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Simon Fox @simonfox.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I own a piece of equipment visible in the background of the control room scene of the SNL "Laser Cats" short from 2006 youtu.be/e5fiBFhf9OQ?...

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Laser Cats - SNL Digital Short

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Kayla Cromer Official@kaylacromer.bsky.social

Tell me a random fact about yourself that sounds fake but is 100% true.

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Simon Fox @simonfox.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

It's this rackmount dot matrix display. When it boots up, it self tests by lighting all the LEDs and you can see "8HBLACK | 8HBARS" burned into it. I did not buy it knowing any of this, I just thought they looked neat and it was like $10 on eBay.

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