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January 04, 2023

Update, almost all the cleaning is done. The nicotine smell has mostly dissipated, or I've gone blind to it. I have scrubbed all the PCBs, scrubbed the plastics, and removed a lot of flux from the keyboard.

Quick question, before I forget... Am I going to have any issues if I only use disk drive 2?
This Laser drive, which is set to drive 1, is in BAD shape. There is rust all over the inside. Then to boot, the case is soldered together. So im going to have to desolder the whole thing, remove the motors and heads, soak it in vinegar, then treat it all with a clear coat, reassemble it, fix the timing, etc. I did not want to do all that. The Apple drive, on the other hand, is labeled drive 2. Its in great shape.
I know there is a solder joint someplace and I can make it drive 1, but then the label will be wrong and if I get the other drive working, im going to have to reverse it.

The keyboard has had some work done to it. A few key switches have been replaced (badly). Obviously, somebody has spilled something on here at some point.
All-in-all, I think its looking great. I knew I was going to be putting some elbow grease into this. And honestly, I've only spent about 1.5 hours on it between emails and meetings.
Tomorrow morning I have a long meeting, so I'm going to be listening and paying attention and putting all the keys back on the keyboard.

By the that time, everything should have had more than ample time to dry out so it should then be safe to power up. I'm psyched.

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Google Tells Courts How Google Should Be Punished (and Tried to Hide it)

Released Friday before Christmas -- the ideal time to hide any announcement -- in response to losing an antitrust suit, Google proposes no real changes to their company or search business. Unsurprisingly, Mozilla (who likes Google's money) agrees.

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December 19, 2024
ChatGPT Can Not Say "Bryan Lunduke"

Move over David Mayer, Lunduke joins the list of names which OpenAl will not display. Here's how this was accomplished.

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December 19, 2024
Mozilla Executive Pay Doubles as Loss of 80% of Revenue Looms

"Mozilla has shifted much of its work toward Al" as funds directed towards African "Digital Justice", "Queer Youth Inclusion", & "Digital Activism for Young Feminists".

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November 22, 2023
The futility of Ad-Blockers

Ads are filling the entirety of the Web -- websites, podcasts, YouTube videos, etc. -- at an increasing rate. Prices for those ad placements are plummeting. Consumers are desperate to use ad-blockers to make the web palatable. Google (and others) are desperate to break and block ad-blockers. All of which results in... more ads and lower pay for creators.

It's a fascinatingly annoying cycle. And there's only one viable way out of it.

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The futility of Ad-Blockers
November 21, 2023
openSUSE says "No Lunduke allowed!"

Those in power with openSUSE make it clear they will not allow me anywhere near anything related to the openSUSE project. Ever. For any reason.

Well, that settles that, then! Guess I won't be contributing to openSUSE! 🤣

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September 13, 2023
"Andreas Kling creator of Serenity OS & Ladybird Web Browser" - Lunduke’s Big Tech Show - September 13th, 2023 - Ep 044

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"Andreas Kling creator of Serenity OS & Ladybird Web Browser" - Lunduke’s Big Tech Show - September 13th, 2023 - Ep 044

A selection of screenshots of people trying to get ChatGPT to say “Bryan Lunduke”.

Not what I was hoping for this afternoon, but still nice to get some classic Mac time in. Grabbed a game from Macintosh Garden; Starship Titanic. I’ve never played it, but I remember being really curious about it as a kid.

Moved it over to the Mac via sneakernet. It’s been decompressing for over 30 minutes… just realized I forgot the onboard USB is 1.1 and I didn’t transfer the files to the HDD before running StuffIt on it. Whoopsie 😅. I really love old systems.

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December 20, 2024
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Funny Programming Pictures Part LXVII
More funny, nerdy pictures than you can [idiom for large quantity understandable by humans]

There are XXXIX pictures in part LXVII of "Funny Programming Pictures".

IX out of X people reading that sentence just googled "Roman Numeral Converter".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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December 18, 2024
The real "Year of The Linux Desktop"...
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