Oh and as far as how I learned, mostly trying to fix broken stuff (radios, amplifiers, VCRs etc,) and then making guitar effect pedals. Thats a good way to learn circuits!!

Note, dont try working on a tube amp or CRT right away. They aren’t evil scary like people say but you do need to study up before you go poking around zappy bits. Anything else like an old radio or VCR is totally fine if its unplugged.

I did this pedal 10 years ago. Support these guys!! Dont use amazon.

https://store.generalguitargadgets.com/products/mxr™-phase-90™-replica-complete-kit

Now i mostly work on old consoles. Need to recap my 2600, and I modded a dreamcast and a ps1. Granted the Dreamcast didnt even need soldering besides replacing the clock battery holder.

Or, get some broken gameboys on eBay and try fixing them!

Ye just get a solder kit and practice on some PCBs!

Well its true ! I’d really hate for someone on the right side of history to accidentally destroy these data centers and all the bought off politicians responsible for them! That’d be really bad. It would be a detriment to the shareholders which we adore

I really hope no one takes it into their own hands to destroy all data centers and the billionaire oligarchs that own them. They’d be an absolute hero probably! Can’t have that oh no.

Its ridiculously easy! Get a hakko

Torn

I was going to comment this. Having super tech illiterate friends is painnnnnnn . they’re so bad with tech.

My hard drives have more than doubled in cost in 6 months.

Fuck data centers.

Good good. Please more of this!! Shut it all down.

I’d say now if you are an honest Dev youll get way more respect from the community than ever before. I can’t stand these liars.

Ya know what was an awesome game that just fucking worked? Granted I think it had hats or some shit. But pico park. Great game that worked awesome and didnt need any bullshit. Idk just came to mind.

I mean ive thought of this. I mostly do play pre 2002 games. And I’m always thinking wow, they put so much work into this, no vibe coded bullshit, no endless updates, working with difficult hardware , mad respect for those devs. And I feel a little bad I can enjoy their creations 20 years later and they’re not getting anything for it.

However we know what’s coming. Corporations aren’t dumb, they see this, and in a couple years there will be a huge crackdown on retro gaming (they already shut down a huge archive). So enjoy while you can, they’re coming for you.

And now look how high $ CRTs are, even the low end ones.

I’ll never get rid of mine. You can’t get a 0 ms latency TV with zero “features” anymore. And those commercial TVs dont come with remotes. I never liked how flat screens look either. Laggy and awful colors. I’m sure a $3000 oled is great but no thanks

I also despise massive TVs so another win. People with 80" TVs in their living room are just ick.

Yeah, there really should be required classes at least!!

Honestly it’s still way too easy to get a license. I know many folks who should not drive. They should all be forced to take a hpde course and also banned from installing Snapchat, ha

As if a 4th gen firebird is even a small car in the US! They’re long as fuck

Sounds exactly like my hardcore ancap friend. “No true Scotsman” all the way…

The end result of capitalism is what we are in now.

Yep. People are too afraid to state the truths you just said for fear of being rediculed.

Not sure why people can “hate” dogs and its considered fine, but we aren’t allowed to dislike human children or youll get persecuted.

Big reason I hate family gatherings. Most people can’t think beyond their immediate situation (and by extension, create “cute” babies they can treat like dolls for 4 years while giving 0 thought to the fact that now its another person in the world that will die to climate change or work in a factory forever and never own a house)

Until the bean counters realize ticket machines cost too much to upkeep. Its the way the world works.

Same reason there’s almost no malls/3rd spaces, or arcades (and the arcades that are left dont use tokens any more) left. Profit above all else. Enjoyment of things and privacy is not profitable.

Yep I’m selfish with my time. I like doing anything I want. I just won’t have a care taker when I’m old (but I also am not an ass that would want a child to do that anyway, seems evil)

I’ll gladly donate money to help out the unhoused, and Foss projects though! Because with no kids you have money to donate to things like that.

Its almost like fucking over all of us with rolling blackouts , skyrocketing power bills, sucking up water, and creating heat islands would upset us. Oh and further enriching billionaires with stolen land. Wow. Weird.