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That's a lot of shit to carry. From 1993 Issue #10 of Mondo 2000.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 5 days ago (1 children)

puts probes of voltmeter into outlet

I'm in.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

You forgot to turn on your voice changer.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

May the gigabits be plentiful and lag-free this year! Amen!

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 days ago

Ahh, a voice changer right where it belongs: on the ankle.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)

This was cringe even in the '90s.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Speak for urself

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago
[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Never leave hacker home without your torque wrench

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

A torque wrench and no soldering iron?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

or those boots damn

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Gotta make sure those computer cases are tightened juuuuust right

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago

This is me, as long as you replace the Powerbook with a Thinkpad T420.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago (2 children)

[off topic]

I like to read old science fiction and check out the things the authors got wrong.

Maybe my favorite is the 'mini VHS recorders' from Neuromancer.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

I wanted a Dick Tracy watch so badly. Tech just decided to skip all of that and put a screen on a watch. Boo.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

What they really got wrong was the clothing: so much anime/hentai.

This is a techno-goth.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

30 years on, that guy still had all those gadgets dangling from his belt, but now he’s the crazy old guy who lives in the junkyard

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago

That's a lot of black to make sure the clothes glue to your skin in the sun.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oh shit, a reference to 2600 magazine! Nostalgia bomb..

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

I used to read it while pooping as a perl programmer at one of my first jobs

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Obligatory Johnny Mnemonic:

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

This guy looks straight out of the film Hackers.


Also, for real, mirrorshade sunglasses never went out of style.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (3 children)

This image obtained with a 1990s micro camera?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Nah, scanned with that Logitech Portable Scanner.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm assuming the Scan Man 32 for Mac resulted in Game Boy Camera quality images.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

EasyTouch maxed out at 400 DPI and the 256 was 256 shades of grayscale.

It doesn't say when the original ScanMan Color came out or how many colors it had but the Color 2000 didn't come out until '96 and had a 24 million color pallette.

So, yeah, sounds about right for the ScanMan 32.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

archive.org scan

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Jpeg was only invented in 1992

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

Updated for the 21st century: a status quo enforcer with police and presidential loyalty ties that really likes neon and having sex with people that like neon while maintaining the status quo in a way that makes them a Legend of Night City(tm).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

So much Sony product!! 🫤

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

These days, all that dude now needs is a phone and probably a tablet. Maybe a laptop slung over his shoulder.