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retro tech is beautiful not just because of the chunky connectors and funny colors. like, that IS beautiful, but also: it's yearning for tech that doesn't break down. tech that you can keep repairing for generations.

"this was my grandmother's laptop", we'll say. "over the years I've replaced the keyboard, the motherboard, the ram, and the screen."

it still sends and receives emails, in plain or rich text. it still plays video games. not all of them, sure, but it plays five or six really good timeless ones. tetris, minecraft, balatro maybe. you can use it to edit photos for your digital scrapbook, or to write wedding invitations. you can use it to paint digital paintings or play digital concerts.

that's the goal. that's what we're all here for.

the hardware already exists. Framework is a good step in this direction but people have been converting Thinkpads into linux boxes since the early 2000s. this isn't a problem that requires an expensive new gizmo.

no, the thing between here and now is low-spec software. all the good apps use 10 times the ram they need, because the companies that develop good software are addicted to growth.

open source offers the dream of backwards compatibility forever, but open source software takes time and money too.

but hey, CSP runs on linux now. so don't stop dreaming. someday you'll have a computer you can give to your kids.

It's insane that #computers are as powerful as they are, yet are almost entirely wasted servicing #scams, filling the pockets of the worst people alive.

It is called "hacking".

https://soundcloud.com/stefanbohacek/beginning-stages?in=stefanbohacek/sets/mixtape-3

"If you bought a ThinkPad between 1995 and 2017, it was probably designed under the oversight of David W. Hill, who served as lead designer under both IBM and Lenovo for those 22 years. We caught up with Hill, who today runs his own firm, ThinkNext Design, to talk about the history of ThinkPad, what drove him to make key design decisions, and the products he wanted to come out with but just couldn't."

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/02/thinkpad_david_hill_interview/

"That's science, bit¢$!", or something to that avail might have been said here by the guy pointing to the graph on the computer screen. It depicts some lab computing activity in the early 80s at Frankfurt university. The photo is part of a series in the subway station Bockenheimer Warte here in Frankfurt, but it's the only one related to computing. What else could have been said in this shot, what's your guesses?

Anyway, have a wonderful start into the weekend, may it be full of nerdy time and great real-world experiences! Have a good one!

I really have no clue why Indian IT firms are so proud to claim they can't plan well, they can't communicate well with clients about moving deadlines, they hire slaves rather than humans?

From the book: the Tata's

Fun thing I just found out with my work computer. If I put my Magsafe popsocket onto where the GPU is, the screen turns off.

Probably shouldn't do that!

More INIT HELLO fun at the System Source Computer Museum today!

Finally built my own PC, should have done it years ago!

I got a much faster computer for much less than it would have cost if I had bought something pre-assembled.

https://blog.kamens.us/2025/07/27/finally-built-my-own-pc-should-have-done-it-years-ago/
#computers #DisplayLink #DIY #Intel #Linux #MicroCenter #NVIDIA

it's been quite a while, so lemme write a new #intro

#introduction #introductions

i'm raven, a silly #transgirl on the internet who likes to write, and create free-to-use #photography (mostly landscapes). u can find me on mastodon, and see what an overview of what i’m up to on my now page. i have so many interests and try my best to experience new things in this short life. some sort of neurospicy, tend to be overly genuine, a bit corny, over-opinionated at times

#nurse, #photographer, #linux nerd, #trans girl, #relationship anarchist, #vegan for the animals, #leftist, #union steward, #queer outdoor girlie, star stuff, bikes are cool, certified girl/boy/nb-kisser, #silly adventurer

i work in the OR as a nurse and i love my job

likes: #forests, #mountains, #oregon coast, #coffee, #adventures, #movies, #computers, #transit, #bikes, #Portland OR, scrub-role in surgery, science-stuff, n95s, #sewing, #privacy and #security in tech, #philosophy, #ceramics, #sailing, #music, pineapple on pizza, #leftism, workers-rights, #silliness, #headpats, and #praise

“chaotic af, kinda scatter brained, but smart if that makes sense”

“very direct and able to be vulnerable very easily (a good thing!) and the most ethically-minded and community-focused person ive met!”

