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Spike Grobstein
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Just a run of the mill bastard. Nothing to see here. He/him.

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You were already twice as good as sonic. Now you're more than 4x better. Wtf.
December 5, 2025 at 5:59 AM
My favorite part about that book is how straight forward and simple everything is. The book is so short, too.
December 5, 2025 at 4:32 AM
And how to format a floppy.

I did all the exercises in the book in 3 weeks. We didn't even get 1/3 through the book by the end of the year.
November 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
All of the old computer classes were replaced by typing classes, which were pretty terrible. I could already type so it was especially pointless. My senior year, the offered an intro to c++ class, but we spent 1/4 of the year learning about the difference between input and output devices
November 30, 2025 at 2:09 AM
When I got to hs, they were in the process of converting the vocational building into a "technology building". I was able to take a drafting class, but no metal shop, no car shop. By 10th grade they finished and I was able to take a video editing class, which was cool. But I really wanted to metal.
November 30, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I feel like I was just the wrong age. As I grew up and went through school, those programs were slowly eliminated. In 6th grade I had wood shop and a programming class where we learned basic. 7th, an electronics class learning to solder. 8th, they zapped those classes and replaced with typing.
November 30, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Im a big fan of drone-ci. Its what I run at home and have connected to a couple of forges. But I don't have k8s running. Just raw docker.
November 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
My dad used to overpay his phone bill by like 5¢ so they'd have to mail him a check refund and spend extra money because he hated the phone company.

It's a shame we can't do stuff like that anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I'm pretty technical and I'm *struggling* to understand the nuance with these cables. I can't imagine how it is for less technical folks.
November 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
13. But I actually use like 7 of them. 😅
November 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
USB-c is one of the most confusing ports ever. Oh this cable can't do video. This other cable can't do thunderbolt. This other cable can't deal with higher power levels. And some of the cables just aren't labeled.

I remember when different cables had different shapes for different purposes.
November 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
That's incredible!! I love it!
November 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
You should see the rest of my room. It's all Pearl Jam and cobain and Superman dies posters. 😅
October 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
They are on both sides. You can even connect the mouse to the left side of the keypad part.

I had this keyboard in high school and it was awesome. See attached.
October 23, 2025 at 12:37 AM
They weren't even portable. They were luggable.
October 22, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Hey! I'm in that picture!
October 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
my first iSync-enabled device was a sony ericsson (bar-style phone) that had mini-usb and was kinda the beginning of the end of me remembering anyone's phone number. but I don't recall ever needing a dongle. I think they were mostly standard USB devices.

but then again, I was a power-user-tech-nerd
October 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
So there's like 100k police in Chicago?
October 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I heard that they do wain to in stay mother, who kill their babby because these babby cant figth back.

(It was on the news this mroing)
October 4, 2025 at 4:34 AM
It's definitely an erotically twisted penis.
October 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM