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CursedSilicon.social.restless.systems.ap.brid.gy
Weird raccoon. Computer antiquarian, runs a small youtube channel that desperately needs more videos [bridged from https://social.restless.systems/@CursedSilicon on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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I saw this on an ArsTechnica article and all I could think was "damn that'd be a mood draw-over art idea"

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I woke up to the Nintendo "discourse" this morning And felt compelled to make this

Apparently my employer is trying to quietly fire me without any warning or even telling me they had issues with my "performance" (read: how dare you take sick days) I don't have a Kofi or anything. Can I just throw this out for folks who like what I do? The only tier is $1 but every bit is […]

Apparently my employer is trying to quietly fire me without any warning or even telling me they had issues with my "performance" (read: how dare you take sick days) I don't have a Kofi or anything. Can I just throw this out for folks who like what I do? The only tier is $1 but every bit is […]

MMEEEEEEEEE

MMEEEEEEEEE

"Shaun why are you up at 1:30 in the morning don't you have work?" 1v1 me in the wilderness slut

I'm so sick of the slop machine

"Shaun why are you up at 1:30 in the morning don't you have work?" 1v1 me in the wilderness slut

I'm surprised there's no prior art of folks trying to get Mac OS 9 running on an Xserve G4. Even the original 1Ghz single core ones Reading online it seems quite similar to the original Powermac G4 (Rev A) just with "extra bits" glued on Are the Xserves just that rare, or are folks who collect […]

In the 15+ years people have been promoting blockchains, this flowchart remains undefeated.

[violence]

[violence]

Okay fine I'll add Runescape 2 as well

The first (of hopefully many!) game servers for CGHMN Gotta give it up for the one, the only RuneScape Classic

By default these cflags set -march=pentiumpro and -ffast-math Even I don't live that dangerously

Mmmm, GCC for Windows

Ah yes *squints* an old Mac Mini attached to a tiny CRT Impossible!

I know it's not "my" project and I've no right to demand anything of the developers, etc But seeing closed source hobbyist projects just saddens me What happens if you get bored or burned out, or worse? All that knowledge and skill you accumulated just vanishes into thin air for the rest of us

I know I'm literally years years too late to this party but *ugh* Proxmox makes building network services so fucking easy. Especially compared to juggling Virtualbox VM's

I got absolutely shredded over taking over 6 months on that dial-up network project by someone who literally does telco stuff for their day job. Because quote "It befuddles me how this project isn't already in production or retired" Putting aside the fact I'm starting from *zero telecom […]

This is where I post from btw

This is where I post from btw

Today in "I got sent this so now you all have to suffer with me"

Hey, I know that guy! And that website! #ICF #ICF2025

"Sir are you aware that you're a computer?" #ICF #ICF2025

"Sir are you aware that you're a computer?" #ICF #ICF2025

Hey, I know that guy! And that website! #ICF #ICF2025

"Hey are you working currently?" "Yes" "Okay why does your resume end at last year though?" "Because I haven't updated it" "How come your LinkedIn isn't updated then?" "Because I don't want clowns like you shotgun blasting me with entry-level shit because I'm stuck at a PC repair shop due […]

Who up smoke testing they Sun Ultra 450? #ICF #ICF2025 #retrocomputing

#ICF #ICF2025 #retrocomputing

The Sims kept glitching my sound card Except it was a bop #ICF #ICF2025 #retrocomputing

The Sims kept glitching my sound card Except it was a bop #ICF #ICF2025 #retrocomputing

Setup day at #ICF #ICF2025 #retrocomputing

Setup day at #ICF #ICF2025 #retrocomputing

Btw if you want to come yell at me (and other #ICF2025 attendees) this weekend Point your IRC client at irc.cursedsilicon.net

Don't worry Apple friends. I got you too <3 #icf #ICF2025 #retrocomputing

Soon #ICF2025 #icf #retrocomputing

Okay actually maybe the internet just sucks here rn

Btw if you want to come yell at me (and other #ICF2025 attendees) this weekend Point your IRC client at irc.cursedsilicon.net

This was a MISTAAAAKE