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Ruby | 29 | socal | he/him Personal blog of Solstheimart. Icon by Sheploosbooty B) header screenshot is mine :3c

[gamgee]

i think rob zombie was really speaking for all of us when he stressed how important it is to dig through the ditches and burn through the witches and slam in the back of one’s dragula

[solstheimtxt]

Devastating: local idiot chugs a Celsius way to late in their day and now can't sleep even though they have work in like 6 hours

[bobbole]

Zhiyong Jing, Insomnia

[kosmogrl]

[keatxu]

abandonware should be public domain. force companies to actively support and provide products if they don't wanna lose the rights to them

[omikronsoul]

Game companies hate emulation, but none of them seem to understand that a lot of us would just buy ROMs from them directly if we could. I don't want a fifth remake of Final Fantasy IV, I want to pay five bucks for the 3MB file you already made bank with thirty years ago. Nobody who wants to play something for the purpose of retro gaming is going to consider a $40 remake as the alternative option, and we're certainly not going to let the original dissappear. They're crying about opportunity cost for a product they're not even selling.

[justletmeremember]

op i know you're probably talking about like, video games, etc, but this is also critical for research science - my lab has so much abandonware, either because the company's out of business, or the company decided to not maintain it, and it's a fucking nightmare. we have two windows 95 computers that are CRITICAL for performing experiments/data analysis because the software needed is abandonware. one of the main roles for a guy in my lab is to maintain these little dinosaurs because if they go out, we lose access to ~20 years of raw data for research. part of why is that these companies also make their own file types, and make it difficult-to-impossible to convert those file types without their specific software. by habit, i convert all research files to more generic versions (txt, pdf, tif, etc) so that i minimize risk of losing my shit, but some stuff can't be converted.

for example, we have a microscope that is perfectly functional, good microscope, but its software is abandonware because the company refused to maintain it. the company is still in business, still makes essentially the exact same software, but they made all of the old tech incompatible with new software to force people to buy the new microscope tech. it would cost a quarter million dollars to replace this microscope. this perfectly good microscope.

so like, i know a lot of people look at the original post here and go "well op just wants old video games to play" (which is valid! games companies should not be able to push shit to abandonware and then close it off) but also this is critical for like. biomedical research. if y'all had any idea how much basic infrastructure built on science relies on shit that is technically abandonware, you would probably be horrified.

[jollysunflora]

#there is so much abandonware just...out there being used and carefully maintained#because nothing quite replicates the functionality

[solstheimtxt]

i hate google docs but also i write so much more in google docs.....

[cerastes]

People don’t even say w00t anymore.

[cerastes]

This sux00rz…

[august-aches]

Sometimes I want to inhale music

[cal3ris]

is this gonna get me fired you think

[little-big]

This reply is a good one. Filing it here as a reminder because I’m sure we’re going to get a similar question on our next Peakon survey.

[consistantly-changing]

[Image descriptions in order: a photo of an electronic survey short answer question, which asks "What is holding you back from using Al more in your work?" The OP replies "I enjoy thinking and learning with my own brain".]

[A comment by degenezijde which says "quote, "I am more secure in the quality of my own work. I am happy with the challenges my work gives me and do not have any processes that can be offloaded to an Al. I respect our clients' privacy too much to risk uploading information to an Al."? Unquote."]

[chimaerakitten]

“Would you block someone just for disagreeing with you?” Pal, I’ll block someone for agreeing with me in the wrong tone of voice.

[freenarnian]

You've heard of the man, the myth, the legend. Now get ready for the woman, the omen, the portent.

[thefriendlymurderer]

Jolene

[pansyfemme]

sometimes i struggle to use the word ‘bootlicker’ in a negative sense because of sexual desires i will not disclose here

[bagofcoldnoodles]

Is it licking boots?

[pansyfemme]

because of sexual desires i will not disclose here.

[desmolbean404]

QUIZ TIME!! Take this quiz, then come back and answer the poll!

100 REAL or FAKE Pokemon

100 Different 'Pokemon' will be shown to you. Choose if you think they are FAKE or REAL. Goal is to get a high score so you can brag to ever

What Was Your Score?

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100%! (You're one smart cookie!)

Remaining time: 4 days 23 hours

[bewbin]

you were born in 2006? what are you? a Honda Civic?

[2006-honda-civic]

can i fucking help you?

[charl0ttan]

something i actually just realized on call w some friends recently is how crazey it is that your online friends are as many as thousands of feet above or below u right now. like if you teleported to their location without changing your height above sea level, well your fucked in some way basically

[charl0ttan]

How high above sea level are you right now?

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Voting ended onJul 19

[inthetags]

Reblog and describe a trope in media that’s been on your mind lately, in the tags

[kritzenkriegen]

*thinks up an idea for a silly quick piece* okay haha let's whip something up real quick

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oh no