vxo

Airwave surfer

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npub1xqv239xexmm4c8zd5gurjpf3wsvtxffnge8pssvqnhfdtrqlaccqfx78sv

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vxo_at_digipres.club@mostr.pub

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nprofile1qqsrqx9gjnvnda6ur3x6ywpeq5chgx9ny5e5vnscgxqfm5k43s07uvqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qvgdz7w

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2024-09-12 19:10:09

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@npub1rv4…ft5j I saw this yesterday and am reminded of it again
I wonder if I might have one of these little bricks in storage https://www.vintagevibe.co.nz/single-board-computers/verifone-tranz-330/

2024-09-12 12:39:20

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@npub1rv4…ft5j are they reachable by phone or has kaiser walled them off from incoming calls completely?

2024-09-12 06:38:05

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@npub1rv4…ft5j I need to show this to my German bilingual coworker and ask him if he can make it switch on the fly

2024-09-10 18:20:28

just got weird looks and chuckles from all my coworkers after telling them about how I had a ham radio activated coffee machine back in like 2010
what, that's not a normal thing?
it was an old GE Phoenix SX with one channel programmed on it, rigged up to trigger a latching relay that'd power up the coffee pot. As I approached the office I'd just key up on that frequency with the right PL tone (and of course say my callsign at the end) and I'd have fresh coffee when I got in

2024-09-10 01:18:04

Current mood: blissfully aesthetic color coded DIP switches
#electronicscolorcode #aesthetic
I think it's part of a Harris Sigma transmitter.
https://digipres.club/system/media_attachments/files/113/110/619/460/822/972/original/2ccd0060d9e49b1c.jpg

2024-09-05 18:58:15

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@npub1up2…k6en oh yeah that makes sense, I remember my 1990s stuff needing CHS values in the BIOS

2024-09-05 18:51:02

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@npub1up2…k6en oh funky! they don't just use LBA?

2024-08-28 18:53:26

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@npub1rv4…ft5j spaghetti-and-meatballs dot net
(i will absolutely not forgive pizza hut for not keeping pizza.net usable)

2024-08-28 15:04:40

tired: calling your street address an icbm address
wired: calling your street address a spaghetti and meatballs address (where someone sends you delivery of such as a random present)

2024-08-28 14:16:37

So my company has officially announced plans to cash out most of the operation I work for and I'm probably going to either get downsized out or wind up being the last one keeping the lights lit on a sinking ship, which I would very much rather not do.
Anyone looking for a multi skilled RF/electronics/IT technician whose entire industry was just pulled from under them and thrown down the grinder to sell for scrap? I would say broadcast engineer, but that's pretty much obsolete now.

2024-08-28 12:49:43

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@npub1c4s…aqv4 What is that style of pin lock called? I've had a couple of knives over the years that have had that, and it's my favorite mechanism for a folder - it holds the blade in place very solidly with very little friction.

2024-08-25 06:01:14

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@npub1rv4…ft5j thank you!

2024-08-25 01:54:50

Okay I realize it's been a hot minute now but @npub1rv4…ft5j do you still have that midi pack from the Windows 95 stream up somewhere?

2024-08-19 05:11:40

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@npub1rv4…ft5j ever since I played Lemmings as a kid I always wondered how fall detection logic worked in games

2024-08-13 11:45:51

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@npub1ptn…q4c8 I love that snoot poking up in the corner

2024-08-09 19:30:50

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@npub1yk6…4zz4 I love that arrow shaped console. So friendly.

2024-08-02 11:54:14

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@npub1rv4…ft5j imagine what fresh hell happens when it starts reading back with the wrong field order like when NTSC Has A Real One
https://slugbug.bandcamp.com/track/bars-tone

2024-07-30 16:28:47

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@npub1rv4…ft5j Amunix? What type of Pokemon is that?

2024-07-25 18:58:27

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@npub1rv4…ft5j I was trying to visualize how the cables would come off it and accidentally loss meme'd myself

2024-07-23 14:28:12

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@npub1rv4…ft5j you've inspired me with the thought of more cursed form factors
how about Spiral PGA or something with many radial rings of lands that drops into a fingered socket like an RF power tube

2024-07-23 14:19:29

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@npub1rv4…ft5j I think we need spreadsheets where the cells are on the walls and floor in a game of Hover!

