TimeSquirrel

I remember the USAF handing me an M16 at 18 years old where all I've ever handled before that was even close was the NES zapper.

Why did we have to shoot the fucking Gorilla? Why?

Ayaneo is calling the Ayaneo 3 “the world’s first modular handheld,” because there’ll be other modular options too. An extra $139 buys a set of six modules that let you swap out your joysticks for analog sticks, a six-button microswitch pad for fighting games, or even D-pads and face buttons with conductive silicone underneath for a different feel.

Instead of carrying around all these swappable modules that I can lose, why don't I just use a controller of my choice plugged into the USB port? That's what I do now with the Steam deck.

Are people forgetting that these things are basically PCs? You could plug an office printer into them and use it if you wanted to for some reason.

I wa going to suggest tape drives for long term archiving, but after looking, holy shit are they expensive for some reason. I've used them at work but I guess I've never actually seen the price tag.

I got like five bottles of the stuff laying around my house.

Simply removing the two-factor auth element which does nothing to access the main page underneath. I do that shit with newspaper paywalls. That is wild.

Also having a script in there that just resets a password no questions asked. WTF is going on with modern software development? It isn't just Subaru. It's almost everything in the last 15 years. Behind all the pretty lipstick, IT systems are jankier than ever.

For any aspiring programmers, remember, never ever assume the user is rational, expecting them to follow the rules. At least half of your user data-handling code should be validation and sanity checks. Code defensively.

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I grew up on DOS. I am equally as comfortable doing practically everything in a terminal as I am in a graphical environment. I'm sure I'm not alone among other IT folks.

I've been known to keep text based IRC clients or text based Tetris or some shit open on another virtual terminal for shits and giggles while I'm working an a different one, flipping back and forth between tasks. Just like a user on a multitasking graphical OS would do.

Yes, I have. Searching for mirrors to get an installation package of some sort or ISOs to set up virtual machines and downloading it directly to the server, for example. Don't need USB, don't need another PC or phone, just do it all on the same server you're working on.

But it's 2025 and even a 10 year old phone you found in a dumpster behind a decaying Radio Shack can run modern websites without issue.

What about a server without a GUI where your only interface is a terminal using the Lynx browser? I've lost count of how many times I've done that.

The background world of the Internet infrastructure nobody ever sees or thinks about still very much looks like the 1980s.

I think if pirates working on their bedroom PCs can release cracks and keygens only days after a game or other piece of software is out, then the government can probably keep up with app updates.