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walkman
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response 8 of 70:
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Oct 16 13:37 UTC 2021 |
If you are into various "retro" computer systems and video games,
there's a Hardware emulation platform using FPGA created by Terasic
called "DE10-Nano Kit". An open source hardware add-on called MiSTer
gives the FPGA hardware additional functionality, including an
integrated USB hub, SDRAM, VGA video, analog out via headphone jack, and
many other functions. DE10-Nano Specs: 110K LEs; 5570 Kbits Embedded
Memory; 6 PLLs; 2 Hard Memory Controllers 800MHz Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9
Process; 1GB DDR3 SDRAM; 32-bit Data Bus 1 Gibabit Ethernet PHY; USB
Micro-AB Connect; Mirco SD Card Socket
The board can run linux and comes with an SD card with linux pre-
installed.
I setup a guide to set this up here:
https://distantdark.com/2021/10/16/the-mister-fpga/
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walkman
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response 9 of 70:
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Oct 25 02:47 UTC 2021 |
Meet an unsung hero of the emulation scene. I have fond memories of
using his MSX emulator on the ancient 386 with Windows 3.11 (at work
circa 1997). It (the pc) was slow as hell but Marat s emulator ran full
speed.
Marat Fayzullin
https://fms.komkon.org/
He created the second Nintendo emulator in history and end up doing work
on many other systems.
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walkman
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response 10 of 70:
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Oct 25 02:52 UTC 2021 |
Back then, I think most professionals had much newer computers at home
than they did at work. I think in 97 I had a 233 mhz pentium and
upgraded to a pentium ii which wasn t that much faster.
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kentn
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response 11 of 70:
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Oct 25 23:10 UTC 2021 |
Absolutely, walkman. I've always had a better computer at home than
at work. They don't seem to mind if you sit there and wait for things
to happen at work. Makes no sense to me. Where I work, you have to
wait 5-6 years to get a new computer, but it won't be new. It'll be
one they pulled after someone left. I didn't like the first laptop they
gave me so I had to have a vice president approve (he said he had no
problem). It's still not very fast but much better than the dual core
laptop they gave me to replace my old dual core laptop. Go figure.
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walkman
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response 12 of 70:
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Oct 27 19:37 UTC 2021 |
#11 Same here! I've had my HP laptop for six years already and it wasn't
new when I got it. When I'm doing heavy work, the fan on the side is
super loud and blasts hot air. I figure eventually it will just cook
itself. LOL I looked up my work laptop on ebay, which averages about
$200. Fancy!
There's never enough money in the budget for new laptops but they can
spend money letting me spin my wheels waiting for processes and starting
over when applications crash. *slaps forehead*
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walkman
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response 13 of 70:
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Oct 27 19:42 UTC 2021 |
This the same model laptop. Same specs and everything.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/234257499118?
hash=item368ad5c3ee:g:s~4AAOSwbiRheGNz
Just think, a big corporation has people working "from home" 8-10 hours
a day on ancient $200 machines. Seems incredible to me.
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tod
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response 14 of 70:
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Nov 3 15:07 UTC 2021 |
I'm a strong supporter of RDP into VMs. If you have connectivity and
decent graphics then you can remote into your workstation and never
have to worry about your hardware failures or lost backups. The
employer can then just add RAM, CPU, or storage on the fly. Most
companies aren't willing to flip the bill for that though. They
dont seem to care until your old POS laptop they supplied either crashes
or gets nailed by ransomware. And you know what the best recovery from
ransomware is? Fresh backups. Wipe and restore - simple.
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walkman
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response 15 of 70:
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Nov 18 13:45 UTC 2021 |
Run an ancient 386SX (slightly upgraded 286) as a 486? Madness!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhqZiMhe5UA
Or just throw the whole thing in a dumpster and buy a $35 Raspberry Pi,
overclock it and buy a pizza.
