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FilthyImp posted:I took my girlfriend to watch BATTLEFIELD EARTH I was a dumbass that thought the movie was kickin rad at the time. I noticed it was based on a novel so I spent a lot of time in my stupid rural area tying to get my library to somehow get it in from a city library. I knew nothing of L Ron Hubbards antics so while at it put a bunch of other titles I managed to find to the list. Never got those books, probably luckily.
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Kwyndig posted:So how did you survive the aftermath? I mean, eventually we broke up but that's probably not related to my spotty choice of films. An even better one was inviting my wife to watch a movie for our first date: Dude, Where's My Car?
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Yeah, I know, a twitter thread, but it's about a very cool mechanical rotary calculator. https://twitter.com/Srasgon/status/1505292245234163713
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I've been trying to justify buying one of those for a few years now.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loI1Kwed8Pk
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they should make an app that does this
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My wife and I's first real movie date was seeing The Spirit. We almost walked out. After, we bitched about it with some random couple who we heard also bitching. That was the best part of the movie. DicktheCat has a new favorite as of 22:04 on Mar 22, 2022 |
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Does it actually convert serial to network traffic ala a terminal server? If so, I may actually have a suggested use for it. Most hospital lab instrumentation is still only capable of serial communication, and the choices in actively supported or remotely modern servers is more or less down to digiports and lantronix boxes. Not that most places would dive at a DIY solution, but still...
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George RR Fartin posted:Does it actually convert serial to network traffic ala a terminal server? If so, I may actually have a suggested use for it. Most hospital lab instrumentation is still only capable of serial communication, and the choices in actively supported or remotely modern servers is more or less down to digiports and lantronix boxes. Not that most places would dive at a DIY solution, but still... The company I work for still does communication over a serial wire, but we use a USB to RS-485 converter. We then daisy chain the devices to each other. I don't know why we haven't switched over to Ethernet already, but it works perfectly and the extra second or two it takes for the data to get there doesn't really impact anything.
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 I'm really fond of my Curtas. They really represent a distinct branch of mechanical calculator design that nothing else quite captures (though Alpina and Multifix did try).   These calculators are quite interesting to me for historical reasons, since they really show how emerging technology progresses from the explorative phase, to the more optimized phase as it matures. Compare the green calculator above, to its descendant below.  Then from there we have a logical progression to something with a more modern appearance, however with very ill-advised old-timey internals. The Facit CA2-16 below is a very capable machine, but the reliance on electromechanical internals is why the manufacturer is now a cautionary tale of corporate stagnation in Swedish economy textbooks.  
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All such elegant, and during their era incredibly useful machinery. And all completely redundant by tiny microchips. We live in a strange and fascinating time
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If that thing falls off the desk you're fired
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For putting a hole in the floor, maybe...that beast looks pretty hefty
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I had to back up a rather old external disk at work today, and found out it was HFS+ - and I only have windows PCs around. (And Linux, but for various reasons they weren't practical to use for this). So, uh, let's see what we have in the drawers.  Plugged in another disk, formatted it exFAT, copied everything over. Just Works, etc.
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Uh I thought I posted that in the tech relics thread. Oh well, x86 macs in plastic shells are obsolete tech, I guess.
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I have old macbooks I want to archive and then make into something I can use to post, they won't update or go to any site that requires https Where should I look to learn how to apple
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SniperWoreConverse posted:I have old macbooks I want to archive and then make into something I can use to post, they won't update or go to any site that requires https Tenfourfox is a browser that, while it’s discontinued now, is still able to access most websites. It requires Mac OS X 10.4.11 to run If you have a lower version you can find disk images for a newer version of Mac OS at the internet archive. Prepare to burn some discs because lots of older Macs couldn’t boot via USB
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SniperWoreConverse posted:I have old macbooks I want to archive and then make into something I can use to post, they won't update or go to any site that requires https How old are we talking? I managed to get a 2008 Mac Pro running HIgh Sierra after it stopped working on any https website using a patching tool, I think it might have been this one - http://dosdude1.com/highsierra/ If you get stuck chuck me a message as I still have the usb stick with the patcher and installer on it. I remember that you shouldn't leave it when its running, when its done you have like a ten second window to click on the patch icon and if you miss it you're a bit screwed and need to get a new drive! This happened to me the first time I tried it.
