Mitochondrial Challenger
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FYI - the full MC68060s advertised by shipcycle on eBay are rebadged MC68*LC*060, rev 4. Or at least my sample was.
The top is sanded down and laser etched with the fake info.
The top is sanded down and laser etched with the fake info.
September 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
FYI - the full MC68060s advertised by shipcycle on eBay are rebadged MC68*LC*060, rev 4. Or at least my sample was.
The top is sanded down and laser etched with the fake info.
The top is sanded down and laser etched with the fake info.
Picked up an odd ISA card - I wanted it for the TMS34020 graphics chip - but it's worth taking a look at. It's a component of a Siemens Sirona (?) X-ray system. ~1998 vintage.
The back has all MELF components, looks like it would be expensive to produce.
No DAC, but uC and UART. #electronics
The back has all MELF components, looks like it would be expensive to produce.
No DAC, but uC and UART. #electronics
August 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Picked up an odd ISA card - I wanted it for the TMS34020 graphics chip - but it's worth taking a look at. It's a component of a Siemens Sirona (?) X-ray system. ~1998 vintage.
The back has all MELF components, looks like it would be expensive to produce.
No DAC, but uC and UART. #electronics
The back has all MELF components, looks like it would be expensive to produce.
No DAC, but uC and UART. #electronics
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Put the Russia-Ukraine peace deal on the blockchain.
by Andrew Yang
by Andrew Yang
August 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Put the Russia-Ukraine peace deal on the blockchain.
by Andrew Yang
by Andrew Yang
Magnifico Giganticus on Apple TV's #Foundation is Vince Clarke and you can't convince me otherwise.
August 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Magnifico Giganticus on Apple TV's #Foundation is Vince Clarke and you can't convince me otherwise.
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Peter Thiel Shows Trump How To Sort Spreadsheet Of Americans By Ethnicity
theonion.com/peter-t...
theonion.com/peter-t...
July 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Peter Thiel Shows Trump How To Sort Spreadsheet Of Americans By Ethnicity
theonion.com/peter-t...
theonion.com/peter-t...
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writing this and speaking to Cara gave me a lot of hope about the future of Online. despite the internet's degeneracy into reactionary AI sludge, there are so many ideas unexplored and paths not yet taken. projects like this and @meshtastic.org are reminders of what we can build if we think smaller.
💾 New from me: i interviewed @cara.city about the Telnet literary zine New Session, rejecting algorithms & AI brainrot, and the return of what i’m calling the Slow Internet 🐢 🖥️
This Queer Online Zine Can Only Be Read Via an Ancient Internet Protocol
New Session publishes poetry via Telnet, rejecting the internet’s fast-paced enshittification.
www.404media.co
June 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
writing this and speaking to Cara gave me a lot of hope about the future of Online. despite the internet's degeneracy into reactionary AI sludge, there are so many ideas unexplored and paths not yet taken. projects like this and @meshtastic.org are reminders of what we can build if we think smaller.
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Genuinely one of the saddest photos.
THEY F*CKING TOOK THE ICE CREAM MAN! The photo says it all.
Masked ICE goons grabbed Enrique Lozano in front of a Culver City, CA church. A Community Coalition helped the family identify the abandoned cart, locate his belongings. For 20 years, loved in the community. "Hardened criminals" - my ass.
Masked ICE goons grabbed Enrique Lozano in front of a Culver City, CA church. A Community Coalition helped the family identify the abandoned cart, locate his belongings. For 20 years, loved in the community. "Hardened criminals" - my ass.
June 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Genuinely one of the saddest photos.
Original Pong from scratch. This guy should have a lot more views: www.youtube.com/@bytemind1633
ByteMind
www.youtube.com
June 17, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Original Pong from scratch. This guy should have a lot more views: www.youtube.com/@bytemind1633
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What if being a government employee is more challenging than being a road rules contestant?
Sean Duffy blames antiquated government email systems for the fact air traffic controllers received "fork in the road" emails offering resignations
May 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
What if being a government employee is more challenging than being a road rules contestant?
TV at work is showing DCT ringing only on the Y axis. Usually you see this 45 degrees off or just X. (aside- do other people notice stuff like this?)
April 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
TV at work is showing DCT ringing only on the Y axis. Usually you see this 45 degrees off or just X. (aside- do other people notice stuff like this?)