Kidding aside, I can imagine how nuts it would have been for an office
to save tens of thousands of dollars circa 1995 by upgrading all of
their 386 computers with this little processor add-on and squeeze out
maybe 2-3 more years. What would you call this little gadget? A
processor hat? Before Adrian installed it, I guessed wrong that it
would have been installed in the math co-processor socket.
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kentn
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response 16 of 70:
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Nov 24 19:24 UTC 2021 |
Adrian often shows modern hardware to use with old computers. It's
interesting to some people to see an old PC get speeded up even if you
have no use for it. To each his own.
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walkman
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response 17 of 70:
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Nov 25 16:53 UTC 2021 |
RE: 16 Ha ha ha yes. To many, I must have very strange youtube viewing
habits. I also love videos from people living in their cars, vans, tiny
homes. There's something about "the right to repair", DIY, "reuse,
recycle"... it's a middle finger to being a debt slave and being
dependent on others. If I wasn't in my 50's and were more like 20, I'd
be living in an Econoline van, working contract jobs around the
country. We don't know what 2022 will bring us, so who knows? LOL
*cringe*
With Adrian's videos, his ingenuity, persistence, and resourcefulness
are interesting to watch. Plus he goes down tech rabbit holes so we
don't have to. I also think it's great that one day, curious people
will look to his videos for a historical lesson.
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walkman
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response 18 of 70:
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Nov 25 16:54 UTC 2021 |
Create your own music streaming device with Volumio:
https://distantdark.com/2021/11/25/volumio-the-diy-media-streamer/
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walkman
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response 19 of 70:
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Nov 25 16:55 UTC 2021 |
Modern PC gaming with a Debian-based Linux system:
https://distantdark.com/2021/11/23/gaming-on-your-debian-based-linux-
computer/
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tod
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response 20 of 70:
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Nov 28 20:06 UTC 2021 |
re #19
If I could get Steam to run on Crouton (a chromebook) it'd be pretty
awesome. However, 'modern PC' implies a decent graphics card.
To me, much of this comes down to how much Wattage I'll need. I'm in
a van down by the river scenario.
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walkman
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response 21 of 70:
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Dec 3 16:19 UTC 2021 |
#20 Steam is interesting. If you have a computer with a great graphics
card and a good home network, you can stream the Steam games onto a
laptop, TV, raspberry Pi etc.
Apparently, there is some form of Steam support for Chromebooks:
https://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-install-steam-on-chromebook-
1144719/
Your mileage may vary.
To be honest, my gaming is more Mario, Kirby, MsPacman and Galaga than
Halo. So my little $200 Nintendo Switch Lite is the best gaming
experience possible. I have nothing against the more modern games but I
just don't enjoy running around with a giant gun murdering people. I do
enjoy modern racing games though.
It's absurd that people spend thousands to play video games but then
again, there are people that buy boats that cost $500,000+ in Metro
Detroit.
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tod
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response 22 of 70:
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Dec 4 20:25 UTC 2021 |
For $300k, you can poop next to the sink while your friends watch
https://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/boa/d/grosse-ile-2016-sunsation-34-ccx/
7414
238885.html
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walkman
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response 23 of 70:
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Dec 6 03:37 UTC 2021 |
Yeah, you would think they could have, at the very least put curtains
around that toilet.
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tod
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response 24 of 70:
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Dec 20 20:02 UTC 2021 |
Curtains will cost you extra. Do you want the Kid Rock curtains or the
King Kwame ones?
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walkman
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response 25 of 70:
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Dec 20 20:24 UTC 2021 |
I want curtains from the My Pillow grifter guy. For an extra $200 you
can get Sidney Powell to sign it, "If I killed myself, it was Hillary."
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tod
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response 26 of 70:
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Dec 26 23:45 UTC 2021 |
I thought it was Winnie the Pooh but his name was Newt
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walkman
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response 27 of 70:
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Dec 27 01:52 UTC 2021 |
https://nypost.com/2018/10/13/how-clinton-and-gingrich-started-the-great-
american-divide/
2024, if we ever get there will be interesting.
