pesco

ducts, pipes, and teletypes

2025-12-12

Kriegt ihr eigentlich auch diesen geilen Günther-Jauch-Spam?

2025-12-08

@gigabecquerel no that's an interocitor.

2025-12-06

@rl_dane a bit bummed that they split my first-day order of 2 units, not gonna lie. my dudes these weren't both for myself...

2025-11-28

hey fedi,

:clippy: does anyone have a spare #windows key they are willing to part with?

asking because i couldn't be arsed to think about how to transfer mine before changing out a mainboard. :bernd:

(win 10 is fine obvs, but i need pro.)

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And we have a clock. Never mind the ringing, it'll be fine!

Aside from the wonderful jank wiring job, this took me learning how to program the CH32V003. It was a bit of a struggle because I wanted to do it in minimal plain assembly. I had to glean a lot from disassembled C code from ch32fun (which is already a boiled-down environment for it). The official datasheet and reference manual, while not terrible, are lacking in parts and not always written in clear English. I also learned to write a linker script because I wasn't going to use any of that bloated C rubbish. As for the programming software (minichlink), I just opted for now to use a Linux host via ssh for writing to the chip.

Code to follow. ;)

#commodore #c64 #riscv #assembly

C64 main board with a small breadboard wired into the VIC socket.Oscilloscope screen showing two ringy clock signals, one 8 times the frequency of the other.
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It's FOSSitsfoss
2025-10-29

When Ken Thompson taught Unix at Berkeley, BSD was born. 🐧💻

The co-creator of Unix, Ken Thompson, left Bell Laboratories for a while and taught a course on UNIX at the University of California at Berkeley in the mid-1970s. Students and professors there further enhanced UNIX, eventually creating a version of UNIX called Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).
2025-10-29

@babe sounds like arch

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2025-10-29

"Die ultimative, verborgene Wahrheit der Welt ist,
dass sie etwas ist, das wir machen
und genauso gut auch anders machen könnten."
— David Graeber

2025-10-28

die uebliche erinnerung:
morgen abend ist barabend!
ab 19h motorschiff stubnitz.

wir sind dieses mal wieder in laderaum 1 (vorschiff).

bis morgen!

#cabletrash #cyberpunk
/ht @msstubnitz

terminvorschau: 26.11., 17.12.

CABLE TRASH printed in what looks like glowing green on black fabric
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Jonty Wareingjonty@chaos.social
2025-10-28

I always forget about my complete archive of UK government source code until I receive panicked emails asking me to delete things from it.

This time it was password hashes. A *lot* of password hashes.

A screenshot of an email, it reads:

Dear Jonty,
 
I hope this message finds you well.
 
We are reaching out regarding a public GitHub repository under your ownership that appears to contain an unofficial mirrored copy of a legacy repository previously maintained by our team. Specifically, we have identified SQL files within the repository that contain sensitive legacy data and should not be publicly accessible.
 
While the original repository has been taken down, this mirrored version remains available that may pose reputational or governance implications.
 
We kindly ask that you remove the SQL files—or preferably, take down the entire repository—at your earliest convenience to help ensure the protection of this data.

Details:
Repository URL: [REDACTED]

Files of concern: [REDACTED]

We appreciate your cooperation and understanding in this matter. If you have any questions or require further information to verify the request, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
 
Thank you in advance for your support.
 
Kind regards,
Security Incident Management Team
Cyber & Information Security 
Digital Data Technology | Ops and Infrastructure
Email: Security.Response@education.gov.uk

[logo of the Department for Education]
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I was thinking how kooky the Compact Disc logo is if you really look at it closely, so I’m making an entire typeface inspired by it. As you do…

#Retro #Typeface #GraphicDesign #Typography #WIPWednesday #Glyphs

“The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy discog.” written in a typeface based on the Compact Disc logo.
2025-10-18

@rami doing god's work man, god's work.

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2025-10-17

FOUNDATION AND EARTH (1987)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 28" X 20"

After 30 years, Isaac Asimov began to weave his two most famous series together in his novel Foundation and Earth. In this scene the author described the discovery of a huge statue, a remnant of a long-lost civilization. 1/7

#sciencefiction #scifi #scifiart #sff #illustration #isaacasimov #foundation #robots

In a cavernous room, a figure in a spacesuit kneels on the shoulder of a huge ancient statue of a humanoid robot. The statue is missing one arm while the other rests on its knee with hand up and fingers curling. The worm’s eye POV gives the statue a air of grandeur. The vaulted ceiling above is similarly weathered, open to expose the night sky and a craggy moon.
2025-10-17

God Gave Rock 'n' Roll To You
youtube.com/watch?v=qrn6GcDMHBY

2025-10-15

@alcinnz It would appear that fish begin decomposition at their forward end.

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2025-10-15

What the Hell is Going On with Framework’s Socials? - The Internet Review:
theinternet.review/2025/10/14/

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mccmcc
2025-10-13

What I'm listening to today: "Olson"

This is a Boards of Canada song being performed on a DEC PDP-1 from 1959. The PDP-1 doesn't have sound, but it does have front-panel light bulbs for debugging, so they tapped the voltage from four of the the light bulb on/off signals and routed them directly to speakers. They then run a program that toggles the light bulbs at audio rate to create square waves.

Arrangement by Joe Lynch, PDP-1 paper tape load operation by Peter Samson

youtube.com/watch?v=wubkrBd3-gg

2025-10-12

@slowtiger :awesome:

2025-10-12

@slowtiger yeah that's right. the glyph shapes are what MY FRIEND wants to know, for the purpose of identification.

2025-10-12

@slowtiger unfortunately not, that's their classic "Roman" font but the one I'm looking for is a Sans Serif with the same metrics as Courier.

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