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Caught in the space between the concept and the execution. Interested in Linux, old tech, digital privacy, retro gaming, jazz, robots, domain names, indie web […]

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/115588749125380562

Doubters' tax :poopCool:

#analogue3d #n64
mastodon.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy
AN/FPS-24 Radar Tower, Mt. Umunhum, Los Gatos, CA, 2024.

All the pixels, but no incoming enemy attack, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/53796724938/

#photography
A large monolith-like building, with vents but no windows, atop the summit of a mountain.
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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ghostintheshell.roddie.social
Ghost in the Shell (1995) #ghostintheshell #sacontext1995
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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jsit.social.coop.ap.brid.gy
I would hate computers if I didn't love them so much
November 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy
I really want a single global setting on my phone for “never autoplay anything ever, no matter what the app settings might have been set to, god damn it”
November 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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beeps.gay
"LLMs can occasionally provide wrong information, but we've instructed ours not to do that" is my absolute favourite example of companies not understanding how LLMs work.
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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stfn.fedi.stfn.pl.ap.brid.gy
Today is the first time my solar website (https://solar.stfn.pl/) turned off because of not enough power. The system went down around two hours before dawn. I guess I'll need to look for bigger batteries.
Hi!
solar.stfn.pl
November 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
roddie.social
Oh, this is some sneaky shit - #chromecast doesn't take DNS servers from DHCP. I thought from this post that you had to enable dev mode and use ADB but you can set a static address instead

https://www.reddit.com/r/Chromecast/comments/mrygvn/tutorial_how_to_enable_private_dns_in_chromecast/ […]
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roddie.social
November 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
roddie.social
Watching the 1991 film Nothing But Trouble and Chevy Chase is driving an amazing E23 BMW 733i. Loving all the nerdy chat about it on IMCDb

https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_26369-BMW-733i-E23-1983.html

#film #filmmastodon #noirvember
BMW 733i in "Nothing But Trouble"
www.imcdb.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
roddie.social
Ordered the new #pynchon novel from an American seller on eBay because I don't like the artwork on the UK edition, and instead a performance carbuteror for a moped turned up! Seems like it was meant to go to Puerto Rico
Photo of a performance carbuteror for a moped sitting on a white desk
November 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
roddie.social
Finally completed a Metroid game (and I heard this is one of the longest and most difficult)

#gba #metroid #zeromission
Endscreen from the GBA game Metroid Zero: Mission showing a clear time of 5:07:17 an item collection rate of 63%
October 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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nikitonsky.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy
About syntax highlighting https://tonsky.me/blog/syntax-highlighting/
I am sorry, but everyone is getting syntax highlighting wrong
Applying human ergonomics and design principles to syntax highlighting
tonsky.me
October 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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ghostintheshell.roddie.social
Ghost in the Shell (1995) #ghostintheshell #sacontext1995
October 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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nikitonsky.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy
I’m so over rounded corners
Telegram message saying: God, everything is so rounded...I feel like im in a daycare
October 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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mothcompute.vixen.zone.ap.brid.gy
write twice run once
September 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy
United Nations General Assembly Building, NYC, 2021.

All the pixels, but still no world peace, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/51381729335

#photography
A glass curtain mid-century modernist office building, with a plaza and fountain in front.
September 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy
BBC Breakfast this morning had a long segment about the 30th anniversary of Windows 95. So what vintage computer did they put in the studio as a handy prop?

#windows95
Some Windows 95 and MSDOS software boxes around a Macintosh SE computer
August 29, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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twink.men
Billboard on a street showing systemd's [ OK ] 5 times.
July 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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nikitonsky.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy
It’s time to update captcha
Traditional recaptcha window with text: Select how many letters B are in the word Blueberry. Click verify once there are none left. Options are: 1 to 9.
August 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
roddie.social
Anyone got a spare £1.1M I can borrow?

https://themodernhouse.com/sales-list/farnley-hey-ii

#architecture #modernism #modernistarchitecture #peterwomersley
August 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy
This man is a bona fide hero is what.

"He’s Saving 20,000 Tapes of Underground Music and Making it Free to All"

https://www.kqed.org/arts/13979518/sacramento-music-archive-shayne-stacy-punk-metal-cassettes-vhs-demos-concerts

#music
#musicarchives
August 9, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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ghostintheshell.roddie.social
Stand Alone Complex s01e05 The Inviting Bird will Chant - DECOY #ghostintheshell #standalonecontext
August 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
roddie.social
Found an oddity with the UK Blu-ray for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford: it advertises a making-of feature which can't be selected from the menus. It exists as a 32-minute title on the disc but the audio is missing

#film #filmmastodon #bd #bluray
A scan of the rear cover showing the text "Special Feature: Making-of Documentary The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw" Screenshot from MakeMKV showing the titles included on the disc JESSE_JAMES_B5 showing a title of 1.1GB, length of 0:31:48 with VC-1 video but no audio track
August 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
roddie.social
Hayley Williams of Paramore announces new solo album in the best way possible: with a website that looks and works like the Windows 95 Desktop. Use code 21G_y+dQQE(9v#Os to get in

#hayleywilliams #paramore #windows95 #webdesign
Screenshot from the website showing a window in the style of Windows 95 with a pixelated HW logo and the text "Submit the exclusive Good Dye Young 16-digit access code that was sent to your inbox. Haven’t seen your code? Check your inbox for an email from Good Dye Young. If you don’t have an email with a code, maybe ask a friend for theirs." There's a field to enter the code and a button to submit it Screenshot from the website looking like a Windows 95 Desktop with an orange background and the HW logo. There's a small music player open, audio files scattered over the Desktop a folder called "Misc"
July 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM