sajattack

@sajattack@chaos.social
129 Followers
176 Following
293 Posts
I program my home computer, beam myself into the future.
pronounshe/him
githubhttps://github.com/sajattack
bookwyrmhttps://bookwyrm.social/user/sajattack

Old Phones Power Data Centers With Surprising Efficiency
https://spectrum.ieee.org/smartphone-data-centers?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Tech News @tech-news-IEEESpectrum

Old Smartphones Get New Life as Tiny Data Centers

<p>Even 15-year-old phones can still outperform IoT-specific devices</p>

IEEE Spectrum
@erebion Because that people that made it (not me) have agreements with some of their contributors that want it to remain that way. I'm not super enthused about it either but I can look past it and use the device.
@inlovewithpda it's not ready yet
@inlovewithpda KEY2 LE (luna) KEY2 is athena. I think they're pretty similar.
@AppleCross I'll document on the wiki and maybe send some PRs when I get a bit further along. Trying to bring up gpu and panel, currently it only has fb.

My SO describes finding clothes she doesn't remember having as 'going shopping in her closet'

I'm doing the same sort of thing right now. When did I get one of these?

#retrocomputing #commodore #commodore64

@erebion The bootloader unlock is closed source. I think it works for KEY2 and KEY2 LE.
Next goal partially achieved! #postmarketos
key2le

Nextcloud - a safe home for all your data

Nextcloud
Γ—
Translucent all the things. πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
@ann3nova I've been seriously considering purple transparent thumby ​​
@faaln Anything translucent is a good call. :)
@ann3nova Bring back this aesthetic, but maybe mix in some steampunk brass accents for a new look.

@ann3nova I still have my Crystal Xbox in the basement!

It broke though during a thunderstorm. 

@FalconMarkSix Aww. It's pretty, though...so sad it's not working. πŸ’•
@ann3nova If I remember right, you can buy shitty electronics with translucent housings for jails at quite high prizes. But still. Looks cool
@ann3nova It was definitely an era. For iMacs, make sure you check out the funky patterns they did for a generation or two.
@ann3nova i wish i could live the 2000s properly, but i was born the wrong generation​​. Being a mix of genZ/millenial also is cool​​
@ann3nova yes, i was grown with the Xbox 360, Ares(like limewire but at south amΓ©rica), The Sims 1/2, the Harlem shake and being brony
@ann3nova What, no Nokia 3310!!?
@c0m4 Was there a translucent version? :)
@ann3nova It had a replaceable shell. I would 100% believe it if someone told me that there ghost towns in China right now that was once built on making Nokia 3:d party shells for the 3310
@ann3nova I can not boost this enough!!! entertainment technology peaked with dyed translucent shells.
@ann3nova
I really should put a transparent case/shell on my Switch.
@ann3nova I would love to have a laptop in that iBook design. Maybe I get one on ebay and put Linux on it.

@pythno @ann3nova

I've got a blueberry clamshell... I love it

@ann3nova lol my translucent purple gba aged so poorly tho

@miado 😬

Looks like the blue got zapped out somehow.

@ann3nova There was a see-through Sega Dreamcast?  
@ann3nova A reminder that these were electronic gadgets and not magic boxes that you must never open and tinker with
@ann3nova
What a horrible trend that was!
@ann3nova
I should replace my grey maintenance access points with translucent blue ones, or maybe pink πŸ€”
@ann3nova Never liked it that much as a kid but since I got a PC tower with a glass window, I wish more technology would let you look inside.
@ann3nova So is it fine now to say something is gay now? I'm not trying to offend, just wondering as a person in the LGBTQ community who is living under a rock.
@rooktallon Uh. Why do you ask? :)
@ann3nova Just out of curiosity. Seems like you keep up with all this type of stuff and you seem like you're a good source of current info.
@rooktallon No, I mean...why do you want to call them gay?
@rooktallon I'm confused about the context.
@ann3nova Oh, I was just wondering what you meant by your original post and I wanted to know if it was OK these days to call an object gay as in saying something is the gayest thing or so gay.
@ann3nova
The best part is this trend extended past consumer electronics to all kinds of small appliances, like clothes irons, toasters, blenders, vacuum cleaners...
@ann3nova Is that a 2DS with the LED displays replaced with LCDs?

@ann3nova Translucent Macs would be even better today with backlight LEDs. The translucent Macs not glowing was kind of a letdown.

@thegibson

@ann3nova this is what peak design looks like.
@ann3nova @jenny753 I can’t believe Apple is teasing us the return of Aqua with β€œLiquid Glass” but still has yet to announce any new translucent hardware to make it totally iMac rad