“an iceberg. you’ve got a fun, flirty, smolder of a vibe when people meet you initially. then after getting to talk with you people see that you’ve got way more going on under the surface of the water”

i upload my photography as creative commons attribution license, i don't own a car, i have a #cat named Loki who i post about under the #catsofmastodon tag, i'm #divorced after a 14 year marriage (not the outcome i wanted, but here i am), and now happily in relationships as a relationship anarchist.

i live in #pdx and want to make it a better place by organizing and creating #unions and #community

i do #rock-climbing, #bjj, #running, #swimming, #sailing, currently recovering from injuries

i love #webdesign and created a #hugo theme which i use for my website (on github)

yes, imma #puppygirl and silly af

I use computers every day and, personally, I wish there were wayyyy fewer of them.

The issue with modern engineering, technology, and infrastructure is that we have taken all of our hardware problems and turned them into software problems. They are, as a rule, easier to deploy, but much harder to maintain and repair.

In a reasonable system it should not be possible, to hack a gas pump, or for there to be a need to update your refrigerator's firmware, or for an important component to be decommissioned overnight because a tiny startup on the other end of the world went belly up.

The value of physical hardware is that it can be directly inspected and manipulated in a way that software can't. It's harder for hardware to lie or cheat or hide anything whereas secrecy is a norm in software. The material of software is capable of misleading and confusing it's operators in a way physical objects struggle to do without a gimmick of some sort.

Hardware can be coerced to continue running indefinitely whereas old software needs the equivalent of a specially crafted, hermetically sealed life support system to outlive its usefulness for even a few years.

I'm reminded of when so much of the tools and infrastructure in our lives was stupid, direct, gravity fed, lever operated, simple machines that did one thing and did it well.

Now stuff breaks because a wildly abstracted system of captured photons that we tricked into doing math decided that just one out of those gajillions of uncountable particles was in the wrong place.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy software. It's never been easier to just make a tool to solve hyper specific problems. I guess the issue is that software-centric solutions have just bled into so many applications to the point that it is wildly inappropriate and just plain annoying.

Re: iNaturalist getting involved with Google genAI...feeding our comments into things...

Due to continued silence from iNaturalist about everything, October 31. That’s my deadline. That’s MORE THAN FAIR amount of time for them to:

1) Have a proper outline of the project and exactly what it will be.
2. Have a solid opt-in to the project, so no users are auto opted in without their consent
3. Have added account deletion options from an over-year-old feature request to add ways to delete including without removing ID’s for others along with anonymization. If data loss is really such a problem to them (which I think it should be) not having a way to do such a type of delete should be TOP PRIORITY especially with all this genAI bs going on...already it sounds like some power users have fully deleted their accounts over this, tired of waiting.

- Signed, someone with almost 25k ID’s for others, and almost 4k observations, including some firsts on the site (including new species to science) and other rare reports.

Please boost because I don't think most users know what is going on. All this info is mostly occurring on their separate forum, which you need to make a separate account to join. This is part of the issue of lack of transparency!

Good morning.

26 July 2025

Behind me sit two old computers, quietly waiting for me to decide their fate. Whenever I need a new machine, I just order the parts and build one myself. The trouble is, I never quite know what to do with the old ones. I can’t just toss them out—not without removing the hard drives and securely purging the data first. In the past, I’ve hauled them off to Goodwill.

There’s nothing technically wrong with them; the hardware’s just outdated. They can’t run some of the key software I rely on, let alone the latest version of Windows. Sure, I could install Linux—but I’ve never been a fan. One of them even has a new case fan perched on top, waiting patiently for me to install it. And there it is again: that familiar lazy bone.

“A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history—with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila.” — Mitch Ratcliffe

#Computers #Computing #Apple #Mac #AppleMac #Apple512K #Vintage #Tech #VintageApple #VintageTech #HardDrive #AppleMacintosh #Collectible #PC
Amazing! A computer without a hard drive. Whatever will they think of next…

(An Apple 512K, and I remember it well.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh-MT7vrraw

All those football games were always so dull. Until, finally…

( Source: @gamemagprintads )

Forty years ago today, the Commodore Amiga 1000 was released to the world. With its unprecedented graphics & sound capabilities, powerful 16-bit CPU and custom chipset, and UNIX-like multitasking OS, the Amiga was a truly revolutionary system for its time. And, many are still in use to this day, with the platform seeing new software and hardware development from month to month.

I presently have three, myself. :-)

Happy 40th, Amiga!