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  I got this power adapter for my NES. It had the specs recommended for the NES according to some blog post I read. But I'm weirded out by dual cables coming out of the single adapter. I didn't know I was buying something with two cables. Is it a shock hazard if one is left unplugged? #Electrical #electricity #tech #retrotech #retrogaming #nes #nintendo

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  This is the same Xbox I got when I was 12 for Christmas 2002. I was amused to find the music I saved on it. An album of Bach's Brandenburg concertos and various Christmas albums. I haven't played this Xbox since 2007. #Xbox #retrogaming #retrotech

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  My little vampire 🧛‍♀️ #cats #catsofmastodon

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  I'd rather see an MS Paint doodle made using a half broken trackball mouse than any piece of AI "art". #aiSlop #fuckAI

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  Toilet paper companies have been suspiciously quiet during this diarrhea outbreak.

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  If anyone is looking for alternatives to shopping on Amazon, this snazzy little guide is a good start: https://amazonalts.org #amazon #shopping

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  Is there something like Kagi's 'Small Web' but for finding small online businesses? I'm looking for something that lets me browse by different shopping categories and subcategories, and under each category is a curated list of links to the websites of various small online stores. #web #shopping #search #kagi

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  Saw these incredible quilts at the library in Marblehead, MA. #quilting #quilts #art #massachusetts

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  It's really weird when I'm outside of Mastodon hearing friends irl talk about "vibe coding" or just AI in general in a completely non-pejorative sense. Last night I was at a dinner party. One friend was continually asking ChatGTP questions about the topic of conversation. Another pulled out their phone to show us an AI generated preview of their wedding cake. I'm tired. #ai #fuckAI

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  Michael Burns articulates so well how tech bros regard truth: "...we're seeing a new ontology emerge, one that's wholly driven by the logic of finance....a financial ontology in which that which is real...is only that which can be conceived as a tradable financial asset. This leads to an equally financial form of epistemology...in which only that which can be financially quantified can be truly known." #philosophy #tech https://youtube.com/watch?v=h_IgrRIvZO...

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  Using an iPad Pro with a mouse/keyboard and extended monitor feels so janky. Scrolling is weird. I can't use all my Logitech mouse buttons. I click control center on my monitor, and it opens up on the iPad screen (???). I tried dragging one window from the iPad to the monitor and the whole OS crashed. You can't use your monitor with the iPad screen closed. How do people live like this?? #iPad #iPadOS #Apple #tech

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  To fit Easter's theme of death and resurrection, I'm watching the classic Boris Karloff Frankenstein films. #horror #movies #horrorMovies #easter

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  This guy asked Gemini to recolor an old family photo. Gemini adds name brand cereal boxes in the background. #fuckAI #ai #gemini https://youtube.com/shorts/-7x0wvyU560

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  It's 10 o'clock. Do you know where your journalists are? #mastodon

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  My least favorite modern UI trends: - Hiding full names of fields with no ability to expand - Modal windows with only a close button leaving it ambiguous if changes will be saved - Modal windows that can't be moved (maybe I want to see what's behind?) - Monochrome icons - UI still optimized for touch interfaces when running on mouse/keyboard desktop #ui #uidesign #ux

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  Netflix has a new documentary about FLDS Mormons. Instead of blurring the faces of minors, they used AI to give them different faces. Weird. #netflix #documentary #ai #tv

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  "What does the 's' in ChatGPT stand for?" #ai #fuckAI #aiFail #chatGPT https://youtube.com/shorts/ZMP8_jD-y0s

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  My personal conspiracy theory is that every single person who claims to not need glasses or contacts is lying. I just can't comprehend seeing the world clearly raw.

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  Gf and I were cleaning out her car to take it to the car wash, the first time it's been washed in like 4 years. I found a diamond ring buried at the bottom of a pile of crap in the center console compartment. Neither of us know where it came from. 🤔

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  I really wish adding USB extension cords and switches wasn't such a gamble. Even after you double check all the cables and switches involved use the right dataspeed and power, the setup as a whole might not work for whatever reason. Latest problem: I got a short USB4 extension cord. After installing it, the devices I have plugged into a USB3 hub no longer connect. Oddly though the hub itself registers on my Mac, but nothing plugged into it. #usb #usbc #cables #tech

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  Can't wait to see Project Hail Mary tonight. I have two hours left on the audiobook. Trying to finish it in time. #ProjectHailMary #movies #scifi #books #audiobooks

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  Discovered this coffee brand at Home Goods covered in AI slop "art". #aiSlop #coffee

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  For an experiment I bought a small can of Folgers coffee. I wanted to see what would happen if I took cheap terrible coffee and brewed it carefully. I did pour over method, 16:1 ratio, and 96°C filtered water. It still tastes like shit. I don't know what I expected. 😐 I grew up drinking Folgers everyday, but I haven't had it in like 15 years. I now remember why I formerly used twice as much sweetener as I normally use now. #coffee

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  It's really weird to see people unironically post boomer Facebook slop content on Mastodon. Stop it. #mastodon

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  angel hairball pasta

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  In space, no one can hear you go 'meh'.

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  iOS's contextual menu has a 'Look Up' action that'll run a search on whatever you have highlighted. I use it to look up words in the dictionary when reading ebooks. An annoying thing though is if the word also happens to be the title of movie, it'll open a page with info exclusively about the movie; it shows no option to look up word in the dictionary. 😐 Really wish iOS had a built-in dictionary app like macOS. #ios #mac #apple

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  My gf won a contest to be drawn as a background character in the next Black Mirror graphic novel. She sent some pictures to them last night for reference. #comics #graphicNovel #BlackMirror

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  I love Brookline Booksmith. ❤️ #brooklineMA #boston #books #brooklineBooksmith #trans #lgbtq

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  Might be my most unnecessary purchase ever, but I bought a little robot that pushes a light switch for you. Matter compatible. Hope it works. 🤞 #tech