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I never thought to ask this thread for help with my MIL's Mac that was maybe 13 years old but was no longer able to go on Facebook and Ebay (critical for her business). I told her to make the switch to PC, but she went out and spent another $1300 on an Apple product.
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I mean, if it lasts another 13 years thats probably not unreasonable. I don't own any Apple products, but the laptops seem nice enough?
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Nocheez posted:I never thought to ask this thread for help with my MIL's Mac that was maybe 13 years old but was no longer able to go on Facebook and Ebay (critical for her business). I told her to make the switch to PC, but she went out and spent another $1300 on an Apple product. 
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Computer viking posted:I mean, if it lasts another 13 years thats probably not unreasonable. I don't own any Apple products, but the laptops seem nice enough? I don't disagree, except a PC that costs less than half that will also last 13 years (and I can provide tech support). The old Mac works fine except they won't upgrade the OS to support sites like FB and such, it just shocks me. The specs were actually pretty decent, even for an old machine.
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Hm, i'm gonna have to dig one out and remember what the password is, I know they're pros and one is much bigger and newer than the other. I don't actually care if they end up running whatever OS, just as long as whatever info is on them can be stored away and I can make it stop trying to install flash and erroring out constantly when I try to look at a normal website. e: i remember the newer one had a hell of a time with youtube and notepad open at once, but it "worked," and the hard drive is like 500 gigs SniperWoreConverse has a new favorite as of 20:38 on Mar 30, 2022 |
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Don't try to talk someone out of using a mac. If that is what they want to do, good for them. I wouldn't want to support someone on an os they don't know anyways.
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It's fine. If they're used to Mac OS, then that's the right choice for them. Computing for non-enthusiasts should be as non-obtrusive as possible. One of my friends just switched to an M1 iMac and she loves it, because it gets out of her way, for what she needs to do. And she works with high-level IT security, but outside of work, she wants the "it just works" experience. KozmoNaut has a new favorite as of 23:13 on Mar 30, 2022 |
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SniperWoreConverse posted:Hm, i'm gonna have to dig one out and remember what the password is, I know they're pros and one is much bigger and newer than the other. I don't actually care if they end up running whatever OS, just as long as whatever info is on them can be stored away and I can make it stop trying to install flash and erroring out constantly when I try to look at a normal website. A friend of mine used this Big Sur micropatcher to get newer MacOS versions loaded on older macs. I don't know enough about them to help but the readme is pretty expansive: https://github.com/barrykn/big-sur-micropatcher
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I checked my messages with her and it's a 2013 Mac, not 13 years old. Still, the only reason she has apple products are because her husband was a dentist so he bought apple because it's more expensive. I'm 200% sure that's the only reason. Anyways, my wife's work bought her a nice dual monitor setup so my old Dell LCD monitor needs a home. It's a weird resolution (1680 x 1050) but it does s-video, composite, DVI and VGA. It can even do picture in picture or picture by picture. I figure y'all will know if there's a community that looks for these things. The model is 2005FPW.
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Hah, my BF writes a tech blog for a living*, and one of the currently in production articles is "these tools let me install a current macOS on my 2013 macbook Pro - but you have to put a lot of trust in randos from the Internet to use it for anything sensitive". It does work remarkably well for a 9 year old laptop - it has outlasted a couple of thinkpads. * Not that it makes minimum wage at the moment.
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I got a few of those same Dell monitors as hand me downs from my wife's company when they upgraded 6 or 7 years ago. Sold off some last Summer for around $30 each and still have one in my office. It does an alright job for what I need. I don't think they're especially sought after though if that's what you're asking. I had to lower the price a couple times before anybody bit on em.
