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[adarw]

2 minutes ago, WkdPaul said:

GAME & Watch is on sale ($40 CAD on Amazon Canada ... roughly $30 USD)

 

So I got one (had left over from a previous gift card, that's why the total shows $0)

 

oh nice, you might want to post this on the hot deals sub

[IPD]

A pair of these:

 

[SimplyChunk]

1 hour ago, IPD said:

A pair of these:

 

You planning on some Bret Hart Cosplay or something?

 

Edited March 5, 2022 by SimplyChunk
added context for the younger folks

[Bitter]

5 hours ago, Bitter said:

I bet it's hackable, probably some low end ARM SOC with a custom ROM. It can probably run some generic Android or Linux on it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doom_ports#WebTV/MSN_TV It can play Doom.

http://foxxs.blogspot.com/2008/10/hacking-cork-out-of-webtv-2-rm4100s-ass.html And the hardware in it doesn't look horrible either. Should be able to do something with it, for sure run a light Linux with maybe even a GUI or at the least command line only to do some automated tasks.

[IPD]

1 hour ago, SimplyChunk said:

You planning on some Bret Hart Cosplay or something?

 

I'm a firm subscriber to the "old shit was cooler than new shit" philosophy.  Zubaz.  Pit Vipers.  Airwalk Pterodactyls.  Hypercolor.  Surf Style.

 

Fuck your earth tones.

 

P.S.

No.  If I were wanting to do homage to The Hitman, I'd have gotten something more like this:

 

[Nena Trinity]

[s_k]

Didn't pay for this, but got it alongside two Medion MultiMedia PC's (one with scart!). The medions both don't output video, one seems to fully boot otherwise so I'll look into that.
This Asus P2B based Pentium II 400 works like a charm though!
Weirdly partitioned (7gb, 3gb, 27gb) but super snappy. Full of stuff, used until 2004ish so it's got a plethora of vintage software installations and porn. Zip drive even! And of course a double CD drive, one being a recorder, for your privateering. It's got your Nero burning rom, paint shop pro and Pinnacle Studio DC. Early 2000's perfection! And yeah, that's a huge tower. Heavy too!  

[Bitter]

US $3.68  44%OFF | 5V/3 Pin ARGB 4 Pin Fan PWM HUB 1 To 8 Multi Way Splitter for PC Motherboard LED Strip Light Control Adapter Powered By SATA/4D https://a.aliexpress.com/_mscGN8Y

 

ARGB fan hub to make wiring a little cleaner I hope.

[atxcyclist]

16 hours ago, s_k said:

Didn't pay for this, but got it alongside two Medion MultiMedia PC's (one with scart!). The medions both don't output video, one seems to fully boot otherwise so I'll look into that.
This Asus P2B based Pentium II 400 works like a charm though!
Weirdly partitioned (7gb, 3gb, 27gb) but super snappy. Full of stuff, used until 2004ish so it's got a plethora of vintage software installations and porn. Zip drive even! And of course a double CD drive, one being a recorder, for your privateering. It's got your Nero burning rom, paint shop pro and Pinnacle Studio DC. Early 2000's perfection! And yeah, that's a huge tower. Heavy too!  

I miss super tower cases. I was never cool enough to have one, but maybe some day I'll find a wayward ATX-compatible one that I can cram full of stuff.

[IPD]

On 3/4/2022 at 8:04 PM, IPD said:

I'm a firm subscriber to the "old shit was cooler than new shit" philosophy.  Zubaz.  Pit Vipers.  Airwalk Pterodactyls.  Hypercolor.  Surf Style.

 

Fuck your earth tones.

 

P.S.

No.  If I were wanting to do homage to The Hitman, I'd have gotten something more like this:

 

OOOH YEAH....

 

almost forgot.  These would be Macho Man shades.

