Tonight I was able to power the amiga for the first time. I had to get a new third party power supply which took a bit to arrive. Version 1.2 kickstarter rom.
I became aware of the fact that the battery on the amiga trapdoor memory expansions fail, and so I removed the EM shielding and sure enough, the battery was looking pretty crusty. I cut it away.
I don't have any floppy disks of any kind, let alone any amiga floppy disks, so I had to flash the Gotek floppy disk emulator with the FlashFloppy firmware. I took the top cover off to get a good view but it seems you don't need to do that to flash the unit.
Not sure if I'll get a chance to install the floppy drive and get a workbench disk running tonight or even this weekend, but if I do I'll keep everyone posted.
Plans right now are replacing all the caps since it's cheap insurance, printing a new trapdoor cover because it didn't come with one, I've got the raspberry pi zero hdmi mod board coming in, but I'd like to look at one of those Raspberry pi cpu replacement boards that clip onto the sidecar.
Not sure in the end if I'll hang onto it forever or if I'll get it running, play with it a while, and find a new home for it, but it's a really neat little toy to play with right now regardless.
I became aware of the fact that the battery on the amiga trapdoor memory expansions fail, and so I removed the EM shielding and sure enough, the battery was looking pretty crusty. I cut it away.
I don't have any floppy disks of any kind, let alone any amiga floppy disks, so I had to flash the Gotek floppy disk emulator with the FlashFloppy firmware. I took the top cover off to get a good view but it seems you don't need to do that to flash the unit.
Not sure if I'll get a chance to install the floppy drive and get a workbench disk running tonight or even this weekend, but if I do I'll keep everyone posted.
Plans right now are replacing all the caps since it's cheap insurance, printing a new trapdoor cover because it didn't come with one, I've got the raspberry pi zero hdmi mod board coming in, but I'd like to look at one of those Raspberry pi cpu replacement boards that clip onto the sidecar.
Not sure in the end if I'll hang onto it forever or if I'll get it running, play with it a while, and find a new home for it, but it's a really neat little toy to play with right now regardless.
https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesprelbmk.htm
The Bureau of Labor Statistics revised their numbers from 300k to -800k jobs in March.
People get mad at me when I say we need to be careful of the official numbers, this is the second largest revision of job creation in US history. The largest revision was during the great financial crisis.
I tend to think that right now we're in an era of Soviet-style hyperrealism because things are actually getting much worse for the common man in many ways, and nobody wants to be the one holding the bag and having to tell people that things actually are as bad as they feel.
I've seen quite a few politicians say it outright: "Don't tell people things are bad, they'll start acting like things are bad which will only make things worse" -- sort of like George W. Bush's stupid "The economy is crashing, keep spending no matter what" directions to the people. It's really irresponsible, and one of the reasons why both the people and the state have gotten so much weaker over the past 20 years (They're expressing more authority but the clock is ticking). Instead of pulling back which hurts the economy in the moment but helps individuals be more resilient and prepared, and instead of pulling back spending when times are allegedly "good" so you spend in the bad times and you spend in the good times, both parties shotgun money into the economy during the "good" times and then also during the "bad" times.
Bread and circuses, and the fall of an empire... Much like 1991 I'm sure.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics revised their numbers from 300k to -800k jobs in March.
People get mad at me when I say we need to be careful of the official numbers, this is the second largest revision of job creation in US history. The largest revision was during the great financial crisis.
I tend to think that right now we're in an era of Soviet-style hyperrealism because things are actually getting much worse for the common man in many ways, and nobody wants to be the one holding the bag and having to tell people that things actually are as bad as they feel.
I've seen quite a few politicians say it outright: "Don't tell people things are bad, they'll start acting like things are bad which will only make things worse" -- sort of like George W. Bush's stupid "The economy is crashing, keep spending no matter what" directions to the people. It's really irresponsible, and one of the reasons why both the people and the state have gotten so much weaker over the past 20 years (They're expressing more authority but the clock is ticking). Instead of pulling back which hurts the economy in the moment but helps individuals be more resilient and prepared, and instead of pulling back spending when times are allegedly "good" so you spend in the bad times and you spend in the good times, both parties shotgun money into the economy during the "good" times and then also during the "bad" times.
