2026-05-29T01:25:39Z https://yabu.me phooky https://yabu.me/npub1jzg769mg9ddfqlxwnn9hmx0g2tmsz97fun7e0wwpnexksp5dugvqpwt9kk https://cdn.masto.host/hexaclub/accounts/avatars/114/259/706/527/520/244/original/4ed0c05bef6cbe12.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/hexaclub/accounts/avatars/114/259/706/527/520/244/original/4ed0c05bef6cbe12.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv7z03j9n7ax3c9ykk54mc4kl2gtl7k02hr2cmrtspyt2fqfvyj0qzyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3psn0nvgx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd25njr26sz36lexdcnuke76gqkdmwx8f852jh5wqcu7kqvj04qach3278z'>nevent1q…278z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>wow. we were very close to having &#34;animal, vegetable, or digable&#34; 2026-05-04T01:53:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsppsgdenaur8xkjnsarctem8pdmldfvarq372evmh7uw5es27kzhgzyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3psg2n4rq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspea9dweldfmpnr5k4vq78rkappk86uh26nq7vz8mpsv9trrugupstwx4zr'>nevent1q…x4zr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh, it&#39;s better; it&#39;s a vulnerability introduced by someone&#39;s terrible cryptography code 2026-05-03T16:51:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstzgp9aaxj8afet9xtrwzpu9a57crm5lz8aaux2zg0m9r94hv6zyqzyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3pspeejr7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs02trkvqu797utmqfeakhqmlw6suakl83an7jzn59rh6egmnyt8agryusq4'>nevent1q…usq4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>a short while later<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/hexaclub/media_attachments/files/116/507/729/612/786/099/original/3d5980929c1f49c0.png"> <br/> 2026-05-03T00:07:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs02trkvqu797utmqfeakhqmlw6suakl83an7jzn59rh6egmnyt8agzyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3pst7nzsj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxn37wqkcvtpk5g66xkz72z0mllmhle8d9y0zfxh6l82afpfxnn7ssf8q3u'>nevent1q…8q3u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>extremely specific feels 2026-05-03T00:03:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvh7jm9fhqpcq5a6d7ujrwrq7n6usnhy2hgzrafrvx5qay3h7twxgzyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3psh5558c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszpjk756q32szhmtcffjkzpdwtftvjy9jt7wy90kr3w3qqg5axnvcqhznk8'>nevent1q…znk8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>damned infernal steaming server! 2026-04-23T22:26:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs20tjqtpzxwdysm026d8gs8xg0uuwp27aa20m0883l96klsn4f2hgzyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3psguj0u5 Everybody talks about the food pyramid but nobody talks about the food mummy and its terrible curse 2026-04-22T01:20:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrcjqyhy8hq2txsmgt6etzt2jlmgfvqfm6r8dv3ep76sj6tw2579gzyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3psyus90z First exposure to Kate Bush: 2026-04-09T23:28:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsffqy7hkqhqw7qswt33sytx9ewhp093yfvvt4tpe4jralmvj7pvrgzyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3psdtcyrf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8hwuemudnuflu854lsfnwry5u6jv7awc8h9d29j92yazs2a26czc2matyn'>nevent1q…atyn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>have you considered moving to a modern chip, though? Z80s are hard to get and expensive; otoh a cortex-m0+ is faster, more capable, easier to write code for, and costs about as much as a gumball 2026-04-05T21:58:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg2n7f27g8tgyww3w333vs2w8zapshz5uvqlv4c7r6zlj0h57g89czyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3psxc8af6 What is the most widely available small, low-res display in use? I&#39;m thinking along the lines of small eink displays, small LCDs, etc. Preferably parts that are easily available as salvage/surplus. 