Jackie's Fridge

It’ll be fun while it lasts.

Yup, that Open Args deep dive into chevron deference was an eye opener and called this one years ago. Sucks AT turned out to be That Guy.

You’re right, of course. Patent illustrations traditionally show the item only from behind.

Rockbox is a bad benchmark due to its insane versatility. Just because modern players “should” support something doesn’t mean the manufacturer put the work in to do so, or even do it well.

That said, when I buy a portable music player the decision is always based on whether or not there’s a Rockbox port for it.

With all his meddling it’s not even the Twitter of the US anymore

“SLAMMED” SLAMMED!

Millions of people not voting because it would take millions of people voting to elicit positive change and nobody is doing that is one of the most frustrating things.

Galaxy brain dada jokes here

The issue is: why are restaurants not paying their staff “proper” wages? Why are they the outlier, subsidised by customers?

If I eat at a restaurant, I already know I need to tip to make up the embarrassing gap between what the restaurant pays them and what a proper wage would be. Just raise your stupid prices to account for that and let me not do math after I eat.

But no, the Great Unwashed love a good illusion, so posting the actual price of a meal will drive them away. Adult society is full of toddlers.

Well. I guess they do.

Rockbox *is…

It’s still going.

If not the kisser, at least the pucker.

What company? I know a number of them have been bought out and ruined over the years.

You may be able to find a replacement by asking after similar styles on an enthusiast forum (like Head-Fi).

Crap quality bluetooth headphones that hurt your ears cost twice as much as wired, but go on

I’ve got plenty of vacuum tubes to test…if it still works. Who tests the tester?

Found an EMC Model 213 tube tester at a thrift shop this summer. It’s a cute little portable unit in a fabric covered hard case, from about the early 60s. Useless without the chart (typeset on a literal typewriter) that tells you how to set the row of 12 switches & three knobs that dial in the proper test for each type of tube. Luckily I found a scan online!

Friend of mine: ‘Haven’t been “Dr Perky” since my first kid.’

How techy are you? I was eyeing up and may give it a shot in the new year.

Edit: odd Boost doesn’t show my linked text. Just in case - https://deckhd.com/

I watched this Futurama episode back when it aired and was disappointed to see this reference make it to the screen. It wasn’t clever and they spent too much time on it. The term “cringe” has managed both to come into and go out of vogue in the intervening years.

It’s at the in central Wisconsin.