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anyone knows a good reliable source of sony NP-F550 batteries in the UK? we bought a couple replacement ones branded HENJOY a while ago and they're already dead as a doornail

discord has a pay-to-win model and too many schmucks are falling for it

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i don't understand people who pay for discord nitro other than to show off that you have money to waste on a company that runs a comparatively dogshit service with bugged as hell mobile ports and to create a caste divide with other people who aren't paying for it

the post was not near the mastodon-standard 500 character limit (which is not imposed by activitypub and therefore different federation software can have a different limit) nor are we paying per character on the internet

there's really no reason to shorten "accessibility" or "therefore", other than, ironically, hurt accessibility

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in the context i'm complaining about t/f apparently (i'm assuming, since the source post had no clarification) means therefore, not to be confused with tf meaning transformation

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gonna start inventing words on my own and then calling people uncultured for not knowing what they mean

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i sure hope everyone properly credits distressedegg for their avatars so i can block every single one of them

loving the vague "pixelfed is being threatened with legal action" without any more information, coming from the scrappy guys who thought carbon copying apple's photos app icon wasn't that big of a deal

i'm all for saying fuck you to big corp but the vague post is just FUD scrambling for free PR

found an ebay seller with these ones which have TTL, RS485 and RS232 which is wonderful, but it's a whole 10 pounds 😬

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is there a single small board like these that has both an FT232 and a MAX232 together to convert USB to true RS232 serial, not TTL?

does anyone have any remaining software/peripherals for the original Valiant Roamer LOGO turtles? Valiant themselves, being mostly direct suppliers to schools and not individuals, haven't been too helpful. we have one, but not the pen attachment, or the serial cable, and i'd like to put it to better use :boost_ok:

someone explain to me why does linux always connect to a wifi if i'm already hooked into wired ethernet

if you wanna put a smile on my face go visit maple.pet/tech look at the stuff i do and recommend me for job positions or toss cash my way because i haven't had a job for 8 months now ko-fi.com/squirrel

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