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Post #ArLcKRQzUjjrTWMLLc by [email protected] |
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Buying the littleun an ereader for Christmas and🦝 Whoa what happened to the … |
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Post #ArLcKRZUz6XntuL8bo by [email protected] |
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🦝 Ooh what's that on eBay, eleven broken Sony PRS-505 ereaders for fifty… |
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Post #ArLcKRhIW6maI5zMlU by [email protected] |
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🦝 Why simply buy a thing when for the same money you can buy eleven broken o… |
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Post #ArLcKRp6371MgHdavA by [email protected] |
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Sony: 🦊 Johnson, the PRS-505 reads ebooks really well, what've you got c… |
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Post #ArLcKRwXbQyZ3N7XWa by [email protected] |
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Well I got 11 broken Sony PRS-505 ereaders for fifty bucks off eBay.Seven of th… |
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Post #ArLcKS4L8RDLRYllgG by [email protected] |
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Just look at these beautiful boys |
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Post #ArLcKSCUe7jhqqaHOC by [email protected] |
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This lad wants nowt. Turned over 200 pages on a 5-minute charge. |
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Post #ArLcKSJaDlPKCptwRM by [email protected] |
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So there's reasons why I'm buying ereaders from The Past instead of a m… |
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Post #ArLcKSQfnP4wYpDbUW by [email protected] |
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The successor to this thing was the PRS-700, my spouse has gone through three o… |
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Post #ArLcKSXlN2kYuoXGXg by [email protected] |
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Anyway just like when I'm trying to fix a whole arcade, each one now has a … |
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Post #ArLcKSgcq5q5MIgLM8 by [email protected] |
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Alright, number 11's the worst that I have parts to fix right now, let'… |
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Post #ArLcKSo4OPnHjOAHxY by [email protected] |
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Once you've got four screws out there's a hidden Fifth Screw in the butt |
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Post #ArLcKSvVwjkU6TeEYy by [email protected] |
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Once all the screws are out, use a spudger to pry the butt off the ereader, get… |
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Post #ArLcKT3fSQGqVlSkGu by [email protected] |
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Hot tip: never use a flathead screwdriver to pry stuff, always use a plastic sp… |
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Post #ArLcKTAl23wSrkmPK4 by [email protected] |
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With those three screws out, the case is free to flex.Oh my GOD how swollen-up … |
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Post #ArLcKTHqbhc5Dk64NE by [email protected] |
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The cat appears, pet her until she goes away |
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Post #ArLcKTPe8hqrbvkIWu by [email protected] |
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With the cat satisfied, we can begin removing the top of the ereader, same thin… |
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Post #ArLcKTWjiLWTxv3xa4 by [email protected] |
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The slidey power switch also fails to fall out.Normally when you take apart a t… |
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Post #ArLcKTdTJIuWIoDL4y by [email protected] |
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These two clippydoodads gotta come out, they're held in weakly with an adhe… |
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Post #ArLcKTkYswa8enX088 by [email protected] |
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Here's what they look like Out |
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Post #ArLcKTs0RGXL1t0wjY by [email protected] |
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So here comes the interesting part.The case of these things is All One Piece. … |
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Post #ArLcKTyk2DvNMmAKES by [email protected] |
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A five-second flourish becomes a fifteen-minute session of sweating and cursing… |
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Post #ArLcKU6BaXsZjreGps by [email protected] |
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Wiggle so gently and carefully |
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Post #ArLcKUDz7Y7M83IUzY by [email protected] |
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Don't you pop you bastard don't you popAt this point, when you're a… |
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Post #ArLcKULmeYM8WEwj9E by [email protected] |
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Gotta lift up this connector flap to release the ribbon cable that connects to … |
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Post #ArLcKUTaBYauuQaxIu by [email protected] |
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With the ribbon cable detached we're free to continue bringing out the erea… |
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Post #ArLcKUbNiYphIcFBSa by [email protected] |
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holy SHIT |
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Post #ArLcKUipGsmtfhj840 by [email protected] |
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LOOK AT THIS ANGRY BOY |
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Post #ArLcKUpYrqAw0asVYu by [email protected] |
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It's hard to tell what's going on in this picture but this is taken fro… |
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Post #ArLcKUwISnYyLU1t3o by [email protected] |
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See if you puncture a lithium battery you run a good chance of shorting it inte… |
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Post #ArLcKV3k17WAiZVpfE by [email protected] |
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Replacement battery on the left looking normal and respectable, on the right is… |
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Post #ArLcMkdL5FaHbEEiwq by [email protected] |
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The ereader with no clothes on.Come on, this is no surprise, you know the sort … |
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Post #ArLcMkl8cFp3zPsx6W by [email protected] |
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Haha I didn't break the screen! |
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Post #ArLcMkte6cd0PnrkMi by [email protected] |
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To reassemble, follow previous steps in reverse order(for avoidance of doubt do… |
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Post #ArLcMl4zQRhayzAo2y by [email protected] |
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Got some folk coming round for a back porch hangout so I put the battery in the… |
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Post #ArLcMlD8w8DxOGzJku by [email protected] |
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Continuation of ereader battery replacement thread: I replaced the battery in m… |
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Post #ArLcMlKEVltZkGIyo4 by [email protected] |
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@ifixcoinops after a decade of using family / refurbisher used laptops for my h… |
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Post #ArkWiMjKtUXL3vxlk8 by [email protected] |
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I must be thoroughly Ebook Brained now because I'm actually starting to enj… |
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Post #ArkWiMtyFx2lauwGJs by [email protected] |
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I gotta do like a Big Thread about this sometime on my blog that I don't ha… |
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Post #ArkWiN3XgMhS4bPuEq by [email protected] |
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Like seriously what was I thinking owning a vintage unwifi'd ereader and no… |
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Post #ArkWiND76mM8YHtY9o by [email protected] |
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Anyway look what just turned up at my house lol |
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Post #ArkWiNO6Rv996N2KHo by [email protected] |
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I only bought this for the cover, but I bid a fiver for this and two broken And… |
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Post #ArkWiNZ5n3w9eSB6Po by [email protected] |
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The case has a built-in flip-out popup booklight! Featuring some incredibly cr… |
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Post #ArkWiNjNAqA0AKzJRI by [email protected] |
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You could legitimately accuse me of hoarding these things...if anybody else had… |
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Post #ArkWiNtIZw6Gf7dEuW by [email protected] |
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The UI and general Experience Of Using The Device is CONSIDERABLY worse on the … |
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Post #ArkWiO2W1fTN7hwbHE by [email protected] |
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🦝 Alright, time to distribute some of these ereaders, I'd better write a… |
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Post #ArkWiOEvHXOhkBkVcG by [email protected] |
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Everyone who's ever bought an ebook or borrowed one legally from the librar… |
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Post #ArkWiOQGbMTIJN3ZIW by [email protected] |
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🐴 Dan, this is supposed to be a quick guide on how to read ebooks, do you re… |
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Post #ArkWiObbvBXssYMcym by [email protected] |
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See, the root of the problem here is that publishers hate ebooks and would rath… |
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Post #ArkWiOk7PYLpIwLQEy by [email protected] |
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@ifixcoinops looking for someone to send me one dipshit and six cups of tea fo… |
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Post #AuFr4j4moARCbX6gAi by [email protected] |
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@ifixcoinops how dare you describe @mwl like that |
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Post #AuFrjAjvNJxZz6dQqu by [email protected] |
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@ajn142 @ifixcoinops Hey, that's not me!I don't mutter obscenities, I s… |
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Post #AuFtpdFSUevs33aots by [email protected] |
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Carry the battery by its tail and tell it well if you're going to be like T… |
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Post #AuFu7lR0nO2EeNduxU by [email protected] |
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🦝 Wow, this handheld portable machine with a screen and a microprocessor is … |
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Post #AuFu7lX2Qyr6x4SjLs by [email protected] |
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🦝 Thank you #gameDad, #pinePhone, #eReader (#butSpecificallyAnOldEReaderWith… |
