TexasDrunk
@TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
- Comment on Self-Driving Teslas Are Fatally Striking Motorcyclists More Than Any Other Brand: New Analysis 6 days ago:
I’m on mine far more often than I’m in a car. I think Tesla found out that I point and laugh at any cyber trucks I see at red lights while I’m out and is trying to kill me.
- Comment on Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio 1 week ago:
That’s the one! It’s also in the garage. Still worked a while back when I hooked it up through a few adapters.
I always dumpster dived for computers. My buddy showed me where to go and when so we’d upgrade every year together when one of the local junior colleges threw out a bunch of stuff. We were always a few years behind but we had more tech toys than folks on the edge of poverty had the chance to pick up back in those days.
I remember being a teen in the late 90s with some computers to use and some to sell and we ended up selling enough to both get Bigfoot drives. A couple of gigs was MASSIVE compared to the TI stuff we both started on.
He’s still got the tax software with the booklet and ads featuring Bill Cosby running around somewhere. He’s also got a tattoo of the motherboard of the TI-99/4a because he said without it he wouldn’t be where he is today. But he doesn’t like Bill Cosby anymore.
- Comment on Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio 1 week ago:
I have a 40 year old book about TI BASIC somewhere in the garage plus some magazines with games. I built a fantasy game and saved it to cassette.
- Comment on A Foot Pedal To Supplement Your Keyboard 3 weeks ago:
Back when I did stuff for the sake of doing it, I mapped DAW transport buttons to these. I never bothered replacing them when they broke because I moved to a jog wheel to scrub through much more efficiently.
- Comment on I firmly believe all 3-4 letter acronyms will eventually be used for evil. 4 weeks ago:
I’ve got a friend that, when cornered by acronym soup, starts discussing very detailed analytics for whatever they’re talking about. He says the acronyms don’t matter as long as the audience is sufficiently bored by whatever your answer is.
- Comment on Not real... *for now* 5 weeks ago:
You take them off?
- Comment on Tech jobs are now white collar trades that need apprentices 5 weeks ago:
My favorite was "here’s Exchange 2003, you’ll figure it out. We seem to be sending out thousands of emails every few minutes and are on all the spam lists. See you in a bit. ".
- Comment on Tech jobs are now white collar trades that need apprentices 5 weeks ago:
That’s what they did to me 20-odd years ago. I did my best to train up the guys that came after me, but I am only one guy. I hope they’re not still doing that.
- Comment on Merry weekend yall 1 month ago:
I’m texasdrunk and I support this message.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Same in the 00s. Everyone knew and no one gave a shit.
Side note: I love how “fuckin business” works a couple of ways.
- Comment on HP adds 15 minutes waiting time for telephone support calls 1 month ago:
I had an issue a couple of years ago with an HP laptop where the USB-C port would stop working after a reboot. DSIM cleanup-image would temporarily fix it so it had to be software based. The warranty was only good for about another week when I first got in touch.
They did everything in their power to run that week out and tried getting me to send it in for repair that could take a month rather than fixing the issue. I finally found an obscure forum post that fixed it. Their support is absolute trash.
- Comment on my version is better 1 month ago:
It’s not like the old days, but you can still find high energy local acts out at places like BFE. Just keep an eye on their roster. I’ll likely see you there someday!
- Comment on my version is better 1 month ago:
I get it. We played Fitzgerald’s a lot for the last few years before it closed. My buddy was sitting in the lighting booth watching the last show.
I don’t think there’s anything that’s going to capture that vibe anymore. BFE is cool. Numbers, for whatever reason, was never really my scene. I’ve played there but I don’t go out of my way to do it. Even The Farm isn’t really what it used to be. I wish I could remember what the name of it was before because we played there a lot too. Wildcatters out in Katy is pretty cool on the right night. Brash has the arcade. Karbach usually has something cool going on (I’ve got a friend over there right now). But none of that is like what Fitzgerald’s was back in the 00s (I was too young and hours away in the 90s, then I left for the military).
But you know what they say. You can never go home.
- Comment on my version is better 1 month ago:
There are some cool places closer in but I try to avoid heading that way. We played White Oak Music Hall recently and it’s pretty neat. Fitzgerald’s closed a few years back and that place was amazing. On the other side of town is House of Blues which is always a good time.
- Comment on my version is better 1 month ago:
I like The Farm and BFE, but those are two completely different vibes. I miss Acadia so much. That was my favorite place to be but they closed down last year.
- Comment on my version is better 1 month ago:
Just to answer the question, tonight I was with a hard rock band. We did our thing then got hammered again.
- Comment on my version is better 1 month ago:
Sorry, I was drunk as hell up on 1960 and forgot we were having a conversation.
- Comment on my version is better 1 month ago:
Howdy neighbor!
Naw, I work remote, the HEB is walking distance, and if I’m on the motorcycle I’m headed the other way out of town. The only time I have to deal with it is when I’m playing a gig headed into town while everyone else is driving the other way.
- Comment on my version is better 1 month ago:
Harris. Also just off 10.
- Comment on my version is better 1 month ago:
So you’re picturing me every morning back when I had to drive in to work. Got it.
- Comment on my version is better 1 month ago:
He’s sad because he was going to call in sick but waited too long.
- Comment on Colombian president says cocaine 'no worse than whisky' 1 month ago:
I wrote down my findings at 12:33AM Central time. It was science. Incomprehensible science.
My findings today are that I wish I hadn’t applied quite so much whiskey to the subject.
- Comment on Colombian president says cocaine 'no worse than whisky' 1 month ago:
I drigle fumbar. Fabulous.
Science.
- Comment on Colombian president says cocaine 'no worse than whisky' 1 month ago:
It’s hard to write down scientific conclusions when you black out at the end of the night, but so far I wouldn’t recommend it. I’ll try again tonight and get back to you.
- Comment on Colombian president says cocaine 'no worse than whisky' 1 month ago:
I’ve been doing an exhaustive study for the last couple of decades on the effects of whiskey on a human with mental health issues.
- Comment on Petrichor 4 months ago:
I’m an enthusiastic amateur taster with a terrible palette and I bet it would ruin it for me, too.
- Comment on Trump confirms plan to declare national emergency, use military for mass deportations 4 months ago:
God damn. It’s not often something online can make me laugh so hard I nearly fall off my couch sober. My only regret is that I have but one upvote to give.
- Comment on Roses are red in North Carolina..... 4 months ago:
- Comment on Trump confirms plan to declare national emergency, use military for mass deportations 4 months ago:
Spoken like a person who doesn’t even know how to get their kid unlimited money. You’re just mad that you can’t marry that perfect ball of plastic surgery and hatred.
- Comment on Trump confirms plan to declare national emergency, use military for mass deportations 4 months ago:
Maybe that’s his plan. He doesn’t like the prenup and wants to marry that ghoul Loomer so he’s doing this to get her deported and the marriage annulled. Then he’ll use government money to put on a huge wedding and try to have a baby immediately. Everyone knows if you’re president when you have a kid the government is on the hook for support. Unlimited money!!!
It’s 12-D chess!!!1!
