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I don't know why I know this, but the first five digits of a win95 key were a julian date. Your cd was pressed on the 352nd of 1996, or December 18th.

I don't know how many vacuum cleaners I ruined with those little wires, and I still don't understand what a j/k flipflop foes, but I did spend three days wiring up a wheel of fortu…

Reminds me of the sound racer v8[0]. This gismo was a lot more fun that people gave it credit for -- it read the rpm from the 12v signal in the power and modulated a v8 over fm. Ha…

You're welcome. I just finished linux-ifying the last pc in the house. I'm sure this is what brought us over the edge. I mean all we need is a browser and steam. Both work halfway …

That's news to me! Thank you for sharing!

Payment gateways (paypal, apple, google), in general, do NOT let you cancel individual services and are linked to your CC. Vendors (I'm looking at you, Audible!) constantly hide th…

Asking a centralized body (IETF) to do something about centralization. Rules for thee but not for me?

Honestly, stories like this (and similar when streaming services change catalogs) is why I've gone back to DVDs. Nobody has knocked on my door (yet) to get those back. Han Shot fir…

I think this speaks tremendous volumes to the legacy of these programs. Using this site, I fired up an old unix v6 on a simulated pdp11. I've never used a pdp 11 or unix v6. I was …

It's not the vacuum, guys! Still super interesting. Thanks for sharing!

I wouldn't deface them, but I keep a couple mutetheads[0] stickers in my glovebox. Perhaps I can share the "secret mute" button with the next person. [0] MuteTheAds.com

I didn't know that archive did YouTube. Thank you very much

I would love a service like archive.today where you punch in a video link and the content gets cached for a simple, no-bs archive. The enshittification of the video platforms is ge…

From the article: Netflix also announced it's raising the price for its most expensive streaming service by $2 to $23 per month in the U.S. — a 10% increase — and its lowest-priced…

While I believe that HA is very cool and many vendors provide valuable solutions, we must consider what happens when we die. This is just one anecdote, but I believe the problem is…

(Not to mention I can pre-record a stream for participation in long company calls)

A can of green paint. Seriously. I painted the wall behind me green. OBS studio does my pre-filter and keys well off the wall. Certain services (aws chime and Google talk on firefo…