TheNewsGuy

I feel your pain...

Well, they didn't fully understand the power of a computer for things other than games... But I learned then up good!.. after a while...

Well, we did with the Atari 2600, but when I got my first computer, the rest of the family was like "whatever, nerd"...

Fire RFK Jr. NOW! Since he was confirmed in February 2025, RFK Jr. has put the health of Americans at risk. Under his direction, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director, Dr. Susan Monarez, was fir...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/fi...

Reinstate Jimmy Kimmel and stop caving to authoritarian censorship! Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they ...

Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they have, to fight back. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ki...

The cutest dog in the world sleeping on the couch...

Are you ready for... Oh... I guess you are...

Florida plans to become first state to ban all vaccine requirements Vaccine mandates are immoral and akin to slavery, says Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo.

Please, can we all wake up from this madness now?

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Gotcha! A good way to make a bad situation worse as his cronies start grasping for control.

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That does seem to be the consensus. CachyOS it is, then...

Okay boys and girls, it's your favorite time of the year! The time when I look around and decide I should try a new Linux distro, play with it for a little while before I inevitably decide to put OpenSuSE back on. So, shout'em out. What's the new hotness that I've got to install?

Does anyone have any good kvm recommendations? 2 computers, 2 4k60 monitors (1 dp, 1 HDMI), USB connections. Actual EDID appreciated.

There is so much paperwork when someone dies... A lot of physical work, too. Not sure when one is supposed to mourn...

Other things I learned, there are online-only cremation services... Dinner are horror shows and some are genuine lower-cost options offered by the local mortuary.

Most of them are rated fairly low though...

Thing I learned in the last 24 hours: you can buy a cremation remains urn on Amazon.

#TeamBreadbin forever!

Not the first time. The pendulum swings, but it always comes back.

I was just thinking about how this might work well for my dissertation. It's a qualitative case study, and it might help direct the reader along.

Oh God, this is so me...

Yeah, the black was more common, but that tin plate tends to lift and bend if you stare at it too long...

Age verification? The first computer I ever used was an apple II driving a teletype as it's "display"

#retrocomputing

That is surprisingly awesome!

Well, I was a Commodore man back in the day, but I have two now (the black and the tan). One with the original PEB, and one with the modern equivalent. I'm setting one up in the lab at work to entertain folk, and the other one stays home with me!

Oh dear God, zip disks were the worst! They always failed. On the other hand, it was a cool amount of storage while they did work...

Man! It's getting hard to find a 2mb Agnus chip these days. There's always the ebay extortionist process, I suppose...

#AmigaRepair #RetroComputer

Hmmm... First computer I used was an apple II, but the school didn't have enough monitors, so I got stuck on the one that was connected to a teletype...

C.itoh CIT-101e terminal showing keyboard error.

Information tag on back of terminal.

Took a chance on a $10 cit-101e terminal from property disposition on campus. Shockingly, it works, but is showing the keyboard error as I don't have one. Anyone have any leads on one?

#Retrocomputing #Citoh #BrotherCanYouSpareAKeyboard

BabyLock Solaris II sitting on table and ready to stitch.

All hail the new edition to my embroidery fleet. Bought used, fully upgraded, and quite a big boy!

#MachineEmbroidery #Babylock
#IAmGoingToHaveSomeFum

I was getting ready to set up a Mac Plus and placed it in a table while I dug out the keyboard and mouse. I bumped the table and knocked the machine onto the floor head first... I have brought shame to my ancestors...

... But it still works... Not even a scratch!

#RetroComputers #MacTough