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Joe's Computer Museum

@museumjoe.bsky.social

An 80's kid playing with old computers, and sharing that love with the world. Selling cool retro/vintage computer gear! - https://jcm-1.com

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Joe's Computer Museum@museumjoe.bsky.social · 21h ago

I got hung up in the Claude interface trying to find the connector menu because I don't use it. He asked, "Oh, do you use GPT then"? No sir. I don't use AI unless it's a deeply integrated thing I cannot avoid. I'm not anti-AI. I'm anti "abrogating my thinking to a machine that can't think".

Joe's Computer Museum@museumjoe.bsky.social · 21h ago

And before y'all say "oh, he's just having it summarize or whatever..." No. Not this guy. I know this guy. He's intentionally choosing that route because "AI is the way". He's choosing a slower, more expensive, less accurate way because "its how it's done now".

Joe's Computer Museum@museumjoe.bsky.social · 21h ago

Young user wanted Claude connected to his MS 365 account. I got management approval, did the admin thing and got the connector done. The very first prompt he used: "check my email". Not "find blah" or "analyze blah" or whatever. Just checking his email. He knows that Outlook exists, right?

Joe's Computer Museum@museumjoe.bsky.social · 2d ago

Your Friendly Reminder: Sean Lee Robinson, AKA "Geek With Social Skills" is a known scammer. He has run cons on video game, arcade game, and vintage computer communities for decades - and is still doing it-. Just look up his name.

Xodium@xodium.net · 2d ago

Lastly, thanks to some awesome people. @polpo.org for loaning me a PicoIDE to show off to everyone (and now I’m more hype for them, too, having used one), and @museumjoe.bsky.social for hooking up my friend’s table with BlueSCSI stuff to show off for his table.

48k RAM@48kram.bsky.social · 3d ago

Can confirm - I'm super happy running GUS-only demos on my 486 and Pentium 2 (I got one for both machines). The USB gameport is a nice addition, too (though I often use the one on my SB-32 for my Gravis Gamepad instead)

Joe's Computer Museum@museumjoe.bsky.social · 4d ago

One of these things is not like the other... It's never been a problem before getting UK stocked items here within the stated delivery window, so I guess I live and learn. And contact Newark to cancel this order.

Top image: shows 786 in stock with delivery in 4-6 days. Bottom image: says the same item -- the item I ordered -- is expected to ship on 11 September. Over a month from now.
Joe's Computer Museum@museumjoe.bsky.social · 4d ago

Dear Newark: The product you show as back ordered in my order from a week ago does not show as back ordered on your website. So: anyone waiting on certain products in my store to be back in stock, now you know why they are a bit behind.

Joe's Computer Museum@museumjoe.bsky.social · 5d ago

BlueSCSI is more than a drive emulator. It's an ecosystem. More supported systems than other solutions, great docs, online diag & config tools, vintage OS integration, WiFi, front panel & CD audio support: plus much more than fits in one doot. That's a lot of bang for less than 50 bucks. #bluescsi

Kai RetroHoosk@retrohoosk.tv · 5d ago

The fact that Amnesty International can be bullied into yanking a report into human rights, which is their entire raison d'être, really is quite indicative of the dark path we're on.

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 3w ago

Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.

Engineer Brains@hhackenbecker.bsky.social · last wk.

I can't say I'm much of a fan of the publishing industry, but sneakily buying up books just to feed Augmented Ignorance & then destroying them just to avoid law suits? That's not just morally & ethically WRONG its CRIMINAL. www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/... #NoAI

AI companies are anonymously buying and destroying millions of books through middleman services to avoid headlines about AI companies buying and destroying millions of books

Booksellers say they're facing a sudden surge of orders for seemingly random rare books—and fear they might be profiting from their destruction.

pcgamer.com

Joe's Computer Museum@museumjoe.bsky.social · last wk.

My entire career has been a big game of "Telephone". Someone else telling me how to do a thing. That is the only way I would have learned any of it anyway, because I cannot sit through a class, read a book, skim a manpage, or follow a set of documentation to save my life.