Bread and circuses, and the fall of an empire... Much like 1991 I'm sure.
https://dev.narwhal.city/posts/15944
The end of development on a project I use. Sad to see but not entirely unexpected. The number of instances never was more than half a dozen or so, and it didn't update much. I still like it for its simplicity. It isn't a fancy web app, it's a website that sends html so straightforward it displays mostly correctly it ncsa mosaic.
The end of development on a project I use. Sad to see but not entirely unexpected. The number of instances never was more than half a dozen or so, and it didn't update much. I still like it for its simplicity. It isn't a fancy web app, it's a website that sends html so straightforward it displays mostly correctly it ncsa mosaic.
Ozempics main ingredient has been found linked to a 45% increase in suicidality according to the WHO.
There's 3 things it could be:
1. This drug changes our perception of things. It changes how we are sated by food. It's likely it also changes other parts of how we perceive the world so it could definitely change whether we consider to live or die.
2. This drug changes our perception of things. It changes how we are sated by food. If people are mentally ill and using food to self-medicate, then their self-medication no longer works.
3. A lot of people who successfully lose weight after years learn they're actually miserable people and it wasn't because they were fat. Once they realize that it's not their fat's fault it can be a big mental hit. I imagine if it was basically handed to them with no effort would be doubly painful.
There's 3 things it could be:
1. This drug changes our perception of things. It changes how we are sated by food. It's likely it also changes other parts of how we perceive the world so it could definitely change whether we consider to live or die.
2. This drug changes our perception of things. It changes how we are sated by food. If people are mentally ill and using food to self-medicate, then their self-medication no longer works.
3. A lot of people who successfully lose weight after years learn they're actually miserable people and it wasn't because they were fat. Once they realize that it's not their fat's fault it can be a big mental hit. I imagine if it was basically handed to them with no effort would be doubly painful.
Something a lot of people don't realize is that every medical intervention has a risk associated with it. A lot of the time even though you feel like shit the right thing to do is to drink plenty of liquids and lay in bed for a few days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAMtgyiUhIo
Kamala Harris's actual research materials for when she discusses the Ukraine Russia conflict
Kamala Harris's actual research materials for when she discusses the Ukraine Russia conflict
The image is correct, but it also applies to capital gains tax in general. You pay tax for something whose actual value in terms of purchasing power hasn't changed. The government has devalued the dollar by 97%, and every one of those percentage points is taxed as if it was caused by assets going up in price.
Even income taxes -- To keep up with prices rising you needed a 20% raise, meaning you might end up in a new tax bracket, so you're paying more tax on what is effectively the same income and the government acts like they're doing you a favor.
Even income taxes -- To keep up with prices rising you needed a 20% raise, meaning you might end up in a new tax bracket, so you're paying more tax on what is effectively the same income and the government acts like they're doing you a favor.
Some people are like "yaaaay" not realizing that rate cuts could be in response to stuff really hitting the fan.
Even if someone has done good acting work recently, so what?
If someone makes a good steak, or runs a mile really quickly, or drew a pretty picture, it does not follow that they now have a reason to tell me their political opinions. Same with if they pretend to be a space wizard really well. Or a psychopathic clown. None of these things suggest their political opinions are any more informed than anyone else.
In fact, if there's anything most actors are really good at, it's being handed some fictional lines on a card and convincingly delivering them. So I guess that's on brand.
If someone makes a good steak, or runs a mile really quickly, or drew a pretty picture, it does not follow that they now have a reason to tell me their political opinions. Same with if they pretend to be a space wizard really well. Or a psychopathic clown. None of these things suggest their political opinions are any more informed than anyone else.
In fact, if there's anything most actors are really good at, it's being handed some fictional lines on a card and convincingly delivering them. So I guess that's on brand.
One positive thing on the inflation front is that cell phone plans seem to be getting much better this year. That's particularly good because they seemed to get much worse for a long time.
No, they wanted to use the facehuggers to create the ultimate life form so they could performatively abort it.
Most people don't realize that because they just fall in line with what the media tells them to think instead of thinking for themselves.
Compare Donald Trump to Bill Clinton, and Clinton is by far the more right wing candidate in terms of the policies he actually had and actually implemented.
