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  1. iamdarkyoshi

    Game soundtracks were better in the 80s.. wait…

    iamdarkyoshi replied to manikyath's status update

    The C64 and Amiga are my top faves for really cool music. Both have been extensively well used in the demoscene
  2. iamdarkyoshi

    While i was at the beach getting a tan and drin…

    iamdarkyoshi replied to FloRolf's status update

    I literally got a sunburn just from driving inside a modern car with the windows up for a couple hours. My skin was peeling the next day. I think I might be the whitest person alive
  3. iamdarkyoshi
    iamdarkyoshi

    Alright... What in the fresh hell

     

    I thought I had seen everything with these famiclones and the weird stuff they come with for games, but one where mario's... not wearing clothes is a new one

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    I have censored it because although the NES's graphics aren't exactly what springs to mind when it comes to creating adult content, I'd rather not chance it lmao

    1. da na

      da na

      I have one with a weed themed Mario game, evidently it's rather common

       

      Also I love the RAM module that's turned 90 degrees, looks like it's soldered on wrong lol

  4. iamdarkyoshi

    I bought a mini wireless keyboard for $10. Shou…

    iamdarkyoshi replied to Godlygamer23's status update

    Oh nice. If it was one of the ones I described, we have them at work and they all belong in the bin Sure, a review would be interesting. Curious how it'd stack up to the non plus version of the logitech K400.
  5. iamdarkyoshi

    I bought a mini wireless keyboard for $10. Shou…

    iamdarkyoshi replied to Godlygamer23's status update

    Is it one of those silver trimmed ones with a steel ball bearing for a trackball and a really really tiny tab key?
  6. iamdarkyoshi
    iamdarkyoshi

    Fixing a dead OSSC from ebay. Thermal cameras are so nice to have.

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    This chip has something wrong internally, causing it to overload the regulator powering it. Substituting my own gruntier 3.3v line made the unit actually work, albeit drawing grossly more power than intended. You can see the bond wire carrying the excessice current in the faulty chip!

     

    Albeit at a considerably higher current than normal, it actually does output video now:

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    Just need to wait for my replacement chip to come in from China. Almost certain the unit will be back up and running normally after that.

  7. iamdarkyoshi
    iamdarkyoshi

    It was 20C literally yesterday, wat

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    Now it's -11C

    1. soldier_ph

      soldier_ph

      Climate change, yay.

    2. da na

      da na

      Lucky...

    3. flibberdipper

      flibberdipper

      We casually went from mid-30s to mid/high 60s between yesterday and today.

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  8. iamdarkyoshi

    Status Update

    iamdarkyoshi replied to DildorTheDecent's status update

  9. iamdarkyoshi
    iamdarkyoshi

    Game night!

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    1. djksm

      djksm

      5 hours ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

      Game night!

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      awwww so cute

  10. iamdarkyoshi

    Status Update

    iamdarkyoshi replied to DildorTheDecent's status update

    If you're sending them on telegram, open the image crop menu, apply your crop, then send it It'll force it to convert it
  11. iamdarkyoshi

    Status Update

    iamdarkyoshi replied to iamdarkyoshi's status update

    Good question.
  12. iamdarkyoshi
    iamdarkyoshi

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    1. FlyingPotato_is_taken

      FlyingPotato_is_taken

      But can it withstand a banhammer?

    2. iamdarkyoshi

      iamdarkyoshi

      3 hours ago, FlyingPotato_is_taken said:

      But can it withstand a banhammer?

      Good question.

  13. iamdarkyoshi

    After 7 months of owning it, my Steelseries Aer…

    iamdarkyoshi replied to Techstorm970's status update

    Want me to take a stab at fixing the old one?
  14. iamdarkyoshi
    iamdarkyoshi

    I use Edge as my browser on android.

     

    It has adblock built in, lets me set desktop view as the default for *all* websites, it has tabs on large displays instead of that button that opens a list of pages open, and most surprisingly, the share button integrates a URL tracking information cleaner.

     

    I've not found another one that manages to do this.

     

    What browser do you all use on mobile and why?

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    2. Average Nerd

      Average Nerd

      Switched from Chrome to Firefox because Chrome doesn't let you add extensions on mobile (I need my adblocker).

      (But I can't uninstall Chrome, thanks Samsung.)

    3. SansVarnic

      SansVarnic

      9 minutes ago, Average Nerd said:

      Switched from Chrome to Firefox because Chrome doesn't let you add extensions on mobile (I need my adblocker).

      (But I can't uninstall Chrome, thanks Samsung.)

      you can disable it.

       

      *edit. go to settings> apps > chrome ... select disable at the bottom. see my screen shot. I have a note20.

      Spoiler

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    4. flibberdipper

      flibberdipper

      On Android I use Firefox, and on my iPhone I use Safari but keep Firefox installed so I can get my bookmarks, passwords, and yeet shit from anywhere to other devices using Firefox (which is honestly the most goated thing ever).