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Post #AuFu7ldm1wF9Hxc6qm by [email protected] |
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🦝 Wow, maybe we don't have to abandon all technology and return to the f… |
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Post #AuFu7llZYwTvg9GL0S by [email protected] |
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📱 I didn't even get a hashtag :( |
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Post #AuFu7lsf8a9Y28a03c by [email protected] |
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I don't know who needs to hear this right now, with the spring rain and the… |
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Post #AuFu7lzOjXXaN1jNYW by [email protected] |
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Adding on to the ereader thread to say that I was strolling through eBay and sa… |
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Post #AuFu7m7uDuLWnPiAoi by [email protected] |
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HAHA WHICH ONE OF YOU GOT IT |
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Post #AuFu7mEdorjZ8IrYJc by [email protected] |
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Come on fess up, two minutes after I post it here it's suddenly sold lolWhi… |
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In other news, Ectaco seems like a cool company? They make ebook readers (with… |
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Looking through Ectaco's website and having a little yearning sigh moment o… |
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Post #AuFu7mYUd3c67s9PG4 by [email protected] |
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🦝: Taking time to organize thousands of ebooks and compress them such that t… |
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Post #AuFu9OEQ2EyTGZWmqu by [email protected] |
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@ifixcoinops hold on a second |
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Post #AuFu9OL9dCMVbSgALo by [email protected] |
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@ifixcoinops I. Have this. |
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Post #AuFu9OQpI6tnt3KhBw by [email protected] |
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@shoofle WUFFSame case but... different name? And the screen's black? Is … |
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Post #AuFu9OXYt4HqDwU4gq by [email protected] |
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@ifixcoinops oh no, normal eink screen, just catching the light at a weird angl… |
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Post #AuFu9OcsZIXYUQyJyi by [email protected] |
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@shoofle Oh wow, the one on eBay apparently had a transflective dot-matrix LCD … |
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Post #AuFu9OjGBZe0oDxPvM by [email protected] |
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@ifixcoinops ... You know, it's possible it's that kind of screen. Actu… |
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Post #AuFu9OovqUBJ5obwlU by [email protected] |
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@shoofle Really curious how it looks, if you get a minute on a sunny day can yo… |
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@ifixcoinops I'll try and remember to do this tomorrow! It's a pretty n… |
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@ifixcoinops it's pretty crisp! I can see pixels if I look close. |
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Post #AuFu9P7MjwvW0zEfUu by [email protected] |
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@shoofle ohhhhh that's nice |
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@ifixcoinops Have you seen VTech’s switch & go toys? I wouldn’t have th… |
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@josephholsten I kinda wanted to go work for them both because their toys were … |
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Folk who got their asses bitten off by Kindles are now looking for new ereaders… |
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Post #AvnjSqkxl2Zeuqynce by [email protected] |
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"Those cheap ones off aliexpress might not get software updates" FFS … |
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Reading daily on a 2007 ereader has reminded me just how tiny text is and I don… |
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Kids don't know about file sizes and hard drives and stuff because they nev… |
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A one TERABYTE hard drive costs less than a day's minimum wage and yet ever… |
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🐀 Dad's what's information🦝 It's like misinformation but ther… |
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I don't think we've had a massive shift like that in the last few decad… |
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Just gonna download 76,000-odd books from Project Gutenberg and stick them on a… |
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@ifixcoinops Maybe storing English Text Wikipedia in another memory card, just … |
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@ifixcoinops The biggest arena of computers today, the *biggest* arena, is in t… |
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Post #AvrTiaA6OzidRq3eee by [email protected] |
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@ifixcoinops I still remember the feeling of buying a box of 3.5" floppy d… |
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@jalefkowit @ifixcoinops I remember getting a whopping 20MB hard drive, staring… |
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Post #AvrTiaNZauUi7cMPeS by [email protected] |
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@calcifer @jalefkowit @ifixcoinops Even in the last few decades. My first digit… |
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Post #AvtXJwXCs95rjFI7gu by [email protected] |
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@ifixcoinops heh, I did download a few times the wikipedia #Zim to keep with me… |