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My 2013 MacBook Pro is still fully supported by Apple. It’s bugging me to upgrade to the latest OS or whatever.
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My 2010 MacBook Pro is still ticking along enough to be the iTunes host for my iPod. I just don't want to dedicate the hard drive space for the iTunes library anywhere else, so that laptop is just where it all lives. I've had to replace the battery at least once due to battery cancer, maybe twice. I plan on it being the last Mac I ever own because Apple's desktops/laptops just aren't the machines I used to love anymore.
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With laptops specifically, most of the time when someone asks me what they should buy and they just need it for work stuff I actually do say "just buy a macbook." Maybe that's not how it should be, but you are going to be very disappointed if you expect 90% of the PC laptops out there to stay functional nearly as long as a macbook. And in my experience people are very bad at buying laptops, saying "I should consider more than how it looks/costs" and not buying some trash from HP that self destructs in under 2 years. The few exceptions people usually don't want to buy because they're aimed at businesses. Even with prebuilt desktops from the big companies, there's an awful lot of garbage out there that I do not expect to stay in good condition for very long.
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Inspector 34 posted:I got a few of those same Dell monitors as hand me downs from my wife's company when they upgraded 6 or 7 years ago. Sold off some last Summer for around $30 each and still have one in my office. It does an alright job for what I need. I don't think they're especially sought after though if that's what you're asking. I had to lower the price a couple times before anybody bit on em. Thanks! My main issue is more that I didn't want it to get thrown away if there's a group of s-video enthusiasts or something out there. I've had it for nearly 2 decades, it was my first LCD screen and it's worked amazingly considering everything. I used to have a DVD player hooked up in my apartment so I could watch movies on it while falling asleep.
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Computer viking posted:Hah, my BF writes a tech blog for a living*, and one of the currently in production articles is "these tools let me install a current macOS on my 2013 macbook Pro - but you have to put a lot of trust in randos from the Internet to use it for anything sensitive". I've got a 2012 Phenom II powered HP Pavilion Desktop as my backup machine, and that thing still works beautifully. For not a very high-end machine when it was new, it still does great.
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Chemmy posted:My 2013 MacBook Pro is still fully supported by Apple. It’s bugging me to upgrade to the latest OS or whatever. Monterey (macOS 12) officially requires a 2016 or newer macbook pro. If you have a late 2013 model (unlike our early 2013), that's the oldest machine supported by Big Sur (macOS 11).
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I tried to think when was the last time an OS upgrade had something interesting in it. The Spotlight search in OS X Tiger in 2005 was pretty cool. And it's still a pretty decent search system (especially compared to windows' search). In the last 10 years all new features in operating systems have been some mobile integrations and Siri/Cortana stuff or video chat or whatever. None of those have any relevance to my use.
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Explosionface posted:I plan on it being the last Mac I ever own because Apple's desktops/laptops just aren't the machines I used to love anymore. The new M1 MBP fuckin slaps (the 14- & 16-inch models). Amazing display, fantastic keyboard, and they brought some missing ports back, like a media card slot. Incredibly, it seems Apple actually paid attention to the howls of protest over the previous generation. I got to play with one in the store, and they feel much better than my current 2018 MBP. I still have my 2012, and keep it as an emergency backup (these are exclusively work computers). Runs like a champ. Apple hardware is extremely durable. But I’m a PC-to-Mac convert, and they say there’s no zealot like the converted. edit: is that what the kids say these days? Fuckin slaps? Lincoln has a new favorite as of 11:57 on Mar 31, 2022 |
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Chemmy posted:My 2013 MacBook Pro is still fully supported by Apple. It’s bugging me to upgrade to the latest OS or whatever. If you want to get rid of the upgrade reminders see if any of the new OSs were downloaded to the Applications folder. If so, and you don't or can't upgrade, trash them and you'll stop getting randomly reminded.
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