2026-02-22T17:26:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfhknms8ras6ld2gv2hyldj35hw3a77eztlea224xdtkthhmazc0szyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3psxuqx7r Kudos to YouTube&#39;s autogenerated subtitles for introducing me to Field Programmable Gatorade 2026-02-20T05:04:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdnxswmvwr3uwy9mfk4rhga64vemn9rc23rha9fjl3z9l8075z72gzyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3psgeak9t AI is already dead; we are pivoting to crabs. Within 5-6 years 80% of all jobs will be crabs. Begin hardening your dermis into a tough durable exoskeleton now or be left behind. Economic carcinization is coming 2026-02-17T20:45:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfxhwqr0q6dxdndjfp6xntrhx6jnj7n0v0ntehx22ccstgplmut0gzyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3psz7wx45 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgjm7r6266q6cszdk4wgu39js0xua0y4rennuz8wuru69pz7s9t7c94lrg8'>nevent1q…lrg8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this is actually... not bad? The bots are already scraping wikipedia without recompense and they&#39;re a huge drag on resources. Having these companies at least pay to keep the lights and _and_ (presumably) just sending periodic data dumps instead of having to deal with the costs of constant scraping sounds like an improvement. 2026-01-15T15:40:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs00ezdvp5sa8339fga8ncpkkke2npyhrs3hzunjxdmm8e6qgnta5szyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3pshdfvew In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszgutsj337ly9y4k02jvv8rk3uqtlmf2jqdzk8fwkv9v0wdpzhmdq4ucvff'>nevent1q…cvff</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We are proud to announce that we have done the Gattaca from the beloved 90s sci fi classic, &#34;Don&#39;t Do The Gattaca&#34;<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/hexaclub/media_attachments/files/115/640/557/539/954/758/original/cc3a1aafb3f77b40.jpg"> <br/> 2025-11-30T20:34:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszgutsj337ly9y4k02jvv8rk3uqtlmf2jqdzk8fwkv9v0wdpzhmdqzyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3pse4jkel &#34;Gentlemen, we all understand that eugenics is bad. But consider: what if that, but monetization?&#34; *standing ovation*<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/hexaclub/media_attachments/files/115/640/535/984/384/397/original/7c3ae46e826572c2.jpg"> <br/> 2025-11-30T20:30:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs95yfqlpefh9ph7qkj0hlnuh0rvelfredhfyccqlfuvxdj4vym4gczyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3pswcer78 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy7q3q9l748krjwmttkxd49xm0lm2vkjs9slhnvnd4jh09xknvmzq9gac2v'>nevent1q…ac2v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I log in to my bank&#39;s website, go through their bill pay system, and then _they_ print and mail a check. It&#39;s the most pomo way to settle accounts 2025-11-07T01:00:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsree6vn3w9qu3yv36kqu8m8pqqnlahhu6sxm3xdn74aeejed00vvqzyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3pskv0wck In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdkzkmtana7hjfln0vejq30lcpyz74agwtn43y0saqgu52355v9hsla88xw'>nevent1q…88xw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Tim Hunkin is an absolute legend. 2025-11-01T17:36:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszqlm903kh2er5qfh304u3dmztufmenw758cxw0k8fq7d7tvy0r2szyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3ps7ed50y I know it&#39;s no longer fashionable to write documentation, but when you&#39;ve got a decade-and-a-half old piece of very widely used software (plymouth) and your documentation is a single wiki page which is mostly dead links to old blog posts, you have a problem 2025-10-01T19:44:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvm9dxgv2pecvf9278u8cscexw30ltgztuyheea55wzd86u3zlsqszyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3psral7sg 🎵Distinctly I remember<br/>The twenty-first night of September <br/>And each separate dying ember<br/>Wrought its ghost upon the floooooor<br/><br/>Hey hey hey,<br/> Nevermore! Say do you remember<br/> Nevermore! That gloomy late September<br/> Nevermore! Pining for the lost Lenooooore🎵 2025-09-21T17:43:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf37tqlarahkjyh2hpelhsvl586napf4s4k0j4y6cfcy28fjmpmdszyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3pspw6zkm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstw0jk0va8v79v3dt43h5hh4s0k8qn37lh3zsat799cal974gt8ysnxf7hg'>nevent1q…f7hg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ah, thanks! This tracks pretty well. 2025-09-01T11:52:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsreassd7m56lav4w7h6nejnzg8ka6nz7algng5wlqdnhcrskwklaqzyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3pst7tee0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz8rdsqf54ngc3grfrs7tsknpuccsytgu2waayflgwas635zrevqqzyl5td'>nevent1q…l5td</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>To be more direct: can anyone interpret the text or recognize the style? Reboots appreciated. 