recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 29/09/2026I'm lucking the fuck out lately. First it was a "broken" Neo Geo CD for half price just worked fine... then this "does not power on, for parts only" Atari Jaguar for £200 also just works absolutely fine. Here's hoping the "broken" CDi I have on the way also does the same.... 020
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 25/09/2026Screw this "iced coffee at interviews" thing, I brought LEGO sets to mine for the interviewers and we had an absolute blast building them. Got the job ;) 010
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 25/09/2026I'm glad I work for a company that doesn't force us into the office. I think, out of all the meetings I've had this month, there's never realy been more than 1 person in each meeting who is actually in one of our offices :P 100
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 23/09/2026I heard Sony patented this as a protection mechanism, so that no one else could potentially come up with the same idea and actually implement it. It existing as a patent would mean potential legal battles if someone did try, making it less likely someone would actually go ahead with it. 111
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 23/09/2026After the success of the 50% priced Neo Geo CD fix, I took another punt on a 40% priced Atari Jaguar that "doesn't turn on, no power light, nothing". Bought a capacitor kit for it at the same time. Something to pass the time aint it ? 130
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 22/09/2026@mrmario2011.com hey - have you seen this ? Looks like a persistent softmod for the 360: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftEu...youtube.comLet's talk about the Xbox 360 SoftmodYouTube video by GrimDoesStuff 110
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 19/09/2026Bought this - it's "broken" because the "power light just blinks". Turns out that's just a capacitor that needs replacing inside the PSU - pretty simple. Absolute bargain too ! I wonder if @topvint.co.uk has one of these :P 340
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 17/09/2026What amuses me is they're saying that countries should have "AI Guardrails in place". No mate, how about YOU, the people who are making the models, MAKE THEM WITH GUARDRAILS ALREADY IN PLACE. Why can't they go "maybe we should slow down a bit" instead of waiting for countries to tell them to... 210
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 16/09/2026Absolutely imprisioned today due to waste removal company saying they'll be here "sometime on Wednesday". I can't go anywhere just in case they turn up when I'm not here. So I have to sit here... waiting. 100
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 15/09/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU-w...youtube.comAdriano Celentano canta "Prisencolinensinainciusol" da "Formula due" del 1973YouTube video by Rai 000
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 14/09/2026No, I don't think I will "turn my camera on for the first few meetings" so you can "get to know me". The only thing you should care about is my deliverables, not what I look like. Fuck that. 000
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 12/09/2026Here's a question... there were npm and PyPi supply chain attacks in May 2026 also... related possibly ? 120
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 11/09/2026How can anyone look at an image - which is supposedly from 2001 - see this, and think it's real ? Also why would a German destroyer have a US flag on board ? People be dumb. bsky.app/profile/bigg... 110
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 09/09/2026I worry that all this "OMG AI IS AMAZING" that's coming out of the BSky team is a hint that maybe they might be trying to court investment from Anthropic/OpenAI/Microsoft/Google... ? 011
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 09/09/2026At school I used to be allowed to play music over the speakers in the dining hall at lunchtime - we'd take requests etc. I played Elektrobank by Chemical Brothers once, and I got in trouble cos a teacher said it sang "Who is this doing this synthetic type of alpha beta psychedelic fucking"... 110
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 08/09/2026In other news, I've just worked out how to remove myself from a load of internal email distribution lists. That should cut down on all the corporate spam about BBQ's and photography competitions. 010
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 08/09/2026You know when you see those "AI Robot" demonstrations that are discovered to be "just a human remotely controlling a robot" ? Well... today all I have done is be that remote human, but instead of me controlling a robot, I've been repeatedly telling another human how to think. It's tiring. 100
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 04/09/2026I'm so glad I don't have any fast food places nearby where I live. The closest I get is a couple of chip shops (cos seaside), and a chinese takeaway. I've not had a KFC/McDonalds/Burger King/PizzaHut/similar in over a year now. Feels good ! 020
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 01/09/2026Can't wait for the "Teeth Cleaning" category on Twitch... /s 010
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 30/08/2026Got bored, so dockerised FreeToken cos it seems it's getting a lot of love lately. github.com/FlashML-org/...github.comAdd Docker container capability by recrudesce · Pull Request #295 · FlashML-org/FreeTokenSummary of Changes Adds complete Docker and Docker Compose support for deploying FreeToken with GPU acceleration and native Hugging Face model integration. What's Changed Dockerfile: Uses n... 000