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The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.
April 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.
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From FB: Porn... pure porn...
Amiga A1000 prototype. Fan boards are the CMOS versions of the custom chips, and board at the front is a Wire Wrapped A1000.
Wow... It always amazes me you can replicate complex chips using normal logic chips. 😂
Amiga A1000 prototype. Fan boards are the CMOS versions of the custom chips, and board at the front is a Wire Wrapped A1000.
Wow... It always amazes me you can replicate complex chips using normal logic chips. 😂
April 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
From FB: Porn... pure porn...
Amiga A1000 prototype. Fan boards are the CMOS versions of the custom chips, and board at the front is a Wire Wrapped A1000.
Wow... It always amazes me you can replicate complex chips using normal logic chips. 😂
Amiga A1000 prototype. Fan boards are the CMOS versions of the custom chips, and board at the front is a Wire Wrapped A1000.
Wow... It always amazes me you can replicate complex chips using normal logic chips. 😂
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Someone do a safety check
April 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Someone do a safety check
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The only fair way to handle this is to appoint a team of teenagers to tear this company limb from limb until we find out what kind of financial damage they are hiding and where
March 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The only fair way to handle this is to appoint a team of teenagers to tear this company limb from limb until we find out what kind of financial damage they are hiding and where
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Failure to consider this is the very core of Engineer’s Disease
A good general epistemic rule of thumb: If you have spent a few hours or weeks studying an area large numbers of smart, educated people have worked in for decades, and you believe you have discoverer an earthshattering truth they all missed, your default should be to regard this as VERY unlikely.
Elon Musk is an idiot on an almost inconceivable scale. He had his high-school toadies pull a random list from a database he doesn’t understand, and on that basis alone decided that 60 MILLION SOCIAL SECURITY ENROLLEES, out of 72 million total, are fraudulent. 83% fraudulent!
February 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Failure to consider this is the very core of Engineer’s Disease
Deepseek: "Total I/O requirements could easily exceed 100 pins, which is more than the 168 I/O pins available on the XC95288XL." #verilog
February 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Deepseek: "Total I/O requirements could easily exceed 100 pins, which is more than the 168 I/O pins available on the XC95288XL." #verilog
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a bit heavy-handed on the metaphor already, 2025
JUST IN: Tesla Cybertruck explodes at the entrance to Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas
January 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
a bit heavy-handed on the metaphor already, 2025
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there's something really fucking rich about a dude who made his fortune spinning out the NSF-funded research project he did at a national lab into a venture capital-funded startup bitching about FDR
“We are living under FDR’s personal monarchy.”
-Marc Andreessen, quoting Curtis Yarvin, yesterday
-Marc Andreessen, quoting Curtis Yarvin, yesterday
December 15, 2024 at 8:37 PM
there's something really fucking rich about a dude who made his fortune spinning out the NSF-funded research project he did at a national lab into a venture capital-funded startup bitching about FDR
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Repost if BlueSky is now your primary social media site.
November 28, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Repost if BlueSky is now your primary social media site.
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Without BASIC, you don't have thousands of invested hobbyists in the 70s, who go on to teach millions of young programmers in the 80s.
Without DTSS's ability to manage hundreds of simultaneous users, you don't have UNIX.
And without Thomas Kurtz, we wouldn't have either.
RIP, Professor Kurtz.
Without DTSS's ability to manage hundreds of simultaneous users, you don't have UNIX.
And without Thomas Kurtz, we wouldn't have either.
RIP, Professor Kurtz.
In Memoriam: Thomas E. Kurtz, 1928–2024
CHM remembers the remarkable career and contributions of 2023 Fellow Thomas E. Kurtz, who passed away on November 12, 2024.
computerhistory.org
November 15, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Without BASIC, you don't have thousands of invested hobbyists in the 70s, who go on to teach millions of young programmers in the 80s.
Without DTSS's ability to manage hundreds of simultaneous users, you don't have UNIX.
And without Thomas Kurtz, we wouldn't have either.
RIP, Professor Kurtz.
Without DTSS's ability to manage hundreds of simultaneous users, you don't have UNIX.
And without Thomas Kurtz, we wouldn't have either.
RIP, Professor Kurtz.