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Reconstruction II: This Time We Finish The Job

only in the past five-ten years or so has the hardware been available to fully image floppies (8", 5.25", 3") at the magnetic flux level; some of the copy protections from the 1980s are still difficult to consistently image accurately. (the plethora of archival formats doesn't help, either)

I think the manual for Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri was like 6" x 4" x 3/8"

that was a very, very nice evening

I miss Marshall Fields; Macy's is in no way, shape, or form comparable even if it occupies some of the same spaces that the former once did

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so many nerds are just so bad at systems engineering
(while simultaneously dismissing/devaluing it as easy)

I did! A good paper, but an even more essential one is Gambetta/Origgi on Italian academia and the preference for low-quality work. Literally everybody I know who has read this and has experience in China has remarked on how useful it is.

diegogambetta.org/wp-content/u...

May want to do the whistle protocol, eg bsky.app/profile/clan...

A blurry photo of an FPS SUV heading west on I-90; it is right by a "Bryn Mawr 1/4 mile" exit sign

Current state of Chicago: head out the door and later realize "Crap, forgot my whistle"
Also: multiple unmarked cop SUVs (m20286 + non muni plates) w/sirens speeding west on Lawrence, and more unmarked SUVs going west on I-90. And I see at least one FPS vehicle every time I'm on the highway now

tbh, I think of the aggro attitude is one of the *defining features* of the fediverse. All the worst behaviors of the lignux communities and then some

When Donald Trump Razed the Bonwit Teller Building, He Promised the Met Its Art Deco Friezes. A New Book Details How He Pulverized Them Instead | Artnet News Read an excerpt from the book 'Art and Crime: The Fight Against Looters, Forgers, and Fraudsters in the High-Stakes Art World.'

see also: news.artnet.com/art-world/do...

Look upon my tits, ye mighty, and wank!

The Rosemont Ghareeb Nawaz is bustling; all the tables are full. (It's not a big place, admittedly)

Also one of the few 24 hour restaurants in the area

but... Robey!

Arzan Cafe, the local Kyrgyzstani restaurant, is weirdly empty tonight. I'm used to it being crammed to the gills with families as soon as the sun goes down - but for the past couple of days? Almost no one. Super disconcerting.
Food is as good as ever, though

【キューピーにメイク】しっかり落ちるクレンジングを探せ！【実験VOCEでガチ比較！】｜美容メディアVOCE（ヴォーチェ） 美肌のために欠かせないクレンジング。大気汚染物質、花粉……肌トラブルの原因もメイクもしっかり落とせるクレンジングを探すべく、実験！　担当ライターが現場から撮影舞台裏をお届けします。

i-voce.jp/feed/570960/　alas, it seems to be *for* kewpies, not made *from* kewpies. has some great photos towards the end, though

go full belgium?

Win11 is *mostly* just Win10 with some feature switches turned on; while there are some changes under the hood (eg CPU scheduling that deals with asymmetric cores better), most of the underlying stuff is identical.

A korean jindo dog with dry white toast colored hair is sitting on a blanket in a living room, looking very happy. His tongue is hanging out. A ball is sitting in the middle of a hardwood floor; it has been forgotten for the time being

Somebody was a very good boy today

you should build a shittier *subscription-based* wheel

would "only show my post if they searched specifying my username" - eg "from:rah MCAS" suffice? I'd think that'd take out the problematic [accidental?] discoverability, but this isn't an area I'm familiar with, either

To make up for how Power Rangers is an old Japanese show they filmed additional scenes with Americans for we should do the opposite and make the casts of Law & Order SVU and Grey’s Anatomy stop a couple times an episode to fight people in werewolf costumes

the end of the "before times". a lifetime ago

and on web
(I've submitted a zendesk ticket)

YouTube video by KEXP MEUTE - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

tired of ska? how about some techno marching band music instead? www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OF-...

dammit, moon-moon

there's no quicker way to raise my hackles/engage side-eye than to effusively praise me for something that I don't think is deserving of it

Screen cap of parodic version of William Blake's "The Tyger" that begins: Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright (Not sure if I spelled that right) What immortal hand or eye Could fashion such a stripy guy? What the hammer that hath hewn it Into such a chonky unit? Did who made the lamb make thee, Or an external franchisee?

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time: