[-] Scirocco@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Your story is very sad, and I am sorry you had do go through all of that. It sounds pretty horrific and over an extended period.

I hope you find some peace, through talking or posting or maybe eventually some therapy.

I think you will find that more people are supportive than not, though every crowd will have some assholes. Be selective with irl folks that you talk with, but finding a support group could be very helpful.

[-] Scirocco@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

But, it worked!

They have actually done it, the madlads

(What's the gender neutral equivalent of madlads?)

[-] Scirocco@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago

Seems like asking for disappointment

if you want a decent cheap option, the wyze watch seemed okay

[-] Scirocco@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Damn them wangs look good.....

They wouldna survived intact

[-] Scirocco@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

I actually read your article, and I wholly disagree.

Facts matter, truth matters and without the A students we would be even further down the road to Idiocracy, which ofc looks more like a future-documentary every day.

Your brand of "it's all stupid, so join the stupid train" seems designed to appeal to people who want to be stupid. Or you could call yourself ignorant, if you prefer.

In any case, the anti-intellect position that you promote may have a basis in reality (headline hippos) but it is far from a positive contribution.

You can do better.

[-] Scirocco@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Not exactly ------ no one really buys enough sex toys to become a 'known regular ' in a sexshop

For-sure he was known to so many staff because he was regularly visiting the 'video booths' area, which generally have gloryholes or other forms of public, anonymous sex.

Chances are very high this guy was giving and/or getting blowjobs to/from strangers every weekend

[-] Scirocco@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

32 now and I actually like it. I hope it will taint my profile in a positive way

[-] Scirocco@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

Oh that Royksopp is excellent.

[-] Scirocco@lemm.ee 8 points 8 months ago

Easy! Just replace their usual SMS app with Signal, and then every contact they have that does use Signal is private and secure!

Oh. Wait. That's exactly the functionality that Signal removed in their effort to ensure that Signal is never widely adopted.....

[-] Scirocco@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

But -- nitrous (N2O) is more fun and has just as little usable oxygen -- zero

For easy access to an inert gas at-home, try a helium tank from the Party Store

[-] Scirocco@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Doing something about International Law on international waters is a totally different matter than within the the borders of a sovereign nation.

[-] Scirocco@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

It's pretty well established that any biometric can just be taken from you


facial recognition is super easy and it won't be hard to force your thumb onto the sensor.

This is also the case for things like blood draw for blood alcohol testing.

The only unlock key that's (probably) truly yours is something inside your brain.

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Kakapo's Nest (i.imgur.com)
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#Source: ADDS Envoy Traveling Terminals - Hardware - Retro Computing#

Here’s an early 1970s portable terminal with fantastic looks, which might be rightfully called the “Polaroid SX-70” of terminals. Sadly, I wasn’t able to put a date to this. The artifact in question (sadly not mine) is the ADDS Envoy Traveling Terminal 600. The Envoy 620, which is also pretty stunning (see below) was introduced in June 1972. (Since this is looking a bit early, it may be 1970/71.)

ADDS-Envoy-travelling-computer-terminal-1970s-1

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The ADDS Envoy 600, a sales brochure (PDF) can be found at archive.org 19.

And here’s the ADDS Envoy 620:

ADDS-Envoy-620-1972

For more info and images see https://terminals-wiki.org/wiki/index.php/ADDS_Envoy_620 38 and http://jimsoldtoys.blogspot.com/2016/05/adds-envoy-portable-terminal.html 16 on the similar ADDS Envoy 580.

terminals-wiki.org 2 writes on the company history:

“Applied Digital Data Systems, or simply ADDS, was a manufacturer of high-quality video terminals. In March, 1979, ADDS had delivered 100,000 CRT terminals. In 1980, ADDS became a wholly owned subsidiary of NCR. In 1991, ADDS become part of AT&T when AT&T purchased NCR. In 1994, AT&T sold ADDS to SunRiver Data Systems. In 1996, the company was renamed to Boundless Technology.”

P.S.: A nice source found in one of these pages, providing a comprehensive overview of 1970s terminals, is the “Handbook of interactive computer terminals” by Duane E. Sharp, 1977, available as a PDF at https://archive.org/details/handbookofintera00duan 19.

PPS: this is a repost from here

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Cassette Futurism in lemmy (martin-fieber.de)

as a recently-minted fan of the cassette futurism concept, i wanted to see some here on lemm.ee

the blog link and probably most of the content for a while will be 'flattery' of the reddit sub, and mods/community/everyone are welcome.

mods especially

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