Creideiki
@creideiki.bsky.social
Professionally amateur C programmer, enjoyer of classic computers, computer games, old cryptography. Fan of Star Trek, FNAF, and Bluey.
Occasionally but not always a beluga whale.
Occasionally but not always a beluga whale.
The builders being General Motors' Electro-Motive-Division (GM EMD, or just EMD for short).
Their E-unit and F-unit locos pretty much defined "the look" of diesel locos during the 40s and 50s (the F-units started the "bulldog nose" design that everyone copied).
They just look nice.
Their E-unit and F-unit locos pretty much defined "the look" of diesel locos during the 40s and 50s (the F-units started the "bulldog nose" design that everyone copied).
They just look nice.
October 9, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The builders being General Motors' Electro-Motive-Division (GM EMD, or just EMD for short).
Their E-unit and F-unit locos pretty much defined "the look" of diesel locos during the 40s and 50s (the F-units started the "bulldog nose" design that everyone copied).
They just look nice.
Their E-unit and F-unit locos pretty much defined "the look" of diesel locos during the 40s and 50s (the F-units started the "bulldog nose" design that everyone copied).
They just look nice.
Pardon for posting a meme, but:
September 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Pardon for posting a meme, but:
I'm, sorry I can't hear you over the sound of my "what do you mean it took a quarter century to shit it out… and then we used it for over a century" Excelsior-class.
August 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I'm, sorry I can't hear you over the sound of my "what do you mean it took a quarter century to shit it out… and then we used it for over a century" Excelsior-class.
Entirely random aside:
That typewriter is clearly inspired by the IBM Selectric II. Which basically took over the landscape of electric typewriters after it (the original Selectric) launched in the early 60s.
(Photo from Crypto Museum.)
That typewriter is clearly inspired by the IBM Selectric II. Which basically took over the landscape of electric typewriters after it (the original Selectric) launched in the early 60s.
(Photo from Crypto Museum.)
August 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Entirely random aside:
That typewriter is clearly inspired by the IBM Selectric II. Which basically took over the landscape of electric typewriters after it (the original Selectric) launched in the early 60s.
(Photo from Crypto Museum.)
That typewriter is clearly inspired by the IBM Selectric II. Which basically took over the landscape of electric typewriters after it (the original Selectric) launched in the early 60s.
(Photo from Crypto Museum.)
Just a pretty shot while playing KSP earlier.
August 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Just a pretty shot while playing KSP earlier.
Doesn't beat the fact the Claude LLM logo is an anus.
July 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Doesn't beat the fact the Claude LLM logo is an anus.
Just to back up your point here:
The attached are from the Jan. '70 version of the Digital Equipment Corporation internal telephone directory.
Notice most cost centres list two names, separated by a slash. As far as I can tell they are the manager/secretary for each.
Managers? Mostly men.
The attached are from the Jan. '70 version of the Digital Equipment Corporation internal telephone directory.
Notice most cost centres list two names, separated by a slash. As far as I can tell they are the manager/secretary for each.
Managers? Mostly men.
June 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Just to back up your point here:
The attached are from the Jan. '70 version of the Digital Equipment Corporation internal telephone directory.
Notice most cost centres list two names, separated by a slash. As far as I can tell they are the manager/secretary for each.
Managers? Mostly men.
The attached are from the Jan. '70 version of the Digital Equipment Corporation internal telephone directory.
Notice most cost centres list two names, separated by a slash. As far as I can tell they are the manager/secretary for each.
Managers? Mostly men.
Do not look for the smoking area.
Become the smoking area.
Become the smoking area.
May 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Do not look for the smoking area.
Become the smoking area.
Become the smoking area.
Calgary and Edmonton, yes. Both cities have much smaller and more densely packed ridings.
Consider the attached maps.
Notice how the tiny blob that's all of Calgary on the big map is split into eleven different ridings. (The blob that is Edmonton is split into nine ridings.)
Consider the attached maps.
Notice how the tiny blob that's all of Calgary on the big map is split into eleven different ridings. (The blob that is Edmonton is split into nine ridings.)
