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The person from that youtube channel a few people watch.

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Given the incredibly low pixel count, there is a surprising amount of character to the animation.

09.02.2026 10:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My Neice "We are doing the Titanic at school, you've been on a ship. Did you ever sail on the Titanic?"

08.02.2026 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
The North Star Horizon - It's Finger Lickin' Good!
YouTube video by GlassTTY The North Star Horizon - It's Finger Lickin' Good!

So I do love S-100 bus early micros, I also like dead pan humour, so as you will no doubt have worked out, I was delighted to see this.
youtu.be/gFO5XHTvKG8?...

06.02.2026 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Well technically not a dvd but a laserdisc box set of the 3 original starwars films (not special edition), Β£60 about 12 years ago. Goodness only knows what it would be now, laserdisc prices went nuts.

06.02.2026 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think we could do with some legislation over job listings/adverts. For example, a requirement to list the salary for any post, and if it has a salary range, then a restriction on how wide that range can be. We also need restrictions preventing list a job as remote, then requiring in office.

04.02.2026 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If it's unpaid, then its not even a job. They need to find a volunteering website and list it there, and not on job sites.

04.02.2026 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That photo is messing with my concept of scale some what.

03.02.2026 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My feed is getting more channels that fit that description, I know YT will never provide me a feature to block channels produced by an LLM, but I really want it.

03.02.2026 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The first festival gig of the year I'm doing has now officially been announced www.holmfirthfestivaloffolk.co.uk

02.02.2026 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sorry to hear that. It's a lot to deal with, especially in such a short time frame. Hopfully this marks the point where things start to get easier.

02.02.2026 09:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There was enough hardware todo a decent port of doom, I'm guessing budget and a need to just get it out the door must have been significant factors in how it ended up the way it did. The audio thing just feels like the testing must have been minimal at best.

01.02.2026 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I love what an oddball architecture it is, with a cpu for almost every occasion. I have found myself wondering what it would be like to develop software for it.

01.02.2026 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I always felt like Sega tied one hand behind the Saturn's back, before shoving it out into the market. Luckily we have yesterzine to explore how things went for the Saturn via the medium of one of the big Sega Mags of the time.

01.02.2026 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy birthday. Your "is now as old as" posts always make me feel my increasing age. I think I might have my next birthday party in a crypt for efficiency sake.

30.01.2026 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess if you need some alone time, and want a large empty room to yourself.

30.01.2026 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm a regular listener, but I'm particularly looking forwards to listening to this one.

30.01.2026 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We used to laugh at the idea of the bathroom police, the fact that one of the states is now trying to make it a reality is very difficult to get your head around.

30.01.2026 11:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Apart from one failed part in a Sony TV (which I could easily replace), I've not had a TV die on me in the last 20 years.

28.01.2026 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Its feasible to create coper wire with the tools and materials of the time. You can then produce coils etc. Which gets you generators and motors, and transformers.

28.01.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The bulb filament would not have a particularly long life, and it would not be as bright, as we had not discovered tungsten, or argon gas. However the original filament was carbon coated silk thread, and the bulb was a partial vacuum. That could be done.

28.01.2026 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Getting some basic electricial equipment made would be feasible. Simple lead acid batteries are not complex to make, even if you have to use glass or ceramics to hold the acid. You could probably also build a primitive light bulb, motor, and generator working. The materials would be available.

28.01.2026 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So LG's big idea is to bring back the business model of Radio Rentals, a business that closed down 26 years ago ?

28.01.2026 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I did a burns night gig to get my annual Haggis fix this year.

28.01.2026 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy birthday, for whenever it is this week.

26.01.2026 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Arcade cabs are not exactly my end of retro, but I must admit this has me more tempted than I have ever been.

25.01.2026 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well next time I am in the land of ducks, let's go check the place out.

23.01.2026 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I do like are really old pub, although usually I have to crouch in almost every room of that type of pub.

23.01.2026 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I would love to know how the rumours got started. Was there a small kernel of truth, like a plan to do something small like an escape tunnel that never happened, and it all ballooned from there.

23.01.2026 10:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Not stepping any further down that path, you would think is a bit of a no brainer at this point. Its the legacy mainframe stuff are the heart of our banking, defence, and air traffic control stuff that might be the most dangerous.

22.01.2026 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The government could also start migrating away from operating systems controlled by US companies, as they have demonstrated they can't be trusted.

22.01.2026 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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