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>>2999791
>Coleco was obsessed with having customer lock-in.
Yeah, about half the home computer market was. Texas Instruments refused to support hobbyists or allow third parties to self publish for the TI-99/4 specifically because they wanted that control. Tandy also refused to carry third party published software in corporate-owned Radio Shack stores for the same reason. One of the major reasons the Color Computer wasn't that popular, despite being a good system and being cheap, was its weak third party support and exclusive distribution by RS. And terrible keyboard on early models. Picture related. On the other side you had Apple and Atari computers, who went out of their way to make documentation available and encouraged their party support. Quite a change from Atari's console side and modern Apple, eh?

>Atari lost the lawsuits
They settled. Atari saw they were going to lose and made a licensing deal with Activision for a token amount. Activision agreed because it was cheaper than continuing to pay lawyers. That opened the floodgates on third party crap, though. Everyone knew Atari wouldn't try to sue anyone after that.

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>>2999791
>the tape drive did load software very fast for the time
Only compared to Commodore. Atari's and Apple's tape speeds were slower but they were older. Atari and Apple's early '80s disks were about the same speed as Coleco's tapes, were more reliable, used standard disks, and had come down in price. Coleco did still had them beat on capacity though (256k a tape!). Too bad you couldn't use standard tapes. More lock in bullshit.

Commodore was notorious for having dogshit read/write capabilities. Several companies released "fast load" cartridges to speed things up. Basically, they fucked up their hardware designs and were too cheap to fix them. While the PET had a parallel interface the VIC-20 used a serial interface to save money. They used the same 6522 chip as the PET. There was a flaw in that chip that caused the shift register to get stuck and it wasn't caught in time. They fixed it in software by things down to coordinate withe the CPU. For the VIC-20 this wasn't a big deal. It had 5k of RAM. Loading 5k from tape took a few seconds at that speed. They wanted the C64 to be backwards compatible with the older drives so they designed the 6526 chip that had a slow mode and a fast mode. The plan was to start in slow mode and then trigger fast mode when a fast drive was detected. But they fucked this up too. The slow mode was *even slower* than the VIC-20 because the C64 had a "badline" condition when drawing to the screen. Yet another hardware flaw they didn't catch it time and wouldn't fix. The "fix" was for the VIC-II chip to take a bunch of CPU cycles every 8 lines it drew to the screen to do work it couldn't. This wouldn't leave enough left over for the serial bus. Coordinating this train wreck to avoid doing a read/write operation during a badline slowed the interface even more. So what happened to fast mode? A change to the C64 motherboard accidentally removed a trace that it needed and, hey hey, it wasn't caught in time. They never re-added it.

>>2989066
I find this type of boomer fascinating, just utterly brain broken by consumerism. Online shopping killing retail is such an obvious, measurable phenomenon… ESP in niche areas. But that answer doesn’t put you at the center of the world so it must be wrong. It’s always a “betrayal” too. Like the RadioShack owners are somehow villains for not continuing to sell you things the way you like. They “turned their back on you”. It was “a slap in the face to real fans”. And it was YOUR money that you took elsewhere that finally did them in. But the correlation is never the other way around even though that’s what actually makes sense. The companies are greedy and will do anything for money… but somehow they turned their back on you first, not the other way around. It’s always “why!?! Why would they ever not cater to ME?”.

>>2995017
You’re right, the average American is just as dogshit as the average CEO scalper that convinces themselves getting money = doing good. We could kill all the politicians and CEOs and ones just as bad would fill their spots. Thats what this society produces, people like that. There’s nothing left under the flagrant greed. The boomers are 100% committed to selfishness as a way of life, maybe something new will form after this last death rattle… but as you can probably tell by now I’m pessimistic.

>>2992452
They won't open in locations that COULD support one if it's a tax or regulatory pain in the ass or if other costs are too high either. Los Angeles county has nearly 10 million people but they refuse to open a store there and instead if you live in LA you have to spend like 5 hours round trip in brutal traffic to go to the one in Tustin, and after Fry's closed there's no closer alternative.

