Relevant XKCD:

I’ve come alarmingly close to that second one, out of retrotechnofetishism. I identified the architecture of a VHS-based game console based on its pinout. I’m seriously considering homebrew for the Channel F. I’ve written PS3 software for identifying turbine wear via webcam.

My favorite stupid fact: IBM refactored some PowerPC mnemonics circa 1994. The developers gave very convincing rationale. So officially, there’s no particular reason the Enforce In-order Execution of Input / Output command became EIEIO.

Unironically fascinated to learn that there’s a difference between pigments and dyes!

Mandatory class for all Splatoon players