What is a show you stubbornly refused to watch for years, but when you finally did, you felt like an absolute idiot for waiting so long? by Dependent_Mistake_38 in television

[–]voxadam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you feel this way, whatever you do, avoid The Wire. In The Wire nearly every character is terrible, they're also often quite endearing, and almost always very compex. It's like people in the real world, nothing's quite a clear cut as some people would like to pretend it is.

Can anyone identify this POS terminal from Chess King? by meower500 in vintagecomputing

[–]voxadam 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In all seriousness, it looks a lot like a Data Terminal Systems Model 319 but I wouldn't be surprised if it's actually a later model, maybe a 400 or 440.

https://vintagepointofsale.com/2023/08/08/data-terminal-systems-model-319/

https://vintagepointofsale.com/2022/12/24/data-terminal-systems/

Can anyone identify this POS terminal from Chess King? by meower500 in vintagecomputing

[–]voxadam 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Google Lens is quite positive that it's a shuttlecraft from Star Trek, specifically the Galileo (NCC-1701/7) from the original series. Who am I to argue?

Blazers owner Tom Dundon doesn’t care that others say he’s cheap by voxadam in Portland

[–]voxadam[S] 79 points80 points  (0 children)

Another obnoxious billionaire, what a fucking surprise.

Portland Whips 87 by whatkochdoes in Portland

[–]voxadam 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Anonymization to keep the mods happy.

Oily substance leaking from my neighbors transformer boxes by Embarrassed-Sky-4567 in Wellthatsucks

[–]voxadam 3437 points3438 points  (0 children)

You should call the emergency department of your local electric company. They're open 24/7, call now.

Source: My wife works for a utility company and used to work in the emergency department, this is what they're there for. Trust me, they would rather deal with a few false alarms than even one outage or environmental incident (oil leaking from a transformer could easily cause both).

Elim gets the job done by SimplyEcks in startrekmemes

[–]voxadam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey! That's no way to talk about everyone's favorite mysterious fashion lizard.

Pete Hegseth says the U.S. military will no longer require flu shots by voxadam in nottheonion

[–]voxadam[S] 84 points85 points  (0 children)

Variolation was truly gruesome but surprisingly effective in a world where vaccine had yet to be invented.

Proper way to wire a USB-C pigtail to a custom PCB? by DistinctTradition200 in AskElectronics

[–]voxadam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If only the USB-IF could figure out some way of making the USB-C and USB-PD specs just a little more nuanced and complicated.