Donald Trump is the first president to run on a platform of maintaining gay marriage, whereas Bill Clinton signed the defense of marriage act which defined marriage as between a man and a woman. Every Donald Trump budget maintained the same level of functionality for federal welfare systems, Bill Clinton by contrast signed bills that dramatically limited Federal welfare spending such as introducing work requirements to welfare. Many people focused on Donald Trump's treatment of illegal migrants, apparently everyone forgets Elian Gonzalez being seized by the federal government and forcibly returned to Cuba. Donald Trump signed laws that relaxed punishments for criminals, Bill Clinton was extremely tough on crime. Clinton signed the bill deregulating the banking industry that led to the 2008 financial crisis. Bill Clinton promoted free trade which at the time was considered a conservative policy, whereas Donald Trump supported protectionism of us industries.
Indeed, If Bill Clinton was a Republican president today he'd be treated as a far right extremist monster. That's not because he was (he was a centrist Democrat), but solely because things have become so partisan that anything but giving the far left every single thing they ask for exactly how they ask for it is considered far right. The Democrats themselves are paying the piper for this Faustian bargain with the far left right now, since protesters outside the DNC are now telling the "fascist" Democratic party to "go home".
Compare Donald Trump to Bill Clinton, and Clinton is by far the more right wing candidate in terms of the policies he actually had and actually implemented.
Donald Trump is the first president to run on a platform of maintaining gay marriage, whereas Bill Clinton signed the defense of marriage act which defined marriage as between a man and a woman. Every Donald Trump budget maintained the same level of functionality for federal welfare systems, Bill Clinton by contrast signed bills that dramatically limited Federal welfare spending such as introducing work requirements to welfare. Many people focused on Donald Trump's treatment of illegal migrants, apparently everyone forgets Elian Gonzalez being seized by the federal government and forcibly returned to Cuba. Donald Trump signed laws that relaxed punishments for criminals, Bill Clinton was extremely tough on crime. Clinton signed the bill deregulating the banking industry that led to the 2008 financial crisis. Bill Clinton promoted free trade which at the time was considered a conservative policy, whereas Donald Trump supported protectionism of us industries.
Indeed, If Bill Clinton was a Republican president today he'd be treated as a far right extremist monster. That's not because he was (he was a centrist Democrat), but solely because things have become so partisan that anything but giving the far left every single thing they ask for exactly how they ask for it is considered far right. The Democrats themselves are paying the piper for this Faustian bargain with the far left right now, since protesters outside the DNC are now telling the "fascist" Democratic party to "go home".
I mean, the party that wants to defund the police seems to love the police when it's the police arresting their political enemies, so they don't seem to know exactly what they want...
There's layered irony there. An anti-natalist ideology's convention giving free vasectomies and abortions nearby is a manifestation of that irony.
The anti-natalist ideology will ultimately die out from its own ideology, that's one layer.
But a other layer is that they think that they are going to not having any children of their own, and that they are going to inherit our children. That might seem unusual given that those children will be raised with a set of values that is different from there, but another layered irony is that they are cultural chauvinists, and so they believe that their culture is so inherently Superior to everyone else's that children will naturally be drawn towards their superior culture. Ironic given that they're the first to attack cultural chauvinism as a deontological wrong.
Something that isn't ironic at all is the fact that they want someone else to do the work of birthing and raising children so that they can swoop in and get the benefit of the children who were born. I don't dispute the fact that there are certain socialists and certain threads of socialism that actually envision a world where everyone contributes and everyone pulls out of the system, our modern iteration seems to be exclusively populated by people who want to pull from the system and have someone else do the work.
I guess it does matter that there are different factions within the Democratic party, and while I'm referring to the faction within the far left I do accept that there are likely moderates within the party still who are more reasonable but are somewhat silenced by the extremists. I mean, I think there's still for example a lot of blue collar union workers who still believe their jobs rely on support from the Democrats regardless of the reality of the past 50 years.
The anti-natalist ideology will ultimately die out from its own ideology, that's one layer.
But a other layer is that they think that they are going to not having any children of their own, and that they are going to inherit our children. That might seem unusual given that those children will be raised with a set of values that is different from there, but another layered irony is that they are cultural chauvinists, and so they believe that their culture is so inherently Superior to everyone else's that children will naturally be drawn towards their superior culture. Ironic given that they're the first to attack cultural chauvinism as a deontological wrong.
