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…i was scrolling usenet around 17.30 CDT on april 29th, 1992 when a friend posted that a riot was gathering outside his window; the news broke about an hour later…

(yep, but i just woke up as i was typing, so i’ll leave it as a mark of shame)

…get that f*ucking plural-comma apostrophe out of my face…

^{1 head + 5 handle}

We’d love to, but manufacturers keep trying to force them down our throats.

…that’s not where they’re supposed to go…

YOU wOULDN’T
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CIVILISATION

…i use base 12 every day; it’s fantastically useful and foundational to civilisation for good reason…

…i shop women’s shoes when i can; they generally offer a much wider selection…

…it’s how you imagine people look or it’s what you imagine people look like, but not both…

beep-beep-beep-beep! beep. beep.

…two-thirds a dram of scotch whisky…

…trinitrons are curved, just two-dimensionally…

…if you’re into paper books (and a hefty table) the DK complete world atlas includes a lot of geographic information, or if you prefer a dryer, more-authoritative presentation, the times world atlas is the grandaddy of the format…

…it looks like DK also offers a digital version of their previous editon…

(i have the millenium editions of both atlases, and they’re both fantastic tomes, but i think the DK complete atlas is more of what you’re looking for)

…back in the CRT era i needed at least a 72Hz refresh rate to not feel any discomfort; that doesn’t exactly correlate with framerates on modern LCD displays but i think it’s a good proxy for the threshold of general perceptiblity…

…are greater framerates smoother?..sure, especially in my peripheral vision, but 72 FPS is generally good-enough beyond which returns start diminishing…

…is there a good version of pilotwings64 available anywhere other than native hardware?..

…that looks pretty modestly-sized in the foreground, honestly…

(this is a huge red flag:)

…their first-generation cards were poorly received, but intel kept at it and recently achieved parity with low-end offerings from ATI and nvidia as a respectable selection for a budget machine…

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/12/review-intel-arc-b580-is-a-compelling-if-incredibly-tardy-250-midrange-gpu/

…if they stay committed to the effort, i think intel might stand toe-to-toe on midrange cards within a generation or two…

“Freedom is a scary thing. Not many people really want it.”

…body count!..now that’s a name i’ve not heard in a long, long time: a long time…