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negativenull piefed.world negativenull@piefed.world
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username_1 programming.dev username_1@programming.dev
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mushroommunk lemmy.today mushroommunk@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-08-18
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This isn't one of those old Kodak cameras where the picture instantly printed out?

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agentTeiko piefed.social agentTeiko@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-01-29
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That's a console TV on top of the dresser

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SpontaneousCombustion lemmy.world SpontaneousCombustion@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-04-27
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The first prototype GameBoy, with drawers below the screen to hold the cartridges.

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TrackinDaKraken lemmy.world DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-26
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Prototype Sony WatchMan

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Onno (VK6FLAB) lemmy.radio vk6flab@lemmy.radio
Joined: 2024-03-04
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It's the dolls house version of the HP 8920A RF Communications Test Set.

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Taleya aussie.zone Taleya@aussie.zone
Joined: 2023-06-21
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Early smartphone

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LastYearsIrritant sopuli.xyz LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2025-02-20
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When TVs were first invented, nobody could afford one. Small towns all over the US installed large cabinets outside of every town hall with the biggest CRT screens they could afford in them, which was only about 9" at the time.

People would crowd around them to watch the news every night.

Sometimes they'd do movie nights where they would put up giant curved mirrors to make the picture much bigger, and they'd put up big loudspeakers for the audio. Only problem is that everything would be backwards, so they couldn't watch movies with subtitles.

Eventually TVs became cheap enough to get in the home, but this was pretty inexpensive entertainment for people, especially during the Great Depression. People would even try to earn a few $ by selling homemade treats during the movie nights.

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Smuuthbrane sh.itjust.works smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-13
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Pan-dimensional periscope.

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seraphine lemmy.blahaj.zone seraphine@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-08-01
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its one of those drawers you can loot in arc raiders

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MurrayL lemmy.world MurrayL@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
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That’s the oft-overlooked TRS-66 Micro Computer System. One of the first home computers to feature coloured blinky lights; prior to that, home computers were limited to using standard E26 bulbs.

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CIA_chatbot lemmy.world CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-19
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R2/D2s father

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Rentlar lemmy.ca Rentlar@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-03-14
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A Dalek with an office job.

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Tolookah discuss.tchncs.de Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-12
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That's the first costume/makeup pass for Brent Spiner.

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Sunforged lemmy.ml Sunforged@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-10-18
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This is one of the old analog dresser cabinets. We take the technology for granted now but it was revolutionary for its time. A camera from the top drawer is connected to the screen above, so that you can monitor your unmentionables and make sure no one is actively getting into your underwear.

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queerlilhayseed piefed.blahaj.zone queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-09-27
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Before we had digital filesystems our ancestors had to use analog filesystems. This one has an analog "browser" called a CRT built into the top of the cabinet, so users could browse their files on the go. It may seem quaint now but it was all the rage back when it came out.

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okwhateverdude lemmy.world okwhateverdude@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-01
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It's a Comscanner from The Orville

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Pirasp lemmy.world Pirasp@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-09
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This is a vintage prototype for a two bay airfryer

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queerlilhayseed piefed.blahaj.zone queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-09-27
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I think it's a TOS tricorder.

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pulsewidth lemmy.world pulsewidth@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-01-29
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That's an old iphone from the 80s.

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queerlilhayseed piefed.blahaj.zone queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-09-27
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This is one of the old analog dresser cabinets. We take the technology for granted now but it was revolutionary for its time. A camera from the top drawer is connected to the screen above, so that you can monitor your unmentionables and make sure no one is actively getting into your underwear.

Back before we had camera phones we had to take nudes with the dresser cam and send them via courier urchin.

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Fedegenerate fedinsfw.app Fedegenerate@fedinsfw.app
Joined: 2026-02-22
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It's the machine that goes "BING"

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queerlilhayseed piefed.blahaj.zone queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-09-27
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When TVs were first invented, nobody could afford one. Small towns all over the US installed large cabinets outside of every town hall with the biggest CRT screens they could afford in them, which was only about 9" at the time. People would crowd around them to watch the news every night. Sometimes they'd do movie nights where they would put up giant curved mirrors to make the picture much bigg...

