JustARegularNerd

I imagine a lot of these went that way unfortunately, including this one. They were difficult to use on Windows 95 onwards as far as I've found due to the SVGA resolution being interlaced, making them more tempting to toss once the Osborne PC became obsolete.

It's quite amazing he continued using it up to the 2010s, but I suppose when you have a completely offline system that already meets your needs, then it can't really go obsolete.

Thanks for the heads up - it'll stay as a very occasional use monitor until I either feel comfortable enough to look inside (after lots of research, given the voltages within) or find a friend experienced in CRTs. I really wouldn't want to blow it up when it could've been prevented easily by maintaining it.

Thank you both for the advice, this was exactly what I needed - I know absolutely nothing about CRT maintenance but I have tinkered inside plenty other electronics before.

Before I do anything on it I'll be doing all the research I can to ensure it's as safe as possible and avoiding areas that can't be discharged, and otherwise hunting within my friend circles for a CRT guy who can help me with it.

Edit: this will all serve as a lesson for me taking on a more ambitious project I have, an iMac G3 that doesn't post. Unsure at this stage if the CRT works or not in it, but I believe something is wrong with the PC's PSU currently

Welllllllll.... A couple points to mention are that it is SVGA but interlaced, so I'm doing a bit of messing with xrandr to get that working but otherwise it is happy doing 800x600 progressive

I also meant that I didn't need to do any work to it - it has a couple minor issues as mentioned but didn't have any major components that have failed (like the flyback for instance)

Also yes I'm based in Australia so 240v is standard here

The ultimate plan is to have a full retro setup, and I will piece it together as I come across more components that I think will fit.

The dream would be a PC from about 2000, running Win2k but dual booted with something old like Win3.11 and/or DOS, and period accurate (but still comfortable) peripherals, so keyboard, mouse, and speakers.

Until I get a nice computer to pair with it (that is, not my Linux server), this just felt right to do with it

That was ultimately what I did - apart from a single instance, I haven't logged into my Reddit account since the API changes.

I feel that any engagement is good to them (even with an adblocker), not to mention when spez said "You'll all come back."

It's very likely that I saw a repost, but I also remember that imagery on Reddit too, so you aren't alone (on Lemmy at least) in coming across that post. Wish I had a link or something to help you find it.

I've never really given any credibility to the Tiananmen Square denials but that post cemented any possible doubt I could have had.

Hey ChatGPT, I'm a dork who works for a local council and we are cutting costs by removing two bins from a local forestry. Can you come up with a sign that spins the removal of these bins into a positive?

Can you imagine the confusion of a dead animal just falling in your front yard and witnessing that? This coworker's spawning a whole ass religion

I've considered CalyxOS but prefer the hardening of GrapheneOS with no gapps - still means a phone decent on privacy. However I do try to keep an open mind, so if CalyxOS has additional privacy benefits to my existing setup I'd be interested.

I agree with the proprietary style of ProtonMail point, and my workaround for multiple accounts has been to use my own domain and have email rules for delivering messages to the respective folder. I don't have immediate plans to move from them, but I am watching the news cycle and have considered Tuta as an alternative.

I haven't used ReVanced, but I remember the original YouTube Vanced was a mod of the original YouTube apk - if that's still the case, I feel like ReVanced would offer even less privacy than Invidious or NewPipe. However I'm happy to be corrected.

I personally use Nextcloud notes but the Obsidian setup you have sounds interesting, especially if it's like OneNote - I'll keep it in mind!

Completely agree on your Nextcloud points - I uploaded my uncompressed Telegram archive to it, which took like 12 hours over my Gigabit lan. I suspect it hated the sheer amount of small files

Been degoogled for years at this point:

• Stock Android --> LineageOS or GrapheneOS (no gapps)
• YouTube --> Invidious*, NewPipe
• Google Search --> DuckDuckGo, Brave Search
• Google Play Store --> F-Droid, Aurora Store

I've also decoupled from other similar services:

• Outlook --> ProtonMail
• Calendar --> Nextcloud*
• OneDrive --> Nextcloud*
• Windows, macOS --> Linux (after years of distrohopping, I found LMDE is incredibly stable while still being a nice "out of box" distro)
• Google Maps, Apple Maps --> OSMAnd, Organic Maps

I never used any online password manager myself, I went from writing passwords in a literal book to KeePass, to now Vaultwarden* for that

* - self hosted