Something that isn't ironic at all is the fact that they want someone else to do the work of birthing and raising children so that they can swoop in and get the benefit of the children who were born. I don't dispute the fact that there are certain socialists and certain threads of socialism that actually envision a world where everyone contributes and everyone pulls out of the system, our modern iteration seems to be exclusively populated by people who want to pull from the system and have someone else do the work.
I guess it does matter that there are different factions within the Democratic party, and while I'm referring to the faction within the far left I do accept that there are likely moderates within the party still who are more reasonable but are somewhat silenced by the extremists. I mean, I think there's still for example a lot of blue collar union workers who still believe their jobs rely on support from the Democrats regardless of the reality of the past 50 years.
I love me some BASIC.
FBXL.NET was a domain related to FreeBASIC for over a decade before a single subdomain showed up.
My second book is going to be a guide to FreeBASIC that mixes in computer science and computer history.
Why FreeBASIC instead of C? Because FreeBASIC in my view effectively takes C and humanizes it. You get all kinds of nice string manipulation and stuff built right in, as well as access to a a lot of C libraries, but it's also just structured like a human being might speak. It might not seem like a big deal but not having to think in codes and symbols is nice. The latest versions also include neat features like object orientation and threading, and it uses gcc to compile behind the scenes so you get all the benefits of that compiler.
FBXL.NET was a domain related to FreeBASIC for over a decade before a single subdomain showed up.
My second book is going to be a guide to FreeBASIC that mixes in computer science and computer history.
Why FreeBASIC instead of C? Because FreeBASIC in my view effectively takes C and humanizes it. You get all kinds of nice string manipulation and stuff built right in, as well as access to a a lot of C libraries, but it's also just structured like a human being might speak. It might not seem like a big deal but not having to think in codes and symbols is nice. The latest versions also include neat features like object orientation and threading, and it uses gcc to compile behind the scenes so you get all the benefits of that compiler.
Randomly walking down the street and saw a yard sale selling an Amiga 500. I've always wanted to play with one of these, so I picked it up basically without thinking, especially since the price was virtually nothing.
Looks like an Amiga 500, the bottom bay has a card I couldn't immediately identify since it's just a big plate of steel but my understanding is that those tend to be memory expansions.
Included seems to be a Amiga A520 which is a modulator that can produce a composite signal or an RF signal on channel 3 or 4.
There's a second disk drive with it, made by phoenix. Seems to take 3 1/2 inch floppies (I never had an amiga so this is all new to me)
There's a mouse that plugs into the joystick port.
One really neat thing that comes with it is a midi interface that plugs into the serial port.
One major thing I'm missing is obviously a power adapter.
So I guess I'm in it now, I've got a new power supply and gortek USB to floppy adapter coming in next week, and a RGB2HDMI board coming in someday from across the pond. I've had a pi zero forever, so that's not a problem.
I'll probably need to dig up my torx bits and open the guy up shortly to see if there's any jackpot surprises inside in terms of bulging caps or the like, but I'm pulling for the little guy.
Incidentally, I managed to get another buy from the same yard sale, an old 80s boom box with short wave radio support, up and running almost immediately.
Looks like an Amiga 500, the bottom bay has a card I couldn't immediately identify since it's just a big plate of steel but my understanding is that those tend to be memory expansions.
Included seems to be a Amiga A520 which is a modulator that can produce a composite signal or an RF signal on channel 3 or 4.
There's a second disk drive with it, made by phoenix. Seems to take 3 1/2 inch floppies (I never had an amiga so this is all new to me)
There's a mouse that plugs into the joystick port.
One really neat thing that comes with it is a midi interface that plugs into the serial port.
One major thing I'm missing is obviously a power adapter.
So I guess I'm in it now, I've got a new power supply and gortek USB to floppy adapter coming in next week, and a RGB2HDMI board coming in someday from across the pond. I've had a pi zero forever, so that's not a problem.
I'll probably need to dig up my torx bits and open the guy up shortly to see if there's any jackpot surprises inside in terms of bulging caps or the like, but I'm pulling for the little guy.
Incidentally, I managed to get another buy from the same yard sale, an old 80s boom box with short wave radio support, up and running almost immediately.
