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Now we just have to find some worth copying and repurposing. That might take some time.

Part of me is surprised. The other part of me shrugs and says they bought a Tesla, of course they wouldn't know.

I'm very surprised I've never used "Microslop" on my blog in 27 years. Microsloth, yes.

We used to go to Target multiple times a week. Now it's once a year. We'll go to everything from Dillard's to Dollar Tree before going to Target. And this is coming from a guy who dislikes Walmart and Amazon almost as much. They're once-a-year last resorts too. We shop at Costco and Aldi a lot.

What privacy? Meta's smart glasses are filming unwitting naked people Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses are a privacy nightmare, with footage of naked people, sensitive information, and violent acts captured and seen by Meta's AI and an army of employees.

Buried lede: Meta sends all your nudes to Kenya where humans annotate it and feed it to AI

I have that same chip in my 386! Wouldn't it be funny if we had the same motherboard too? There were lots of those though, so that seems like a long shot.

Intel 486DX2 CPU It remained the mainstream CPU even after the Pentium hit the market

34 years ago today, a legend was born: Intel's 486DX2 CPU. It was a compromise to help the 486 scale to higher clock speeds, and to say it worked out well is an understatement. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing dfarq.homeip.net/intel-486dx2...

AMD Am386 released March 2, 1991 Intel tried everything, including trademarks and trying to revoke 286 rights

35 years ago today, AMD finally released its long awaited 386 clone. What took them so long? The legal battles ended up taking longer than the engineering. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing dfarq.homeip.net/amd-am386-re...

What happened to GEM? It went open source in 1999 but the code has been dormant since 2008.

For a short time, it looked like the future of graphical user interfaces wouldn't be Windows, but instead, something called GEM, from a name that may sound familiar. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing dfarq.homeip.net/whatever-hap...

Game designer Sid Meier born Feb. 24, 1954 Meier's run of games starting in 1987 are timeless classics.

This week is Sid Meier's birthday. That makes it a great time to look back on the many games he designed. Civilization probably shaved a good .25 off my college GPA. #retrocomputing #retrogaming dfarq.homeip.net/game-designe...

It's in the blog post.

What happened to Fry's Electronics Fry's had been struggling for years but it was still a bit of a surprise to see it go

Five years ago today, the storied computer store Fry's shut its doors for good. Whether you loved it, hated it, or had mixed feelings about it, there was no other computer store quite like it. #retrocomputing dfarq.homeip.net/what-happene...

YouTube video by Business Reform Defeating Facial Recognition with Zenni Glasses? My Real-World Test

Can you defeat the surveillance state with a pair of inexpensive glasses from Zenni? Not completely, but they're effective enough that I want a pair now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOBd...

They will face accountability one day.👇

Where do I volunteer for jury duty in this trial? I can be COMPLETELY impartial in a trial involving Elon Musk. I'm even willing to spell his name right if that lets me be on this jury.

Turns Out There Was Voter Fraud in Georgia—by Elon Musk The state board of elections found Musk’s PAC sent prefilled ballot applications.

The story that Elon Musk committed voter fraud has gotten next to no coverage -- one of those things you can't make come up on a Google search.

But I think it's time for Dems to go on offensive abt right wing coddling of this immigrant interfering in our elections.

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I was shopping for a computer circa 1994 and asked what brand the video card was, because it seemed like a no-name card. The salesguy said "VESA" and pronounced it "VISA." Yeah, it was a no-name card.

On February 20, 2010 a VIC-20 tweeted 5K of RAM ought to be enough to tweet, right?

I'm more interested in what a VIC-20 has to say here than over at Elno's place, but the VIC's tweet seems lost to history anyway. Retrocomputing is supposed to be a break from the socials, right? #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing dfarq.homeip.net/on-february-...

This song is from 1981 but feels uncomfortably appropriate now. We're Living In Violent Times, by the Barracudas. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qys3...

Office Space released Feb. 19, 1999 20th Century Fox thought it needed more flair. But I think it was perfect.

27 years ago, Mike Judge released his masterpiece. It was a dark comedy about working in the technology world, and it still resonates today. If you've ever had a case of the Mondays, well, say hi to Lumbergh for me. #retrocomputing dfarq.homeip.net/office-space...

Windows 2000 release date It had MMC, Active Directory, and Plug and Play, among other features

26 years ago, Windows did a lot of growing up. Windows 2000 wasn't quite ready for widespread home use, but it brought better ease of use and reliability improvements to Windows NT 4.0. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing
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First BBS goes online Feb. 16, 1978 It took inspiration from cork bulletin boards in supermarkets and libraries

48 years ago this week, Ward Christensen launched the first public dialup BBS, creating the first online community. It took inspiration from public bulletin boards in supermarkets and libraries. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing
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ISSOURI – The “One Big Beautiful Bill,” the spending package recently signed by U.S. President Donald Trump, is expected to drive up utility bills over the next decade, with Missouri currently projected to see the highest increases in the nation. According to an analysis from Energy Innovation, Missouri households are projected to face the nation’s steepest increase in annual utility costs, expected to rise by an estimated $640 by 2035.

My favorite thing to do lately is when someone complains about high energy costs, to post this:

Youtube founding date: February 15, 2005 One of the original ideas was for it to be a dating site

21 years ago this week, Youtube was founded, although the stories of why its founders created it are mostly apocryphal. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing dfarq.homeip.net/youtube-foun...

(2/11) You know dynamic pricing—think Uber rides, flights, or concert tickets that surge based on supply and demand. “Surveillance Pricing” takes this to the next level: using your data to set a “price for you” based on your predicted breaking point. This is, increasingly, everywhere.

I had one of those. I wasn't exactly enamored with it but it was better than anything else at the time.

It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this

I have a modest proposal: also abolish the entire Department of Homeland "Security," prosecutions and public trials for the murderers of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, and prosecution and public trial of Kristi Noem.

What happened to Prodigy Internet It was always the second or third most popular service of its type

42 years ago today, the online service Prodigy, backed by Sears and IBM, was founded under the name Trintex. It was easy to use and cheap, $12.95 a month. And always stuck in second place. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing dfarq.homeip.net/what-happene...

Deja News: Google's first acquisition Before Reddit, before Stack Overflow, there were Usenet Newsgroups.

In today's blog post, we reminisce about Deja News, one of the lost treasures of the Internet, and talk a little bit about Usenet. I also tell you how you can search the old Deja News archives today. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing dfarq.homeip.net/deja-news-go...