May 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Calgary and Edmonton, yes. Both cities have much smaller and more densely packed ridings.
Consider the attached maps.
Notice how the tiny blob that's all of Calgary on the big map is split into eleven different ridings. (The blob that is Edmonton is split into nine ridings.)
Consider the attached maps.
Notice how the tiny blob that's all of Calgary on the big map is split into eleven different ridings. (The blob that is Edmonton is split into nine ridings.)
Meanwhile, the company my workplace buys bearings from packages their stuff as such…
April 12, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Meanwhile, the company my workplace buys bearings from packages their stuff as such…
There's only one member of the extended Heeler family that we know that has seen military service: Chilli's father, Mort.
Note the medal hung up on the wall in the attached screenshot from "Duck Cake" — the shape is clearly a VC.
The last time an Australian was awarded a VC was in Vietnam in 1969.
Note the medal hung up on the wall in the attached screenshot from "Duck Cake" — the shape is clearly a VC.
The last time an Australian was awarded a VC was in Vietnam in 1969.
March 20, 2025 at 2:47 AM
There's only one member of the extended Heeler family that we know that has seen military service: Chilli's father, Mort.
Note the medal hung up on the wall in the attached screenshot from "Duck Cake" — the shape is clearly a VC.
The last time an Australian was awarded a VC was in Vietnam in 1969.
Note the medal hung up on the wall in the attached screenshot from "Duck Cake" — the shape is clearly a VC.
The last time an Australian was awarded a VC was in Vietnam in 1969.
Shamelessly stolen off Reddit but…
So all that “vibe coding” eh? How's that working for ya?
Oh. Oh my.
LMAO
So all that “vibe coding” eh? How's that working for ya?
Oh. Oh my.
LMAO
March 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Shamelessly stolen off Reddit but…
So all that “vibe coding” eh? How's that working for ya?
Oh. Oh my.
LMAO
So all that “vibe coding” eh? How's that working for ya?
Oh. Oh my.
LMAO
That face when…
You sink forty thousand tons (47,778 GRT to be exact) of shipping, and then sink an aircraft carrier too.
You sink forty thousand tons (47,778 GRT to be exact) of shipping, and then sink an aircraft carrier too.
March 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
That face when…
You sink forty thousand tons (47,778 GRT to be exact) of shipping, and then sink an aircraft carrier too.
You sink forty thousand tons (47,778 GRT to be exact) of shipping, and then sink an aircraft carrier too.
Consider this meme.
For no particular reason whatsoever.
For no particular reason whatsoever.
March 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Consider this meme.
For no particular reason whatsoever.
For no particular reason whatsoever.
…the Polaris programme in the 1950s.
And just as a little treat: here's a photo of an Ampex FR-900 instrumentation recorder (the device on the right-hand side of the photo), which is similar in function to the equipment that WDC used to make their Audio Animatronics function.
And just as a little treat: here's a photo of an Ampex FR-900 instrumentation recorder (the device on the right-hand side of the photo), which is similar in function to the equipment that WDC used to make their Audio Animatronics function.
February 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
…the Polaris programme in the 1950s.
And just as a little treat: here's a photo of an Ampex FR-900 instrumentation recorder (the device on the right-hand side of the photo), which is similar in function to the equipment that WDC used to make their Audio Animatronics function.
And just as a little treat: here's a photo of an Ampex FR-900 instrumentation recorder (the device on the right-hand side of the photo), which is similar in function to the equipment that WDC used to make their Audio Animatronics function.
These motherfuckers.
February 22, 2025 at 4:10 AM
These motherfuckers.
That chart doesn't include it, but the UGM-73 “Poseidon” (Poseidon C3), and it's successors (the shown UGM-96 “Trident I” (Trident C4), and UGM-133 “Trident II” (Trident D5)) traces their lineage back to the UGM-27 “Polaris” (Polaris A3) SLBM.
Want to know what else is linked to the Polaris SLBM?
Want to know what else is linked to the Polaris SLBM?
