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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 27/09/2026
weatherscan startup with no data
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 18/09/2026
day 2 of primary desktop running Ubuntu, what the f-
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 14/09/2026
so many memories in this place, I wish I could call it home
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 14/09/2026
I couldn't resist the temptation of financial ruin... #VCFMW day 2 winnings, did not expect to find a video toaster (2 of them, at that!); shoutout Amiga of Rochester for the sick selection of goodies! :3 plus grabbed a BlueSCSI mouse pad from @museumjoe.bsky.social while I was at it too
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 14/09/2026
DUDE they played gimme 5 and everything ft. @schizo.horse @jestertoclown.lol
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 12/09/2026
here's my #VCFMW day 1 winnings!!! lots of cool people fun to chat with despite my social awkwardness LOL. feels good to be back in town again ^.^
A BlingBoard 64 kit with a white keycap set, a restaurant cup with the text "Vintage Computer Festival Midwest," a USB flash drive with the MEGA65 logo on it, a key chain accessory with the SGI logo, labeled "SuperGarbage Computer Shit," a mouse pad with the assembly instructions for the 45GS02 CPU, and an 80-pin SCA BlueSCSI adapter.
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 12/09/2026
hehehehe
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 10/09/2026
Love Chicago
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 07/09/2026
i was talking about the Kirkiversary with my mother and my brother hit me with the FNAF 4 reference out of nowhere
Pixelated white text on a black screen which reads, "3 days until the party."
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 25/08/2026
I don't know if you want the answer
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 18/08/2026
you feel me?
SuperSONIC Double Cheeseburger
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 14/08/2026
good morning everyone. i see illinois/indiana are taking a beating yet again
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 13/08/2026
accurate #undertale
SOULS VIRTUE EXTRACTOR - Kindness (Green Soul), "No matter how many times I got hurt, I never let that make me cruel." 

Kindness 74%,
Integrity 71%,
Determination 67%,
Bravery 63%,
Justice 44%,
Perseverance 41%,
Patience 28%.

undertale.jadenthejaded.uk
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 12/08/2026
so apparently Pizza Hut also had a very specific Carlisle cup, 551710, which is a 'Pebble Optic' cup which features a deeper texture. Carlisle only sells them in clear now and if you try to find them in red, it's rare?? there are only a few on eBay, and all resellers list them as 'out of stock'
A Carlisle 5517 16 ounce stackable tumbler cup in ruby red color, recognizable in various regional locations of pizza chains from our youth.
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 10/08/2026
you were not a fire alarm enthusiast on roblox in 2012 if you don't remember this thing
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 10/08/2026
we got the uh... IPOD SHUFFLE with the fucking TOP MUSIC of the ERA!!! dude look at this TICKETING STATION
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 10/08/2026
WHO UP GOING TO JOHN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT????? JOHN. JOHN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. IM FUCKING SCREAMING LMAO
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 09/08/2026
WAIT I HAVE IDEAS
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 06/08/2026
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 05/08/2026
found this today, written on a steam locomotive on display in a town square of all things 💖 stay strong girlies
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 31/07/2026
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 26/07/2026
you cannot be for real
A login screen titled "Password Verification" with a Last Name, First Name, and Password fields. There are buttons at the bottom labeled "OK" "Clear" "Cancel" and "Log Out" with a checkbox labeled "Automatically login as this user every time on startup."
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 19/07/2026
I gotta record an LF like stat
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 14/07/2026
Reflection I'd just finished gluing the thousand pieces of my shattered mirror back together when suddenly it was shattered into a thousand more. I stare at the shards on the floor, which have already cut me plenty, wondering: If I replace the mirror entirely, will the reflection still be mine?
A monochrome pencil drawing of a girl sitting in front of a broken mirror, of which its glass shards have spread all across the floor in front and underneath her. The girl, who sits to the right of the drawing, is sitting in a fetal position, holding her legs with her arms. Her hair, dark in color with lighter ends, reaches just below her shoulders. The expression carried on her face is one of sorrow, with a faded tear trail left just below her eye and down her face. The girl has two pairs of antennas on top of her head, two per pair, a pair on each side of her head.