2025-09-01T11:35:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz8rdsqf54ngc3grfrs7tsknpuccsytgu2waayflgwas635zrevqqzyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3psyzhsu5 So, this tray has been in our parents&#39; house for at least fifty years. Provenance unknown. Any thoughts?<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/hexaclub/media_attachments/files/115/123/953/652/078/317/original/126a8b45e064e598.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/hexaclub/media_attachments/files/115/123/955/775/435/868/original/3a7b37c78d6c395d.jpg"> <br/> 2025-08-31T14:56:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspwc86waydh98mpxyaykq06y7ewf2c7vksyg0hdh226ra6qa7ffxszyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3psqvjpdu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswxrsmzn46ym4v4f52a7xh3v0uxpfy9y7krger6chsuc29wqzn4yq888qh6'>nevent1q…8qh6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And yes that warning sticker is totally boss, it may have to be transferred to my laptop 2025-08-24T18:26:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswxrsmzn46ym4v4f52a7xh3v0uxpfy9y7krger6chsuc29wqzn4yqzyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3pswyer6q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0p7jl656wwjrp0fnnh94n8zh4j260mjk3kulzu2r36v3l768lmzgf4adgn'>nevent1q…adgn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Haha look how clean and shiny! We&#39;ll let it dry and pretend it was always thus. Let&#39;s never speak of the Horrors again <br/>#compaqdeskpro286<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/hexaclub/media_attachments/files/115/085/137/715/865/366/original/abea163aa5315859.jpg"> <br/> 2025-08-24T18:25:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0p7jl656wwjrp0fnnh94n8zh4j260mjk3kulzu2r36v3l768lmzgzyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3psrcpsdk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx6currxnfnutlajr5wmfzdjxj6yhp27kqwvvry39f3lgdj4cctxchctzwn'>nevent1q…tzwn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In case you&#39;re wondering how the #compaqdeskpro286 was going, I brought the power supply inside, opened it up, immediately closed it, put it back outside and hosed it down again 2025-08-24T15:35:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx6currxnfnutlajr5wmfzdjxj6yhp27kqwvvry39f3lgdj4cctxczyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3ps9xpdvj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfue7ktzlzw7vp6ln7p43cltftnt9mnwztfft96ju9qvwuawaa3ccyygwv4'>nevent1q…gwv4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And here&#39;s the unlabelled card that I&#39;m assuming is video. The chip is completely undocumented but apparently SARC was one of many bullshit brands that sketchy 80s-90s chip manufacturers would spin up for Nothing To See Here reasons. There&#39;s a DB9 on the back, so presumably this is an RGBI output.<br/><br/>LMK if you know anything about the RC2002SP!<br/><br/>#compaqdeskpro286<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/hexaclub/media_attachments/files/115/072/778/048/084/953/original/17c6485eb2ca1e93.jpg"> <br/> 2025-08-22T14:07:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfue7ktzlzw7vp6ln7p43cltftnt9mnwztfft96ju9qvwuawaa3cczyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3ps3fa63j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswsy8lry6djz62txg4sdltx0zmg0wrnuxre4ahljgcqkmkepkzssq6geqyt'>nevent1q…eqyt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Here&#39;s one of the HDDs; it&#39;s a BJ7D5-A (probably 30MB). It had its own controller card. Haven&#39;t gotten the other one out yet.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/hexaclub/media_attachments/files/115/072/757/911/773/602/original/3eadabf82c9ad2d0.jpg"> <br/> 2025-08-22T14:00:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswsy8lry6djz62txg4sdltx0zmg0wrnuxre4ahljgcqkmkepkzssqzyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3psq2yakr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxpmagajdeyarhskla3w5x8zlcdjuphpkwhjp578um3v6gxde6uuge5zqdj'>nevent1q…zqdj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ha, realized I hadn&#39;t put up any photos. I&#39;ve got about 15 minutes a day to work on this so I haven&#39;t been doing a great job of documenting, but the inside of the machine looks relatively clean.