  15. iamdarkyoshi

    I'm upgrading my network to 2.5gbit, which mean…

    iamdarkyoshi replied to iamdarkyoshi's status update

    Not sure yet. Haven't gotten the 2.5g card to work in my NAS...
  16. iamdarkyoshi

    Nothing ever works the first try when networkin…

    iamdarkyoshi replied to iamdarkyoshi's status update

    Why did I read that as "lick" the first time
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    I'm upgrading my network to 2.5gbit, which mean…

    iamdarkyoshi replied to iamdarkyoshi's status update

    Intel for this dual card, realtek for the single port cards for my game server and nas
  18. iamdarkyoshi
    iamdarkyoshi

    Nothing ever works the first try when networking and/or weird OSs are involved

     

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    1. flibberdipper

      flibberdipper

      I like networking however it also causes me to scream expletives as well as make me want to kick a fat kid in Kmart.

    2. iamdarkyoshi

      iamdarkyoshi

      On 2/3/2024 at 5:26 PM, flibberdipper said:

      I like networking however it also causes me to scream expletives as well as make me want to kick a fat kid in Kmart.

      Why did I read that as "lick" the first time

  19. iamdarkyoshi
    iamdarkyoshi

    I'm upgrading my network to 2.5gbit, which means new NICs for everything including the router.

     

    However, I totally forgot I put a pcie 16x slot on the side of my router, so I could totally do this instead of trying to fit it in the case:

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    This machine used to be a really strange small form factor showoff project I never finished which top mounted a GPU:

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    Honestly looked pretty sick.

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    2. iamdarkyoshi

      iamdarkyoshi

      On 2/3/2024 at 7:20 PM, FlyingPotato_is_taken said:

      Realtek or Intel?

      Intel for this dual card, realtek for the single port cards for my game server and nas

    3. FlyingPotato_is_taken

      FlyingPotato_is_taken

      What is your prefered chipset? RTL

       

      Love that 2.5Gb is so affordable.

    4. iamdarkyoshi

      iamdarkyoshi

      53 minutes ago, FlyingPotato_is_taken said:

      What is your prefered chipset? RTL

       

      Love that 2.5Gb is so affordable.

      Not sure yet. Haven't gotten the 2.5g card to work in my NAS...

  20. iamdarkyoshi
    iamdarkyoshi

    Playing videogames with the cats.

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    2. Spotty

      Spotty

      2 hours ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

      Playing videogames with the cats.

      Who's winning?

  21. iamdarkyoshi

    Rather fascinatingly, my bedroom flatscreen cor…

    iamdarkyoshi replied to iamdarkyoshi's status update

    It only has HDMI inputs. I've never seen a TV fhat processes 240p correctly. They always process it as 480i
  22. iamdarkyoshi
    iamdarkyoshi

    Rather fascinatingly, my bedroom flatscreen correctly detects 240p and 480i (both "15khz" "standard definition") resolutions digitized and sent raw over HDMI.

     

    240p is a "hack" of 480i that doesn't interlace but instead halves the effective resolution, and 480i (standard definition video) is not a normally supported resolution of HDMI.

     

    As you can see, both are detected with the correct name and rendered correctly:

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    I think this is my first display that not only shows "15khz" video over HDMI without issues, but it even can detect the difference between 240p and 480i. Neat.

     

    LG 48A2 OLED for those curious.

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    2. Spotty

      Spotty

      When you buy used equipment from a proctology clinic.

    3. manikyath

      manikyath

      i presume this is a leftover from analog inputs being on TV's (does it have an analog input?) because then it would have to be able to process these anyways, and presumably would process these by digitizing them first.

    4. iamdarkyoshi

      iamdarkyoshi

      1 hour ago, manikyath said:

      i presume this is a leftover from analog inputs being on TV's (does it have an analog input?) because then it would have to be able to process these anyways, and presumably would process these by digitizing them first.

      It only has HDMI inputs. I've never seen a TV fhat processes 240p correctly. They always process it as 480i

  23. iamdarkyoshi

    -8 degrees Celsius outside. Oof.

    iamdarkyoshi replied to Godlygamer23's status update

    It was only -8C today and it felt like sweet relief, I can stand outside without dying
  24. iamdarkyoshi
    iamdarkyoshi

    It has been an unacceptably long time since my last cat post.

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    More catposting.

    1. FloRolf

      FloRolf

      3 hours ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

      It has been an unacceptably long time since my last cat died.

      Idk why my tired ass read this instead but it confused the hell out of me lmao. 

      Hope they are all in good health 😅

    2. Senzelian

      Senzelian

      KITTEEEEEEH 😻

  25. iamdarkyoshi

    -8 degrees Celsius outside. Oof.

    iamdarkyoshi replied to Godlygamer23's status update

    The response time when I first get into the car is about 2-3 seconds for the LCDs to fully transition between images. They've got thin film heaters inside them though and fairly quickly warm up to a reasonable temperature and perform fine. It feels like using a laptop from the 90s with a passive matrix LCD Oh and I'm still wearing shorts and a t shirt in this weather because I'm a lunatic.
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