Crazy Eddie's Used Computers
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I like to do stuff with ancient electronic junk, mostly computers. Sometimes I post pictures of it!
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I've been trying to express exactly this discomfort with modern interface design and especially LLM design and this lady nailed it back in *1993*
("A Small Matter of Programming", Bonnie A. Nardi)
("A Small Matter of Programming", Bonnie A. Nardi)
November 13, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I've been trying to express exactly this discomfort with modern interface design and especially LLM design and this lady nailed it back in *1993*
("A Small Matter of Programming", Bonnie A. Nardi)
("A Small Matter of Programming", Bonnie A. Nardi)
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Hey guys - does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Haha happy Edmund Fitzgerald Day, you maniacs!
Haha happy Edmund Fitzgerald Day, you maniacs!
November 10, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Hey guys - does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Haha happy Edmund Fitzgerald Day, you maniacs!
Haha happy Edmund Fitzgerald Day, you maniacs!
This is my favorite Elvis album; no music, it's an album comprised entirely of random chatter from Elvis between sets.
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This is my favorite Elvis album; no music, it's an album comprised entirely of random chatter from Elvis between sets.
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I just learned about the astounding story of Steve Kaczorowski and now you all need to read this, it's amazing. members.tripod.com/~lysergia_2/...
LAMA WORKSHOP - Steve Kacz & Steve Drake
members.tripod.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I just learned about the astounding story of Steve Kaczorowski and now you all need to read this, it's amazing. members.tripod.com/~lysergia_2/...
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People will be mad at me for saying this, but I think we have to do it. Nothing is more important for the future of this country, and indeed humanity, than the app that makes you schizophrenic and helps you forget how to learn. The juice is worth the squeeze.
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 5:52 AM
People will be mad at me for saying this, but I think we have to do it. Nothing is more important for the future of this country, and indeed humanity, than the app that makes you schizophrenic and helps you forget how to learn. The juice is worth the squeeze.
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Now I've read there was a Christian mod
They wrote for Quake, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for gaming, do ya
They wrote for Quake, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for gaming, do ya
I've read there was a Christian mod for Quake 1 called Catechumen, but I didn't dare to lay my eyes on it...
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Now I've read there was a Christian mod
They wrote for Quake, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for gaming, do ya
They wrote for Quake, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for gaming, do ya
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the collective noun for a team of social media developers is a torment nexus
November 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
the collective noun for a team of social media developers is a torment nexus
This entire album is Frank wasting your time and his talent but also I still love “The Radio is Broken” so all is forgiven. Also "Cocaine Decisions" seems to fit the current era, perhaps with a different drug substituted in, time is a flat circle, etc.
November 2, 2025 at 6:20 AM
This entire album is Frank wasting your time and his talent but also I still love “The Radio is Broken” so all is forgiven. Also "Cocaine Decisions" seems to fit the current era, perhaps with a different drug substituted in, time is a flat circle, etc.
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Remember to be considerate tonight while trick-or-treating!
October 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Remember to be considerate tonight while trick-or-treating!
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lmao david byrne showed the video of the ice agents tripping over themselves while trying to run after a biker on wacker drive during the “life during wartime” segment of his chicago show tonight
October 30, 2025 at 3:41 AM
lmao david byrne showed the video of the ice agents tripping over themselves while trying to run after a biker on wacker drive during the “life during wartime” segment of his chicago show tonight
AI is going to be used to justify/excuse/abdicate responsibility for *so* many awful things, and that's at least part of the reason it's being pushed so hard right now...
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
AI is going to be used to justify/excuse/abdicate responsibility for *so* many awful things, and that's at least part of the reason it's being pushed so hard right now...
My uncle lent me this album (and a handful of other early Zappa titles) when I was 13 and it became one of my favorites. I was a total Zappa junkie through middle and high school and I'm still a big fan, though it can be difficult to reconcile some of his more problematic aspects.
October 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
My uncle lent me this album (and a handful of other early Zappa titles) when I was 13 and it became one of my favorites. I was a total Zappa junkie through middle and high school and I'm still a big fan, though it can be difficult to reconcile some of his more problematic aspects.
Behold, the worst lyrics I've found in my record collection thus far on my listening adventures through stuff I bought 20 years ago and completely forgot about. *Subtle*. These aren't even the worst lyrics in the song but I'll be damned if I'm going to trranscribe them.
October 28, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Behold, the worst lyrics I've found in my record collection thus far on my listening adventures through stuff I bought 20 years ago and completely forgot about. *Subtle*. These aren't even the worst lyrics in the song but I'll be damned if I'm going to trranscribe them.
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Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House
October 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House
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Beware of Amateur Hypnotism.
Cavalcade, August 1951
Cavalcade, August 1951
October 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Beware of Amateur Hypnotism.
Cavalcade, August 1951
Cavalcade, August 1951
I guess I'm just gonna keep posting into the ether about various items in my record collection. This is who I am now. This is what I do. So anyway I found this one, another from the "I can think of no other reason why I would have bought this other than the cover." It opens with a Hendrix cover...
October 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I guess I'm just gonna keep posting into the ether about various items in my record collection. This is who I am now. This is what I do. So anyway I found this one, another from the "I can think of no other reason why I would have bought this other than the cover." It opens with a Hendrix cover...
This sounds exactly how you'd expect it to sound. Nice honest packaging.
October 18, 2025 at 7:47 AM
This sounds exactly how you'd expect it to sound. Nice honest packaging.
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I'm so depressed. I'm bored. Life? Don’t talk to me about life!🤖
Aquatron VX-33
Aquatron VX-33
October 18, 2025 at 5:08 AM
I'm so depressed. I'm bored. Life? Don’t talk to me about life!🤖
Aquatron VX-33
Aquatron VX-33
Technology basically peaked right around when they figured out how to make auto-loading 9-track tape drives. Indistinguishable from magic.
October 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Technology basically peaked right around when they figured out how to make auto-loading 9-track tape drives. Indistinguishable from magic.
In a vain attempt to distract myself from reality, it is now time to BAKE SOME TAPES. Tomorrow: I shall make a vain attempt to recover data from them. Some of these came out of a house that suffered fire damage, some from a garage that suffered water damage. Either way: fun on a bun.
October 16, 2025 at 2:53 AM
In a vain attempt to distract myself from reality, it is now time to BAKE SOME TAPES. Tomorrow: I shall make a vain attempt to recover data from them. Some of these came out of a house that suffered fire damage, some from a garage that suffered water damage. Either way: fun on a bun.