MXX53
@MXX53@programming.dev
- Comment on What’s Your Oldest System? 4 days ago:
Atari 2600. Got in a few years ago from my in laws. Still hook it up and play berzerk from time to time.
- Comment on How do you handle family requests that you disagree with? 1 month ago:
I disagree with my mah and old man a lot. But, when I was having hard times as a kid, giving them headaches and heartaches, and when I struggled as an adult they were there to tell me they loved me, hug me, feed me regardless of what I believed. They have always loved me unconditionally.
If it ain’t illegal. I’ll host it for them, no questions asked. If I ever needed anything, those are two people I know will be there every time, without fail. It’s the least I can do to try and pay them back, even if I know I never could.
- Comment on Should I get an NES, Master System; or an Atari 7800? 3 months ago:
If that is the case, I would go with your favorite library of games, and if not that, then go with the console that has your favorite game. I recommend the NES not only because it has an amazing original library, but there are also still some small niche studios making games for the NES today and it is amazing what they have learned to squeeze out of that hardware.
- Comment on Should I get an NES, Master System; or an Atari 7800? 3 months ago:
My personal preference is NES -> Master System -> Atari due to the game libraries.
With that said, do you have any favorite games that are exclusive to either console? That might help make the decision. Are you able to gettl the games? I would argue without games to play, it probably isn’t worth it. Do you have the means and ability to repair or make needed upgrades? These systems are getting on in years and I find myself repairing my consoles more frequently as the years go on.
- Comment on Which OS do you use for your homeserver? 4 months ago:
Host is Proxmox, with Ubuntu LTS VMs.
- Comment on What got you into coding ? (aside from money) 8 months ago:
I like making things. And coding had an overall lower cost of entry, and lower overall cost than wood working and making custom hardware projects. I still enjoy the other two, but when money is tight or I’m waiting on delivery of supplies, I work on coding projects.
- Comment on What Game Boy game do you love that you never hear anyone talk about? 8 months ago:
This is one of my favorite GBA games. The controls are so good.
- Comment on "Smart" car companies are an absolute PRIVACY NIGHTMARE | *privacy not included | Mozilla Foundation 9 months ago:
This is why I drive a 90 accord. Windows and locks aren’t even electronic.
- Comment on what's the highest increase in salary you've had or seen? 9 months ago:
Over the last 5 years I have went from 50k to 90k. Same company, but recently got promoted to a new department.
- Comment on [META] What are the demographics of this community? 9 months ago:
PSU and RAM had to be replaced. Garbage picked those too.
- Comment on What are your defining memories of computing in the old days? 9 months ago:
I grew up pretty poor. When I was a kid my dad brought home a pentium 2 that didn’t work. He picked it out of the garbage, told me I could have it, but that it didn’t work.
We often rode the bus to school. We would get off at school and my parents would get off at work. And then we would meet them on the bus on the way home.
After getting the computer we started stopping off at the library, so I could check out books about computers. I would take them home and start reading. (I was illiterate until I was 10 years old, and this really kicked off my reading ability, to this day I still read 100-120 books per year)
Over time I was able to figure out enough to diagnose the issue (bad PSU and bad HDD), garbage pick replacements, and then install DOS from a floppy I got from school.
From there I started picking up as many parts and computers as I could and filling my corner of our studio apartment with parts. I loved writing text files and documenting what I was doing, like a little knowledgebase of what I was figuring out. Eventually, we got evicted, and due to having to live in our car for a couple of years I had to give up my computer. Left it out in the curb. Ever since, I have been obsessed with terminal based interfaces and to this day almost exclusively use terminal.
- Comment on [META] What are the demographics of this community? 9 months ago:
Millennial here. Started on a garbage picked pentium 2 that I ran DOS on.
- Comment on What software do you use to edit markdown? 9 months ago:
Same here. I use logseq asy personal knowledgebase as well.