If there ever was a case that Trump was a globalist agent, it could be
made now with him going around with Bill O'Riley promoting the vaccines
while the crowds boo. I don't think even 5% of his base are for vaccines
and 0% are for mandates. 2024, if Trump runs will be like Romney vs
Obama. Anyone the left runs will win. Trump needs to step aside and let
someone like Desantis run. For FUCK'S SAKE!!!!!
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walkman
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response 28 of 70:
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Dec 27 18:12 UTC 2021 |
doubleplusgood
double-plus good
double plus good
++good
Antonyms: ungood, double-plus-ungood
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/09/the-terrifying-story-of-how-
qanon-infiltrated-moms-groups/
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tod
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response 29 of 70:
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Dec 31 15:03 UTC 2021 |
re #28
I'm a NextDoor moderator (for several accounts - ask me how I did that.)
What you see as a moderator reveals quickly who is pulling strings in
your community; and by community we can be talking a few blocks or a
Congressional district *wink wink*
It has been a lesson in "what FB, IG, Dischord, Whatsapp, etc potential
looks like"
I had a mayor pro-tem interview the hell out of me before making me a
mod for my own neighborhood. She uses an alias "don't tell anybody who
I really am" There are fringe websites claiming she does kooky things
like surveil her adversaries or naysayers - I can validate that. However
this is a person with power to do things to people such as that white
bicycle with candles I pass every day...a dead cop who got run off the road
bicycling that was one of her worst critics. That's just a sample platter.
Moms' groups is a real thing. We have Katie Porter in our District - just
a little while longer since the gerrymandering by Congress recently.
Katie got into our district who "WHO THE F#@& KNOWS" method because it's
staunch conservative and she's a puppet for VP Harris and the Left.
My living room TV died recently and as an EET it's a cakewalk to fix
but I haven't and won't. There is no good which can come from the media
nor the streaming channels. My kid asked me about Boba Fett and I told
him DisneyPlus is the Devil and we dont pay for that because my pronouns
will stay intact. Want to take an even deeper dive? Watch The Way Of The
Dog and tell me what the takeaway message is....it's more blatant than
the 'war' movie Thin Red Line which was another pedo freak movie.
Hey, if you like HP Lovecraft and the Egyptian boy he brought with him
to his Andy Warhol parties then I can't help you. Why did Epsteins guards
get off the hook for letting him hang while they played online games?
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walkman
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response 30 of 70:
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Feb 12 23:16 UTC 2022 |
1. They pyramids of Giza and the pyramids of Teotihuacan both align
perfectly overhead to Orion's Belt. There are further monuments at
Teotihuacan that also align with other stars beyond Orion.
2. A 15 year old boy found a lost Mayan city by overlaying star maps
over ancient temples. "X" marks the spot.
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-36259047
3. How did ancient man calculate with exact precision, immense monuments
that line up perfectly overhead to stars in the sky?
4. *Why* did ancient man line up immense monuments who's precise
alignment appear to match stars only to those FLYING above?
5. How did two civilizations separated by time and thousands of miles
create similar monuments that both aligned to the same stars without
knowledge or communications with eachother?
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papa
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response 31 of 70:
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Feb 14 01:04 UTC 2022 |
resp:30
1., 2.: Cool!
3.-5.: You're not saying it aliens ... but it's aliens? Don't sell human
ingenuity short.
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walkman
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response 32 of 70:
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Feb 18 01:06 UTC 2022 |
I'm just asking questions.
Yes, humans are intelligent.
Archaeologists and historians are afraid to connect the dots are ask the
obvious questions because doing so threatens the past work their
current beliefs are based on.
The almost exact similarities with archaeological structures spanning
the globe (construction methods & building shapes), belief systems,
religious themes (men from the sky, floods, creation myths, etc.), and
culture can't be explained away by coincidence IMO.
If we can rule out aliens and conclude smart humans, we should then ask
why civilizations, written history and monuments didn't appear before
10,000 BCE. Homo sapiens emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago...
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