and seems a bit sluggish and buggy. But no restarts.
Apple software is, unimpressive. :(

2023-11-03 20:44:34

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@npub14u2…zq27 The cool kids run Multics.

2023-11-01 04:38:17

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@npub182s…q6t5 Quintessential: The Movie.
Plus it’s extra bad if you go second:)

2023-11-01 04:37:15

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@npub182s…q6t5 It’s surprisingly tricky when you have to do all of them, and with two people:)

2023-11-01 04:23:14

Played an impromptu game with my wife. Name a movie that starts with each letter of the alphabet, alternating who goes first.
It was more difficult than what I thought it would be. I only did the cheap thing once and used a sequel (just added two). Thinking that sequels should be disqualified.
Can you name a movie from a to z? Q isn’t easy. O was tricky as heck too.

2023-10-30 16:02:07

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@npub14u2…zq27 iMac through and through.
If I go PC, I go the build myself route :)

2023-10-30 14:03:21

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@npub1nsq…23w7 I kept thinking that last time they were here (many years ago now) was the last time I’d see them. Which turned out to be true and just a heavy burden.
Make sure to make each time memorable and say good bye properly. Not in a morose or sad way. Just more make it count.
Ta hand om dig!

2023-10-30 01:32:29

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@npub1nsq…23w7 @npub1ttt…dpyz Ehm. What kind of site you say?

2023-10-27 21:27:28

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@npub14u2…zq27 Then I was thinking about how to find a cable for it. Because I want to hook up a RPi Pico. I’ve got ideas. But am very perplexed why they chose a stupid connector:(

2023-10-27 20:41:38

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@npub1keg…djeq Still have it published?

2023-10-27 20:41:23

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@npub1keg…djeq Once can be a fluke. It just taste like poor quality/workmanship. Might try it again some day.
(That said I don’t like anything with lots of sodium, as it makes me sick. So I’ve kinda stayed away from hotdogs a bit. So many store bought ones seems to be filled with it for some reason:/ I usually like kind of a “generic” hot dog. But never boiled.)

2023-10-27 20:38:16

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@npub14u2…zq27 Does Micro-USB count? Because it’s a stupid standard.

2023-10-27 17:09:21

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@npub1keg…djeq So, do you by chance like Chicago hotdogs?
I’ve only had them at a local Portillo and, yeah, hoping it was the place not the dish.
I’m personally partial to rød pølse and the specific way they serve it in Denmark (fried onions, the bun toasted on the side, mash, Danish ketchup (very different taste), probably something I forgot, and served with a Jolly Cola).
Just realized a hotdogs of the world feature would be something I’d read/view.

2023-10-25 16:06:04

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@npub1nsq…23w7 @npub1dq8…vz3a I am so curious. Is grounding overrated, or is Japan effectively more dangerous?
Because I feel unsafe just looking at those!

2023-10-25 16:00:46

Did you catch this one @npub1nsq…23w7 ?
https://youtu.be/Fb0uCKAtjUk?si=qLgc-KdqSoR4TV_e
I swear it was Blue Suede and Blue Blues if you had asked me :) Plus that is just delightfully nerdy. Love little hidden references.

2023-10-22 17:55:42

Project Retro Table is a mess, like all my projects.
But the #IIGS works, has the 8MB expansion card, and I have no clue on how to use these computers. :/
The biggest issue is that I need a floppy emulator, and probably some form of mass storage. I’m thinking that the ReActiveMicro Drive/Turbo is a front runner, but no idea about floppy yet. I have a real 3.5”, which is neat though.
Also the space bar seems to be missing a spring. It’s wonky as heck.
https://files.bitbang.social/media_attachments/files/111/279/953/493/285/324/original/7173224edf51c793.jpeg

2023-10-22 17:33:56

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@npub14u2…zq27 I never look at the federated timeline (find it pointless imho) so I had to take a peek.
I’m not against it in principle, I mean if it’s consenting adults etc. But I don’t particularly like mixing those two worlds.
Would be nice of CW wasn’t such a monolithic thing. I’d like to filter certain things out completely from my experience here. But do so reliably (keywords are not reliable imho).

2023-10-21 03:58:10

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@npub1nsq…23w7 @npub13le…6saf Whenever I get an explanation of anything USB it seems it’s always a convoluted mess somehow.