>>2998430
That's only for the roofs and ceilings btw. Embedded in a wall, they last multiple times longer, especially if they aren't load bearing which we all know they are not in RC column construction, it's a fancy insulation material pretty much.

>>2991337
why so much shit? just do like every modern european house
>aac
>styrofoam slabs
>plaster
>paint
that's fucking it

>>2991054
redpill doesn't mean "tell me about" or "educate my dumb ass" you dickhead

>>2998800
>Embedded in a wall, they last multiple times longer, especially if they aren't load bearing
It's so strong that it doesn't immediately collapse under its own weight? Wow.

>>2998602
"it'll go well with the asbestos ceiling tiles"

>>2991072
they have price regulation. you wont do it for their price but someone else will, so why would they do it cheap for you when someone else will pay up?
do it yourself then.

>>2998924
Suck thine mother

>>2998932
Yes

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I am not ready to price out my terrace that also acts as a quasi retaining wall for my neighbors. 3 feet then another 3 feet for the next step. Roughly 100 feet give or take a few angles that can be adjusted. Then disposal of the railroad spikes and a soil test from another company to see how fucked it is.

Parents said 5k but that sounds like a low ball when materially i got close to 2400.

>>2994345
Bro you fucked yourself. The guy spent more than that planning, buying the material and even if he saved 2 hours worth of labor its really on you to learn your lesson. I would've just ate it and moved on.

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>>3000446
depends on what I want to do
either at my dads apartament where I have a bedroom and where my xbox is
or at my moms place where I have a huge room with a bed, sofa, and where my pc is (and a closet room)

>>3000448
assuming this is eastern europe/western asia, you own this apartment? what are the monthly costs associated with owning this place and not living there? this would be unthinkable in the united states; apartments are rental-only and have a constantly rising monthly cost which is very expensive. condominiums are the equivalent of "owned apartments" and are also terribly expensive due to the mortgage payment on the unit, as well as home owners association fees and taxes and such.

>>3000451
water/electricity is like 15 cents a month, with me just using lamps and power tools
property/waste tax total is around 50 euros a year, with waste being the higher share at 30-35 euros
we have a company that takes care of the apartament building, thats like 7 euros a month

>>3000438
Be careful with the interior doors if they are made out of MDF sandwich - the screws on the handle wiggle out over time.

>>3000542
I wiggle out of ur mum hehe

gottem

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UHHH THIS IS NOT USELESS

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>>3000449
kek, that literally happened to me with pic related, I miss it.

>>2966094
Reading the description for the generator in the OP makes me want to buy and run it, kek.

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>>2996865
I have a 300$ fluke with the master leads set and it’s nice, indestructible, def worth it if you’re doing a lot of testing/troubleshooting on wildly different circuits professionally. But if we’re talking about home use… get the 20$ Astro one from Amazon. Features like auto ranging are just never going to be helpful testing breakers and checking batteries, a clamp might be nice for random DIY but that’s about it.
>pic related
Kind of want a decent cordless rotary tool, HD has bogo on M12 stuff right now… but idk what I would even have use for in that lineup.

>>3000588
Shit, meant that for >>2998313

>>2998445
>Also, there's /plant/ on an. I think they like house plants more
Thank you very much; I will look there. The plant looked fine but just with very stumpy leaves because I had removed all the limp ends. Unfortunately, I just looked at it again and loads of it seemed to have started rotting at the base, so it might be ogre. I have removed the obvious root-rot parts, but that means there's a much smaller plant in soil which is now likely to contain far too much water. I'm so bad at this ;_;

>>2998433
No, you can keep him in there for now. Maybe when it's like twice the height. But you can't tell ultimately by the size of the plant, it's the root system. If the roots are congested then it's time, but that plant is too small yet to have such a root system

Dealing with a serious thrips infestation that’s not responding to neem or systemics. Is it over for me?

