does anyone in the uk need their retro computer serviced/fixed/restored. i need money and i don't have a work visa #fedihire #fedihired #getfedihired #mutualaid
on retro gatekeeping
i did all that shit - fucking around with tapes and floppies and microdrives (god help me), screens of varying clarity and quality and ability to display the full width of the PAL display field, completely incompatible peripheral sets and BASIC implementations, processors so slow that you could measure the number of 16 bit multiplies they could do a second in (low) 4 digits - back when i didn't have a choice.
you fucking bet i'm going to reach for an emulator and disk images these days! i would even if the prices of the actual hardware hadn't been vastly overinflated by the rich arseholes who insist that it only counts if it hurts, and the damn fools who listen to them
retro is a spirit, it's not a qualification
So far, my symptoms feel like a milder version of the "just a flu" I had in '19 that stole my sick leave, stole my voice, stole my sleep, stole my hair (a patch of it permanently), and very nearly stole my life. Very achy, but milder than that so far. Also, everything still smells exactly like it should and as strongly as it should.
Face masks don't do enough to stop you from catching bugs, but they were never designed to.
They're very effective in stopping you from *spreading* bugs. That's what they're designed to do. That's why you need to wear one when you're sick, you think you're sick, or you have to be out and about in an outbreak.
Don't give your microscopic bugs to friends. Wear a mask.
Hey, your browser looks like it's functioning perfectly. Let's fix that.
LB source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry_Kissinger&diff=1187569832&oldid=1186539773
Truly a goddesslike achievement.
Henry Kissinger
I will not celebrate the man's death.
Instead, I am mourning the lives of all the people he ruined, destroyed, and ended, and I will celebrate the end of his ability to remain unrepentant in his deeds.
I am sad he died, but I am glad the undeserved time he stole finally ran out.
Please, friends, don't use his grave as a dance floor. If you do, then wear gloves and clean your shoes, because your fellows are using his grave as a urinal.
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