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by quartz
Sat Aug 30, 2025 1:45 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Coding Hot Takes
Replies: 8
Views: 214
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Re: Coding Hot Takes

My hottest coding take: `goto` statements are actually perfectly fine to use in a modern context (esp. for algorithms), if you know what you are doing with your control flow, and the sentiment against using it is way misunderstood and blown out of proportion.

I've had this take for well over a ...
by quartz
Sun Aug 17, 2025 10:53 pm
Forum: The Void
Topic: YTP thread
Replies: 31
Views: 859
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Re: YTP thread

Bridget Endeavor wrote: Fri Jul 11, 2025 8:36 pm No YTP thread would be complete without this classic:

"Dallas, salad" has been permanently burnt into my brain ever since that YTP came out.
by quartz
Sun Aug 17, 2025 10:44 pm
Forum: The Void
Topic: Do you actually watch VHS tapes?
Replies: 8
Views: 261
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Re: Do you actually watch VHS tapes?

I don't watch VHS tapes as often as I used to do, but I still do once in a while. Currently I have a setup for digitizing VHS tapes for archival purposes, using a medical grade VCR (Mitsubishi MD3000), which has a pretty decent TBC built in, and a Canopus ADVC-300 for capturing into a DV file ...
by quartz
Sun Aug 17, 2025 10:11 pm
Forum: Music Station
Topic: Who have you seen [[[ LIVE ]]]?
Replies: 18
Views: 363
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Re: Who have you seen [[[ LIVE ]]]?

Seeing Aphex Twin live at Field Day 2017 in London was definitely one of the most unforgettable moments of my life. Hope to be able to experience something like this again sometime soon.

There's a full recording on YouTube (warning, contains flashing images!):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v ...
by quartz
Sun Aug 17, 2025 9:09 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Robold critter is inside your internet
Replies: 4
Views: 85
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Re: Robold critter is inside your internet

Thanks y'all!
ExoticCrystal wrote: Sun Aug 17, 2025 2:47 am Oh my god I love your signature that is so good...
Haha, thanks! It's not my signature, just something I added to this post. Maybe I should scale it down and actually make it my signature though. :3
by quartz
Sat Aug 16, 2025 5:57 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Robold critter is inside your internet
Replies: 4
Views: 85
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Robold critter is inside your internet

Hi!

I'm Quartz. Found out about this place on bsky, and thought I'd make an account and check out the place. ^^
Just a little bit about me: My interests and hobbies include retro tech, VR, tinkering with computers, movies, music production and DJing (I DJ in VRChat, but I've been taking a break for ...