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By day, a trid-slinging infrastructure corpo; by night, a SINless drek-talking decker in search of paydata. Chaos. Rogue. Lurker. Ambiguity Incarnate. Student of the […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ corteximplant.com/@ety, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026
A rare #caturday contribution, but she's sitting there so happy :bec_smile:
My orange kitty, alert but comfortable, sitting on the couch. She's looking at the camera with ears pointed upwards, curious why I'm making noise. Her paws and the tip of her tail are tucked under herself in a "half loaf" form.
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026
Join IRC. For fun with friends on the 'net. irc.lucy.bz #LucyBz #IRC #RetroNetworking #RetroComputing #CortexImplant
A hand holding a short section of thermal receipt paper. It has a log of entries that read as such:

   Fri, 13 Mar, 2026
[23:54:36] Connected to #testing on irc.lucy.bz
[23:54:47] ety: oh hi!
[23:55:04] ety: here is some text and stuff printy
[23:55:13] ety: but even more juicy is an image, you want to try it? I know you do
[23:55:17] ety: https://i.ety.onl/xaFE4/bIGADETA41.png/raw

Immediately below the last line of the IRC log (containing the link), a small graphic taking about a third of the width of the paper is printed.

The graphic is mostly black, but contains a grainy image of a person looking off to the side, with a hand up by their head.
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 11/03/2026
[sorta negative] Had awful dreams, which really feels like a slap in the face with the sleepy rainy vibes. Woke up feeling stabby. The stabby is not getting better as the workday progresses.
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 09/03/2026
Express genuine enthusiasm so often that others never wonder if you mean it.
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 09/03/2026
Looking for some tunes today? Go check out @labr at stream.labr.online New-to-LABR DJ DatGurlCurly on the decks live now!
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LABR LIVE
love a brother radio is an online stream for an international collective of contributors playing house adjacent eclectic genres and sounds that inspire us to live, love or act. We are dedicated to a no drama home for tunes, community, solidarity, social conscious and fun.
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 09/03/2026
Good mooorning Fedi! It's a french press kind of morning, mayhaps? ☕
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 08/03/2026
no- wait- I want to do things today-
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 08/03/2026
The subtle thrumming of rain falling off the roof makes for an eepy ety
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 08/03/2026
Okay, okay. In the rush to get exciting retro computer things working, the lab has become a mess. Let's remedy that before playing with toys again today.
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 08/03/2026
Jack in and join IRC. For the Aesthetic. For the Chooms. For the 'net we were promised. :bec_grin: #RetroNetworking #RetroComputing #IRC #OtherNetworks #Windows98 #Windows98se #Windows9x
A screenshot of a Windows 98 desktop with the Inside Computer theme (showing various bits and bobs of glowing electronics) and in the foreground:

* A PIRCH98 window, connected to #lobby on irc.lucy.bz, and:
* A Dial-Up status window, showing currently connected to the Hive Institute at 32,200 bps
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 07/03/2026
Bad news: this machine doesn't support booting off USB. Bad news, supplemental: can't find my USB floppy drive. It's probably in a box somewhere. Good news, surprising: CD-Rs can still be purchased locally _and_ found a NIB 56k serial modem in a _different_ box, so... Winning? Let us journey! […]
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 07/03/2026
Hardest decision of the morning yet: Windows 95 or 98 for this retro-gaming machine? Been a while since I had to think about that one for real hardware; usually the kit is much older and it's an easier choice :bec_smile: Gonna ruminate on that one while making some coffee.
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 02/03/2026
Why, _no_ , this wasn't the start of an lifelong reluctance to be told 'what I'm looking for,' why do you ask? :bec_grin:
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 02/03/2026
Adult me hasn't gotten much better on the sass front, mind.
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 02/03/2026
A dear friend just sent a clip from Toy Story 1 and it refreshed a memory about the line: "The word I'm looking for, I can't say, [...]" Which was quoted by smol-ety nonstop in response to various adults starting to prompt with "The word you're looking for is [...]" Little me was _sassy_.
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 02/03/2026
Good morning, Fedi <3
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 01/03/2026
@PurpleJillybeans Always on team real hardware where it's feasible, but both options work fine :bec_smile:
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 28/02/2026
Pivoting from Money on the Dash to Kenya Grace's _Strangers_ in a half-assed attempt to force the head-tunes off repeat. Bold move, Cotton.
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 28/02/2026
Built and finished the included dice roller kit, after a little nap. neon.cybre.stream/w/4L8S8tDzbzAhYqN…
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Soldr Dice Roller Kit
A short clip showing Soldr's take on the classic 7-LED digital dice roller kit. The kit was included with my Soldr mobile soldering workstation. The board starts with 3 LEDs lit, and when the butto...
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2026
Having a Hal morning here today, but in the best way. Wanting to get underway with some electronics projects, had this kickstart'ed mobile soldering station that needed building. Overall, can't complain! Having an extractor fan that lives with the station […] [Original post on corteximplant.com]
An unfolded soldering station -- about the size of a laptop, with a black grid loaded with modules on top of a gray steel plate (and above a gray work area).

Various modules are visible, including tool holders, a mini voltmeter, a combined light/extraction fan, an inspection prism, a USB-C cable spool, a solder and copper braid spool, helping hands, and a soldering iron.
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2026
Worked my little booty off the last few days so that today could be spent playing with a soldering iron relatively guilt-free. But first, to build the new soldering station.
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2026
Ordered some RJ11 jacks on SIP carrier boards for prototyping, but all of my RJ11 cables are in use for the modem pool. Damn it. :bec_grin:
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 26/02/2026
Scored a $150 video scaler for $15 at the state surplus store today. Score! A little late for #DOScember, but we'll celebrate by streaming some DOS games anyways :bec_grin:
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 25/02/2026
Finally, a mess of RGB SCART cables has arrived. Let's get funky with the OSSC and some retro consoles. #retrogaming #scart #ossc
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 25/02/2026
This rule could not possibly ever apply to me. Bonus content is available in n-dimensional space.
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 25/02/2026
Who decided that double texting is bad? Somebody weird, I bet you.
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 25/02/2026
You may be entitled to special dispensation.
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DIALUP DARLING (TOP 0.04% COMPUTER) @deersyrup.yiff.life.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026
tbf I also need instructions phrased in a posiaffirmative delivery frame lest I become sneaky and nefarious and decide to be oppositionally defiant
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026
Like, OK, fine -- give the user a warning modal advising them that changing a post to be less visible isn't guaranteed or something, and call it a day. Give users the agency to make that determination. But in a perfect world it _sure would be nice_ if you could just federate out a visibility […]
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026
Not being able to edit a post to be followers-only after the fact is horseshit. Like, yeah, 'the genie is out of the bottle' and whatever with respect to federation, but a person should at least be able to ask the software on their home instance to not publicly index it.
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026
ADHD and interoception: discuss (or don't I'm not your boss but wow it's a whole thing)
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026
There's something really nice about wide-collared shirts that can dangle off a shoulder. Gosh, it's nice.
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026
Was trying to figure out what the groaning and grumbling sound outside was. Took my headphones off, and it's my own stomach :bec_huh:
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026
Eepy eti, nini fedi 💤
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026
@PurpleJillybeans Disturbing the cat is heresy. Are you OK being a heretic? :bec_smug:
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026
Worse comparisons to be made.
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026
At least a little true, on reflection.
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026
Having a slightly harder time with "I" statements this last week or so. Mostly powering through it, not a huge issue. It'll pass. Friend said "you type like mordin solus talks sometimes" Not sure whether it's hilarious or offensive. :bec_grin:
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 22/02/2026
[food/alc mention+] Schnitzel and spätlese on this fine Sunday afternoon. Things could be worse.
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 20/02/2026
It doesn't have to be a huge gesture, nor public, nor eloquent. A few words go a long way.
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 20/02/2026
Hey, you, reader: Ever been browsing someone's blog, website, repo -- even their social web profile -- and thought to yourself "Wow, that's really neat. I love what they did here!" Consider _telling them_! Someone on here made a post a while back encouraging people to do just that, and I've […]
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 20/02/2026
One of the lights in the office is flickering. Naturally, it's the one above my desk.
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 19/02/2026
Tinkering with the dreamcast in unconventional ways is leading to a want to write software for the damn thing. First fedi client? :bec_wink:
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/02/2026
Whew, fixed that. And learned more about how different titles access stored ISP information. Nice.
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/02/2026
Well, the VMU edit worked in XDP, but uhhh, something about PSO is broken now, and it's probably something to do with string abuse. Oopsi :bec_huh:
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/02/2026
Continuing in unrelentingly deep nerd topics: Let's bake support for launching directly into #lucybz IRC straight into the VMU! #hexeditor #dreamcast #vmu #lucybz #irc
A hex editor interface running on the dreamcast (with nice crisp characters in VGA mode).

The screen is filled with columns of repeating hex characters in the center, with addresses to the left and string equivalents to the right.

The cursor is currently at offset 0x00336, which is the beginning of the irc.lucy.bz hostname, now entered into memory.
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/02/2026
My kingdom for a 1/8" TRSM to RCAF pigtail.
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/02/2026
If it had been known that that picture was going to be so popular, would have actually found the composite cable and taken a better picture. On the other hand, there is something charming about the imperfection of the RF route.
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/02/2026
Join IRC. For the Aesthetic. :bec_wink: #irc #lucybz #cortextimplant #dreamcast #planetweb
A smallish Sony CRT sitting on top of an equipment rack. On the display is the PlanetWeb IRC client running on a dreamcast.

The client is connected to the IRC server irc.lucy.bz as the user etydc. The UI is simple, with a white-on-blue user listing on the left side, a few lines of IRC text in the top right, and bottom third of the screen taken up for the on-screen keyboard with its very bubbly buttons typical of the era.
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ety://glyphscribe @ety.corteximplant.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/02/2026
The late night crew is _so back_ over at lucy.bz. :corteximplant_b: chooms, get back in on that IRC goodness :bec_grin:
lucy.bz
lucy.bz
irc for netrunners
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