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switched to better seed plugs and while they're in my garage also put an old aquarium chiller in-line as it was getting over 80° in there. everything pretty much insta-germinated overnight. couple lettuces, tiny tim tomato, fenugreek and basil. now to build another rail for tim and get the plans squared away for building the indoor "fridge"

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anyone here ever tried the overseeding method for lawn transition? while i enjoy grass and don't mind its regular upkeep, my yard is full of 3 different kinds of shit grass + clover with moss in multiple areas. was looking at earthwise seeds (or related products) as a solution over the heavy labor process of removing it all and replacing with either sod or reseed. they make it sound like its little work and you just throw out their special seeds TM over the course of a few years but i'm aware of the labor needed in thatching and reseeding. i've been slowly removing areas as part of smaller annual projects but still have a large area to maintain. currently installing a irrigation system and shit is all torn up so come sept-ish i plan on doing a heavy thatch and reseed

>>3000366
lol basically but shorter the blade will only be like 14 inches long or whatever length works with the led strips. I work at an airport and there was a diversion last night and all the wands were either broke or dead so thing is my final solution a pair of wmds. im looking into coatings and I want to try alodine 1201 dip apparently i might get a goldish color on the aluminum and i like the bling

What's the cheapest way to get a custom part machined?

>>3000394
The Chinese, either jlc or pcbway

>>3000394
Oshcut or trade ass for machining services

>>3000394
a friend who does it as a hobby and a pack of beers
depending on what it was/how complex it is I'd help a friend
alternatively, a block of metal, a dremel, and a lot of time

>>3000427
Is VHF TV still a thing?

>>3000436
Ya my local news channel is VHF although I'm close my current pos won't pick it up

js8 on 11m is not bad this time of year considering muf is low if you are in europe. i still make regional contacts of mostly 1000km.
even of bad days one among many heartbeats will make some contact somewhere.

plenty of received heartbeats today, a couple every hour yesterday and most of the days of the last 2 months i'd say.
my antenna is about 12m from ground at the highest point.
now i dont know what the real ground is here since my street is already about 10 meters above river level and the river is only about 40 meters south from here so i dont know how effective the ground is below my house and how that affects antenna radiation pattern.
if i was to assume that the ground beneath me is good, then power should be pretty strong around about 5 to 10 degrees take-off angle.

can someone make a qrd on packet radio?
what i understand is you need a radio, a tnc modem and some software on a computer that acts as server for example a telnet server to access files or something.

the subject seems quite vast and there is a long history that is rarely brought up unfortunately.
anyone with first hand experience?

>>2995787
Try magloops. Motorized capacitor if possible. Hard to tune but they auto-filter the frequencies

>>3000252
>drawings of underage girls in sexual context isn't pedo shit
ok, pedo

>>3000442
>Sees drawing of child
>Immediately thinks of sex
There's definitely a pedo in this thread

>>3000458
>it's just a drawing bro, haha >>3000180 nothing pedo about it, haha
i said okay, pedo

Installed a map pack into a computer game, while playing the game, worked like a charm.

tl;dr: recommended instructions BTFO

>>3000168
I smoked a cig once and didn't get lung cancer!

>>2999365
Yeah but getting drunk on office hand sanitizer isn’t all that great

>>2966018
But what if I need to eat large amounts of food to be /fit/?

>>2999351
>local HOA orders you to remove them or face daily fines

>>3000312
You trying to bulk up?

>>2966041
>Be me
>Buying a truck
>Get financing approved through Chase, Capital One, USAA
>Sitting through the final paperwork
>"I can actually get you a better rate through GMAC Financing"
>3% versus 4.5% for my financing I brought
>GMAC ends up being fucking Chase (my bank for 20+ years)
>Dealership gets me a better rate from my own bank that I approved for financing through
It's not all bad. They do push their financing because they make money doing that, but you don't have to get totally fucked on it either.