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/hexaclub/media_attachments/files/115/072/719/158/506/473/original/11475f82da4afebb.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/hexaclub/media_attachments/files/115/072/719/189/377/919/original/00716923cde9cf5a.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/hexaclub/media_attachments/files/115/072/719/238/800/735/original/526444ed40ef98cf.jpg"> <br/> 2025-08-22T13:53:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr47098c8jf4v4av5w579t885zvuj8d3cayns8f4ekz02xkxxnfsgzyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3psl937e7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8gnyxncqghala8mhf0pvrkuf55vjzd8z6zy9f2p4wv94f6z86n6sjskxcq'>nevent1q…kxcq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How much do you think this Compaq Deskpro 286 weighs? 2025-08-19T21:24:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8gnyxncqghala8mhf0pvrkuf55vjzd8z6zy9f2p4wv94f6z86n6szyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3psk6emr0 You definitely will not regret picking up a filthy Compaq sitting in the weeds by the canal<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/hexaclub/media_attachments/files/115/057/390/880/943/071/original/95beb3a831128197.jpg"> <br/> 2025-08-19T20:48:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfkhjd7hqxv8jar6wmdv69een9cwhaee95gsqqv6gpj0zt72sp26qzyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3psp3pfk5 New coding technique: I pay programmers money to write software based on my natural language prompt. I call this &#34;bribecoding&#34; 2025-07-18T17:34:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsryk2a2n2tqqcnp5cqxq7zxg8rsw4ysk80xf00shf6tq8kwaqr9fszyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3psrlvldw Nothing screams &#34;we are tired and out of ideas&#34; quite like marketing Oreo-flavored Oreos<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/hexaclub/media_attachments/files/114/837/273/410/844/979/original/23e58e615830a734.jpg"> <br/> 2025-07-11T23:50:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst565nn5cfrv0fmdudu6qmfszmtgjg3f70fwp80dhe578nglk7f2szyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3pssyszqj Fedi, help me solve a fifty year old mystery. These are the dominoes from my childhood. They&#39;re wooden, but they have a very detailed pattern impressed in them. What kind of wood are these? And how did they manage to emboss such an elaborate pattern? (Scale: these are about 1&#34; x 1/2&#34;)<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/hexaclub/media_attachments/files/114/795/372/102/386/711/original/cbc16a9733bbbcae.jpg"> <br/> 2025-07-04T14:13:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs98n9sgnwlf65wxzsf62etptsgcvpazf2c9czxd8238d98zna2urgzyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3psxhnaqh This browser doesn&#39;t appear to support the time or y tags properly<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/hexaclub/media_attachments/files/114/637/966/207/770/976/original/ba9505835efa7c59.jpg"> <br/> 2025-06-06T19:04:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq8wk2vr4ut6pvd5kxw2ff9gs85e49wrj3any378ecm6un5p46shszyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3pscvs7ll Hey, electronics/retroelectronics folk! I have here a batch of 200 ATMega644P microcontrollers (40-pin DIP package) that need a home. These are the ones that we used in Sanguinos, gen3 reprap electronics, and first-generation Makerbots. Happy to ship them within the US; I&#39;m just trying to keep them out of the trash. Please reboost!<br/><br/>Digikey link:<br/><a href="https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/microchip-technology/ATMEGA644P-20PU/1245866">https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/microchip-technology/ATMEGA644P-20PU/1245866</a> 2025-05-02T17:02:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd7sl73j46phncqav4z4tny7e7pnddjn3xacqz3dz6yyn72atqhzqzyzgfrmghdq444yrue6wvklveapf0wqghe8j0m9aecx0y66qx3h3pswqgr77 i&#39;m reading the kind of articles that have this sort of illustration, wish me luck<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/hexaclub/media_attachments/files/114/377/335/073/286/273/original/906968d1881c764b.png"> <br/> 2025-04-21T18:21:53Z