Crazy Eddie's Used Computers
@dectape.bsky.social
I like to do stuff with ancient electronic junk, mostly computers. Sometimes I post pictures of it!
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bluesky does not seem to really be talking about this but today Stevie Wonder unleased 4 songs that didn't make "Songs in the Key of Life."
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Songs In The Key Of Life - The EP
EP • Stevie Wonder
music.youtube.com
September 29, 2026 at 12:35 AM
bluesky does not seem to really be talking about this but today Stevie Wonder unleased 4 songs that didn't make "Songs in the Key of Life."
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Spent the afternoon cleaning up the basement in an attempt to find this set of drawings. I found it, finally, in a box in a forgotten corner. And even better, the drawings match the revision of the hardware I have to debug. Also: what a lovely bit of art on the cover.
September 27, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Spent the afternoon cleaning up the basement in an attempt to find this set of drawings. I found it, finally, in a box in a forgotten corner. And even better, the drawings match the revision of the hardware I have to debug. Also: what a lovely bit of art on the cover.
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Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
September 25, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
This is a project I really need to get back to and finish up... it's been in Beta for like two years now.
When you can’t have a real Alto you can always experience the software with ContrAlto
github.com/jdersch/Cont...
github.com/jdersch/Cont...
September 23, 2026 at 10:36 PM
This is a project I really need to get back to and finish up... it's been in Beta for like two years now.
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Two of MIT-MC.ARPA’s 256KW MH10 memory cabinets will be used to provide the KI10 with half a megaword. MC’s hardware is littered with notes by MOON.
September 23, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Two of MIT-MC.ARPA’s 256KW MH10 memory cabinets will be used to provide the KI10 with half a megaword. MC’s hardware is littered with notes by MOON.
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More adults have made youth sports their entire personality in the last 10 years than any child in history. Why don't you go break up a game of hide and seek while you're at it, you fuckin' losers.
Another Iowa Dem releases an ad in response to anti-trans ads against her.
"We need to protect kids, and we need common sense rules to keep sports fair for boys and for girls. Parents know what's best for our kids. Washington needs to stay out of it."
From Lindsay James, IA-02.
"We need to protect kids, and we need common sense rules to keep sports fair for boys and for girls. Parents know what's best for our kids. Washington needs to stay out of it."
From Lindsay James, IA-02.
September 18, 2026 at 5:33 PM
More adults have made youth sports their entire personality in the last 10 years than any child in history. Why don't you go break up a game of hide and seek while you're at it, you fuckin' losers.
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Well, now it's been 25 years, 3 years since I wrote this ode to remembrance and forgetfulness. And what have we done?
www.the-reframe.com/never-rememb...
www.the-reframe.com/never-rememb...
Never Remember
Reflection & remembrance on the 22nd anniversary of a grim hinge in history. What we never remember, what we never forget
www.the-reframe.com
September 11, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Well, now it's been 25 years, 3 years since I wrote this ode to remembrance and forgetfulness. And what have we done?
www.the-reframe.com/never-rememb...
www.the-reframe.com/never-rememb...
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All else aside there is nothing I want or need genAI to do for me. I like reading. I like doing research. I like playing around in spreadsheets. I like interviewing people. I like writing. I like doing these things for myself because I take pleasure in the doing and they make me a better thinker.
September 8, 2026 at 3:26 AM
All else aside there is nothing I want or need genAI to do for me. I like reading. I like doing research. I like playing around in spreadsheets. I like interviewing people. I like writing. I like doing these things for myself because I take pleasure in the doing and they make me a better thinker.
No you wouldn't.
I said they reason, I didn't say they're sentient. And if I came to the conclusion they're sentient and experiencing pain due to what we're doing, yeah I'd stop
September 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
No you wouldn't.
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"So in summary: using AI for coding led to depression, apathy, existential dread, and worse software. Not good. Add on top of that the negative environmental, community, and economic impacts of AI, and it became extremely apparent to me that something's gotta change."
brettcodes.com/im-done-usin...
brettcodes.com/im-done-usin...
I'm done using AI
Why I'm stopping using AI for coding (and anything else) after using it earnestly for a year and coming to understand the harms it causes on personal, societal, and environmental levels.
brettcodes.com
September 6, 2026 at 1:35 AM
"So in summary: using AI for coding led to depression, apathy, existential dread, and worse software. Not good. Add on top of that the negative environmental, community, and economic impacts of AI, and it became extremely apparent to me that something's gotta change."
brettcodes.com/im-done-usin...
brettcodes.com/im-done-usin...
