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lotrjohn

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    Comment #49252764

    Reader beware. Article is from 2022 and stuff has probably changed a lot. OpenBSD is currently in version 7.9, article talks about 6.6. Also the PC Engines APU2 the author speaks a…

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    Comment #49150597

    > Later revisions of the PPU did offer RGB output options but most NES and Famicom systems had the single pin output. Anyone have any insight on this? The article does not elaborat…

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    Comment #48256915

    Perhaps they live in DC?

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    Comment #47674709

    20 year Dota player here. I always play support and I’m ok with low wealth/ low xp. High impact tho! Only thing I’m good at carrying is wards.

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    Comment #47438541

    I was gonnna click the link, but then I got high.

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    Comment #46937425

    Excellent, memorable scene. But it is Red who suggests it should be filed under ‘education’!

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    Comment #46536250

    Genuine question: how did you conduct your job search? What steps did you take during those two years? Do you have a degree?

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    Comment #46129610

    They can encrypt data coming out of both ends?!

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    Comment #46042123

    Completely anecdotal, and mostly unrelated, but my NES from 1990 is still going strong. Two PS3’s that I have owned simply broke. CRTs from 1994 and 2002 still going strong. LCD tv…

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    Comment #45639185

    Hey bossman thanks for pointing this out. Will have to look for it next time I watch. Yam seng.

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    Comment #45300144

    User name does not check out. :-)

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    Comment #45034074

    Obligatory: https://xkcd.com/1732/ @13,500 BCE

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    Comment #44140877

    Awesome read. Ty for sharing. >For nearly a decade he was the world's only radio astronomer.

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    Comment #43991422

    > Outside of that, we have a "retro" corner in our home with a 32" trinitron. A 32” Trinny. Nice. I have the 32” JVC D-series which I consider my crown jewel. It’s for retro gaming…

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    Comment #43990654

    Hello fellow CRT owner. What is your use case? Retro video games? PC games? Movies?

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    Comment #43310656

    Can you point me towards these ‘workarounds’ so I can learn more? TY.

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    Comment #43236989

    I knew that TAS meant “a computer” but for those, like me, who forgot/ didn’t know, TAS stands for “tool-assisted speedrun”.

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    Comment #43102562

    Username checks out…

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    Comment #42936265

    Wouldn’t it be Slovak ?

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    Comment #42725404

    Man, this video is giving me some serious Neverhood vibes. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Neverhood

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    Comment #40327685

    Perhaps this explains why I have a collection of over 10 CRT television sets squirrelled away in the various corners of my house…yes, I know it’s a sickness.

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    Comment #39847250

    The Balrogs (Sindarin for ‘Demon of Might’; Quenya Valarauko) were Maiar (“Ainur of lesser degree than the Valar”). Other Maiar were Gandalf, Sauron, Melian. Gothmog and “Durin’s B…

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    Comment #39549748

    “The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.” For those not in the know.

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    Comment #39080335

    According to Wikipedia it was Darwin’s second child (eldest daughter). I believe that is who you are referring to. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Darwin

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    Comment #38185423

    Sheep for wheat?