Kerbal01
@kerbal01.bsky.social
old computer enthusiast, linux user, right to repair advocate.
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i have very rapidly become incapable of thinking about anything that isn’t this video
December 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
i have very rapidly become incapable of thinking about anything that isn’t this video
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we should have stopped here
![The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas). It has been listed in the Guinness World Records as the best-selling desktop computer model of all time, with independent estimates placing the number sold between 12.5 and 17 million units. Volume production started in early 1982, marketing in August for US$595 (equivalent to $1,940 in 2024). Preceded by the VIC-20 and Commodore PET, the C64 took its name from its 64 kilobytes (65,536 bytes) of RAM. With support for multicolor sprites and a custom chip for waveform generation, the C64 could create superior visuals and audio compared to systems without such custom hardware.
The C64 dominated the low-end computer market (except in the UK, France and Japan, lasting only about six months in Japan[7]) for most of the later years of the 1980s.[8] For a substantial period (1983–1986), the C64 had between 30% and 40% share of the US market and two million units sold per year,[9] outselling IBM PC compatibles, the Apple II, and Atari 8-bit computers. S](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:64mdicpo7sq4k5bx2z3m2jo6/bafkreibhdrl2a4jpj3h4l4ecrohbzt7vufxthyuzyzjumkw4ymnttbbnqu@jpeg)
December 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
we should have stopped here
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This is exactly how wormholes work. This is how home fires happen.
December 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This is exactly how wormholes work. This is how home fires happen.
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
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I'm wishing to bring tidings of comfort and joy with this new video.
Or at least comfort and slightly reduced stress levels!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCVs...
Or at least comfort and slightly reduced stress levels!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCVs...
I made my whole-home humidifier slightly less terrifying
YouTube video by Technology Connections
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I'm wishing to bring tidings of comfort and joy with this new video.
Or at least comfort and slightly reduced stress levels!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCVs...
Or at least comfort and slightly reduced stress levels!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCVs...
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All my homies know about the latent heat of vaporization.
December 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
All my homies know about the latent heat of vaporization.
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NYT when a trans man wants to take testosterone: 😡😡😡😡😡
NYT when a cis woman wants to take testosterone: 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
NYT when a cis woman wants to take testosterone: 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Earlier this year, we published an article on how women are increasingly seeking out testosterone to help with energy or their sex lives. We followed up with one woman who went on testosterone to help with her menopausal symptoms. The effects had unexpected consequences for her marriage.
What It’s Like When Your Wife Goes on Testosterone
She went on testosterone to help with her menopausal symptoms. The effects had unexpected consequences for their marriage.
nyti.ms
December 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
NYT when a trans man wants to take testosterone: 😡😡😡😡😡
NYT when a cis woman wants to take testosterone: 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
NYT when a cis woman wants to take testosterone: 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
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The reason that SpaceX is going public and announcing nonsense about data centers in space:
1. The outside client launch manifest is flat and becoming more competitive
2. The total TAM for starlink was never going to justify the valuation
3. Growth for commerical/residential Starlink is shrinking
1. The outside client launch manifest is flat and becoming more competitive
2. The total TAM for starlink was never going to justify the valuation
3. Growth for commerical/residential Starlink is shrinking
December 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The reason that SpaceX is going public and announcing nonsense about data centers in space:
1. The outside client launch manifest is flat and becoming more competitive
2. The total TAM for starlink was never going to justify the valuation
3. Growth for commerical/residential Starlink is shrinking
1. The outside client launch manifest is flat and becoming more competitive
2. The total TAM for starlink was never going to justify the valuation
3. Growth for commerical/residential Starlink is shrinking
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Super low hanging safety fruit. US regulators have had a decade plus to get manufacturers to make safe door handles and still they haven’t.
www.autoblog.com/news/china-i...
www.autoblog.com/news/china-i...
China Is Banning Tesla-Style Retractable Door Handles Over Safety Concerns
From 2027, cars sold in China must have manual door releases after electronic handles failing during crashes. Tesla and other brands will need design changes.
www.autoblog.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Super low hanging safety fruit. US regulators have had a decade plus to get manufacturers to make safe door handles and still they haven’t.
www.autoblog.com/news/china-i...
www.autoblog.com/news/china-i...
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i am always saying this. bus schedules are where. car-free hopes. go to die
Transit's main competition is cars. If you raise fares from $2.50 to $3, you're still way more affordable than driving. But if you cut the bus from every 15 to every 20, you're screwed because cars have infinity frequency and 24 hr service span.
I hate that we’re having to think in these terms, but the evidence seems to be bearing out that steep fare hikes are less damaging to ridership than service cuts.
December 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
i am always saying this. bus schedules are where. car-free hopes. go to die
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It really sucks that we've more or less normalized color laser printers including forensic tracking information in their output, especially because if you tell someone about it for the first time they will assume you are insane.
December 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
It really sucks that we've more or less normalized color laser printers including forensic tracking information in their output, especially because if you tell someone about it for the first time they will assume you are insane.
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The piss tank on the ISS is now 69% full.
December 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The piss tank on the ISS is now 69% full.
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The piss tank on the ISS is now 67% full.
December 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The piss tank on the ISS is now 67% full.
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i think if you use genai for anything, even writing an email, you're both a moron and a huge baby, and i dont want to play your video game as a result. its not that hard!
As the backlash to generative AI in video games continues to pick up steam heading into 2026, it'll be fascinating to see what is considered "made with generative AI." Can a dev team say they're not using AI if they're writing design docs with Copilot or using chatGPT to make schedules and budgets?
December 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
i think if you use genai for anything, even writing an email, you're both a moron and a huge baby, and i dont want to play your video game as a result. its not that hard!
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Since there's dishwasher discourse again today, here's a new theory of mine:
I think more dishwashers are getting filters rather than macerators not because filters are actually better, but because they reduces warranty claims from people loading their machines poorly.
I think more dishwashers are getting filters rather than macerators not because filters are actually better, but because they reduces warranty claims from people loading their machines poorly.
December 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Since there's dishwasher discourse again today, here's a new theory of mine:
I think more dishwashers are getting filters rather than macerators not because filters are actually better, but because they reduces warranty claims from people loading their machines poorly.
I think more dishwashers are getting filters rather than macerators not because filters are actually better, but because they reduces warranty claims from people loading their machines poorly.
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see this is why the third little Swedish city built their goat out of bricks
December 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
see this is why the third little Swedish city built their goat out of bricks
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Fränder, bröder, vår stormaktstid är över
Vårt rike blöder, fanan står i brand
Aldrig, aldrig, aldrig återvända
Svea stormaktstid till ända
Vårt rike blöder, fanan står i brand
Aldrig, aldrig, aldrig återvända
Svea stormaktstid till ända
December 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Fränder, bröder, vår stormaktstid är över
Vårt rike blöder, fanan står i brand
Aldrig, aldrig, aldrig återvända
Svea stormaktstid till ända
Vårt rike blöder, fanan står i brand
Aldrig, aldrig, aldrig återvända
Svea stormaktstid till ända
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Gävlebocken har vält
December 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Gävlebocken har vält
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Where was Gondor when the Yule Goat fell?
December 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Where was Gondor when the Yule Goat fell?
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[The princess, waiting in another castle]
Where the hell is this plumber
December 22, 2025 at 5:12 AM
[The princess, waiting in another castle]
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Public outcry wants to see the Animal Crossing museum’s collections of artworks, antiquities, and artifacts returned to their rightful islands.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Public outcry wants to see the Animal Crossing museum’s collections of artworks, antiquities, and artifacts returned to their rightful islands.
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