the Hearth @Felthry@awoo.space

i wonder how hard it would be to make a new floppy disk today

you certainly wouldn't be able to do a homemade 3½" disk, the mechanisms and hard plastic would be hard to work with

but a 5¼" disk might be possible, if you can figure out a way to get a good magnetic coating on a sheet of mylar or kapton or something
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lizards
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i want to hug a fox
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oh yeah i'm being a sergal

i think i'm legally obligated to merp
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i think about https://xkcd.com/1322/ a lot

the label does not define the thing
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we just downloaded a bunch of c64 music from youtube because video game music discussion led to hyperfixation
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mike's rofoan
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like this does not sound like music coming out of an SNES
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTSW4M28XQg can we talk about just how ridiculously good the guitar sample is in this
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what's the good thing for downloading youtube videos these days?
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commodore 64 games had music that went *so much further* than it ever needed to go and just, wow

yes we got reminded of C64 tetris again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny743c32gPg
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does it bug anyone else that NC in the context of integrated circuits means "not connected", but in the context of relays and industrial control it means "normally closed" i.e. "usually connected"?
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normally we expect better than this from a fan translation but this one's been a bit iffy for a while, it feels like one of those early-2000s fan translations
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this video game has four high-ranking evil minion people (not spoilers, they're never mentioned before appearing as a boss) named
- Balmod: Okay, fantasy name, makes sense
- Bejould: Is that supposed to be "bejeweled"??
- Boozoo: Uhhh, what?
- Belts: You can't just name your evil person "belts" come on

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thought of the day: two-bodied golden retriever who burns off steam by playing fetch with themself
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dielectric absorption is weird
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the first ever op amp

not much of an op amp by modern standards but it looks pretty striking with the two 12ax7s sticking out the top
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i want a k2-w

not for any particular use but just, to have one
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we went to red robin for dinner because craving a teriyaki burger and didn't want to make one, and then had an Idea

french fries are not the healthiest side, but we noticed steamed broccoli was an option for a side, and while broccoli alone isn't anything special, it's unsurpassed as a vegetable to put sauce on, especially with asian-style flavors

and since we were getting a teriyaki burger we knew they had to have teriyaki sauce of some type in the kitchen, so we asked for a side of some of that

so our side became teriyaki broccoli instead of french fries, which i think is probably a much healthier option on top of going really well with the teriyaki burger, much better than the usual fries+honey mustard
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