Re: Technological critique

Posted on 2022-05-17, 21:47

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Most of the formally-trained and skilful web designers end up as employees of corporations. They then spend their lives doing and creating what the corp tells them to. "Business" is scum. I am one of these web designers. Now I work for an educational corp as an UI/UX Designer. Good for you! Enjoy …

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Re: Technological critique

Posted on 2022-05-17, 01:53

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Most of the formally-trained and skilful web designers end up as employees of corporations. They then spend their lives doing and creating what the corp tells them to. "Business" is scum.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-05-15, 08:21

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"How to turn your hallway into a boardwalk" Holy crap dude. Few boards you got there.

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Re: I miss the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s

Posted on 2022-05-15, 08:16

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Citation's needed lol English is my first language and I still failed that shite, I can spell just fine thanks to autocorrect but punctuation ...they dont actually expect me to remember all of the rules right. English is such a fucked up language with how many rules it has. Being Australian likely …

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Re: I miss the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s

Posted on 2022-05-15, 00:27

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Citation's needed 🤣

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-05-14, 01:09

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Yes it's a bit of a deep and potentially emotive topic especially for this thread. Suffice it to say that I hope all of you fellow Vogoners get at least some small measure of enjoyment, positivity, or relief, as a result of playing your part in this good hobby and it's communities. Once I can …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-05-13, 21:26

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I'm in a state of depression. Evident by me tinkering with old parts. I don't have the patience to play games anymore Chin up old chap. I regularly struggle with depression too. Quite a few do, sadly. If any aspect of this hobby helps you to cope, then that's cool and should be encouraged. There …

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Re: I miss the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s

Posted on 2022-05-13, 20:16

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Weird thread derailment... how about we stick to the decades in question.

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Re: Technological critique

Posted on 2022-05-13, 19:45

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Dunno if this is the right thread for it. Seems to be. I really just want somewhere to quietly rant, that I prefer to play old games displayed like this : Filename oldandcrap.jpeg File size 104.32 KiB Views 1288 views File comment How old games appear, on a good old CRT, or with appropriate filters …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-05-13, 19:16

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Here I am to irritate the serious gamers (said tongue-in-cheek! I've been gaming over 30 years) with the next installment in my groundbreaking "Never Played Zelda Prior To The 2020's" series. After starting with more modern 3D entries like Wind Waker HD and Breath of the Wild, I worked my way …

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Re: I miss the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s

Posted on 2022-05-13, 03:56

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I miss the feeling that the human species was calmly and rationally working it's way towards better times. I miss the natural social barriers which used to prevent trivial conflict from taking over most discourse. In a way, the internet is a mutation, of the social kind. A sudden massive change, and …

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Re: MK8330 : new soundcard based on the CMI 8330 chipset

Posted on 2022-05-12, 08:09

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I feel that I'm being somewhat led towards the sentiment that it's of limited value to compare recordings of very similar devices, because the differences are so minute that it doesn't really matter in practical terms anyway. No, I don't mean to lead anyone toward any particular conclusion. I am …

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Re: MK8330 : new soundcard based on the CMI 8330 chipset

Posted on 2022-05-12, 04:54

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Depends who you're asking. A random man off the street? A musician or audio producer? Your average Vogoner who posts in the Audio subforum? Personally I've been all 3 at different times, and all three would have a different perspective on all those questions. I feel that I'm being somewhat led …

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Re: Home Computer - was it a toy or a Personal Computer for the masses?

Posted on 2022-05-12, 01:24

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IBM_150_Extra_Engineers_1951.jpg Exactly, though even in those industries it didn't filter down to the average worker until the 80's and 90's. Indeed, we (points around the room at everyone here, or at least, those of us whose working careers included any …

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Re: Home Computer - was it a toy or a Personal Computer for the masses?

Posted on 2022-05-12, 00:20

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My father was required to have a high end (for the early 80’s) programmable scientific calculator long skinny thing with a brown plastic slip in case. It was said to be more powerful than some of the home computers and some would program basic and the like on them I remember being an engineering …

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Re: Why is Gravis Ultrasound very expensive?

Posted on 2022-05-11, 23:32

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I think probably because while a lot of people have hard of them they haven't experienced what its like to own one. I agree that this is key. The element of mystery is a big part of the cachet. There are also other non-tangible elements such as exclusivity, and hype. These aren't bad things, they …

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Re: MK8330 : new soundcard based on the CMI 8330 chipset

Posted on 2022-05-10, 21:27

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Might I ask the purpose of the challenge? I will say only that it is directly related to this thread. To be perfectly honest, I'd be very surprised if anyone guessed what the recordings are, and what they're meant to demonstrate, before the details are shared. I will admit that both of you started …

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Re: MK8330 : new soundcard based on the CMI 8330 chipset

Posted on 2022-05-10, 11:44

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Just a guess based on a quick look at square.mp3 : mono track split (duplicated) to stereo, one side inverted. Results in a sort of "spatializer" effect, or "enhanced stereo" as some of the old boom boxes used to call it. With further uneducated (on my part) speculation that some frequency or phase …

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Re: MK8330 : new soundcard based on the CMI 8330 chipset

Posted on 2022-05-10, 08:53

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I have a challenge for the astute listeners among us. I have attached two MP3 files. Listen carefully; decent headphones will probably help. Have a look in an application such as Audacity, and even mix the files down to a monaural track and listen again, if you want to cheat a bit. What do you …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-05-09, 21:34

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Whipping up a temporary fight stick out of scrap, to provide a nice way of using my new arcade stick+buttons, which will tide me over until later in the year when another proper cabinet build is planned. Built and filled (putty) it yesterday, today to sand it flush, drill the holes, and prime it …

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