europlus

@europlus@europlus.zone

I collect Apple ][ europluses and host WOzFest, single day gatherings of Apple ][ enthusiasts, five times a year.

I run the Applesauce Fluxes image bot here – it's amazing how we can find beauty in just about anything.

I am on the spectrum and learning how to manage my life better than I did when I didn't know I was.

I lean heavily left/progressive.

I love my past Bichoodles (Poochons) – Poppy, Lily (RIP) and Daisy (RIP) 💗

I wish people were more like dogs – or I just wish there were more dogs.

#WOzFest #retrocomputing #AppleII #Apple2 #AppleIIForever #Apple2Forever #AusPol #bichoodles #poochons #dogs #DogsOfMastodon

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europlus, (edited ) to random

I’m blocking VCF Actual (@admin) as they flippantly belittle the concept of art being made by human creators, and they choose to use ripped off art via AI regurgitators. If you support creators, I ask you to consider also blocking them.

europlus,

Platforming a highly unsavoury member of the retro community with a session last year I was already uncomfortable with, but this just really nails their thesis to the church doors in my eyes. Please don’t support them, boost them, attend them.

europlus,

The retro scene is chock full of creators, even low key ones like me. I’d hate to think of any of my stuff going through the AI grist mill and being used in this way, and we should all similarly be upset with artists’ creativity being devalued not only by the AI companies, but by users like VCF Actual who question what art itself is. Gah, so pissed!

thomasfuchs, to random
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io avatar

Rogue AIs from the inevitable coming-soon technological singularity made great movie and TV villains in the…

…checks notes…

…1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s.

europlus,

@thomasfuchs my 56 year old general intelligence is ready for retirement, too!

NanoRaptor, to random
@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social avatar

A small manufacturing defect destroys your computer's main storage, and it's nonrecoverable. All data lost.

Do you have backups so that you can restore what you cannot do without, and quickly? Have you checked those backups are happening? do you have multiple backups? have you checked they're restorable?

europlus,

@NanoRaptor yes, I’ve checked those backups…and some of the checks were even planned!

thomasfuchs, to random
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io avatar

Such a mystery why stuff like this keeps happening, a profound enigma and veritable conundrum, a riddle for the ages

europlus,

@thomasfuchs I hear there is some level of debate across the scientific spectrum on potential causes. Best to wait till there’s an undeniable consensus and both sides’ positions are fully worked through and we consider the broad economic impact of changing things if it’s not just natural variation. After all, there’s no point rushing things, is there?</s>

georgetakei, to random

Typos are my worst enema!

europlus,

@georgetakei @mos_8502 took me a while, but I can see the typo now:

*unforeskin

ryanfb, to random
@ryanfb@digipres.club avatar

January 26th, 121 CE—Ammonios and Tasionys aka Dionysia petition the strategos , asking for an official notice to be served to the owners of an extremely old house next to theirs, stating that if it collapses the homeowners will be liable for any damage that results

https://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.fouad;;30

europlus,

@ryanfb I wonder if that house is still standing? 🤣

kalleboo, to Japan
@kalleboo@bitbang.social avatar

Our eldest daughter is starting elementary school in #Japan in April and we have to submit bank details for a direct debit for school fees

The debit system used is some local thing only supported by the local banks, and the application is done on paper.

There's a pre-filled out section for how the school is going to submit the debits with the options for

  • Paper ledger
  • Floppy Disk
  • Magneto-optical
  • DVD
  • Data transmission

I'm sad to say my daughters school did not choose floppy disk 😢

europlus,

@Random_Seed @kalleboo my work (book publisher) many years ago got a Sony 3½" 230MB drive as part of an upgrade Quadra 840AV system.

I absolutely fell in love with MOs (and I still have the included disk eject tool — no more janky straightened paper clips for this high roller!).

If I had a SCSI-capable system I’d maybe buy a drive and some disks for old time’s sake.

europlus,

@Random_Seed @kalleboo that’s the one!

thomasfuchs, to random
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io avatar

ןnɟsǝɔɔns ƃuıpuɐ˥¡

europlus,

@thomasfuchs …ish!

