SpecialistK

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by SpecialistK 14d ago
I do always find that alternative OSes on PPC Macs are an exercise in going "It worked! Neat." and then going back to the Mac OS. 2026 software on 1999 hardware is always something I appreciate, but it's the Mac's unique
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by SpecialistK 16d ago
I'm pretty sure the point of the graphic was literally "look, people said the same thing a generation ago about the generation before!" In fact, the sentences around the graphic reinforce this reading: > in the 80s, people
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by SpecialistK 16d ago
Cool! I watch Action Retro sometimes, but prefer the more relaxed style of TDNC.
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by SpecialistK 17d ago
What I'd love to see (but likely lack the skill to, even with Claude Opus) is PowerPC. Haiku would look great on an iMac G4.
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by SpecialistK 20d ago
Even Japanese attitudes towards IP are not that clear cut. One of the reasons the MiniDisc format was so popular in Japan vs the rest of the world was that physical media in Japan is expensive, so there are stores which rent out CDs. Those
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by SpecialistK 22d ago
They were very helpful when one of the AMD firmware patches in 7.3 caused my VPS to not boot. They even offered to apply a manual fix until patch -015 was available which fixed it.
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by SpecialistK 23d ago
I've said it before and I've said it again - I think it's best for everyone if mainstream Linux and FreeBSD chase the best performance and latest features, while NetBSD aims (and specializes) at providing a stable, modern, re
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by SpecialistK 23d ago
No, it's mostly severe drug addiction and mental illness.
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by SpecialistK 23d ago
People have no choice but to smear feces on the wall and leave needles on the floor of public restrooms, or urinate inside a moving bus because housing is too expensive? Housing and wealth inequality is an undeniable issue. So is anti-socia
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by SpecialistK 26d ago
I'm also sick of reading AI-written posts. But I'm also also sick of seeing this same blog post reiterated every other day with slightly different wording. AI slop articles and replies are bad; everyone who isn't a SEO grifte
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by SpecialistK 26d ago
It's like OPNsense, with added sleaziness!
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by SpecialistK 26d ago
You can do a lot of the same things with a jailbroken Kindle and KindleForge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4ZliC82RtA
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by SpecialistK 28d ago
The stock Saturn needed a VCD expansion card to play them, but some of the Japanese-only models like the Hitachi HiSaturn had it built in.
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by SpecialistK 1mo ago
I'm not sure if that's the whole story, because I speak from a Canadian perspective where telecom ownership is quite protectionist. And these spoofed numbers are almost always local. I guess bad-faith US telcos could allow spoofin
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by SpecialistK 1mo ago
Ah, my mistake. I don't think telemarketer cold calls are popular where I am: when I do receive one claiming to be a phone company with a new phone offer, I expect it to be a scam rather than a "good-faith" attempt to win leg
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by SpecialistK 1mo ago
Are calls originating in France a major source of these unsolicited calls? According to the article, a lot of the calls are coming from Morocco, outside of their jurisdiction. I'm in North America and most of the calls I get are using
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by SpecialistK 1mo ago
There's an old adage, but without being in the Nix scene I don't know how applicable it is: "If everywhere you go smells like dog poo, look at your own shoes."
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by SpecialistK 2mo ago
Or at least make it clear from the get-go that it's US-only.
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by SpecialistK 2mo ago
At least two hospitals in the Greater Vancouver area have had weekend ER closures this year. Kelowna is having their own issues, mostly maternity.
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by SpecialistK 2mo ago
I was investigating this further and found Tangara ( https://cooltech.zone/tangara/ ) You may need to build it yourself, but it looks like everything a HN-using MP3-buyer would want.
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by SpecialistK 2mo ago
All 100% true. Just watch out for dead batteries (especially rechargables, because there are no Low Self Discharge Ni-MH gumsticks)
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by SpecialistK 2mo ago
It could have beaten the Zip Disk and helped MD be adopted as a music format ("oh I have a few of these already, might as well get [a Walkman / PC drive]")
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by SpecialistK 2mo ago
I think you're asserting away a lot of the meat of your argument. "Android is not very good" is completely subjective. It does provide access to streaming services and lots of media player options. The iPod was definitely kno
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by SpecialistK 2mo ago
I was looking at the Pico first when writing that, but you would need a SD card header. Small issue - I use one for my Dreamcast controller Maple>USB bus.
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by SpecialistK 2mo ago
The MiniDisc Wiki at minidisc.wiki [didn't mention it before because self-promo]
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by SpecialistK 2mo ago
Absolutely, and that's something I've tried to highlight in the FAQs on the site - limitation breeds creativity. It makes you appreciate the media just a little bit more. One of the best places to have MD is in a car. You can quic
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by SpecialistK 2mo ago
I just thought that maybe this is something for a personal Pi 0 project. DAC + microSD card + off the shelf display + 3D printed case + battery.
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by SpecialistK 2mo ago
You almost had me there for a second, but I picked up on it before the downvoters did. I think it's an unfortunate reality whenever you have a network which is popularized by a boycott of other services' actions or values. Those w
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by SpecialistK 2mo ago
It really highlights why I have avoided Mastodon entirely.
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by SpecialistK 2mo ago
I don't use it daily, but I enjoyed rediscovering and using my MiniDisc stuff that I was inspired to build a pretty popular website around it :)

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