The drawing is signed "CCTL 7/13/2026".
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 08/07/2026
update: they have resorted to using auto-clickers.
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 06/07/2026
can we normalize brainstorming OCs on the all about me worksheet
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 05/07/2026
just finished keying in (almost) all of my DCC locos. yeesh
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 05/07/2026
this has been my webcam in a Discord vc for the past 6 hours. i port-forwarded and have been letting my friends drive the little guys
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 04/07/2026
sure, I finally unboxed this locomotive the other night!
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 04/07/2026
i can now control my trains via the WirelessFi. ...the intrusive thoughts are telling me to port forward the WiThrottle server...
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 01/07/2026
"We disclose AI use openly and honestly on pages or other content where it appears" Right, you mean the single sentence in tiny font at the absolute bottom of the Callback page? The one that WASN'T THERE until you updated the policy? I mean, fine, I guess it's better than no disclosure (2/3)
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 01/07/2026
well, well, well. I saw this coming from a mile away, lol they updated the policy silently following the backlash (1/3)
"Commodore puts people first. We use technology to serve people, not replace them, exploit them, or mine their data. Our website has no tracking cookies, no cookie popup, and customer data is never sold, uploaded as training data, or used to feed third-party AI systems. That’s rare.

Commodore began in 1958, but it has to compete in 2025 and beyond. So yes, we use AI sparingly, responsibly, transparently, and only where it adds meaningful value without disenfranchising people. In practice:

    We comply with applicable AI laws and regulations.
    We use locally hosted AI wherever possible, reducing reliance on online server-based systems.
    We disclose AI use openly and honestly on pages or other content where it appears.
    We never train AI on customer data.
    We never use AI to mislead, redirect, or fabricate.

Today, AI helps us improve workflows, clean up audio, assist with image correction, and place team-created renders into visual scenarios while physical products are finalized. Pre-order renders are extremely common in hardware, and ours use a mix of CGI, photos, product-trained AI, compensated human actors, and real pre-production samples. For example, the Callback launch video includes two real actors, one real pre-production sample video, six CGI renders by Cem Tezcan, and just a few AI product shots.

We still hire artists, designers, editors, photographers, actors, and artisans. When we generate or use human likenesses, they are based on real people who are compensated.

Commodore has always made powerful technology more accessible by working fast and keeping prices low, so using faster, leaner tools is very Commodore. Ignoring modern technology would risk repeating Commodore history, and our CEO’s job is to make sure Commodore never blips out of existence again.

And yes, AI has been part of the Commodore story before. Who remembers ELIZA and NIALL, the Near Intelligent Artificial Language Learner? He wrote this FAQ.

Just kidding."
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 30/06/2026
and now we play the waiting game. i'll come out with a review a week after getting it
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 26/06/2026
callback lore update: a response! TL;DR they lowered the price from $500 to $400. it's still hard to justify at that price, and Peri cites "premium memory" & headphones as the reason for the $500 price tag. Both are now optional at checkout they did not address the AI marketing material.
A screenshot of text on a gray background which reads the following:
"Alongside that excitement, many of you told us you wanted a more accessible entry point.

We listened.

We've worked hard over the last week to find ways to lower the price while staying true to the product we've set out to build.

The original $499 price reflected actual component costs: premium memory price surges, custom audiophile earphones, and no data deals selling your info to advertisers to offset the hardware cost.

To address these challenges while also being able to reduce Callback’s starting price, we’re introducing two new options:

You can now choose whether to add Commodore's custom-designed Hi-Def IEM earphones during checkout


Premium memory will be available as an option, not a requirement, while the product defaults to fully guaranteed, eco-remanufactured memory, that reduces e-waste as well as the price

