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The Ferranti effect: open circuit voltage at the receiving end of a transmission line is greater than the sending end, due to reactance

The Ferrero effect: the quantity of chocolates at the receiving end (the possum) is greater than the sending end (the box of Ferrero Rocher) due to hunger and desire for chocolate

My Pocket 386 arrived! It seems to have basically the same specs as the Hand386, but in a laptop form factor. There's a few new options for managing the video, and the built-in screen isn't as horribly shit this time.

New release of the Roddenberry Archive was launched today, check it out at roddenberry.x.io!

This update includes the USS Discovery bridge from Disco S1; the IKS Amar bridge from TMP; an expanded DS9 promenade with more rooms available to explore; and the ready room for all versions of the NX-01, among other smaller changes and additions. Enjoy!

Reading this is nuts. Google changed its algorithm and websites are on the brink of death. This is what gatekeeping is doing.

Hate to see it, as Retro Dodo is one of my favorite websites. I read their articles almost every day. I got their book and backed/preordered the upcoming two which might never be released now.

If you are into Retrogaming or are interested in modern handhelds, consider bookmarking their website and supporting them.

retrododo.com/google-is-killin
#gaming #retrogaming #retrododo

@gardevoir freevee as in speeveech, not freevee as in beeveer

@ariadne@social.treehouse.systems at this point any amount of harassment to "add more maintainers because development is too slow" should be considered as a social engineering attack and the user should be ignored/blocked.

I think I mentioned the #Chyron Lantern64 card I bought... Well this is it working! At the moment it's set to Free Run, I need to provide a video source to try out the overlay features.

I ordered some EVA foam for this! A project to work on next week between editing some video stuff. :3

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TIL the reason that there was basically no electric cars between the end of the Lead Acid age and the begining of the Lithium Age is because Chevron (an oil company) owned the patent on NiMH-powered EVs and would sue anyone to keep them from making better EVs.

This was cheap enough that it passed my “why the heck not” threshold and I’m already planning things etsy.com/uk/listing/1601294978

Another amazing bit of automation ends up being 1,000 mechanical Turks.

“Though it seemed completely automated, [Amazon’s] Just Walk Out relied on more than 1,000 people in India watching and labeling videos to ensure accurate checkouts. The cashiers were simply moved off-site, and they watched you as you shopped.”

gizmodo.com/amazon-reportedly-

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