February 22, 2025 at 4:07 AM
That chart doesn't include it, but the UGM-73 “Poseidon” (Poseidon C3), and it's successors (the shown UGM-96 “Trident I” (Trident C4), and UGM-133 “Trident II” (Trident D5)) traces their lineage back to the UGM-27 “Polaris” (Polaris A3) SLBM.
Want to know what else is linked to the Polaris SLBM?
Want to know what else is linked to the Polaris SLBM?
Sir, that's 70s *home* tech, this is what 1970s *professional* tech looked like:
February 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Sir, that's 70s *home* tech, this is what 1970s *professional* tech looked like:
I am the eye in the sky,
Looking at you;
I can read your mind.
I am the maker of rules,
Dealing with fools,
I can cheat you blind.
And I don't need to see any more to know that,
I can read your mind.
Looking at you;
I can read your mind.
I am the maker of rules,
Dealing with fools,
I can cheat you blind.
And I don't need to see any more to know that,
I can read your mind.
February 8, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I am the eye in the sky,
Looking at you;
I can read your mind.
I am the maker of rules,
Dealing with fools,
I can cheat you blind.
And I don't need to see any more to know that,
I can read your mind.
Looking at you;
I can read your mind.
I am the maker of rules,
Dealing with fools,
I can cheat you blind.
And I don't need to see any more to know that,
I can read your mind.
Definitely not the Alan Parsons Project.
February 8, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Definitely not the Alan Parsons Project.
ＥＮＧＬＡＮＤ ＥＸＰＥＣＴＳ ＴＨＡＴ ＥＶＥＲＹ ＭＡＮ ＷＩＬＬ ＤＯ ＨＩＳ ＤＵＴＹ
I built in — KSP 1.12.5, obviously — Mercury–Blue Streak.
The space capsule so small you don't ride it, you wear it, on top of the rocket the UK designed and built (and then abandoned — because the're the only country to abandon launch capability).
I built in — KSP 1.12.5, obviously — Mercury–Blue Streak.
The space capsule so small you don't ride it, you wear it, on top of the rocket the UK designed and built (and then abandoned — because the're the only country to abandon launch capability).
February 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
ＥＮＧＬＡＮＤ ＥＸＰＥＣＴＳ ＴＨＡＴ ＥＶＥＲＹ ＭＡＮ ＷＩＬＬ ＤＯ ＨＩＳ ＤＵＴＹ
I built in — KSP 1.12.5, obviously — Mercury–Blue Streak.
The space capsule so small you don't ride it, you wear it, on top of the rocket the UK designed and built (and then abandoned — because the're the only country to abandon launch capability).
I built in — KSP 1.12.5, obviously — Mercury–Blue Streak.
The space capsule so small you don't ride it, you wear it, on top of the rocket the UK designed and built (and then abandoned — because the're the only country to abandon launch capability).
And behold, my (submarine's) final form (at least until the devs come out with a Type IX and/or Type XXI DLC)! The Type VIIC/41!
And I *really* hope all of you can figure out what the emblem is a reference to.
U-1015
And I *really* hope all of you can figure out what the emblem is a reference to.
U-1015
February 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
And behold, my (submarine's) final form (at least until the devs come out with a Type IX and/or Type XXI DLC)! The Type VIIC/41!
And I *really* hope all of you can figure out what the emblem is a reference to.
U-1015
And I *really* hope all of you can figure out what the emblem is a reference to.
U-1015
Some further glamour shots of my current boat. I managed to unlock the snorkel (finally, no more time limit under the water!) and I got a better conning tower (Turm 1 design instead of the original Turm 0).
Also, I derped on the name, it's actually U-722 apparently; still a Type VIIC.
Also, I derped on the name, it's actually U-722 apparently; still a Type VIIC.
February 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Some further glamour shots of my current boat. I managed to unlock the snorkel (finally, no more time limit under the water!) and I got a better conning tower (Turm 1 design instead of the original Turm 0).
Also, I derped on the name, it's actually U-722 apparently; still a Type VIIC.
Also, I derped on the name, it's actually U-722 apparently; still a Type VIIC.