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Jonny 290 posted:it's charming that a bunch of ppl just 'put an 8tb platter' in their main gameing pc and that's where they put all their legally acquired movies and tv shows the days of people whining that modded xboxes and htpcs were "too complicated" for media playback when consoles had built-in video players, then went on to waste inordinate amounts of time and cpu power setting up convoluted, live-transcoding, dlna setups to watch their softsubbed anime on a ps3, which didn't have native subtitle support also the 'rear end' subtitle format
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3D Megadoodoo posted:I'm old-school (in the very true meaning) IBM so I'm VDU, mass memory, and closed disk drive. when i studied computer science (datalogi) a decade ago, they were big on using danish terms for everything. hd = fastpladelager (firm platter storage), password = løsen, etc the military was the same at time time, idk if either still care enough. probably all the olds aged out
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The_Franz posted:the days of people whining that modded xboxes and htpcs were "too complicated" for media playback when consoles had built-in video players, then went on to waste inordinate amounts of time and cpu power setting up convoluted, live-transcoding, dlna setups to watch their softsubbed anime on a ps3, which didn't have native subtitle support Oh man, PS3 Media Server (later Universal Media Server) changed my life. It was one of those things that Just Worked.
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echinopsis posted:i can’t afford NASlyfe hold that thought for next yosmas echi, if I get you I'll send you mine as I haven't used it in like a year it will only cost me £1000 in shipping fees I'm sure
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evobatman posted:Oh man, PS3 Media Server (later Universal Media Server) changed my life. It was one of those things that Just Worked.
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also wait, it was two decades ago i studied cs lol
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løsen mein fastpladelager, step-broer
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Carthag Tuek posted:also wait, it was two decades ago i studied cs lol man, don't worry. in rotor's time they only had the difference engine, and he's still gainfully employed
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The Leck posted:Absolutely agreed, it was a truly impressive achievement. always seemed like a gross hack to me xbmc had beautiful categories and metadata. ps3 media player just displayed a list of folders and filenames
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remember when nerds would drool over the prospect of having a T1 connection at home
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I would be like ooh I have DSL now and my better funded nerd buddies would be all pff, we have ISDN, scrub
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Silver Alicorn posted:remember when nerds would drool over the prospect of having a T1 connection at home yes 100%
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EIDE Van Hagar posted:just remembered i have these what is this? a netflix app on a disc?
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Leperflesh posted:I would be like ooh I have DSL now and my better funded nerd buddies would be all pff, we have ISDN, scrub you’ve got dsl all right
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FMguru posted:from an ars article about the weirdest mac models came this i like its little legs
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Best Bi Geek Squid posted:the funny tech poo poo is people in the 2000s thinking that joke was top-shelf comedy someone i know briefly had "cable modem" tattooed on the inside of their mouth because they heard it so much, so they could just pout and display it.
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Jonny 290 posted:its beautiful turn on your monitor !!
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Midjack posted:someone i know briefly had "cable modem" tattooed on the inside of their mouth because they heard it so much, so they could just pout and display it. Insert cable into DSL
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FMguru posted:from an ars article about the weirdest mac models came this japanese market always seemed to be able to make “women’s” computers work
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Volmarias posted:Insert cable into DSL Cause it means "digital subscriber line" as well as "dick sucking lips". Hell yes.
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Jonny 290 posted:Cause it means "digital subscriber line" as well as "dick sucking lips". Hell yes. Unsure that it needed to be explained but yes that's the joke
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Volmarias posted:Unsure that it needed to be explained but yes that's the joke i lmao’d and rofl’d
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FMguru posted:from an ars article about the weirdest mac models came this fisher price rear end thing
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Powerful Two-Hander posted:fisher price rear end thing dont sign
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Jonny 290 posted:its beautiful
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Volmarias posted:Unsure that it needed to be explained but yes that's the joke now I get it
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FMguru posted:from an ars article about the weirdest mac models came this whoa, that's a lot of Memphis! https://cari.institute/aesthetics/memphis-milano
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Arcteryx Anarchist posted:japanese market always seemed to be able to make “women’s” computers work now i'm remembering the fujitsu laptop line that had a lid design supposedly made so women wouldn't damage their nails when opening it
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axolotl farmer posted:whoa, that's a lot of Memphis! I always forget that the Cari Institute exists, and then when I’m reminded I fall down a rabbit hole for like an hour. so thanks
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FMguru posted:from an ars article about the weirdest mac models came this powerbook harlequin
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