Notices by Andrew (R.S Admin) (ajroach42@retro.social), page 2

It's frustrating when a 10 year old computer can't get on facebook or watch 480p on youtube anymore, even thought it could five years ago.

The computer hasn't changed.

Facebook and youtube have become more complicated. They didn't need to, but they could get more complicated because the average computer got faster, and the average internet connection got faster over that time span.

So a computer that could do X lost it's ability to do X as a result of a third party.

That's frustrating.

Hey! What's the single board computer that isn't a raspberry pi world look like right now?

I'm especially interested in low end/cheap stuff.

Does anything exist in the sub$10 range that is worth looking at? Ideally with on board storage?

I want to put together some set top boxes for playing media and games, as cheaply as possible. (I have two other related projects as well, I might talk about them in a few minutes, but something like a Chip is what I'm after.)

Sometimes horse horse horse

Someone earlier said Jeff Bezos makes more in a week than you could have earned at $5k/day since Columbus reached the US.

I didn't believe it.

I checked.

It appears to be true.

This is disgusting.

@The_BFOOL @ashley Looks like the Vortex86 which has about the same power draw as a low end 486 and is generally x4/5/686 compatible with performance in the high end 486 range, is still in production and available on a number of microcontrollers intended for industrial applications.

@hummingrain Work in progress draft: https://github.com/ajroach42/ajroach42.github.io/blob/master/_drafts/2019-07-23-diy-media-toolkit.md

I have a lot more to say, specifically about software, and about actually making media, and I need to add a bunch of links to the hardware section.

I'm also still working on the "why" section, but that's a start.

@ieure @qwazix @djsundog @emsenn
Probably though, we should back up and do some requirements gathering.

What do you need, what's your budget, what can't you compromise on?

I used to be good at fitting requirements to hardware. I could give it a shot again.

I don't know why, but this has been pretty heavy on my mind today.

So let's explore where I landed.

1) I'm assuming that this kind of a scenario, if it was widely known, would lead to mass chaos.
2) I'm not really interested in "how does the internet handle massive chaos", so I'm focusing on what activities I would undertake if I was one of a small group of people who knew this was coming.
3) This is a springboard for a larger idea.

I need more not tech people to follow.

My feed is full of (legitimate) criticism of floss culture and communities, which is fine. I just need some entirely not tech stuff to balance it out.

Here's a clip from the video game I've been working on, where you explore an island... but all is not as it seems.

#gamedev #pixelart #creativetoots #mastoart

Is there a fitness/activity tracker that doesn't exfiltrate my data to third parties?

I'd like to set some health and wellness goals for myself and track those automatically with sensors and software without being spied on.

Is there a product for me?

@hummingrain I finally read and responded to your emails, and I'll read the works you've shared with me soon.

It appears that my new laptop was shipped in it's original box.

It's good to be home.

I saw this today. I’m curious as to what it actually is. Any ideas?

@freakazoid

That, plus the EU copyright thing, the death of net noot, GDPR, and the rest of the shitty internet stuff that has been ongoing just leaves me remembering this protest sign.

Every time I check the status of my Gemini order, I get a little more disappointed with Planet Computers.

For the entire month of April the checker said "Your unit went in to production in April and will be delivered in May.

This database is updated weekly. Last update April 7th"

Now it says "You unit starts production 2 May and will be delivered towards the end of May.

We will update the database on a weekly bases.
Database last updated: 2nd May 2018"