 

[Sir Asvald]

Finally replaced my 7 year old SSD with a 1TB ssd

 

 

 

[soldier_ph]

So while I was taking a Shower today I got reminded that I used to watch a Let's Play of a Game called Tasty Blue some 7 years ago on YouTube and that I really wanted to play the game. 3 Minutes of Searching later I found the Game on Steam and bought this Bundle right away for 22 Bucks:

The Mind really does work in mysterious ways sometimes, tho I do have really good long term memory so that helps. 

[Bitter]

2 hours ago, soldier_ph said:

So while I was taking a Shower today I got reminded that I used to watch a Let's Play of a Game called Tasty Blue some 7 years ago on YouTube and that I really wanted to play the game. 3 Minutes of Searching later I found the Game on Steam and bought this Bundle right away for 22 Bucks:

The Mind really does work in mysterious ways sometimes, tho I do have really good long term memory so that helps. 

Holy cow I remember when that was a flash game online. Start off as a tiny thing and end up eating the solar system and universe, right?

[AudiTTFan]

a chocolate bar

[Bitter]

15 minutes ago, AudiTTFan said:

a chocolate bar

I don't know why but these always taste so good after eating my meal at my local Mexican restaurant.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_V_(chocolate_bar)

It's smoother and creamier than say Hershey's are and most other USA chocolate bars.

[IPD]

49 minutes ago, Bitter said:

I don't know why but these always taste so good after eating my meal at my local Mexican restaurant.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_V_(chocolate_bar)

It's smoother and creamier than say Hershey's are and most other USA chocolate bars.

That's not saying much, considering that Hershey's is about a 4 on a 1-10 scale.  And I can be a snob, since I've gotten direct from gourmet shops in Belgium.

[Bitter]

8 minutes ago, IPD said:

That's not saying much, considering that Hershey's is about a 4 on a 1-10 scale.  And I can be a snob, since I've gotten direct from gourmet shops in Belgium.

No, but for podunk truckstop town and hole in the wall Mexican place it's a nice way to finish off a meal. 4/10 would be high for a Hershey bar in my opinion, those things are a solid 2 in my book. Gritty and oversweet yet somehow also a bit bitter.

[IPD]

34 minutes ago, Bitter said:

No, but for podunk truckstop town and hole in the wall Mexican place it's a nice way to finish off a meal. 4/10 would be high for a Hershey bar in my opinion, those things are a solid 2 in my book. Gritty and oversweet yet somehow also a bit bitter.

Fair.  But I've tasted some abhorrent chocolate in my day.

[Bitter]

1 minute ago, IPD said:

Fair.  But I've tasted some abhorrent chocolate in my day.

Ever had a sugar free chocolate hard candy? How about carob chocolate? Yiiiiiicccchhhh. Curdles my milk just remembering those flavors and....texture. Don't even get me started on compound chocolate...that stuff is like eating brown wax.

[s_k]

On 3/6/2022 at 8:30 AM, atxcyclist said:

I miss super tower cases. I was never cool enough to have one, but maybe some day I'll find a wayward ATX-compatible one that I can cram full of stuff.

Actually got a response to it on Reddit. Looks like I'm shipping it to the US (for 80 bucks, plust 140 shipping. Yikes!)

[atxcyclist]

On 3/6/2022 at 11:04 AM, Sir Asvald said:

Finally replaced my 7 year old SSD with a 1TB ssd

 

I've been rocking an MX500 500gb in one of my own systems for several years, and put a few in builds I've done for other people; They're great drives.

[soldier_ph]

My JerryRigEverything order arrived today:

 

I didn't expect to also receive an autograph, so freaking cool:

[sub68]

I got some hearing protection.

surefire EP3's really cool

as they have filter caps so you can talk normally.

 

[SimplyChunk]

Another Audiobox USB 96

 

And some cheap Monitors

[SimplyChunk]

little update on the Monitors.  The right channel wasn't working.  I opened them up however and found a loose connector.  They're blasting out some Feint as I type