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TradeSlime @tradeslime.bsky.social · 40m

Games were loaded from 5 1/2 inch disks that stored 1.2 MB. Now? I have a MICRO SD CARD THAT CAN STORE 2 TERABYTES! It is the size of my THUMBNAIL! Do you want some perspective on that storage? That is THREE CONTINUOUS YEARS of music in an average bitrate. THAT IS INSAAAAANE!

kermit the frog is screaming in front of a red curtain with the words screams in muppet written above him .

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TradeSlime @tradeslime.bsky.social · 40m

The CPU of my computer - not my hard drive, video card, or RAM, but the CPU itself - has a storage cache that is larger than the entire hard drive of the first computer my family owned.

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TradeSlime @tradeslime.bsky.social · 40m

But look at them now. The speedometer on my bike has more power than ENIAC, which took up a full classroom. A standard college calculator (TI-84) has more processing power and storage than the computing modules that put people on the moon!

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TradeSlime @tradeslime.bsky.social · 40m

As the cosmic odometer turns over and I look back at my childhood, this is your reminder of how insane computers were and are now. We flattened and electrocuted sand, and through physics, mathematics, and (probably) several occult offerings, we have calculator that we can use for almost anything.

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piper @roodypatooti.bsky.social · 1d

sapphling: sitting anti-kink posters down in front of a wrestling match and explaining kayfabe to them with the patience of a preschool teacher

sapphling: You see that one? He's called the "heel." He looks mean and says a lot of scary things, but it's not real and he's actually very nice. When he says "I'm going to break you in half" you don't have to be scared because it's pretend. These two talked about this beforehand, and now they're playing pretend together. Can you think of any other situations that might be like this?

sapphling: *screenshot of tag that says
#crying and throwing up when you tell me the undertaker didnt REALLY die and come back to life all those times*
no that part was real

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TradeSlime @tradeslime.bsky.social · 1d

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Sean Chiplock 🟡 🔜 BLFC (Reno, NV) & Chico Anime (NorCal) @sonicmega.bsky.social · 1d

Remember:

- they DO NOT CARE about your arguments/rebuttals

- they DO NOT CARE about your dunks

- the person running the accounts was specifically hired to drive engagement BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY; it’s the algorithm they’re catering to

This is a game, and to them you are data to be manipulated.

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pont @softtummybitch.bsky.social · 3d

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🦦🐏 csLutra | Comms Open! @cosmolutrinae.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah that n
That isn't supposed to be there

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pont @softtummybitch.bsky.social · 3d

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TradeSlime @tradeslime.bsky.social · 2d

We did it :D
Fight was tense and fun - had to walk a tightrope of keeping the Key Item away as the BBEGs repeatedly downed our fighter every round to try and steal it from her. We managed to tilt the scales enough to get her up and moving, and then she unleashed hell on them.

TradeSlime @tradeslime.bsky.social · 2d

Likely the finale of our 2-year campaign.
(This is a week earlier than planned. The BBEG made the mistake of appearing moments after the penultimate fight to monologue before we would recover. Our artificer decided they were wonderfully grouped for a lightning bolt. They took offense to that)

TradeSlime @tradeslime.bsky.social · 2d

Still, I have most of my spell slots, and since they're changelings, I know what I have to do.

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TradeSlime @tradeslime.bsky.social · 2d

Likely the finale of our 2-year campaign.
(This is a week earlier than planned. The BBEG made the mistake of appearing moments after the penultimate fight to monologue before we would recover. Our artificer decided they were wonderfully grouped for a lightning bolt. They took offense to that)

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