Crazy Eddie's Used Computers
@dectape.bsky.social
I like to do stuff with ancient electronic junk, mostly computers. Sometimes I post pictures of it!
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Like those before it, that insane, vile DHS statement about the Minneapolis shooting isn't about covering anything up. It's performative lying.
They aren't trying to persuade anyone that their agents did nothing wrong. They're trying to project that their agents can get away with anything.
They aren't trying to persuade anyone that their agents did nothing wrong. They're trying to project that their agents can get away with anything.
January 7, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Like those before it, that insane, vile DHS statement about the Minneapolis shooting isn't about covering anything up. It's performative lying.
They aren't trying to persuade anyone that their agents did nothing wrong. They're trying to project that their agents can get away with anything.
They aren't trying to persuade anyone that their agents did nothing wrong. They're trying to project that their agents can get away with anything.
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It's fascinating to see the changes in one company's logo over the years.
January 3, 2026 at 2:47 AM
It's fascinating to see the changes in one company's logo over the years.
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I cannot emphasize enough that the attempts to anthropomorphize an algorithm is a fundamental act of journalistic malpractice and an intentional act to shield the people responsible for this. It's fucking shameful.
Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children
Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children
Users on X raised concerns over explicit content of minors being generated using Musk's Grok tool.
cnb.cx
January 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I cannot emphasize enough that the attempts to anthropomorphize an algorithm is a fundamental act of journalistic malpractice and an intentional act to shield the people responsible for this. It's fucking shameful.
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Would you like to see UNIX V4 on MissPiggy? #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #unix #softwarepreservation
December 31, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Would you like to see UNIX V4 on MissPiggy? #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #unix #softwarepreservation
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I keep catching strays from "technology is neutral" people, so let's set things straight.
1) Technology is not neutral, especially the subset of technology called "algorithms"
2) The form-factor that makes a technology into a tool is not neutral
3) How tools are productized is not neutral
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1) Technology is not neutral, especially the subset of technology called "algorithms"
2) The form-factor that makes a technology into a tool is not neutral
3) How tools are productized is not neutral
[rant]
April 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I keep catching strays from "technology is neutral" people, so let's set things straight.
1) Technology is not neutral, especially the subset of technology called "algorithms"
2) The form-factor that makes a technology into a tool is not neutral
3) How tools are productized is not neutral
[rant]
1) Technology is not neutral, especially the subset of technology called "algorithms"
2) The form-factor that makes a technology into a tool is not neutral
3) How tools are productized is not neutral
[rant]
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Moral of the story: if you're not doing youtube stuff or similar for the love of the game, at least in part, then it's going to kill you in a way that is impossible to i-frame through.
Also if I ever intentionally call myself a content creator you're allowed to kill me with hammers
Also if I ever intentionally call myself a content creator you're allowed to kill me with hammers
December 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Moral of the story: if you're not doing youtube stuff or similar for the love of the game, at least in part, then it's going to kill you in a way that is impossible to i-frame through.
Also if I ever intentionally call myself a content creator you're allowed to kill me with hammers
Also if I ever intentionally call myself a content creator you're allowed to kill me with hammers
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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
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December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
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bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public
Guards began beating him. Beat him until he bled. Knocked his face into the wall, broke all his teeth. No access to outdoors, no contact with relatives.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
December 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public
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I wrote much less this year than I've written in the past five, so there's not a whole lot to revisit. This piece, though, I still think is probably the best article I've ever written, even if it was a dumb professional move to write it [free to read] www.patreon.com/posts/empero...
The Emperor’s Luxury SUV Isn’t Good, But He’d Still Kill Us All To Keep It | Victoria Scott
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December 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I wrote much less this year than I've written in the past five, so there's not a whole lot to revisit. This piece, though, I still think is probably the best article I've ever written, even if it was a dumb professional move to write it [free to read] www.patreon.com/posts/empero...
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Happy DEC-20 day to all those cool cats all around the world. You know the ones.
December 20, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Happy DEC-20 day to all those cool cats all around the world. You know the ones.
Happy DEC-20 day to all those cool cats all around the world. You know the ones.
