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28DavesLater @28daveslater.bsky.social · 5d

I wrote a short story a few years back with gamification of drone warfare as its central theme. Kicking myself I never submitted it to anywhere now.

28DavesLater @28daveslater.bsky.social · 7d

You can absolutley do it, sign up and set yourself the goal.

3 years ago I couldnt manage more than abour 200m at a time. Now my regular morning runs are about 10-12kms and I've run a couple of half marathons in the last 12 months.

I'm almost at the point where I might start enjoying it 😉

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28DavesLater @28daveslater.bsky.social · 11d

Just stsrted trying my hand at SMD electronics and this may be the worst / best contraption I've ever cobbled together.

Chopsticks with wires, holding a SMD capacitor, and attached to a component tester.

A microscope closeup of metal pins on chopstick ends holding a SMD capacitor

The screen from a component tester showing a capacitor detected with 100.7nF

28DavesLater @28daveslater.bsky.social · 15d

a man in a helmet says " i 'm doing my part " in front of a row of soldiers

Alt: a Starship Trooper says " I'm doing my part " in front of a row of soldiers

media.tenor.com

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28DavesLater @28daveslater.bsky.social · 19d

The problem as I see it is that the "economics" of AI dont stack up against its supposed outcome. The "end of work" isn't compatible with a scarcity economy. If nobody has jobs then who pays for the AI? The house of cards predicated on stock price alone can't survive the collision with reality.

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28DavesLater @28daveslater.bsky.social · 24d

There is also the much lesser known DesTestMaxSL (swiftlink) version, which gives you info via terminal output for a machine with seemingly no usable video. I got it working at one point via the ulitmatte ii+ swiftlink emulation.

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28DavesLater @28daveslater.bsky.social · Sep 27

Who's mathing this math? It just doesn't math up!

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28DavesLater @28daveslater.bsky.social · Sep 27

I guess if the long view worries of the tech and $ bros, is more about how comfortable your doomsday bunker is, then HOW the downfall of humanity occurs is trivial.

In the meantime, gotta grift those sweet doomsday bunker $

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28DavesLater @28daveslater.bsky.social · Sep 27

Yeah, I'm not seeing it either, but apparantly, I'm the crazy one.

I can't see how even a best case "A.I. revolution" pans out under late stage capitalism without eating it's own tail. If it displaces mass employment, then who's paying for it? Only works in a post scarcity economy IMO, ala Trek.

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28DavesLater @28daveslater.bsky.social · Sep 20

Decided to cancel my Disney subscription.

A Cancel Subscription form for Disney+ stating "Maybe Bob Iger should watch some of his own shows where the protagonists stand up and fight against fascism instead of folding like a lawn chair"

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28DavesLater @28daveslater.bsky.social · Sep 12

lovely

28DavesLater @28daveslater.bsky.social · Sep 5

can't wait to take this for a spin

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28DavesLater @28daveslater.bsky.social · Aug 29

Well this sure was fiddly to bodge such a tiny wire, but seems to have worked out. First time I've tried a usb port replacement.

A PCB with a missing USB port. Some pads are missing or damaged

A PCB with a usb port repair with a thin wire routed from a pin on the usb port to a resistor

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28DavesLater @28daveslater.bsky.social · Aug 27

You're welcome. Keep an eye out for a bit character called Black Elvis - a guy I know from some shared local groups and being on occasional productions together.

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28DavesLater @28daveslater.bsky.social · Aug 27

I think Firebite (AMC+ tv series) just scrapes in. Australian horror / vampire show by Indigenous director Warwick Thornton (check out his other films and docos too). Family issues in the show but wouldn't call it a family drama.

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28DavesLater @28daveslater.bsky.social · Aug 23

A Band Called Death

www.imdb.com/title/tt2064...

A Band Called Death (2012) ⭐ 7.5 | Documentary, Biography, Music

1h 36m | Not Rated

www.imdb.com

28DavesLater @28daveslater.bsky.social · Aug 19

Well I did just extract 1L of lemon juice from a half tub of lemons from my yard - froze most of it, but then decided to make a small test batch of lemon syrup, which is currently flavouring the gin and soda I'm drinking. It is however 8pm where I am so...

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28DavesLater @28daveslater.bsky.social · Aug 19

I was really expecting that to be some sort of Barrel Aged Imperial Stout 😆

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28DavesLater @28daveslater.bsky.social · Aug 15

Yay! @factorofmatt.bsky.social has now released DesTestMax Switch.

factorofmatt.com/destest-max-...

Factor of Matt

factorofmatt.com

28DavesLater @28daveslater.bsky.social · Aug 12

yikes

28DavesLater @28daveslater.bsky.social · Aug 11

Heck yeah!

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28DavesLater @28daveslater.bsky.social · Aug 9

Rocking this tune out at the moment -

open.spotify.com/track/18ZSlY...

Don’t Happy, Be Worry

Hilltop Hoods · Fall From The Light · Song · 2025

open.spotify.com

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28DavesLater @28daveslater.bsky.social · Aug 8

Quite a collection :) I've got a DS lite to refurb next week too. I could have probably kept its shell(ok condition but not brilliant) but it needs new digitiser and the screens have artefacts so I decided to do a full refresh on it anyway and ordered a new shell as well.

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28DavesLater @28daveslater.bsky.social · Aug 8

Re-shelled my first DS. This one was revived from a decapitation - likely caused by how brittle its plastic had become. Screens were fine, as was the digitiser in the end. The battery seems to recharge, and games are playing well. I kept the original back and buttons, ship of Theseus style.

A white Nintendo DS with black buttons on a blue silicon workbench pad.

A closed, white Nintendo DS on a blue silicon workbench pad.

The black underside of a Nintend DS on a blue silicon workbench pad.

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28DavesLater @28daveslater.bsky.social · Aug 8

Oh, hey. It got worse. Pulling it apart to rehome the motherboard and screens revealed it was even more brittle than I was already complaining about. It's roughly the strength of thin tempered chocolate.

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