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   wyatt (wyatt@soc.megatokyo.moe)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jun-2025 08:21:55 JST wyatt
   "show me something that you both think is cool and absurdly terrible"
   
   XJACK connectors
   • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: repeated this.
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     eri :floofMischief: (eri@mk.moth.zone)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jun-2025 08:22:16 JST eri :floofMischief:

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     @wyatt@soc.megatokyo.moe holy shit LMAO

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jun-2025 08:22:16 JST Miakoda

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     • eri :floofMischief:

     @eri @wyatt *Vietnam-style flashback*

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jun-2025 08:23:19 JST Miakoda

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     • The Turtle
     • eri :floofMischief:

     @the_turtle @eri @wyatt I think those 2 on the laptop are modem

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     The Turtle (the_turtle@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jun-2025 08:23:20 JST The Turtle

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     • eri :floofMischief:

     @eri @wyatt i had a network adapter that had the little spring-out socket like that. Also had a modem that did that. Looks really fragile, and it probably was, but I didn't break either of them. Shit-ton better than those proprietary and lose-able dongles. Then manufacturers starting building RJ ports into laptops and that market vanished, only to reappear in recent years when modems and network plugs started vanishing when people still needed them.

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     The Turtle (the_turtle@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jun-2025 08:23:20 JST The Turtle

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     • eri :floofMischief:

     @eri @wyatt oddly, that laptop has two RJ sockets right there, so I'm not sure why they needed this one, which looks like it could be ExpressCard/34.