2024-07-23 14:07:52

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@npub1rv4…ft5j ewww I've had that happen before

2024-07-19 17:45:00

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@npub1rv4…ft5j i want my commodore 128 back thanks

2024-07-19 17:19:07

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@npub1cpp…e7uy my brain just generated a high quality password in response to this

2024-07-08 20:11:46

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@npub18c7…er9d oh you mean welllsfargo dot com isn't perfectly legit? wow.

2024-07-03 18:43:33

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@npub1qz2…nlrg Sacramento

2024-07-02 03:30:58

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@npub1rv4…ft5j I need to get some of the dodgy mid 2000s floppies just so I can carry them around in my pocket and do that dramatic floppy wield as seen in Hackers

2024-07-01 12:03:24

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@npub19zq…u4m5 I love how the kitten just looks so done with mom's being "helpful"

2024-06-30 02:36:15

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@npub1rv4…ft5j if they need belts for it or repair, Zin VTR Works is fairly local

2024-06-30 02:35:10

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@npub1rv4…ft5j if your deck doesn't grok it, mine might.
What made me think I'm the only one around here who has their own U-Matic? I kinda wish mine could record too though, I'd put video through it for aesthetic degradation

2024-06-30 02:31:56

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@npub1rv4…ft5j what will be your keyboard's boot time

2024-06-26 15:59:46

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@npub1vcl…k6t3 yeah I have WordFence loaded, and wouldn't touch ecommerce on WP with a ten foot pole, that seems to be the ultimate low hanging fruit with high reward for every sort of dumb exploit

2024-06-26 15:26:21

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@npub1vcl…k6t3 having used that mess for years and gotten pwned several times, uh, do you have anything you'd recommend?
at least one of them was kinda my fault for a misconfiguration but one was some kind of 0-day weirdness

2024-06-16 13:38:40

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@npub1rv4…ft5j the hilarious thing is, if it IS one of those boxes... well, few things will dig the video out of the container, but miraculously, uploading it to Youtube works!
Very, very, very strange.

2024-06-16 02:04:41

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@npub1rv4…ft5j okay bonus Silly Points if when you do that you find that it delivers exported videos as a windows executable!

2024-06-14 22:11:42

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@npub1rv4…ft5j I've experienced this on a printer before. The sound it makes is horrifying.

2024-06-14 21:47:29

There's an instance at mastodon.hams.social and I keep thinking they should make it also accessible at steamed.hams.social

2024-06-12 12:19:46

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@npub1rv4…ft5j oh now you're just borrowing from the dark ages
https://digipres.club/system/media_attachments/files/112/603/607/719/586/978/original/1617b07bd91bfeb2.jpg

2024-06-11 13:10:12

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@npub1rv4…ft5j oh is that one of those bizarre trade show handouts where it basically just has enough storage for an autorun.inf (nooooo!) and a .url link file?

2024-06-10 13:15:46

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@npub1xyj…6rzz those mugs just right of center at foreground look amazing!

2024-06-09 18:00:44

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@npub1qz2…nlrg I remember my parents having this thing!

2024-06-08 21:11:31

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@npub1rv4…ft5j nah she just happens to have the same height!
I have introduced some of my coworkers to the Smoot as a measurement, they are not as amused with it as we are

2024-06-08 08:55:32

My partner is one Smoot tall

2024-06-07 22:19:41

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@npub1rv4…ft5j does it also turn up a blank with DirectX? I seem to recall that requiring a different capture method

2024-06-07 03:03:05

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@npub1rv4…ft5j not sure on HDMI but if you want to make a consumer grade DVD recorder refuse to touch a signal, just put some junk in the horizontal interval on the "front porch" or so

2024-06-05 11:52:14

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@npub1rv4…ft5j I have a bad habit of using a problem like this as an excuse to wire up a bunch of really cool looking arcade pushbuttons

2024-06-03 18:06:33

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@npub1rv4…ft5j it's the shrinkflation

2024-06-03 17:00:37

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@npub1rv4…ft5j wheel'nt

2024-06-02 11:28:32

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@npub1rv4…ft5j cursed-cable-genesis

2024-05-30 20:01:15

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@npub1rv4…ft5j the what now? Is that Mini DisplayPort or something even sillier?

