Yuri Litvinenko
@ylitvinenko.com
Likes history of consumer tech. lee-twee-NYEN-ko, he/him
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8 GB RAM MacBooks have died — long live 8 GB VRAM Nvidia GPUs
April 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
8 GB RAM MacBooks have died — long live 8 GB VRAM Nvidia GPUs
Of all things that happen in the new Indiana Jones game, it's the anachronistic use of the term "abjad"—introduced in the 1990s—which threw my suspension of disbelief out of the window.
April 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Of all things that happen in the new Indiana Jones game, it's the anachronistic use of the term "abjad"—introduced in the 1990s—which threw my suspension of disbelief out of the window.
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Most interesting find in Windows XP is resources for the OLD Windows Setup GUI from Windows NT 3.51 in the setupdll.dll file located in System32 folder!
Bitmaps, dialogs even string tables from Windows NT 3.51 are surprisingly intact!
Sadly, this file got removed in Server 2003. :(
Bitmaps, dialogs even string tables from Windows NT 3.51 are surprisingly intact!
Sadly, this file got removed in Server 2003. :(
February 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Most interesting find in Windows XP is resources for the OLD Windows Setup GUI from Windows NT 3.51 in the setupdll.dll file located in System32 folder!
Bitmaps, dialogs even string tables from Windows NT 3.51 are surprisingly intact!
Sadly, this file got removed in Server 2003. :(
Bitmaps, dialogs even string tables from Windows NT 3.51 are surprisingly intact!
Sadly, this file got removed in Server 2003. :(
People who react to M4 MacBook Pro leaks by saying Apple should halt its business in Russia (however limited) are being ridiculous. It's a problem created by the _lack_ of corporate oversight. What would having _less_ of it lead to?
October 8, 2024 at 4:36 AM
People who react to M4 MacBook Pro leaks by saying Apple should halt its business in Russia (however limited) are being ridiculous. It's a problem created by the _lack_ of corporate oversight. What would having _less_ of it lead to?
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Wrote about this one a bit back and was genuinely surprised how charming and nice it is. There's not much more to it than the combo of classical music, classical poetry, and cute cats, but do you *need* anything else?
cdrom.ca/games/2023/1...
cdrom.ca/games/2023/1...
September 28, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Wrote about this one a bit back and was genuinely surprised how charming and nice it is. There's not much more to it than the combo of classical music, classical poetry, and cute cats, but do you *need* anything else?
cdrom.ca/games/2023/1...
cdrom.ca/games/2023/1...
Playing Halo: CE Anniversary—first time I'm playing any Halo, in fact—and wow, you don't need to have any preestablished perception to understand that authors of the remaster did the lighting dirty. Indoor environments are so moodier with the original graphics.
September 28, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Playing Halo: CE Anniversary—first time I'm playing any Halo, in fact—and wow, you don't need to have any preestablished perception to understand that authors of the remaster did the lighting dirty. Indoor environments are so moodier with the original graphics.
Building a page of shame. My father sure was duped a few times when he was building the collection...
May 1, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Building a page of shame. My father sure was duped a few times when he was building the collection...
Highlight of the day: found my favorite earbuds, long presumed lost 🫘 Not in the mood to get rid of the in-ear ones—guess I can now choose them depending on the mood.
April 5, 2024 at 9:11 AM
Highlight of the day: found my favorite earbuds, long presumed lost 🫘 Not in the mood to get rid of the in-ear ones—guess I can now choose them depending on the mood.
After an update, my fairly modern smart TV got this gracious gradient behind a clock. I guess we're really hitting the new design trend cycle—this visual element looks like it came from 2011 and 2025 simultaneously
March 8, 2024 at 10:27 PM
After an update, my fairly modern smart TV got this gracious gradient behind a clock. I guess we're really hitting the new design trend cycle—this visual element looks like it came from 2011 and 2025 simultaneously
A café in Moscow's commercial district offers takeout Aperol spritz as a weekday morning special. Sure, why not
February 27, 2024 at 8:55 AM
A café in Moscow's commercial district offers takeout Aperol spritz as a weekday morning special. Sure, why not
I searched YouTube for some book reviews and, in a "recommended" section of said search results, got a video titled "I want to s**k your d**k" with 20+ million views. Great platform you've got here
February 27, 2024 at 7:19 AM
I searched YouTube for some book reviews and, in a "recommended" section of said search results, got a video titled "I want to s**k your d**k" with 20+ million views. Great platform you've got here
I've been gifted a bottle of popcorn syrup this Christmas, and I still don't have a clue where I could apply it. Any ideas?
Smells of popcorn, tastes like hazelnut, but the latter gets lost in any hot liquid. "Coffee smelling of popcorn" is not as vile as it sounds, but it does feel like a waste.
Smells of popcorn, tastes like hazelnut, but the latter gets lost in any hot liquid. "Coffee smelling of popcorn" is not as vile as it sounds, but it does feel like a waste.
February 11, 2024 at 4:45 PM
I've been gifted a bottle of popcorn syrup this Christmas, and I still don't have a clue where I could apply it. Any ideas?
Smells of popcorn, tastes like hazelnut, but the latter gets lost in any hot liquid. "Coffee smelling of popcorn" is not as vile as it sounds, but it does feel like a waste.