Fury, to Tasmania
@Fury@mastodon.au avatar

It’s 25.3°C and I’m melting. I might have to turn on the a/c!!!! #tasmania #heatwave

europlus,

@Fury 38°C here at Wollstonecraft tomorrow 🫠

txgx42, to random
@txgx42@mastodon.social avatar

pwned by a magnet

europlus,

@txgx42 ouch!

carnage4life, to random
@carnage4life@mas.to avatar

The New York Times with a classic example of lies, damn lies and statistics showing a downward trend line for a stat that went from 30% to 38%. 😂

europlus,

@carnage4life WTAF?!

ned, to random

Nevermind me, just getting some water...

europlus,

@ned @cstross love it!

fozztexx, to random
@fozztexx@fozztexx.com avatar

Lost another almond tree.

europlus,

@fozztexx umm…it’s right there! 🔭 👓

loriemerson, to random
@loriemerson@post.lurk.org avatar

well, after living in the US for 23 years, today I swore off all allegiance to foreign princes and potentates, got super emotional, said things that made me nervous “so help me god”, and felt extremely lucky and grateful! Um like “these colors don’t run”??!!

Woman in a black vest, yellow sweater holding an American flag and standing in front of a screen that reads “today, I am an American”

europlus,

@loriemerson well, G’day - oh, shit, sorry, wrong country - well, howdy pardner! I would welcome you here in Oz, though!

a2_4am, to animals
@a2_4am@mastodon.social avatar

Zara, who did nothing wrong, has been released from the cone of shame. She had to wear it extra long after being spayed because she had had so many C-section surgeries in her pre-rescue life, which left an excess of scar tissue and necessitated medical staples to ensure the sutures held long enough to heal.

What radicalized you?

europlus,

@a2_4am thank you for looking after her so well – she’s very lucky to have you.

d_j_fitzgerald, to random

I spent some time this evening working on my PiDP-11. The physical build is almost done now! What's left: get a proper power supply, make the keyswitch do a hard shutdown, install a second RS-232 port, install an ethernet jack, install wireless ethernet.

Today I managed, at long last, to get a real VT320 terminal hooked up to the emulated PDP-11 (and not thr underlying Linux host)!

A close up of the logon prompt on the VT320. The text displays a line confirming connection to the simulated PDP-11, followed by a BSD.211 login prompt. The host name is "greybeard".
A close up of a BSD 2.11 UNIX session on an amber monochrome VT330 terminal. You can see a failed login attempt, a good login attempt, the output from an ls command.

europlus, (edited )

@d_j_fitzgerald @mos_8502 a perfectly sensible and reasonable course of action

txgx42, to random
@txgx42@mastodon.social avatar

This disk seems to have a few bad sectors.

europlus,

@txgx42 you still gonna upload that skewed image to archive.org so it shows up on @ApplesauceFluxes one day/year?

arstechnica, to random
@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar

HP CEO: Blocking third-party ink from printers fights viruses

"Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription."

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/hp-ceo-blocking-third-party-ink-from-printers-fights-viruses/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

europlus,

@arstechnica @thatKomputerKat fuckers.

BasicAppleGuy, to random
@BasicAppleGuy@mastodon.social avatar

Find the Mac Pro.

europlus,

@BasicAppleGuy @dukane Huzzah! That was hard, please don’t punish me again! 🙏🏻

dragosr, to random
@dragosr@chaos.social avatar

Just a heads up for those who use "legacy" mail reader systems:

Google is shutting off password access to mail, calendars, and contacts, forcing OAuth2 to authenticate.

Anything with IMAP, SMTP, POP, CalDAV, or CardDAV using basic auth will fail.

https://support.google.com/a/answer/14114704

europlus,

@dragosr or app passwords, actually

sidereal, to random

Wow look it's exactly what happened when we got rid of the streetcars. Aged extremely well

europlus,

@sidereal @carbontwelve A Desire Named ”Street Cars”.

danluu, to random
@danluu@mastodon.social avatar

A site with ranked feed has somehow decided that I want to see viral UX/designer content.

In every viral UX comparison I've seen so far, the "good" version looks more "modern" but is also less legible / usable. E.g., below, the contrast is lower and legibility is sacrificed for cleanness.

When designers have free reign to do things how they want, the result is often quite unusable: https://twitter.com/danluu/status/1211782987664113664, https://twitter.com/danluu/status/919423128895442944, etc.

Comparison where "good" version is low contrast and and critical information is hard to read.

europlus,

@danluu same story at Apple? Those active vs inactive windows in Sonoma are driving me fucking nuts!

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