Back in the old days all subtitles were actually written by humans. TV studios would have huge rooms full of transcriptionists who typed all the subtitles in real time, for every show, on big mechanical keyboards. It's kind of remarkable they could hear anything over how loud those keyboards were. Eventually Big Stenography started snapping up all the transcriptionist talent so the networks switched to AI transcription, which is why today's subtitles don't have the same warmth or depth that classic subtitles have.

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klu9 piefed.social klu9@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-04
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The Crushinator

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ummthatguy Moderator ummthatguy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-22
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kbal fedia.io kbal@fedia.io
Joined: 2023-11-03
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A vintage oscilloscope in its original wrought iron casing. The drawers are for storing solder, probes, and electrolyte syringes.

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negativenull Moderator negativenull@piefed.world
Joined: 2025-06-12
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nAbv6uDn2xjM2HE.gif

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EnsignWashout startrek.website EnsignWashout@startrek.website
Joined: 2023-08-22
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The Crushinator

"You gotta romance a fine robot like that!"

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Thebeardedsinglemalt lemmy.world Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-07-17
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Is it an espresso machine?

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Send Pics of Sandwiches sh.itjust.works Sendpicsofsandwiches@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-20
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The green cumulon

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starman2112 sh.itjust.works starman2112@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-08-10
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That's a premium piece of tech. A Simmons TCR signal isolator, with mechanical switches. Been decades since I saw one. The new SDRs are technically more efficient, but you could dial this baby in so much better than the autoisolators we work with now. Of course external signal gates are a thing so focusing isn't really an issue anymore, but damn do I miss spending half an hour hunting for that perfect shade of orange.

I miss the VXJunkies subreddit. Is there an equivalent here?

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Onomatopoeia lemmy.cafe Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
Joined: 2025-01-02
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I just love the awful tan fabric speaker cover. Couldn't go with a metal grate, which would've been more hi-tech?

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then_three_more lemmy.world then_three_more@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-02-17
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Jeffrey Combs

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SCmSTR lemmy.blahaj.zone SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2023-07-24
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Ye olde Spank Deposit.

They keep these in hospital rooms and some obscure roadsides for when people need to be walked through moving jizzsm from your body to a drawer for safe keeping and later consumption.

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marlowe221 lemmy.world marlowe221@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-13
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Prototype Sony WatchMan

You beat me to it. Take my upvote!

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Lemming421 lemmy.world Lemming421@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-02-16
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It's the machine that goes "BING"

Also downloads comics from the future and can boil an egg at thirty paces. You need to stay away from chickens… it’s not pretty when they blow

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Valmond lemmy.dbzer0.com Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-11-13
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It's a trash can from 1984.

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teft piefed.social teft@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-07-22
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Original Model Janet from the Beta version of The Good Place.

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queerlilhayseed piefed.blahaj.zone queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-09-27
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It's the machine that goes "BING"

Steve Ballmer uploaded his consciousness to a filing cabinet?

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meta4 retrolemmy.com meta4@retrolemmy.com
Joined: 2025-07-28
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PipMan

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SkaBunkel lemmy.world SkaBunkel@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-22
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This is a old filing cabinet with a screen for indexing.

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f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4 sopuli.xyz f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2024-03-25
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Grandma keeps the Atari in the drawers.

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CapuccinoCoretto lemmy.world CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-03-24
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You're all wrong! Fools!

Everyone knows it's a Kirk era tricorder.

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m4xie lemmy.ca m4xie@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-09-30
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It's the machine that goes "PING!" From the maternity ward scene in the Monty Python movie Meaning of Life.

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Echo Dot feddit.uk echodot@feddit.uk
Joined: 2023-07-26
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It's the tricorder before the one in TOS

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moopet sh.itjust.works moopet@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-02-08
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It's the chest of drawers from a dolls' house. Someone's put a TV on it presumably so they can watch in bed.

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mrmaplebar fedia.io mrmaplebar@fedia.io
Joined: 2025-09-27
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1980s hotel minibar

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