What do you mean by "ideas on how to finish the space"?
Are you asking from a design perspective (ideas on what the space would be used for, or how to configure the space) or are you asking for advice on how to physically finish out a space (what materials to use, how to install them, etc.)?

If it's the prior, do you have a need for any specific type of room? Like do you want an additional bedroom, or a game room, or an office? Or are you just looking at an unfinished space and want to finish it out but don't know what you want the room to be?

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>>2998195
Some kind of walk-in-closet would be nice, but I think it's gonna only take like half of the unfinished area. Way to have a "buffer" between bathroom/washrooms and the rest of the area. I also think a game room is a nice addition like anon above.

fish room

>>3000510
indoor chicken/shrimp farm

>>2983790
The big thing would be being able to literally toss it into a trunk or leave it out in the rain.

>>2983706
Oh boy. I am building myself a "Cyberdeck" right now and I went down that rabbit hole.
Cyberdecks I see around are mostly art pieces with Raspberry Pi inside. Some bloke gutted one of his old laptop and crammed it in an acrylic black casing with skulls in it. I am not impressed.
There's so many good comments in this thread. I am looking at your LARPbox pic and if it's the thing you want to use to restart civilization, good luck. I'll say, buy yourself some Thinkpads and Panasonic Thoughbooks and you will be settled with a better base. Then you will be able to put edgy stickers on it and you'll be set. Function before Style always.

On my side, I am a retard on three different spectrums who loves asking questions and receiving answers. I kinda like AI for this fun reason. So what I did? I dig around for an industrial computer. I got myself a used Zebra ET56DE with a lot of rubber and the back strap. It works on android, got WiFi, Bluetooth and LTE. Simple and you can drop it on concrete without caring if it breaks. When I got some time, I'll will root that thing and put the Claude App on it. Voilà! Simple!

Don't buy the hype. Define your needs. Find the piece of hardware that covers it. Download stuff on it. Bonus point if it's used because this is /DIY/.

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>>2983706
This reminds me of using this piece of shit to load the encryption keys into radios back when I was in the service.

Why doesn't anyone make a true Cyberdeck? It should be able to read plane signals, hack electronic locks, SDR, etc.

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>>3000529
Like the Flipper Zero and Cardputer?

>hack electronic locks
In my experience most of these have keypads, not radio signals. You can only hack them with your fingers.

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>>2983160
>got a payment request for Ladydevimon asking for an extra $2.42
wish they'd cover that lol

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>>3000479
I lack proper lighting today, so rather than providing my own pictures, I shall post some that I have found on Wikia (or whatever it is called now).

Perhaps these lack a sense of scale, but they 2.75-3" each in height.

>>3000500
>but they 2.75" 3" each in height.
I missed an are after the they.
>inb4 ESL

>>3000500
Yeah those are basically brush paint material

is this 3d printed pieces or what is this ?

>>3000297
No way, I was getting the pro version (better psu, silent drivers , few other minor upgrades) for $100 plus a free roll of inland PLA over 7 years ago

>>3000297
Depends on who's buying the printer; I'd never recommend used anything for a first printer, let alone an Ender 3. $50 for a backup printer, or a platform for a laser engraver? that i could see.

>>3000133
I'm more concerned about the missing fire extinguisher in the background

>>3000455
It's fine, just never use the heated bed.

>>3000455
There is no way to know it is missing. The sign is on all four sides, but the extinguisher could be out of view of the photo.

>>2958927
Plug it in, lick your fingers, and feel around the magnetron for a loose wire

>>2959023
IIRC the voltage to test HV diodes is way higher than what a normal multimeter uses.

>>2996977
good tip

>>2996933
this isn't your prostrate exam boomer

>>2995772
The only way I see "high resistance = increased current" is if resistance is in reference to the mechanical resistance within/against a motor. In which case, a motor encountering mechanical resistance, and/or having failing parts that are making it grind against itself would potentially cause a circuit to be overloaded. The problem, though, is that microwaves pretty much only have two moving parts: the turntable, and the fan.