2023-10-19 23:05:49

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@npub1nsq…23w7 What the heck?:) I can’t stop laughing from how silly this is.
I don’t even recognize all of them, I was 21 in ‘97, but apparently already out of touch:)

2023-10-16 21:19:34

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@npub1nsq…23w7 They don’t need the power, they just want it:) I’m doing fine in my Corolla :)
I had a Swedish license, and have a U.S. one now. Wasn’t hard to get the U.S. one. Drove up in my car to do the test, and then drove away after finishing:) (since my Swedish was still accept in the U.S.:))
This place is big. In a way which you don’t get until you are here. Probably same with Australia. Closest proper big city is 8h away (Chicago) :)

2023-10-16 21:15:18

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@npub1nsq…23w7 We’ve been buying those exact bags for years and years and years. Pretty easy to pick out by now:)

2023-10-16 17:04:16

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@npub1nsq…23w7 The big cities here are massive and the distances are big. Plus public transport isn’t great. So a car/truck solves that.
The scary part are how dangerous the “solutions” are. 45-55 mph roads with traffic lights for instance. Or all the on/off ramps and the random ways they are built (one place here is nicknamed spaghetti junction). Plus all the lanes and distracted drivers.
Basically you have to assume that everyone will do something dumb, as they do often enough:(

2023-10-16 16:59:47

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@npub1nsq…23w7 Trash bag.

2023-10-16 15:25:57

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@npub1nsq…23w7 Someone’s been to Costco :)

2023-10-16 15:24:08

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@npub1nsq…23w7 I’ve been in the states too long, because my first thought was “do they sell those in the toy aisle at Walmart”:)
It’s fascinating how things like car culture can deviate so much in different places. I think the kei (Kai?) cars are neat. Feels practical for the right places.
But I’d be scared to take it on the highway here. U.S. driving is crazy.

2023-10-16 00:06:34

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@npub1yf4…fcsf I wanna hear that song.

2023-10-15 17:44:28

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@npub14u2…zq27 Taking care of your mental health and avoid bathing in it, and being willfully ignorant isn’t the same thing. You are aware, and I’m sure when put in a situation when you can make a difference you will (don’t vote for the biggest lying hateful pricks etc).
I don’t see the harm of you tuning things out. Take care!
(Are the filters working for you now btw? I’ve got several that are working on my end.)

2023-10-15 05:41:11

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@npub14u2…zq27 Don’t have any of those, but I do have two G4 PowerMacs :)

2023-10-15 04:20:57

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@npub14u2…zq27 I prefer driving in video games:) I could never drive a fast car properly (on a course). I know I’m not a good driver from doing some go kart a long time ago:)
But I do know fit and finish. That’s the premium I like :)

2023-10-13 19:38:36

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@npub14u2…zq27 Genuine question with zero ill intentions. What is your reference point for a nice car? In my case it’s expensive BMWs, Mercedes, and Lexus (Lexi?). Which are much nicer than what I personally drive :)
But I always liked it when everything lines up perfectly, everything fits perfectly, and doesn’t break (which only Lexus lives up to).
I quite like my Corolla, it’s a rock solid 2010. No poor fittings etc. Just no luxury stuff :)

2023-10-12 04:52:57

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@npub14u2…zq27 SGI was so damn cool, and that pizza box is peak cool.
No computers before or since have had the cool factor of SGI.

2023-10-09 15:40:19

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@npub14u2…zq27 I agree with the consensus, walk away. Engage with people willing to have a conversation, don’t with people who aren’t.
I’ve been *very* (passive?) aggressive with that here. I don’t want to fight with people who are intentionally misinterpreting me, or are in it to bully their point.
Every time I feel that I need to defend myself or gets upset I block instead. Done. Over with.

2023-10-06 16:29:39

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@npub14u2…zq27 In the end art is art and where it comes from doesn’t matter.
Humans are nervous because we are afraid to be replaced. Mostly because in a capitalism we only have value if we bring monetary value to someone else:(

2023-10-06 04:37:04

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@npub1yf4…fcsf Solitary confinement in gitmo.

2023-10-05 05:28:20

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@npub14u2…zq27 The lack of colors and animation saddens me. Could have made it even more fun :)

2023-10-03 21:21:07

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@npub1k4q…3lsq I just got boosted for being old and stupid :)
(No hard feelings, made me laugh:))

2023-10-03 21:18:08

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@npub1k4q…3lsq Never seen this before, 47 on Sunday.

2023-10-03 08:13:52

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@npub14u2…zq27 Coins end up everywhere and have virtually no value. Like the 1 cent coin here is a perfect example of why things are bad. Plus they are often quite honestly disgustingly filthy.
Bank notes are just a fiddle to deal with. Plus the idiotic notion of making all of them the same size and color here…
Nah, I find it to be a hassle to be honest. I’ve avoided cash for decades now:)
Checks, them I loathe.