Smells of popcorn, tastes like hazelnut, but the latter gets lost in any hot liquid. "Coffee smelling of popcorn" is not as vile as it sounds, but it does feel like a waste.
I continue to adore strangers I see in public transit with some kick-ass old phones. Props to you, a grandpa with a gold Galaxy S7 Edge.
February 8, 2024 at 10:43 AM
I continue to adore strangers I see in public transit with some kick-ass old phones. Props to you, a grandpa with a gold Galaxy S7 Edge.
There was some sort of paint can, which I kept ignoring for months, tucked away in a kitchen drawer by my rented flat's landlords. Today, I've decided to throw it away, but
January 27, 2024 at 5:19 PM
There was some sort of paint can, which I kept ignoring for months, tucked away in a kitchen drawer by my rented flat's landlords. Today, I've decided to throw it away, but
I've spent two days explaining to a lot of people, many of them professionals in consumer electronics, a difference between Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 6E, and a 6 GHz band.
January 25, 2024 at 2:57 PM
I've spent two days explaining to a lot of people, many of them professionals in consumer electronics, a difference between Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 6E, and a 6 GHz band.
It's funny that CF-to-IDE adapters were initially pitched within the retrocomputing circles as a cheap and easy storage solution.
Now, from what I'm getting, trying to make them work as intended means digging for specific "industrial" CF cards and specific adapters with 3.3V support.
Now, from what I'm getting, trying to make them work as intended means digging for specific "industrial" CF cards and specific adapters with 3.3V support.
January 3, 2024 at 7:02 PM
It's funny that CF-to-IDE adapters were initially pitched within the retrocomputing circles as a cheap and easy storage solution.
Now, from what I'm getting, trying to make them work as intended means digging for specific "industrial" CF cards and specific adapters with 3.3V support.
Now, from what I'm getting, trying to make them work as intended means digging for specific "industrial" CF cards and specific adapters with 3.3V support.
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PC Cases without 3.5" drive bays may have been an inconvenience, but no longer.
December 30, 2023 at 2:35 AM
PC Cases without 3.5" drive bays may have been an inconvenience, but no longer.
What in the tarnation that is a media manager's mind is "a Ubisoft Original"
December 28, 2023 at 2:47 PM
What in the tarnation that is a media manager's mind is "a Ubisoft Original"
Keeping up with the latest advancement in tech
December 27, 2023 at 1:41 PM
Keeping up with the latest advancement in tech
Putting VisiCalc's booming popularity in the context of a post-Iranian Revolution oil crisis is just 😩🤌 @lainenooney.bsky.social
December 22, 2023 at 5:50 PM
Putting VisiCalc's booming popularity in the context of a post-Iranian Revolution oil crisis is just 😩🤌 @lainenooney.bsky.social
TIL that VLC for Apple TV gives you the way to use the streaming box's storage for keeping your media offline. The app, if prompted, opens a local web server on the box, and you'll upload your stuff to it from any other device.
December 14, 2023 at 6:11 PM
TIL that VLC for Apple TV gives you the way to use the streaming box's storage for keeping your media offline. The app, if prompted, opens a local web server on the box, and you'll upload your stuff to it from any other device.
From the mailbox: GoDaddy reacts to being labeled as "lawbreaker" by a Russian censorship agency by shutting down accounts which it believes are based in Russia, tells domain owners to start transferring them elsewhere by New Year's Eve.
December 11, 2023 at 10:29 PM
From the mailbox: GoDaddy reacts to being labeled as "lawbreaker" by a Russian censorship agency by shutting down accounts which it believes are based in Russia, tells domain owners to start transferring them elsewhere by New Year's Eve.
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Went here today. The Westinghouse Atomsmasher, a particle accelerator built in the 30s and shut down in the 50s. It was part of a larger complex demolished in 2015. It lays on its side now floating in a sea of weeds and debris, all particles presumably moving at normal speed.
December 5, 2023 at 2:37 AM
Went here today. The Westinghouse Atomsmasher, a particle accelerator built in the 30s and shut down in the 50s. It was part of a larger complex demolished in 2015. It lays on its side now floating in a sea of weeds and debris, all particles presumably moving at normal speed.
That Sonic game, which has just been released on the Apple Arcade, seems to be a good reminder of Apple TV's hardware capabilities—at least if we're talking about the latest one. I kind of forgot that it's ridiculously overpowered for a streaming box.
December 4, 2023 at 7:42 PM
That Sonic game, which has just been released on the Apple Arcade, seems to be a good reminder of Apple TV's hardware capabilities—at least if we're talking about the latest one. I kind of forgot that it's ridiculously overpowered for a streaming box.
Among people inducted into Russia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights today was a head of a government-aligned NGO called “White Internet:” Not sure if the org is racist, advocates for turning a Russian cyberspace into an intranet, or both.
Руководитель АНО "Белый Интернет" Сидоренко вошла в но�...
Президент РФ Владимир Путин включил в состав Совета при президенте РФ по развитию гражданского общества и пр...
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December 1, 2023 at 10:08 PM
Among people inducted into Russia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights today was a head of a government-aligned NGO called “White Internet:” Not sure if the org is racist, advocates for turning a Russian cyberspace into an intranet, or both.