![The rear and front covers of a book titled "Mages & Modems: A Childhood Well-Wasted in the Golden Age of Personal Computers, Games & Internet Piracy".
The top of the book is a collage of various 1980s and 1990s computer parts and games, like a telephone handset, tandy trs-80 game, floppy disks and macintosh mouse. Underneath it all is a pile of video game maps and diagrams from Ultima and Wing Commander.
The front cover reads "Endure more than 80 cringeworthy tales of the 1980s and 1990s."
The rear cover of the book shows a typewritten letter:
Dear Detective #0294,
As discussed, I have enclosed a hardcopy of VGA256's journals discussed at the departmental briefing. The journal entries are chronological, and document the suspect's computing and gaming activities from the early 1980s to late 1990s - his childhood and adolescent years.
Each vignette is an introspection into the suspect's self-described obsessions, including but not limited to:
* IBM PC, Amiga, Apple ][, Macintosh, Tandy
* MS-DOS, MacOS, Windows 3.1 & 95, UNIX
* NES, GameBoy, Sega Genesis, TI-85
* Modems, BBSes, CompuServe, Prodigy, ISPs * Warez, FTP, Usenet, IRC, Shell Accounts
* Origin Systems, LucasArts, Sierra On-Line
... and so on. The stories are a treasure trove of immoral and illicit activities that made him the dysfunctional adult he is now. I hope these will be of value in building your dossier on this delinquent. I expect a report on my desk by Friday.
Deputy Chief Conover
Brat & Punk Division](https://social.trom.tf/photo/preview/640/37753464 "The rear and front covers of a book titled \"Mages & Modems: A Childhood Well-Wasted in the Golden Age of Personal Computers, Games & Internet Piracy\".
The top of the book is a collage of various 1980s and 1990s computer parts and games, like a telephone handset, tandy trs-80 game, floppy disks and macintosh mouse. Underneath it all is a pile of video game maps and diagrams from Ultima and Wing Commander.
The front cover reads \"Endure more than 80 cringeworthy tales of the 1980s and 1990s.\"
The rear cover of the book shows a typewritten letter:
Dear Detective #0294,
As discussed, I have enclosed a hardcopy of VGA256's journals discussed at the departmental briefing. The journal entries are chronological, and document the suspect's computing and gaming activities from the early 1980s to late 1990s - his childhood and adolescent years.
Each vignette is an introspection into the suspect's self-described obsessions, including but not limited to:
* IBM PC, Amiga, Apple ][, Macintosh, Tandy
* MS-DOS, MacOS, Windows 3.1 & 95, UNIX
* NES, GameBoy, Sega Genesis, TI-85
* Modems, BBSes, CompuServe, Prodigy, ISPs * Warez, FTP, Usenet, IRC, Shell Accounts
* Origin Systems, LucasArts, Sierra On-Line
... and so on. The stories are a treasure trove of immoral and illicit activities that made him the dysfunctional adult he is now. I hope these will be of value in building your dossier on this delinquent. I expect a report on my desk by Friday.
Deputy Chief Conover
Brat & Punk Division")
Kansas zoos fight back against viral, misleading AI animal videos
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Zoos and animal conservation groups are voicing concerns over the increase of videos created with AI that show animals exhibitingBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Edit2: thanks, everybody! The votes have been tallied and "cat" holds the super majority. I'll report back if I get more info.
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I need an opinion, and I just *knew* Mastodon was the place to come. 😉
But really, #wildlife nerds: someone smol spent the night in the garage, and we'd like to know who.
ETA: The garage was closed, there is a gap between the door and the uneven floor but it's not large. It's "slide a key through for safe-keeping but you'd have real trouble with a wallet" size.
For scale, the side-to-side tracks are squirrel.
Santorini Vineyards Face Extinction Threat As Climate Change And Tourism Growth Reshape The Island
Santorini’s iconic vineyards are facing an existential threat, as the combined forces of climate change and rapid tourism growth drastically reshape theBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
UN rapporteur says 'Israel', allies must pay for Gaza reconstruction | Al Mayadeen English
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"Francesca Albanese calls for legal and financial responsibility over Gaza’s devastation, citing the role of Western military and political support in the destruction."
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Tio i elva på fredagskvällen fick polisen larm om skottlossning i Oxie. Kort därefter hittades en skjuten man i en bil på Kastanjegatan i Hindby. Mannen i 20-årsåldern fördes med ambulans till sjukhus men avled senare. Men det stod snart klart att det inte var platsens för skjutningen.Den kunde dock ganska snart lokaliseras till Panelgatan i Oxie.
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Towards a Political Economy of Asia
Is Asia possible? This provocation comes from a recent intervention by Tricontinental Asia, the latest in a series of conjunctural analyses on the AsianBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Help with saving bulb - All For Gardening
Hello, please advise if I should try rooting this in perlite or bury it in soil?Gardener (All For Gardening)
The image is a four-panel grid featuring characters with anime-style artwork. Each panel showcases one or two characters with detailed hair and clothing.
The top left panel displays a character with long, dark hair and a red ribbon, wearing a school uniform and looking directly at the viewer. The top right panel shows two characters embracing; one with reddish-brown hair and one with shorter, dark hair. The bottom left panel depicts the same two characters from the top right panel, but with the addition of a character with long, dark hair standing beside them and looking towards the embracing pair. The final panel mirrors the bottom left, again featuring the same two embracing characters alongside the character with long, dark hair observing them.
The text "yuri" appears in white letters on the top left and top right panels, while "yuri looking at yuri" is written on the bottom left and bottom right panels. All characters appear to be in a school uniform.
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I remember laser printers being cheaper before Compaq-HP bought Samsung's printer division.
Around 1998, at Fry's Electronics I bought an HP LaserJet 4MP for $800 (and later upgraded the RAM for +$400). It was a workhorse that I used even for production printing.
Years later, 2 Samsung models got on my radar at $400 each: one printed black and could print 2-sided, another was 1-sided color. I bought one of each when their prices dropped to $140.
Around 2011 I bought a nominally portable Samsung laser printer (black, 1-sided) for $50, but got fewer than 800 pages through that one.
In 2019, I recommend a small office purchase components for a Fuji-Xerox VersaLink printer stack from B&H Photo for $3000 and have me assemble it on site. (Instead they chose a much worse option.)
The inexpensive laser printers didn't last, and now I'm starting to look again, possibly for a mid-range multi-function printer.
I don't think I'll ever buy anything again with the HP name on it, as I think Compaq has effectively turned it into a zombie brand, sucking all the perceived value out of it while slapping the name on pure junk.
Some Fuji-Xerox models seem tempting (especially with B&H's prices), though some online reviews seem mixed.
Any suggestions?
My Easy AI Overviews Workaround to Get the Old Google Search Back
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/my-easy-ai-overviews-workaround-to-get-the-old-google-search-back/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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My Easy AI Overviews Workaround to Get the Old Google Search Back
The AI takeover is here. If you want to revert to the classic Google search, follow these steps.Nelson Aguilar (CNET)
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in reply to Lamiale • • •Lamiale
in reply to Erik Uden 🍑 • • •I've always had a fear that I would remind myself of the terrible things that happened if I read through a bad day's log; but that should go the same for happy things, if I have to think like that. We'll see how it goes.