@thomasfuchs I've seen that people are modifying these now, i think better screens and solid state drives for starters but i am not really an apple guy so i haven't looked that close. Sounds like these old iPods are really loved though
We went on a trip for about a week recently and we didn't start packing early. I didn't think much of it until we got back and my cat was mad at me. I think he wanted warning and us packing for a week before a trip gives him that 🫠
When a system i rely on tries to trick me into doing things it wants me to do instead of helping me do what i want i lose trust in it. I'm not going to run through deep system settings with any expectation that it will respect my will when it has already tried to subvert it.
Fuck Google Fuck Microsoft Fuck anyone that puts an AI button where something useful used to be in order to exploit muscle memory for their metrics
@mwichary@Infoseepage@jwz Here the force is downward and productive all at once. A pencil eraser gripping the drum is good where it would stop a dial from functioning, and the phone will not counter-rotate away from my dial finger before i finish dialing because I'm literally pushing it into the table
Anyone know how to read these? I think they are capacitors, i expect them to be mostly in the microfarads range and good for hundreds of volts Edit: i got some helpful answers and i think I'm good now #retro#repair#retroRepair
@timo21@StillIRise1963 I saw their faces change to "professional mode" the moment his win was announced in 2016 and I've never trusted them again. They've proven me right many times since Edit: "them" being TV news reporters
I just watched the Last Week Tonight online video this week and Fuck Chuck Schumer. That dude invented a fake family that can't be satisfied with anything Democrats are expected to accomplish and he spent his entire political career chasing their fictional votes. Making policy to keep their interest. A fake family that hates Democrats. #usPol
@thomasfuchs@NeoJRPG I used to maintain arcade machines and the old guys there could play Pac-Man for half an hour on one credit because they knew how to control the ghosts. I watched one of them do it while his oil was being changed
Trans Rights are Human Rightshe/himI like some stuff.Banner image: a kitty laying with her head sideways looking at the cameraProfile image: a photo of a corner that's not really clear what's going on but there's a ledge and the right half of the image is a lighter gray than the left except for two lines that meet in a "V" at the ledge where the colors are swapped.