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philpem , vor 4 Tagen an Random Englisch

Just in time to switch back to the loratadine!

"Interestingly, several antihistamine drugs [...] which have been approved for treating allergy symptoms without side effects for decades, have been found to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection or replication via protein-protein interaction analysis or drug library profiling (30–35)."

https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.01088-24?s=09

foone , vor 2 Tagen

@philpem dang it. I'm allergic to loratadine!

jadedtwin , vor 3 Tagen an Random Englisch

old designs in new flavors, and really old designs from my redbubble are now available again :D

(jadedtwin.com/shop)

foone , vor 2 Tagen

@jadedtwin that HRT one is amazing!

artandtechnic , vor 3 Tagen an Random Englisch

FFS I hate when this happens 😂

foone , vor 3 Tagen

@artandtechnic this is my entire life

foone , vor 3 Tagen an Random Englisch

I wonder if anyone has made an FPGA core for a CPU that natively runs BASIC

foone OP , vor 3 Tagen

@frang no because it's a microcontroller running a basic interpreter.
I mean a CPU that just natively runs BASIC.

foone OP , vor 3 Tagen

@phenidone yeah but I don't want reasonable things. I want silly things

whitequark , vor 3 Tagen an Random Englisch

OH: "why did they carbonate the lube"

foone , vor 3 Tagen

@whitequark hang on need to do an experiment

dec_hl , vor 3 Tagen an Random Englisch

Broke the "RJ45 nose" on my longest cat-5 #ethernet cable.
Was angry at me (and the inventor), then remembered there is a 3d printed replacement for it. Looks like I have to fire up the printer soon (which I also need to do because there are #CatEars for my Sony ANC headphones)...

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4687836

#3dprinting

foone , vor 3 Tagen

@dec_hl oh that's nice. I may need to modify this for some similar headphones

vga256 , vor 3 Tagen an Random Englisch

it took me 30 years to find this again.

way back in 1993, my family's Amstrad XT gave up the ghost, and my folks agreed to make the leap to a brand new IBM PS/1 486 SX-33

the machine was an ass-kicking $3000, and we didn't have the money for it. my parents took out a multi-year loan. my father tried his best to wheel and deal, and convinced the salesperson to throw in a Canon BJ-200e printer, and a bunch of CD-ROMs

for the first year we owned the machine, i did nothing but scour every single directory on the ten CDs that came with it.

i played a LOT of shareware Doom, King's Quest V and Stellar 7, and watched terrible postage stamp-sized videos on a CD called "Media Clips" and "Animation Festival".

i always thought these CDs were just bare discs that store had sitting around that the salesman threw in out of pity. when i'd search for them on ebay, i'd find just individual discs.

it wasn't until a few months ago that i discovered they were all part of a CD compilation called The Sirius Software 5ft10 Pack: a cheesy vinyl wallet of mostly shovelware!

i finally tracked a complete copy of it down a few weeks ago, and it just arrived. my entire childhood is in this six-foot vinyl sleeve 😻

#retroComputing #dosgaming #shareware

CDs hanging in a wallet: Animation Festival: Multi-media, Virtual reality game included! King's Quest V talkie edition Software Toolworks World Atlas Time Magazine: Man of the Year
CD's hanging from a wallet: Classic Oldies: PC Karaoke Stellar 7 by Dynamix CD-ROM of CDROMs: A Consumer's Guide to CD-ROM The Best of MediaClips 2.01
A letter from Sirius Publishing: Dear 5 Foot 10 Pak member, I can hear your question now! How can you sell 10 full version CD-ROM discs | at such a low price? The answer is simple. The sales of CD-ROM drives are skyrocketing! You've Chosgn to empower your PC with this hot new technology. The software : pubhshers. participating in this promotion know that the best way to introduce § Yyou t(? their products is to get them into your CD-ROM drive so you can experience them for yourself. That's why we are proud to present these products in this unique introductory package. We are confident that once you use the titles contained in this special promotional package you will want to expand your CD-ROM collection. We hope that you will consider some of the many fine titles offered by the nine publishers participating in this 5 ft. 10 Pak. Register all ten titles by returning the enclosed postage-paid Master Registration card. We'll let you know about future promotional packages and activate your access to technical support. You'll also find special coupons on your instruction sheet. Use them to easily order additional titles at special discount prices. Chances are you'll save more than your investment in this 5 ft. 10 Pak! We hope you enjoy these CD-ROM titles as much as we enjoy bringing them to you! Cordially, Richard Gnant CEO, Sirius Publishing, Inc. PS. Don't forget to include your birthday on your Master Registration Card. You never know what you might get!

foone , vor 3 Tagen

@vga256 nice! I think my grandparents office got that same pack with their systems in the mid-90s

foone , vor 3 Tagen

@vga256 it was actually for their offices! Probably wasn't a lot of gaming going on there.

dosnostalgic , vor 3 Tagen an Random Englisch

Ok, research time: What are your favorite FLASH games? Tell me!

foone , vor 3 Tagen

@dosnostalgic the walls are not cheese
ASCIIvania

ClarusPlusPlus , vor 3 Tagen an Random Englisch

Joy. I can't find the exact variant of the Atari arcade font that I used for the main font in Enigma Heart, and now I need to add new glyphs

Time to scour the web

foone , vor 3 Tagen

@ClarusPlusPlus saving these screenshots for the inevitable death generator

mjdxp , vor 7 Tagen an Random Englisch

i had a dream where i was watching the news and one of the headlines was "Violent Crime Rate Highest Since Wii U Era", so i posted it with the caption "americans will use anything but the metric system"

foone , vor 4 Tagen

@mjdxp I've come up with a bunch of ideas for different epochs to use, but "most recent Nintendo console" is honestly a surprisingly usable one.
(At least for post-1983 dates)

timixretroplays , vor 4 Tagen an Random Englisch

Just missed out on picking up this crazy gamepad on eBay - if I hadn't had an early night I might've spotted it.

Will you just look at this thing!? It's not a gameport device, it plugs in through PS/2 or a DIN port (with what look like adapters from one to the other). It's got Alt, Control and Delete buttons. It's got an enter button. It's got a second D-pad in the middle for some reason. The most normal thing about it is the "P" button, and that's saying something. #retrogaming #retrocomputing

A photo of the back of the box, espousing its many features, including 16 HYPER Programmable buttons, 4 user-defined macros, and a keyboard port interface.
A photo of the gamepad itself, with its manual and cable. The cable ends in a round PC keyboard plug instead of a 15-pin gameport plug.

foone , vor 4 Tagen

@timixretroplays very nice. it's baby's first macropad!

luigithirty , vor 4 Tagen an Random Englisch

I spent the afternoon tearing into the depression piles and finding shit I forgot I even ordered. I also started hitting the disorganized stacks of shit and putting them in labeled bins so I can put the stuff that belongs on a bookshelf on one. I can also walk in my room now which is an improvement.

foone , vor 4 Tagen

@luigithirty very nice collection!

foone , vor 4 Tagen

@luigithirty it's not possible to have enough.