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Just another old computer loving fur. Homebrew computers, vintage computers, repair, and programming.

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@Hearth @sovy The Imperial one actually makes some sense in that a gallon is 10lbs of water and there's 160 fl oz in it. So a fl oz is 1 oz of water.
@aeva Not even just as a hack, but was even done as a failed commercial product by Yamaha as the Disc T@2. https://youtu.be/e1pehz1hNtk?si=fXqSQcITzRa52He2
LGR Oddware - Tattooing CD-Rs with Yamaha DiscT@2

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The #FDroid website has a new banner on top to remind visitors that #Google did not change course and #Android will be locked-down in under 200 days.

If you care about the freedom to control your devices and care about the privacy of you data, please contact your representative and make your voice heard.

https://keepandroidopen.org/ (thanks @marcprux) has the resources to guide you.

We know users will rarely visit the site so the Client(s) will get a banner soon too.

Thank you for your support!

Keep Android Open

Advocating for Android as a free, open platform for everyone to build apps on.

@fozztexx the fun of cleaning any keyboard, but one with a bunch of tiny springs and paddles that need to stay in the right place when you try and put it back together
Wishing every creature attending #39c3 a safe trip and a great time.
@NanoRaptor feel like zero should be an option below less

Borland TurboVision (the PC text mode windowing UI used in Turbo Pascal/C++) has been open-sourced and updated to work seamlessly on Linux and with Unicode:

https://github.com/magiblot/tvision

It’s all in C++, though if someone hasn’t wrapped it in bindings for Python/Rust/&c. yet, surely they will

GitHub - magiblot/tvision: A modern port of Turbo Vision 2.0, the classical framework for text-based user interfaces. Now cross-platform and with Unicode support.

A modern port of Turbo Vision 2.0, the classical framework for text-based user interfaces. Now cross-platform and with Unicode support. - magiblot/tvision

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How UI degrades over time.

Top (Windows 95): great contrast, obvious shapes. Instantly readable.

Middle (Windows 11): shapes are still self-explanatory, but contrast is gone.

Bottom (Windows 11 Insiders): what am I even looking at? The only shape I can understand here is the Run button. Barely visible, though.

Then, on the left, there’s another something that says Run and has an icon. What is it? A window title? Another button? Why does it have to say Run twice?
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Finally got my new workbench setup, decided to replace the ballast as even with new tubes it was having some trouble starting correctly.

The guy I got the workbench from got it from when he was working at Nortel.

@th @benjojo It is.