December 20, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Happy DEC-20 day to all those cool cats all around the world. You know the ones.
'Magic balls' installed by drones could conquer US market thanks to game-changing performance: 'It's never been like this'
'Magic balls' installed by drones could conquer US market thanks to game-changing performance: 'It's never been like this'
'Magic balls' installed by drones could conquer US market thanks to game-changing performance: 'It's never been like this'
December 20, 2025 at 5:37 AM
'Magic balls' installed by drones could conquer US market thanks to game-changing performance: 'It's never been like this'
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Any Democrat who thinks it's appropriate to "find common ground" with the Republicans on issues like high school sports teams is negotiating with a political party that does not believe trans people should exist. This policy will kill people, so maybe stop wringing your hands about volleyball.
"Men are men. Men can never become women. Women are women. Women can never become men."
December 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Any Democrat who thinks it's appropriate to "find common ground" with the Republicans on issues like high school sports teams is negotiating with a political party that does not believe trans people should exist. This policy will kill people, so maybe stop wringing your hands about volleyball.
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Ned is right.
Much as I will always love "Take On Me," ever iconic for a reason, this followup single 1) should have been bigger over than it was, even as this helped fully cement their imperial phase elsewhere 2) was bought by me at the time on 12" and said 12" mix is still a total fucking banger. Happy 40th.
December 16, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Ned is right.
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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I don’t think we as a society have thanked @papapishu.bsky.social for obtaining, ripping, and uploading a master copy of the essential Ricky Jay And His 52 Assistants, Jay’s 1997 HBO special and the best distillation of his one of a kind talent archive.org/details/rick...
Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants [1996] - RF Rip : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
NOTE: DO NOT DOWNLOAD THE COMPRESSED MP4 THAT ARCHIVE.ORG AUTO-GENERATES. This is an RF rip of Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants, to date the greatest card...
archive.org
December 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I don’t think we as a society have thanked @papapishu.bsky.social for obtaining, ripping, and uploading a master copy of the essential Ricky Jay And His 52 Assistants, Jay’s 1997 HBO special and the best distillation of his one of a kind talent archive.org/details/rick...
Sometimes you just gotta spend $2.99 on an LP that catches your eye at the junk store. Who loves ya, baby?
December 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Sometimes you just gotta spend $2.99 on an LP that catches your eye at the junk store. Who loves ya, baby?
If you gaze long into Peter Gabriel, the Peter Gabriel also gazes into you...
December 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
If you gaze long into Peter Gabriel, the Peter Gabriel also gazes into you...
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Happy DEC-10 Day from icm.museum !!
2026 will be year of 36 bits!
Come play on the two SC40s and XKL TOADs
#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing
2026 will be year of 36 bits!
Come play on the two SC40s and XKL TOADs
#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing
December 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Happy DEC-10 Day from icm.museum !!
2026 will be year of 36 bits!
Come play on the two SC40s and XKL TOADs
#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing
2026 will be year of 36 bits!
Come play on the two SC40s and XKL TOADs
#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing
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it's a strange thing to ponder that you might have seen the peak of human technological achievement in terms of usability, adaptability and capability and it was running Windows 98
December 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
it's a strange thing to ponder that you might have seen the peak of human technological achievement in terms of usability, adaptability and capability and it was running Windows 98
Purple records sound better.
December 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Purple records sound better.
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I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Gen Z are going retro, with studies showing a resurgence in people buying tech in the modern age that can be dated back decades.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30
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Did you ever see the Thinking Machines Connection Machine 2 at the Wing Luke Museum?
youtu.be/g0v2Lgugh9c
youtu.be/g0v2Lgugh9c
"Tamiko Thiel + The Connection Machine"
YouTube video by Wing Luke Museum
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December 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Did you ever see the Thinking Machines Connection Machine 2 at the Wing Luke Museum?
youtu.be/g0v2Lgugh9c
youtu.be/g0v2Lgugh9c
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to commemorate alan dye moving from apple to meta, here's one of his best quotes
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
to commemorate alan dye moving from apple to meta, here's one of his best quotes