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FX2
@anoldthinkpad.bsky.social
Millennial | Cranky | Cats, Computers, and Cars 🐈💻🚗

- May vanish for extended periods of time
- May be involved with the creation of the T̸o̴r̸m̵e̷n̶t̷ ̴N̴e̴x̵u̶s̶
- Will raid your mom's fridge for Lunchables when we finish
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'I never thought software would eat MY job,' sobs SaaS marketer who worked for the Software Eating People's Jobs Corp
December 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
In a world long ago when I was an RS ASM...
December 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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(struggling to name one spice girl) garlic spice
December 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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December 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Nomination for highly liminal space.

Tire store with the endless stacks of tires all claiming to be the best.
December 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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December 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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i am a sucker for nostalgia just like everybody else *sigh*
December 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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In the 1980s, at least one person had to have their hand resting on top of the monitor. It's a requirement!
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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me: I hate computers. I'm done with computers

*a computer somewhere starts acting unfucking believable weird doing insane operations-impacting shit*

also me:
an ambulance is driving down a street in front of a tapco
ALT: an ambulance is driving down a street in front of a tapco
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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November 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Someone make a joke about 'Sneaker Game' quick.
A designer in Singapore created a functional SNES inside a wearable Nike sneaker
A designer created an SNES inside a shoe to celebrate 35 years of the console in Japan.
www.engadget.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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oh it’s “hoarding” now if you don’t update your expensive electronics every year
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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I'm just excited for MTG to go back to being about Magic The Gathering again
November 22, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Great news. We have made the already comically small stop sign that flaggers use even smaller. This will save the city over 300 dollars a year!
November 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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for a long time i've been thinking i needed less computer

but what if the answer was actually more computer
November 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Cloud service worker: Boss our entire service is down

Boss: get in the dns Shinji
November 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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a period novel set in the era when the web was good
November 20, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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November 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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RIVER CITY RANSOM
TECHNŌS JAPAN 1990
NES
July 7, 2024 at 10:18 PM
I get it bud.
October 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Everyone and everything is trying to rip you off these days.
Identifying Fake Small-Signal Transistors
It’s rather amazing how many electronic components you can buy right now are not quite the genuine parts that they are sold as. Outside of dedicated platforms like Mouser, Digikey and LCSC yo…
hackaday.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Wish Tropical Tidbits was on Bluesky.
October 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Taking a caregiving break transit trip to destress, yet I’m stressing about how RIPTA service cuts have impacted so many riders. Waited 55 MINS for a bus after missing one (it used to come every 35 mins)🫢

Rhode Island’s top elected officials could show leadership NOW, but they’re staying silent. 🫠
October 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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You know, modern moral panics need more infographics
October 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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SUPER MARIO WORLD
NINTENDO 1991
SNES
October 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM