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Re: Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

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Post by allenbrunson »

robterrell wrote: post #11

A similar thing happened to my uncle Paul (Terrell)... after he moved to Portland, he had an Apple I (part of the original run of 50 he famously bought) and many other ancient 8-bit computers, like Exidy Sorcerers, in a garage my cousin was using. One day my cousin got frustrated by the "junk" and hauled a bunch of it away to the dump. I believe my uncle still has one more bare motherboard squirreled away somewhere -…

by a weird coincidence, i was just watching a video where steve jobs talks about that early sale of the 50 computers. it is interesting in its own right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJKlc4m5D50

Re: Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

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Post by robterrell »

allenbrunson wrote: post #51
robterrell wrote: post #11

A similar thing happened to my uncle Paul (Terrell)... after he moved to Portland, he had an Apple I (part of the original run of 50 he famously bought) and many other ancient 8-bit computers, like Exidy Sorcerers, in a garage my cousin was using. One day my cousin got frustrated by the "junk" and hauled a bunch of it away to the dump. I believe my uncle still has one more bare motherboard squirreled away somewhere -…

by a weird coincidence, i was just watching a video where steve jobs talks about that early sale of the 50 computers. it is interesting in its own right. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJKlc4m5D50

Have not seen that before, thanks! 1980 was only a few years after.

Re: Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

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Post by jblow »

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #42
girvo wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You are correct, however it has taken on another definition on the Internet, Tumblr and Twitter being hotspots for its usage. It makes a mockery of those who suffer from PTSD; being "triggered" is not the same as being upset at something, it's far more horrifying and I've got nothing but sympathy for those who have suffered. Also, typically a trigger isn't something specific like a description of something bad that h…

Another definition? In the spaces where it is used it refers exclusively to PTSD triggers and such. Trigger warnings mostly originated on the Internet - claiming the Internet perverted them is nonsensical. It's not the same as someone disagreeing, but nobody has said that it is. Why would you think that this is what people mean? Do people seem to be triggered by trivial things? Well, that's how trauma can work. It's…

This is not at all true. For example, in new age communities, "triggered" is used very frequently to mean that someone's personal ego wires have been tripped -- and in fact the reason the word is used is because it's understood that "being triggered" is not that big a deal, it's part of being human, and one may get very upset in the moment but with perspective one sees it's fine.

This is obviously very different from the PTSD-only meaning you are talking about, but I would bet that the new age version of the word has been in use for much longer and by many more people.

So ... I sense some presumption and lack of exposure here, is all I am saying.

Re: Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

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Post by dpe82 »

peter303 wrote: post #50

These boards were $666 in 1976, about $4K in today's money. Plus you had supply a TV, power supply, keyboard, and punch tape reader. That was twice my income in those days.

Going by CPI it's actually about $2,800 in today's money. Still a significant amount of cash though.

http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=666.00&year1=19...

Re: Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

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Post by alextgordon »

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #40
vezzy-fnord wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You have the causal chain incorrect. It isn't mocking trauma and abuse sufferers, it's mocking people who equate minor inconveniences with trauma and abuse.

Who are they to assume some particular thing does not cause trauma or flashbacks to it? And how can you tell if these supposed people trivialising it are sincere? Mocking a concept genuinely helpful for sufferers of trauma simply because of its perceived misuse hurts trauma sufferers and helps nobody.

Most people can tell a crackpot when they see one. Symptoms include incoherent rambling, wild exaggerations and a lust for attention.

Re: Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

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Post by EarthLaunch »

lfowles wrote: post #49
developer1 wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same, intentional clickbait title. A decent editor would not have allowed that through. "Discarded Apple I sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half". Not difficult.

That's stretching the idea of clickbait quite a bit. "Mystery woman gets rid of old computer, you won't believe how much it sold for!" is the one baiting clicks. Current title is just an unfortunate arrangement of words.

> That's stretching the idea of clickbait quite a bit.

He was probably just using that term mistakenly, what a troll.

Re: Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

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Post by kadavy »

dpe82 wrote: post #55
peter303 wrote: post #50

These boards were $666 in 1976, about $4K in today's money. Plus you had supply a TV, power supply, keyboard, and punch tape reader. That was twice my income in those days.

Going by CPI it's actually about $2,800 in today's money. Still a significant amount of cash though. http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=666.00&year1=19...

I'm not fantastic at math, but I think that makes it about an 11.3% annual rate of return after inflation. That's not outrageous, but I'd take that investment.

Re: Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

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Post by TazeTSchnitzel »

jblow wrote: post #54
TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Another definition? In the spaces where it is used it refers exclusively to PTSD triggers and such. Trigger warnings mostly originated on the Internet - claiming the Internet perverted them is nonsensical. It's not the same as someone disagreeing, but nobody has said that it is. Why would you think that this is what people mean? Do people seem to be triggered by trivial things? Well, that's how trauma can work. It's…

This is not at all true. For example, in new age communities, "triggered" is used very frequently to mean that someone's personal ego wires have been tripped -- and in fact the reason the word is used is because it's understood that "being triggered" is not that big a deal, it's part of being human, and one may get very upset in the moment but with perspective one sees it's fine. This is obviously very different from…

> For example, in new age communities, "triggered" is used very frequently to mean that someone's personal ego wires have been tripped

What does a religious movement have to do with this?

Re: Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

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Post by [deleted] »

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #25
adventured wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not, the person was "triggered" by an artificially manufactured offense. Some people refer to it as outrage porn; the desire to seek even the smallest of possible things to generate anger, outrage, etc. which eventually becomes like an emotional addiction.

Please do not equivocate PTSD with offence. That is not what "triggered" means.

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