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by mrbill 10y ago
https://retropie.org.uk/
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I've built pretty much the same thing using a RPi3, a USB adapter with two SNES controllers, and a wooden cabinet with two arcade sticks + lots of buttons + another USB interface, with the RetroPie ( https://retropie.org.uk&#
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by mrbill 10y ago
Interesting. Even over multiple tests, I get almost exactly 1/3rd the download bandwidth speed to NetFlix that I do testing with speedtest.net.
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by mrbill 10y ago
You beat me to it. Very reminiscent of Manfred Macx's Python-based autonomous corporations if I'm remembering the book correctly.
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by mrbill 10y ago
Don't forget Ahl's "101 BASIC Computer Games"! I spent hours and hours making stuff written for DEC/MS-BASIC work on my TI-99/4A with its limited language implementation.. https://en.wikipedia.org&#x
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by mrbill 10y ago
I have never done any sort of illegal drugs in my life - but the day after I got my CPAP machine in 2001, I said "this must be what being on crystal meth is like". So his comparison is not out of line. You feel THAT much better&#
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by mrbill 10y ago
I had a Ubiquiti Unifi-LR (flashed with normal OpenWRT so I didn't have to use their Java-based management software for ONE access point) that worked great, but the OnHub works even better. The -LR was 802.11n-only. The Unifi-AC runs
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by mrbill 10y ago
The main thing I get from reading this is that the author thinks very highly of themselves.. Perhaps a bit too much, which is why they seemed surprised when they got fired for not showing up. I sympathize with the sleep apnea bit, though -
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by mrbill 10y ago
Same here.. Long string of custom built routers, pfsense with wifi, OpenWRT, etc... even at one point a very expensive Cisco industrial-class 2.4/5 AP. Now I have an Ubiquiti Edgerouter Lite as my "core" router, and the OnHub
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by mrbill 10y ago
There was a section about this in the _Transmetropolitan_ comic/graphic novel, if my memory is correct. Lady gets reanimated in some sort of assembly-line mass process, gets a few days in a shelter, then gets kicked out into society at
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by mrbill 10y ago
So she can't afford SF.. now she's moving to NYC? I can't understand that logic at all.
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by mrbill 10y ago
After reading Ken Shirriff's review a few years ago, I bought a bunch of Touchpad chargers off eBay (before the clones started appearing) and use them for tons of stuff. http://www.righto.com/2012/10/a-dozen-u
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by mrbill 11y ago
My 1st-gen Kindle has the "Whispersync" 3G built-in and it still works fine (which was surprising last time I fired it up).
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by mrbill 11y ago
One of my neatest hardware acquisitions back in the day was a MIPS Magnum R4000 workstation - running NT 4.0. It was great, stable, and ran Windows and DOS apps in emulation (sort of like DEC's FX!32 for NT/Alpha). Per Microsoft:
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by mrbill 11y ago
I owned a Kindle 1, 2, Keyboard, and then a Paperwhite. The first-gen PW was EXTREMELY disappointing - their much-hyped backlighting was uneven and splotchy, and I hated being forced to use a touchscreen instead of having page-turn buttons.
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by mrbill 11y ago
Maybe it's just because I'm part of the old-fart grey-hair "get off my lawn" crowd... Stuff like "haha xD" is fine for online chat, but seems unprofessional and is inappropriate in something like a HN submissio
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by mrbill 11y ago
I get so much use out of pinboard (and laughing at your tweet snark) that I would gladly pay $5/month instead of the one-time fee of whatever I paid when I signed up. It Just Works, and that's all it does, and that's all I ne
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by mrbill 11y ago
I've been using Mutt since '98. Wow.
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by mrbill 11y ago
The only thing that keeps me from being able to move away from Evernote is the oh-so-convenient Web Clipper that lets me save web pages/order receipts/etc (anything in the browser) with a right-click, and not having to "print
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by mrbill 11y ago
More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_T220/T221_LCD_monitors
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by mrbill 11y ago
I tend to get my refurb Thinkpads from arrowdirect.com. You can use the code ARROW for 20% off. I ordered this one as 4G/128SSD but already had the RAM on hand to upgrade it to 16G. Part sources: (if you want to upgrade from the 128G)
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by mrbill 11y ago
I said this in the other thread.. I just bought a "new to me" laptop. Refurb Thinkpad T420s from 2011. I added 16G RAM, two Intel SSDs, an Ultrabay battery, and an 802.12ac wifi card. Grand total: less than $325. This will be my p
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by mrbill 11y ago
I just bought a "new to me" laptop. Refurb Thinkpad T420s from 2011. I added 16G RAM, two Intel SSDs, an Ultrabay battery, and an 802.12ac wifi card. Grand total: less than $325. This will be my primary portable for at least 2-3 y
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by mrbill 11y ago
Hah! Found my own email post in an google search. Planar ELT320 http://www.sunhelp.org/pipermail/sunhelp/2004-January/019825...
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by mrbill 11y ago
I can't remember the exact model number, but a company sold gas-plasma-discharge orange-on-black compact "flat panel" VT220 clones years ago. I owned one for a while before selling it off (along with a 19" gas plasma fla
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by mrbill 11y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/comments/2h8ich...
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by mrbill 11y ago
Easy: http://serverfault.com/questions/176822/how-do-i-use-a-minit... With a RPi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5CltdZktlw
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by mrbill 11y ago
I feel old; I used a Wyse 320 and later a VT220 as my sole / main IO device in 1995-96 - connected to a SPARCstation 10 via a multi-port serial box at 9600 baud, with heavy use of GNU Screen. Even now, I still use a variation on that -
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by mrbill 11y ago
I use "plain" Debian on my servers when possible. Personal preference, mostly. Not really a fan of Ubuntu Server.
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by mrbill 11y ago
Wonder if I'll be able to use LXC/LXD on "plain" Debian, and be able to avoid Ubuntu.

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