2024-05-29 21:21:53

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@npub1rv4…ft5j i'm one of those weird aliexpress magnetic usb adapter/cable combos.

2024-05-28 15:13:07

Kinda having a bad time with anxiety today. May I please have some recommendations for fantastic Youtube Poop to help get the right brain chemicals on deck?

2024-05-28 14:19:45

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@npub1g5t…xw4h the pixel confetti is so satisfying

2024-05-27 19:06:27

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@npub1xyj…6rzz Those green and blue-violet glazes are just amazing

2024-05-27 12:40:33

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@npub1xyj…6rzz she rocks eyeliner better than I do :D

2024-05-26 21:46:27

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@npub1rv4…ft5j I used to make silly MegaHAL bots basically jump in a ring and battle each other, absolutely trashing their training as they go

2024-05-24 03:24:13

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@npub1rv4…ft5j terrible. Ridiculous. When do we start working on the prototype?

2024-05-23 20:44:07

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@npub1rv4…ft5j I basically created a meme around my workplace since like four of us are doing 3d printing and we're always messing with.......
The Nozzle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8yQhXDquII

2024-05-23 20:42:20

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@npub1rv4…ft5j YES. that's what I keep getting stuck in

2024-05-23 20:35:03

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@npub1h26…hg3s @npub19zq…u4m5 wasn't there once a small jpeg image floating around that took 4TB of memory to decode? I vaguely remember something like that

2024-05-22 02:29:54

Aha, here's the union busting bingo card I saw before. I wish I'd brought this to the meeting
https://digipres.club/system/media_attachments/files/112/482/385/526/616/317/original/4652a868e765ee0c.jpg

2024-05-19 23:25:32

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@npub1rv4…ft5j I'd go up an order of magnitude at least, you wouldn't need it that big for 3k. The little TV repair sized hv probes you probably saw around in various places are made for like 30

2024-05-19 19:27:43

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@npub1rv4…ft5j hmm. There are days I wish I could just Wobbuffet. Not a human care in the world, just silly blue critter

2024-05-19 06:30:50

What happens if a Pokemon kicks back the ball at a trainer? Can they wind up stuck in one of their own pokeballs?

2024-05-19 01:11:02

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@npub1rv4…ft5j I love it!!

2024-05-17 20:53:13

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@npub1rv4…ft5j you have me tempted to merge graffiti art techniques into freehand PCB pieces, develop, then sneak in circuitry!

2024-05-17 20:51:31

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@npub1rv4…ft5j strange bubbling potion!!!

2024-05-12 21:05:59

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@npub1fkn…8mcy what terrible digital signage mess is this :D

2024-05-12 17:28:37

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@npub1rv4…ft5j I love your descriptions here so much

2024-05-03 06:53:47

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@npub1rv4…ft5j that sounds like every one of those sitcom home security systems that eventually tries to kill the family in the basement

2024-05-01 21:11:16

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@npub1rv4…ft5j ba da da da da da... dowwww wooowwww

2024-05-01 17:43:04

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@npub1hyk…3p33 oh, only 420 planes were stuffed with reject parts? ONLY? yeah... uh...

2024-05-01 15:42:51

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nqa6e6WV2o
I love that some time ago I basically infected my coworkers' minds with this and the message worked: when they're about to do something dangerous they step back and think of "shake hands with danger" and that guitar riff. then they burst out laughing.

2024-04-29 17:38:44

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@npub18c7…er9d does it have a share button?

2024-04-27 01:38:04

I saw this mystery keyboard that lives in the collection of a German museum on Facebook. This is wild
https://digipres.club/system/media_attachments/files/112/340/623/929/983/761/original/194b7ddf1dc42e79.jpg

2024-04-26 22:16:49

She eepy #catsofmastodon #TortiesOfFediverse
https://digipres.club/system/media_attachments/files/112/339/832/585/249/128/original/73451cd6e7393c4d.jpg

2024-04-19 03:36:46

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@npub16e2…ks3l I'm in Sacramento

2024-04-18 16:05:15

Anyone need a box of 132 column wide dot matrix printer paper? It's got the green bars and non-tear off tractor feed edges.

