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Went to see the #discobiscuits on #piday last night and they brought back this awesome jam with a chord progression based on the first 6 digits of pi! https://youtu.be/VuFGtcr4ksU?si=h_YHrO64qwEg4qDr

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It’s tough out there! #programmersarehumantoo #programmersarealsohuman https://youtu.be/4R4uTrA1vQ8?si=HFN25ciWEJg5S4Vx

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‘The political press may not understand what’s happening (or may be too afraid to say it out loud), but those of us who’ve spent decades studying how technology and power interact? We see it and we can’t look away. So, here’s the bottom line: when WaPo’s opinion pages are being gutted and tech […]

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Today I learned that there were a lot more proto-microcomputers that existed before the Altair! #retrocomputing #computerhistory https://technicshistory.com/2025/02/22/from-acs-to-altair-the-rise-of-the-hobby-computer/

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1/28/25 #Phish soundcheck: youtu.be/UPjVBsqD61M Thanks to Jay Kocyla for capturing it

submitted 51 days ago • 3 comments

Last week, I was mesmerized by copying a home folder from one drive to another using the command-line tool rsync, which moved 300 gigs of data in 3 hours. It sort of amazed me. But it also got me thinking about file-copying and backup software. new @tedium […]

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alright, I'm seeing renewed interest in #pixelfed so I figured I'd explain the #fediverse in a way that makes sense to people. with pictures. sit back, it'll be interesting, I promise! 🧵 (note that this isn't about bluesky. they're built different and I don't know enough about how they work)

submitted 66 days ago • 11 comments

My son is learning about the five themes of geography. He’s not allowed to do poorly on any geography quizzes or else he’ll bring shame upon my house.

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it turns out this is the night for 9 cubes #phish https://mastodon.social/@pfsmet/113747103873353463

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Got the excellent LAN Party book from my wife for Christmas. A beautiful look back at people having fun! #retrogaming #retrocomputing https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/189147229

submitted 85 days ago • 1 comment

Spotify is a creepy, and grossly unethical, platform at this point. it rips off musicians and rewards huge companies -- and itself. Apparently what it's doing is legal, however. This is great reporting, from a new book by Liz Pelly. A compelling read […]

submitted 90 days ago • 4 comments

i have it on good authority that DJ Blender is a certain game show host celebrity who metaphorically lost an appendage but gained so much more in return this year. #phish #bunnyradio https://www.cegpresents.com/tm-event/phish-msg-new-years-eve-aftershow-tad-cautious-friends-ft-dj-blender-dj-cooley/

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I learned exactly as much as I wanted to know from this great new @ncommander video on AX.25 packet radio networking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rZWLZEMkgE

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His life is so hard.

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Today I edited a file I have not touched in at least 30 years, since the days of Windows 3.1. And it still does something on Windows Server 2025. My customer can now once again use Outlook to send an email from QuickBooks. WOW. #retrocomputing #windows #quickbooks

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