I think the tiny communities of people fixing and using old tech that exist all over the web are truly beautiful. Random people coming together to help each other fix equipment most would throw away, cherishing and giving it as long a life as they can.
Here's a tiny snapshot I just ran across in the comments for a review of a Laserdisc player (originally manufactured in 1991).
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R10SU32FQ5YVK7/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_btm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B0007V9CU6#wasThisHelpful
bilious political talk
@Elizafox Praise of corporations' supposed niceness reminds me a little of the "he's the kind of guy you'd love to have a beer with" image that got pasted onto the lesser Bush
Mental Health
@LottieVixen *offers hug*
@Felthry Obviously it would consist of those lines in neon's emission spectrum that do not fall within the visual range, i.e. the UV and near-infrared lines.
white genocide
@Chris_John well, you didn't last long!
@bool I'll keep it in mind! The rest of my plurality and I have already done a spell of instance-jumping, however, so we're a bit inclined to stay put where we've landed for now, but I'm interested
@Canageek Ah, hence the reason for interest in uranyl coordination polymers? as sensitive materials for detecting gases?
@Angle @melaninbarbie I would like to know as well.
@halcy Welcome to free software.
bad instances
@GinnyMcQueen@kitty.town @Canageek@octodon.social if I might interject, I feel that the cybre.space moderator's precipitant decision to block the entire kitty.town instance because of his personal beef with @GinnyMcQueen@kitty.town is, in itself, unprofessional enough to flag cybre.space as dubious.
Seattle transwoman, horse, Pearl, scientist, classicist, Stoic, scholiast: @alyx@icosahedron.website's future and holder of @kel's leash. One of the members of @kara_dreamer's plurality; I function as her librarian, amanuensis, and disciplinarian (as much as I can, with such a troublesome gang to work with.)