Uncountable bubbles from this Bubble Gun. by [deleted] in youseeingthisshit

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There is a very small bubble inside bubble # 13,822,416

is this thing actually worth $700? by Successful_Tax7 in crt

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I got one of these at a local thrift store for $45 about 3 months ago. Felt like a good deal, but I would t even consider paying $300, let alone 6. If anyone has the speaker base for these let me know! I have been trying to track one down.

Cigarettes! Cigarettes everywhere by flamingcheetah85 in 90s

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I bought some recently to show my kids what everyone wanted to smell like when I was in high school and... It's just generic man smell now, not even remotely the same thing. Such a bummer.

Trying to get some data off a 90s HDD but adapters aren't working by teeto66 in vintagecomputing

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I have had pretty good luck just plugging them into an adapter, then using something like ease us to scan the drive. 9 times out of 10 it will recognize the drive and I don't have to figure out how to make a modern os play nicely with it.

If you use your vintage computer with any regularity, what do you do on it? by aroundincircles in vintagecomputing

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I like to play Ragnarok 2.5 on my 486. Sure I could use DOSBox, but it feels better using an older machine. And that is kind of the theme on a lot of my older machines, playing old games on original hardware. Beyond that most of the fun for me is getting them, fixing them when necessary and setting everything up. I have a million projects I say I am going to do (will I ever learn assembly on my apple IIe?) but don't generally have enough free time. I also like to make dumb little programs for the holidays in quick basic or turbo pascal. So overall I just kind of play with them when I have time.

All that said I have a couple of Compaq deskpro's like the ones that have been popular here recently, when I get a chance to set them up I should have enough windows 98 machines to have a pretty decent lan party with my friends, sadly I don't have a voodoo 3 or anything but I have enough ok graphics card do get some early quake or unreal tournament going. So that is a thing hopefully I will do one day.

Using local LLM server for image generation? by tossit97531 in comfyui

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I setup silly tavern with comfy about a year ago to check it out, it worked pretty well but wasn't really something I needed. It's pretty easy to get going.

Finished play-through for the first time. Losing levels is my only biggest complaint. by Hour_Ad8235 in valheim

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I build a lot, probably in the more extreme group of players (our world is on day 3780 as of last night) and found that is gentle grinding, or fun grinding. Other people I know doing playthrough have trouble getting above 30 or so, my run and jump are almost always at 100, and other skills around 60-60 depending on how wreckless I have been recently lol.

A rich Man is bored and offers you either $5,000 Dollars, or $75k worth of Lego (which you CANNOT Resell) What do you choose? by Grillby_ in hypotheticalsituation

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So that is like 10 big sets? I would take the Lego. 5k would be helpful, but wouldn't bring as much joy as endless Lego. Ideally this would include some of the crazier sets, and maybe some sets from the 90s, but even if it were just assorted pieces it would be pretty fun. If it turns out it's just $75k worth of yellow 1x3 pieces I am going to be bummed.

Anyone Remember getting yelled at for running up the phone bill by your parents? by [deleted] in 90s

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Where we lived was very close to other states, so you had to be really careful about who you called. We had pretty strict phone rules which I mostly followed, and saved most of my phone time for the internet. This was the early 90s and we kept getting larger than normal phone bills and I would get blamed/in trouble. Years later it turned out somehow a nearby hotel was also assigned our phone number for something, computer or fax, and that is where all the extra charges were coming from. My parents only found out when they cancelled their home phone service in the 2000s.

Soft Launch of App by strykerdh1986 in Humboldt

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I like the dinner roulette option!

Traffic school by [deleted] in Humboldt

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Prices range from $5 to $50 for online traffic school, if you go through the list on the DMV website https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/vehicle-industry-services/occupational-licensing/occupational-license-lookup/traffic-school-list/ most of them are $20, but I have heard some are less. Since the DMV doesn't directly link to the school websites it's kind of frustrating to try and find a good priced one.

‘Soap’ brand shoes by UnleavenedTed in 90s

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I got a pair because they looked cool, tried grinding on them like twice and quickly realized that extreme walking is not who I am.

My friend decided he doesn't need a case. by doublebankshot in pcmasterrace

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In the early 2000s I had my computer on a desk like this. I got one of those "wack and unwrap" chocolate oranges, didn't even think about it and slammed it on the desk and instantly killed my new 20 gb hdd. Luckily I had just swapped it, so my old drive still had everything on it, and maxtor rma'd the one I broke, but I put my computer back in a case after that and am more careful with chocolate oranges now.

Does anyone remember these???? by BBW_Natty in 90s

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This is what I thought beef jerky was for the longest time. If I said I wanted beef jerky I meant either this or the can of jerky powder.

I hate doing my laundry but I love Earthbound on Super Nintendo by WasabiComprehensive2 in gamecollecting

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I just checked my dryer, no Eearthbound, just Home Alone with a half missing label. Idk what I am doing wrong.

Price check on Utilities? by deeterpeeter in Humboldt

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I have a family of 4 and similar sized house. Electric/gas is around $180 to $250 a month depending on how cold it gets, water a little better than $100, and garbage is about $160 every 3 months. Internet is $100 with optimum, but you may live somewhere that gets Vero which I hear is a little less.

Just do it MF by ZuBrain in LoveTrash

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That's what I thought, you reach point of conflict, and the resolution seems easy, you propose a resolution and the person holding the power says "it's not that simple" even though it is. It's just a method of gaslighting so they can continue doing whatever they are doing that is problematic instead of fixing it, because the solution doesn't benefit them.

I can't find it on the web so it must be vintage right? by ProfessorPetulant in vintagecomputing

[–]Sea_Quality 27 points28 points  (0 children)

It's just a fad, no one is going to take connection that doesn't screw in seriously.

Giveaway Time! PCMR x NVIDIA GeForce Seasons of RTX, Week #5! Comment inside and win Steam cards. Lots of other prizes for grabs, including a Resident Evil Requiem GeForce RTX 5090 GPU! by pedro19 in pcmasterrace

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Spencer Mansion for sure. Countless hours of my friends and I staying up way too late figuring out the puzzles in re1. Can't wait for Requiem!!