Paul Carbone
@forty2.bsky.social
Oscilloscope enthusiast and 60s test equipment hoarder, with the occasional retro computer here and there.
Mastodon: @forty2@oldbytes.space
Mastodon: @forty2@oldbytes.space
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Celebrating the United States right now is like if the Titanic band was selling merch.
July 4, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Celebrating the United States right now is like if the Titanic band was selling merch.
It’s been a bit since I posted an oscilloscope photo, and that feels wrong.
So here’s a #tektronix 7854
July 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It’s been a bit since I posted an oscilloscope photo, and that feels wrong.
So here’s a #tektronix 7854
The Venn Diagram I imagine every time I install a window AC
July 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The Venn Diagram I imagine every time I install a window AC
“THIS IS A 7:00AM TRAIN, PLEASE PUT YOUR HEADPHONES IN IF YOU’RE LISTENING YOUR PHONE. THANK YOU”
I just said at full voice in the train.
Dafaq is wrong with people?
I just said at full voice in the train.
Dafaq is wrong with people?
June 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
“THIS IS A 7:00AM TRAIN, PLEASE PUT YOUR HEADPHONES IN IF YOU’RE LISTENING YOUR PHONE. THANK YOU”
I just said at full voice in the train.
Dafaq is wrong with people?
I just said at full voice in the train.
Dafaq is wrong with people?
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“Door dash for bears” 😄
June 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
“Door dash for bears” 😄
New favorite insult dropped:
“If you fall for this now, with decades of hindsight from the War on Terror you should probably have someone follow you around and smack your hand anytime you're about to trade your family's cow for magic beans”
“If you fall for this now, with decades of hindsight from the War on Terror you should probably have someone follow you around and smack your hand anytime you're about to trade your family's cow for magic beans”
June 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
New favorite insult dropped:
“If you fall for this now, with decades of hindsight from the War on Terror you should probably have someone follow you around and smack your hand anytime you're about to trade your family's cow for magic beans”
“If you fall for this now, with decades of hindsight from the War on Terror you should probably have someone follow you around and smack your hand anytime you're about to trade your family's cow for magic beans”
Things I miss from city living: Mike’s Knife Sharpening truck. He’d drive around in this funny little truck and bang on a bell to let you know he was near by. He was from south brooklyn but we’d see him up in northern Manhattan at least once a year.
#NYC
#NYC
June 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Things I miss from city living: Mike’s Knife Sharpening truck. He’d drive around in this funny little truck and bang on a bell to let you know he was near by. He was from south brooklyn but we’d see him up in northern Manhattan at least once a year.
#NYC
#NYC
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A rule of thumb that will rarely lead you astray in this country is to assume that a riot was started by the people who showed up armed and dressed for a riot.
June 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
A rule of thumb that will rarely lead you astray in this country is to assume that a riot was started by the people who showed up armed and dressed for a riot.
Asimov’s first rule of vacuum cleaners:
A vacuum must always be able to roll over its own cord.
Looking at you Miele.
A vacuum must always be able to roll over its own cord.
Looking at you Miele.
June 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Asimov’s first rule of vacuum cleaners:
A vacuum must always be able to roll over its own cord.
Looking at you Miele.
A vacuum must always be able to roll over its own cord.
Looking at you Miele.
Dear every company:
Please kindly fuck right off with your apps. It’s a web page. It looks the same as your webpage.
You didn’t write it in C or C++ or C# or Cb or C for workgroups or rust or whatever. Its. A fucking. Web page. Don’t make be install a 300MB web browser that’s only good for one site.
You didn’t write it in C or C++ or C# or Cb or C for workgroups or rust or whatever. Its. A fucking. Web page. Don’t make be install a 300MB web browser that’s only good for one site.
May 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Dear every company:
Please kindly fuck right off with your apps. It’s a web page. It looks the same as your webpage.
You didn’t write it in C or C++ or C# or Cb or C for workgroups or rust or whatever. Its. A fucking. Web page. Don’t make be install a 300MB web browser that’s only good for one site.
You didn’t write it in C or C++ or C# or Cb or C for workgroups or rust or whatever. Its. A fucking. Web page. Don’t make be install a 300MB web browser that’s only good for one site.
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Luddites weren't anti-tech.
They were against technology being used by the capitalist class to capture wealth at the expense of the worker.
I am a Luddite, and a tech enthusiast. They're not in opposition. I want technology that makes MY life better, not that sells my life piecemeal to corps.
They were against technology being used by the capitalist class to capture wealth at the expense of the worker.