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 29/08/2026If you ever wanted an idea of an actual "fruitless endeavour", try to keep a Macbook screen clean. 110
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 29/08/2026Put some shelves up for the "not currently plugged in" consoles. 010
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 28/08/2026Hey @retrorgb.com - do you know if the SCART input on the RetroTink 4k/6k CE can handle a SCART that's carrying Composite/SVideo and not RGB ? I have an OSSC and (as you know) that can only deal with RGB via SCART. Looking to get a more capable product for my stuff that isn't RGB modded. 100
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 28/08/2026Added a 3DO to the Retro Console Stack today. Cos why not. 230
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 19/08/2026I blasted my mesh office chair with one of those "90000000000 RPM fans", and now my whole office is covered in a thin layer of dust. 120
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 19/08/2026Such a shame that Corridor Crew have started to use AI to generate their Youtube thumbnails... The arrow gives it away. 000
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 12/08/2026If anyone is interested, I have a telescope set up pointing at the Sun, and am live streaming the eclipse (which will start to happen in about an hour) www.twitch.tv/recrudescetwitch.tvrecrudesce - Live on TwitchEclipse - Sun out, then Sun in, then Sun back out again. (NO AUDIO) | Streaming science & technology. 000
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 12/08/2026Took a punt on a NES listed as "Broken" on eBay. Got it for way less than "market value". Plugged it in and it worked perfectly. Looks brand new, AND came with the original box. Let's hope the "untested" PSP I bought for £30 turns out the same way. 000
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 08/08/2026100% ended up 1 hour into a 5 minute job earlier. Fixed the problem though, so that's good. 110
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 03/08/2026Today, between meetings, I RGB modded a Sega Master System 2. As ya do. 000
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 29/07/2026The face I make when I open my front door and find out it's a group of god bothers... 020
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 28/07/2026What's with the whole "please help my child" spam accounts today !? Hopefully a load of them will reply to this post so I can report them :P 000
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 28/07/2026Between 23rd June and 22nd July, I apparently imported £20 of electricity. I, however, exported £90's worth.static.klipy.comNot Bad. Thumbsup.ALT: Not Bad. Thumbsup. 110
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 25/07/2026I have found all my PSP UMD's, I have found my PSP charger... I have not found the PSP. I've gone through EVERY box in my loft. I guess I'll have to go through the boxes in the garage, even though I'm pretty sure they're only full of 3d printing stuff. GAAAAHHHHH 020
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 20/07/2026Just uninstalled Tarkov. Actually kinda therapeutic and freeing. 010
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 13/07/2026Fixed it - there was a TINY piece of solder between a VCC and the neighbouring VSS pin. Now to replace the RGB flex I ripped out and try again I guess ? 010
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 12/07/2026I wish there was an "I couldn't give a fuck about football" filter for the internet you could just enable and it filtered everything (news, ads, social media etc). I guess you could also have a "I don't give a fuck about politics" one too. Business idea... :thinking: 010
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 09/07/2026Attempted to RGB mod an N64... ended up killing the N64 somehow. At least it was one I bought from CEX and not a childhood one - so don't have any emotional attachment to it. But man, that's the first time I've had a catastrophic failure when modding a console :( Ego has been hit :( 120
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 07/07/2026The irony of Microsoft saying that Xbox division is struggling due to components being more expensive these days... yet are one of the leading reasons WHY components are more expensive cos of their AI obsession. 000
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 07/07/2026Every time Youtube "recommends" a channel to me that has an AI thumbnail (they ALL look the same - i.e. utter shit), I choose the "Do not recommend channel" option :P 010
Reposted by recrudesceændra. @aendra.com · 06/07/2026"Switch to Linux" undefeated as the all-time most dork-ass unhelpful response 31115
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 03/07/2026When you're tired of people knocking on your door to try and sell you shite, but also own a laser cutter... 111
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 01/07/2026@ceefaux.bsky.social Beverley Hills Cope: A street-smart Detroit crisis counselor travels to affluent Beverly Hills to force a community of entitled, out-of-touch elites to painfully accept reality and manage their mounting rage following a minor local inconvenience. 000
recrudesce @recrudesce.co.uk · 30/06/2026So Commodore, the "we're stopping people from just putting a Commodore logo on utter tat" have just announced... a flip phone. Which looks like an AliExpress product - for FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS. Looking forward to their branded toaster next. 210
