Porksnort enjoys laying in the sunshine. Porksnort will not refuse any offer of a snack. Porksnort thinks ‘Christian’ means you have thought a lot about how to live according to the words Jesus apparently actually said.
I agree, and perhaps some deep diving to find an older dot matrix printer? Should be supremely hackable. I only have experience with these:
They were extremely durable and low maintenance. Also loud and more stress inducing than a modern SMS notification.
Good times
That was a complete rabbit hole. Thanks.
The only thing possibly more epic would be converting a Linotype to a Linux terminal. It uses hot lead to create type for newspapers, etc.
I was trained to use one as there were so many in use they still have some niche applications for specialty printing.
Anyhow, I call them Satan’s Typewriters and still have small scars from hot lead all over my forearms. And I love technology.
A good film:
The love of money is the root of all evil.
Remember that one time Jesus lost his cool? He made a whip and went H.A.M. on some crypto bros in the temple.
So yeah….
These advertisement-delivery systems at the pumps piss me off. They blare loudly.
Here’s a question for the techie crowd.
I used to be able to press the physical buttons on either side of these screens and get the ads to mute. It was a two-button combo I discovered using a systematic method as a way to control my irritation at the excessive volume. It was either that or stick a pencil in the speaker.
This worked at gas stations in several states for months. The mute feature was surely written in as a sanity saver for the developers and technicians. It stopped working a few weeks ago, so I guess the pushed out a patch.
Not much of a question I guess, except what gives? Does anyone have insight into these systems for realsies?