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"Republicans and other supremacists are shameful because of the inhumanity of their supremacy; because they are my fellow citizens—human beings within our shared human community—and because they will not be ashamed of themselves, I will be ashamed of them."
www.the-reframe.com/the-death-of...
www.the-reframe.com/the-death-of...
The Death of Shame
Modern Nazis, careless people, and the offensive necessity of caring in a shameful age.
www.the-reframe.com
September 4, 2026 at 12:30 PM
"Republicans and other supremacists are shameful because of the inhumanity of their supremacy; because they are my fellow citizens—human beings within our shared human community—and because they will not be ashamed of themselves, I will be ashamed of them."
www.the-reframe.com/the-death-of...
www.the-reframe.com/the-death-of...
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This essay talks about the left's vision for technology, the "alliance" between left and right-wing anti-data center movements, politics of refusal, democratic control over the AI infrastructure buildout, China, industrial policy, and more.
www.thetechbubble.info/p/the-future...
www.thetechbubble.info/p/the-future...
The Future Is Not Tech-Forward
On artificial intelligence, data centers, technological politics, and who gets to build the future.
www.thetechbubble.info
September 1, 2026 at 10:31 PM
This essay talks about the left's vision for technology, the "alliance" between left and right-wing anti-data center movements, politics of refusal, democratic control over the AI infrastructure buildout, China, industrial policy, and more.
www.thetechbubble.info/p/the-future...
www.thetechbubble.info/p/the-future...
This may be my favorite Who album, it's light and carefree and goofy and it's just a lot of fun to listen to. And it's got a lotta beans on the cover.
August 31, 2026 at 5:20 AM
This may be my favorite Who album, it's light and carefree and goofy and it's just a lot of fun to listen to. And it's got a lotta beans on the cover.
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That’s the goal of the Peter Thiel/Nazi/Big Tech centralized control of everything. All authoritative sources of truth can be updated as needed like Winston Smith revising history to conform to this week’s Party doctrine. And the excuse is just “they updated it, we’re not responsible.”
August 30, 2026 at 5:24 PM
That’s the goal of the Peter Thiel/Nazi/Big Tech centralized control of everything. All authoritative sources of truth can be updated as needed like Winston Smith revising history to conform to this week’s Party doctrine. And the excuse is just “they updated it, we’re not responsible.”
Made an amazing score at Half-Price Books in Redmond today. There are about a million different pressings of this but I'm fairly certain this one is what I have here... www.discogs.com/release/1171...
August 29, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Made an amazing score at Half-Price Books in Redmond today. There are about a million different pressings of this but I'm fairly certain this one is what I have here... www.discogs.com/release/1171...
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Marx, Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844
August 29, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Marx, Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844
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Crime City 1997 | renegade cut
YouTube video by Renegade Cut
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August 1, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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August 4, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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August 3, 2026 at 7:46 PM
This was a very fun show, and everything worked flawlessly from beginning to end! Had a lot of fun talking with visitors about the Alto.
Here's a video I took of our setup form #vcfwest - 8000 Dandelion, two 6085 Daybreaks, 1100 Dolphin, Dicentra sitting on top, and finally the Alto.
Thanks to everyone who stopped by - @dectape.bsky.social and I had a great show!
Thanks to everyone who stopped by - @dectape.bsky.social and I had a great show!
August 3, 2026 at 7:31 PM
This was a very fun show, and everything worked flawlessly from beginning to end! Had a lot of fun talking with visitors about the Alto.
My score today during VCF load-in, courtesy of the amazing Friends of the Palo Alto Library’s book sale booth.
August 1, 2026 at 5:18 AM
My score today during VCF load-in, courtesy of the amazing Friends of the Palo Alto Library’s book sale booth.
We are all loaded-in and set up for VCF West! Come by and see us tomorrow and Sunday at CHM!
August 1, 2026 at 3:02 AM
We are all loaded-in and set up for VCF West! Come by and see us tomorrow and Sunday at CHM!
The loading for the trip down to VCF West has begun...
July 29, 2026 at 2:24 AM
The loading for the trip down to VCF West has begun...
Gonna be a good time!
July 27, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Gonna be a good time!