2024-04-18 14:27:15

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@npub1rv4…ft5j imagine the sound of about a hundred 1 megawatt generators mounted in shipping containers chugging hard on the edge of some old oil field in South America when you say that because that's what's going to happen

2024-04-15 20:08:15

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@npub1rv4…ft5j inkjet transparency sheet on an old overhead!

2024-04-15 18:12:17

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@npub1rv4…ft5j that is interesting. I remember OptiPNG having an overflow, but it was fixed years ago and hopefully doesn't still exist in the wild. CVE-2017-1000229

2024-04-14 19:28:48

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@npub1rv4…ft5j and now I'm laughing because this came to mind:
https://digipres.club/system/media_attachments/files/112/271/224/193/223/611/original/6e0d86a69097cf31.jpg

2024-04-14 19:25:06

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@npub1rv4…ft5j hahaha yep! I knew it was you because who else recreationally commits Keyboard Crimes

2024-04-12 00:30:28

Cassie says it's cuddles time #catsofmastodon #TortiesOfFediverse
https://digipres.club/system/media_attachments/files/112/255/423/396/827/666/original/12d0589775d535b1.jpg

2024-04-10 01:40:27

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@npub1rv4…ft5j wait, you aren't one?

2024-04-01 12:19:37

this internet with pictures will never catch on

2024-03-31 18:30:10

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@npub1rv4…ft5j That shade of purple is amazing. It's like 16 color palette purple.

2024-03-30 19:46:17

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@npub1rv4…ft5j that sounds a lot like certain pieces of multi kilobuck broadcast equipment I work with which would immediately turn into a pile of ashes if exposed to the public Internet

2024-03-30 06:51:16

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@npub1rv4…ft5j oh in the "I'm reading uninitialized memory" sense?

2024-03-24 16:07:06

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@npub18yv…xxyn that is absolutely bonkers!!! lmao. let me guess, this would be followed in the same stop set by two commercials for breakfast cereal that was about 18% sugar by weight

2024-03-24 16:04:23

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@npub1rv4…ft5j the wurfers are out in full force! "oh I have the only one of these on ebay right now which means its wurf is INFINITE".
https://digipres.club/system/media_attachments/files/112/151/506/822/027/089/original/dbcfc3e54b0c0470.jpg

2024-03-24 15:52:20

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@npub18yv…xxyn welcome to the future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpFUrjq8nWE

2024-03-22 02:20:53

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@npub1rv4…ft5j oh boy you've found your way into one of those "not sure which embedded CPU architecture to build your device around? Throw in all of them!" boxes. Should I drop you a safety line to climb out on?
You might also find some cool isolation amplifiers if this unit has heart monitor capability.

2024-03-20 18:25:30

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@npub1rv4…ft5j there is something strangely perfect about your smiling face being popped onto a floppy disk. :D

2024-03-16 19:48:41

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@npub1qz2…nlrg @npub1lnq…ta89 that makes my phone angry.
Perfect

2024-03-16 19:44:33

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@npub1qz2…nlrg I'm guessing that Panasonic DVD recorder is serving as a TBC - how well is that working?

2024-03-11 21:42:12

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@npub1rv4…ft5j my favorite is the diagonal 'this is where I go' stripe across each card
In theory, somewhere out there, someone must have module extender cards to let you test on the cards with them popped out the side

2024-03-11 21:32:53

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@npub1rv4…ft5j I have this bonkers old Sony that is in the running. It's a three tube camera
https://digipres.club/system/media_attachments/files/112/079/185/961/027/686/original/f91287b22a302773.jpeg
https://digipres.club/system/media_attachments/files/112/079/190/476/653/738/original/03ffaa0fac7c3d35.jpeg

2024-03-11 16:12:15

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@npub1u3t…5q74 this is a very Pokemon looking hawk

2024-03-11 16:05:56

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@npub1rv4…ft5j nice analog delay line taking center stage there :3