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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 8h

Cave Johnson here! The lab boys tell me that raccoons, structurally, have the same kind of fingers as you and me, Which got me thinking, why hire a bunch of pencil-pusher punch-card associates when I could hire raccoons! Those tiny fingers are perfect for all the wires inside computers nowadays […]

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 18h

Windows 95 is an absolutely *miserable* fucking catastrophie masquerading as an operating system. I spent a good 6 fucking hours getting to this point I had to swap to a better (intel 440 based) chipset emulation. Install all the relevant drivers […] [Original post on social.treehouse.systems]

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 17h

"Shaun what do you mean Cave Johnson hired you?" Who else would?

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 17h

This is why Cave Johnson hired me What's good for raccoons is good for humanity

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 17h

This is why Cave Johnson hired me What's good for raccoons is good for humanity

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 20h

Kids these days: UGH I hate that Windows will just update and restart itself without asking! Meanwhile, Windows 2000 Server:

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Apparently FrogFind, the search engine for vintage computers has been down for some time You know what'd be really cool? If someone made a "retro internet" service. That let #retrocomputing folk all over the world connect *their own retro gear in* […] [Original post on social.treehouse.systems]

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

On October 4th, 1999. The domain gentoo.org was registered by Daniel Robbins Happy birthday, #Gentoo

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Daniel Lakeland @dlakelan.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Oops sorry I've been quiet I've been super sick since Monday the 28th In the few hours I've had awake each day though I've been working on building a "90's internet TV station" for my next big video project By which I mean I've now taught Windows 3 […] [Original post on social.treehouse.systems]

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

On October 4th, 1999. The domain gentoo.org was registered by Daniel Robbins Happy birthday, #Gentoo

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Got a final 10 day notice from the landlord as a "gentle reminder" that if we're still here after the 12th they'll start eviction proceedings Tried telling her that we've been applying to move somewhere since AUGUST. Got the expected "well that sucks. Hope you can figure that out" reply I'm so […]

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Hurgh I feel awful (and not just because I have a cold) Two FUCKING hours fighting with DOS to free up conventional memory Before ultimately tripping over my own dick and giving up trying to have both 100 megabit ethernet *and* a sound card

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Me: I'm gonna put this 33 megabyte file on my webserver RealPlayer: Yeah I can fit that in memory

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

You know you're working outside god's light when ffmpeg is encoding a 320x240p video At 4.6 FPS

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Why Fran Drescher? Well

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

If Valve really wants Deadlock to succeed they should've had the rat king voiced by Danny DeVito And have grandma voiced by Fran Drescher

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

If Valve really wants Deadlock to succeed they should've had the rat king voiced by Danny DeVito And have grandma voiced by Fran Drescher

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

How I feel when I say "hey you know who you could also support on Patreon..." (it me, I'm still unemployed. Everything fucking sucks www.patreon.com/CursedSilicon )

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

The Nintendo 64 released in North America 30 years ago today

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

How I feel when I say "hey you know who you could also support on Patreon..." (it me, I'm still unemployed. Everything fucking sucks www.patreon.com/CursedSilicon )

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

The Nintendo 64 released in North America 30 years ago today

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

I have like three friends that like Dune so sometimes I get sent memes like this and they just *fuuuckin send me*

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Can't decide if my list is all over the place or not

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

[CW: Illness] Made the mistake of googling my symptoms Looks like I might have bacterial pneumonia

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Me debating lunch while XP slowly trundles along

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flere-imsaho 🇺🇦 @mawhrin.fedi.circumstances.run · 27/09/2026

nate graham of the @kde fame thinks that bringing up ethical issues with the confabulation machinery should be generally avoided because it can make the fans of synthetic text extruders sad.: > I have a recommendation for everyone: in the future, either _don’t discuss the ethical dimensions of […]

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

I plugged in a USB mouse to this Windows XP install. Because I'm masochistic I decided to use "XP Integral Edition" to save me the time of hunting for drivers Apparently the driver cabs are so broken I literally cannot attach *a mouse*

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Days since I've been forced to use a FUCKING CD DRIVE: Zero Hate Windows XP more and more every day

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

If you make AI slop you can't be friends with Adam Savage

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

"Guys we're still fun please stop saying we're destroying the planet" [clicks the logo] [slop machine churning up, then vomiting something vaguely resembling nostalgia]

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

It's 6:30 PM and I am criminally eepy But it's too early to sleeb so I have to just persist or I'll wake up at 10 PM and then be up all night This is my struggle

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

If you make AI slop you can't be friends with Adam Savage

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Halo 3 is 19 years old today

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Seeing someone with the guild name "Yeah Nah" in my Deadmines group and just being like "I know what you are"

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Immolating myself socially by picking this example as a "hill to die on" But I am so tired of the utterly basic "Windows 11 is bad" criticism Not because I think it's a good (or bad) operating system. But because it's such a *lazy* memetic statement The people who bleat "Windows 11 is bad!" […]

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Is there a Mastodon bot that just makes GIF's out of relatable Technology Connections jokes?

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Me: Yeah I should work on Part 2 of that Hackintosh video Also me:

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Ah, so this is where Alec's obsession started

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