Ren - Moved to chitter.xyz @Nine@computerfairi.es

today I learned that the Philips CD-i consoles have a clock battery which is permanently formed into the clock chip, meaning you have to *break open the chip enclosure* to replace it 😨 https://cdii.blogspot.com/2009/03/picture-guide-of-cd-i-battery-repair.html?m=1

computer problems? if you don't have the ice badge, anything over 1GHz won't listen to your commands

"dipshit scientists somehow stunned by revelation that indigenous tribes were doing agriculture 200 years ago, show asses further by making a big deal about it"

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/04/pacific-northwest-s-forest-gardens-were-deliberately-planted-indigenous-people

Microsoft now owns, or will soon own, one of the best text-to-speech engines for blind power-users, through its acquisition of Nuance. But the code has been abandoned for years. It seems unlikely that this TTS engine is a valuable asset for Microsoft. So let's petition them to open-source it. https://www.change.org/p/microsoft-open-source-eti-eloquence (No, I didn't start the petition, but I'm in agreement with it.)

rescued this old image

how to rotate in ms paint

throwback tuesday to the send my dork ass junk mail and find out i dare you

Yesterday was Lesbian Day but it was also Alien Day. The most powerful lesbian there is, the Xenomorph.

My favourite bit of gamedev lore is the load-bearing jpeg in TF2

I love how the intro to Helltaker is basically just the guy going "F*** it, demon harem."

this is your periodic reminder that there's no such thing as a supermoon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermoon