Notices by Jan Beta (janbeta@chaos.social)

I received an email from a company named RHEI (formerly known as BBTV) today, offering me significant amounts of money (6 figures) for signing a contract to sell my videos to AI companies for training their new models. I respectfully declined. I don’t want the future to suck. #AI #YouTube

Finished product! And it even works! Hooray! #RGBtoHDMI #Amiga

Made waffles with the kid. ✅

Ate waffles. ✅

Removed links to Meta from my website & YouTube channel. ✅

I‘m going to shut down my Facebook, Instagram and Threads accounts in a couple of days. I recommend you do, too.

Happy 2025, everybody! Let’s make it a good year despite everything that’s going on. Stay strong, spread some love, be kind to each other and yourself, don’t listen to the haters (even if they are screaming loudly)! 🖤

New video! I'm putting together a Commodore 64C with a relatively rare cost reduced case and then future proofing it.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/xsCXn19azSI
PeerTube: coming soon

#Commodore #C64 #Commodore64 #Restoration #Refurb #RetroComputing #VintageComputing

Another "blue screen of life"! #InTheLabDoingStuff #Commodore64 #Repair #RetroComputing #VintageComputing

My latest video is now also available on PeerTube (just like all my other recent videos): https://makertube.net/w/iZwXqj71ihRMNsbi4ia8oe

Look at me, I’m trying crossposting on Mastodon, Bluesky and Threads. Like some kind of internet personality. Hello world(s)! 🌎

Seems to work. Testing OpenVibe currently. Seems to work alright although it’s a bit suspicious that it’s not open source. I get bad vibes from things called "Open" after what happened with OpenAI. We‘ll see, we‘ll see.

New video! I'm checking out the new "Classic" Amiga 500 Replacement case from A1200.net.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/udw79lRKWKE
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/fZDohc5VP8P5o2BXN7Y24f

#Amiga #A500 #ReplacementCase #Amiga500 #Commodore #VintageComputing #RetroComputing #Restoration #Yellowing #A1200net

I‘m going to have a coffee, take a shower, put some clothes on and then fight fascism. #vote #europeanelections

@thomasfuchs I do have the despecialized edition and it’s absolutely magnificent. VHS on a CRT is purely for nostalgia (and I love it). 😊

#MayThe4thBeWithYou #VHS #StarWars #VideoTape

Non-Special Edition, obviously. ✊ #HanShotFirst

Seriously, 80s #Atari? Is this the way they mounted the little red power LED window on all XE machines or is it just my particular one? They just stabbed the plastic with a soldering iron, it seems. #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #Atari65XE

Retro antifa forever.
#C64 #Commodore #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #WoodyGuthrie

Waka waka.

@BethanyBlack The real difference between all electronics built in the 70s and stuff made today is that the older devices were (mostly) built to be serviceable (and servicing is indeed needed from time to time). Recent stuff mostly just gets thrown out or "repaired" by replacing whole PCBs and such. I really hope the right to repair legislation is going to bring back repairable electronics in the future. There’s still hope, if not much.

Dear German online shops,

please stop randomly sending these little Haribo bags out with orders. I know you mean well, but: The little gummy bears are mostly made from pig gelatin, which neither serious vegetarians/vegans nor peeps whose religious beliefs forbid eating pork want. That‘s a considerate part of the population!
I’m probably going to pack them all up and send them to Adrian Black (or maybe give them to somebody nearby who enjoys them).

Thanks,
Jan (serious vegetarian, mostly vegan)