Callback pricing will now start at $399. Those who preorder on June 30 will get an additional $50 off and free shipping.
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The phone is not Commodore stepping away from its roots – it is Commodore growing strong enough to serve them, while reaching a much bigger world"
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 25/06/2026
This Is Absolutely Incredible
Underneath is a spreadsheet displaying television programming by channel, date, time, channel call sign, program duration, program title, and episode title. Circle in red is the word "Kaboodle" inside of an episode title field which reads "The Whole Mitten Kaboodle; Eagle Tale." To the left of the red circle is a large red arrow which points towards a drawn, 2D character on to its left. The character, whose name is Kaboodle, has a circular, gray, round torso, with two arms and two legs attached. Each arm is a thin gray line with black horizontal lines. At the end of each arm is a red claw-like hand, claw-like in the sense that it has two grabbers. The legs of the character also feature a thin gray line with horizontal black lines in the opposing direction. At the end of each leg is a red dome-shape, representing the character's feet. On the character's torso is a white circle with a red, vertical rectangle in the middle, representing the character's eye. Underneath the eye is a white trapezoid, representing the character's mouth.
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 20/06/2026
Can confirm that the C64 Ultimate is a real product and is of quality. I'm extremely happy to own one, but with everything going on now, Callback is beginning to be a punch in the face...
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 20/06/2026
I knew I wasn't crazy. On the day of launch they had the (AI-generated) specs graphic pictured on the left. You can tell there are inconsistencies and the AI color palette I just checked the site again, they silently swapped it with the one on the right... wtf... @commodoreofficial.bsky.social ???
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 18/06/2026
oh the irony of viewing a flip phone advert on a flip phone. Outlook btw
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 17/06/2026
if these are your words regarding AI usage and your goal is to "serve people," then hold true to that and serve us some disclosure on AI-generated marketing images, please! @commodoreofficial.bsky.social source: commodore.net/faq/
Text on an off-white background with a header and 4 paragraphs, which read as follows:

"What’s Commodore’s AI policy?

To keep Commodore competitive where all other tech companies are using it, AI might be used where it adds meaningful value without disenfranchising people. Good examples would be accessibility tools or educational resources.

To give one example, if a national curriculum or education ministry begins requiring that AI coding or other skills such as prompt engineering should be taught, we may release educational tools that recognize that. Ignoring such realities would risk repeating Commodore history – and our CEO’s main job is making sure Commodore never blips out of existence again.

We also want to be clear: 100% of our products are made by actual humans. Every merchandise design, the motherboards in our computers, even the retro-futuristic 3D banner up there, were headed by talented artists. We embrace progress only when it serves people.

That said, it’s worth remembering that the first AI programs were running on Commodore computers! Who remembers ELIZA and NIALL, the Near Intelligent Artificial Language Learner? He actually wrote this FAQ! (Just kidding.)"
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 16/06/2026
discoveries have been made today that this world is better off without
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 15/06/2026
i tried to join a VC and discord was not happy LOL
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 15/06/2026
tonight I performed shenanigans on the AT&T Kyocera DuraXE E4830. I am baffled that an outdated Discord client worked I think my next goal is to watch an entire feature film on it. wouldn't be the worst thing in the world, i once watched all of Shrek in 240p
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 12/06/2026
might be the best OG product design i've done yet it's always the almanac that gets the glamour, every time i do this shit...
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 09/06/2026
today I pick up work on 4CASTAR, the local forecast system that integrates with 4broadcast. it's getting a complete product design makeover in anticipation of eventual public release. the previous products just cloned the 4000s to a tee, but now, it's getting it's own unique look.
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 02/06/2026
Goodbye Chicago. See you in a few months.
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 01/06/2026
This may have been the greatest 5 days of my life... a well-needed vacation. So many things crossed off the bucket list. I've wanted to hear a 1003 in hi-lo for so long, and the real thing was absolutely worth it. I'll share more deets later!!! 💖 #SirenCon2026
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 19/05/2026
The data movies are rendered at any time, not specifically at the time of displaying the forecast. They are quite literally just files on the system and whenever new data comes in, UPDATE tells PelOrion's render process to re-render the movie so that it's up to date. Here's an example. (rf001a.mv)
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 19/05/2026
I have 99% perfected the cueing of my Weather Stars in synchronization with my input video... The past two days I've worked on getting the XL on board with the cue commands and it's just perfect and I'm happy. I'll elaborate in a thread beneath this post if you're interested!
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 04/05/2026
ok cool noted i will never try to fucking fix anything ever again
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me · 28/04/2026
YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME I'M GONNA BE BROKE AGAIN
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