@d6

I'd have the first RSVP in the book

@d6 i have this ancient netbook from 2006 with 32bit intel atom something and 1gb of ram, i love tinkering with it and trying to get it working for modern work

when my next game is done im gonna try compiling it on that thing, it'll probably melt but it should be fun

@d6 cc @kiwa

@d6 trying to work with a maker space on a project like this!

@d6 "THIS IS A HUGE YEAR FOR GARBAGE CON"

I'd go to that.

@d6 I have never found a computer in the trash

@d6 Yes!

@d6 @neauoire you could call it RacCon

@d6 IDDC: International Dumpster Diver Conference. It has a nice ring to it.

@d6 unironically yes

@d6 i happily would watch/attend/talk at this conference :D

@d6 @selectric hey @mavica_again

@d6 I want in

@d6 LeMons for computers would be amazing

@d6 cc @trashrobot

@d6 @computersandblues 👆​👆​👆​

@d6 The 24 Hours of Lemons, but for computers.

@d6 @trashrobot

@d6 "This site requires Trash Player"

@d6 The laptop I use to write this message was bought before 2012, it was supposed to end up in the trash after a few years so I was given it for free. Today it is still running smoothly because I use Peppermint Os, a #linux distro that runs for old laptops. The keyboard has some missing parts so I had to attach to it another keyboard that was not used.

This is why I use Linux, it allows me to run very old devices and yet be on the coolest social media.

@d6 i do this but to the cats that jump over my fence

@d6 #Funfact: Before the local recyclers got cameras, I literally knew people that did #DumpsterDive - #PC #Builds that would put #BudgetBuilds, #LowSpecGamer & #ScrapyardWars to shame...

@d6 @jgarber I am 100% in on Trashup Camp.

@d6 Move over potatoes, there's a new rig in town.

@d6 We need a duct tapers conference where IT professionals give lectures on how to deal with all the bugs.

@d6 did someone say trash?

@d6 It's never been in the trash, but this post inspires me to continue upgrading my 1990s-era Powermac to see if I can get it to run Diablo 3... (it does run Diablo 2 right now.)

@d6
Sounds like a Vintage Computer Federation event.

https://vcfed.org/category/vintage-computer-festival/

@d6 @rekiwi 24 Hours of Lemons, for computers 🍋

@d6 Do you play Star Rail?

@d6 This reminds me of a concept band I was trying to get off the ground in college, where everyone had to play an instrument purchased in a pawn shop

@d6 Good that the opposite already exists somewhere in the world: people give excited presentations about trash software running on otherwise useful computers.

@d6 call it Refused Connection

@d6 to go full on it although should have a buffet with saved food from the surrounding shops.

@d6 The thing is that is as to be cheap because sponsoring will be hard to find. Basucally a field where one could pitch a tent and a few facilities.
How much people do you plan to see for the first edition ?

@d6 🦝 🦝 🦝
Gimme that trash-puter

@d6 @brook So a Linux conference, then 😜

With a BSD track in a back room, somewhere, never the twain shall meet, lest it results in fisticuffs.

@d6 this post gives me a newfound borderline horrifying desire to program perfectly relevant and useful software/hardware/&c for Windows 9x

@d6 this sounds like a keynote for https://digipres.club/@foone

@d6 the future we're all headed to in late stage capitalism? why not start practicing

@d6 follow @trashrobot for more on this exact subject, he has a whole book / self replicating wiki / hardware setup to proselytize

@d6 For about 2/3 of my PhD work, the computer I used at home was what I called "my zero-cost computer". It was a frankenputer from various discarded bits. Before it was finished, I gave in and paid $25 for a CD drive because while I *could* load Slackware from floppies, it seemed easier to load RedHat from a CD. Later, I also paid for a Cyrix 5x86 to upgrade the processor.

I replaced it when a bearing in the hard drive went, and the read/write head left a nice gouge in one of the platters.