I am a Luddite, and a tech enthusiast. They're not in opposition. I want technology that makes MY life better, not that sells my life piecemeal to corps.
I hate crypto, I hate online gambling, I hate AI, I hate pay-later, I hate subscription models, I hate the gig economy, I hate ring cameras, I hate drones, I hate self checkout.
I don't want to come off as a luddite but capitalism's hold on tech sucks.
I don't want to come off as a luddite but capitalism's hold on tech sucks.
May 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Luddites weren't anti-tech.
They were against technology being used by the capitalist class to capture wealth at the expense of the worker.
I am a Luddite, and a tech enthusiast. They're not in opposition. I want technology that makes MY life better, not that sells my life piecemeal to corps.
They were against technology being used by the capitalist class to capture wealth at the expense of the worker.
I am a Luddite, and a tech enthusiast. They're not in opposition. I want technology that makes MY life better, not that sells my life piecemeal to corps.
There’s an ethereal beauty of an analog sampling scope /almost/ working
#oscilloscope #analog #electronics #crt #retroTech
May 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
There’s an ethereal beauty of an analog sampling scope /almost/ working
#oscilloscope #analog #electronics #crt #retroTech
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We've got an All-Timer right here folks!
May 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
We've got an All-Timer right here folks!
I drove to NJ yesterday and as soon as I crossed the border the speedometer switched to strip malls per hour.
May 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I drove to NJ yesterday and as soon as I crossed the border the speedometer switched to strip malls per hour.
Bluesky is cancelling accounts when foreign governments ask them to, and Threads is doing adverts soon.
Corporate public messaging systems do not exist to facilitate communication.
They exist to make money for the shareholders. That's. It.
Come join us on the #fediverse
Corporate public messaging systems do not exist to facilitate communication.
They exist to make money for the shareholders. That's. It.
Come join us on the #fediverse
April 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Bluesky is cancelling accounts when foreign governments ask them to, and Threads is doing adverts soon.
Corporate public messaging systems do not exist to facilitate communication.
They exist to make money for the shareholders. That's. It.
Come join us on the #fediverse
Corporate public messaging systems do not exist to facilitate communication.
They exist to make money for the shareholders. That's. It.
Come join us on the #fediverse
I’m gonna refine the shit out of some macro data
(Yeah, I know it’s not the same model… )
#severance #retroComputing
(Yeah, I know it’s not the same model… )
#severance #retroComputing
April 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I’m gonna refine the shit out of some macro data
(Yeah, I know it’s not the same model… )
#severance #retroComputing
(Yeah, I know it’s not the same model… )
#severance #retroComputing
To anyone who ever worked on the Deltek/Maconomy expense reporting platform:
Your work is bad, and you should feel bad.
Your work is bad, and you should feel bad.
April 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
To anyone who ever worked on the Deltek/Maconomy expense reporting platform:
Your work is bad, and you should feel bad.
Your work is bad, and you should feel bad.
Ah Seattle, I forgot how much your airport… well… it’s an airport. Good for you for trying.
April 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Ah Seattle, I forgot how much your airport… well… it’s an airport. Good for you for trying.
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every republican policy is just mad libs for sociopaths. “we’re banning [noun] to protect [imaginary victim] from [thing that doesn’t happen]”
April 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
every republican policy is just mad libs for sociopaths. “we’re banning [noun] to protect [imaginary victim] from [thing that doesn’t happen]”
I tried to listen to Bare Naked Ladies on Spotify, but now it only plays 80% of the song.
April 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I tried to listen to Bare Naked Ladies on Spotify, but now it only plays 80% of the song.
naw man, you just don't get it; this was well orchestrated deception at the highest. they're playing 3 dimensional chess man, you libs are too stupid to understand.
My man is playing 4 dimensional checkers, 5 dimensional Connect 4, 6 dimensional Yahtzee, and 7 dimensional Chutes & Ladders.
My man is playing 4 dimensional checkers, 5 dimensional Connect 4, 6 dimensional Yahtzee, and 7 dimensional Chutes & Ladders.
March 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
naw man, you just don't get it; this was well orchestrated deception at the highest. they're playing 3 dimensional chess man, you libs are too stupid to understand.
My man is playing 4 dimensional checkers, 5 dimensional Connect 4, 6 dimensional Yahtzee, and 7 dimensional Chutes & Ladders.
My man is playing 4 dimensional checkers, 5 dimensional Connect 4, 6 dimensional Yahtzee, and 7 dimensional Chutes & Ladders.
Lighting up these indicators that were a part of the house’s original security system made me unreasonably happy.
March 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Lighting up these indicators that were a part of the house’s original security system made me unreasonably happy.