**josef** @jk · May 26, 2018, 15:29

**josef** @jk · May 26, 2018, 15:29

josef @jk

10 year-old me: wow you have THREE computers??? id love to just even have 1 computer

present-day me: yeah but they're all garbage. computers got really really cheap over the years yknow. but none of them work at all. especially since they replaced programs with uhhh.... well programs are now...... y'know when you go on a web page at xmas and theres falling snowflakes?

10 year-old me: java?? script???

present-day me: yeah thats all we use now. thats how they make the programs mostly

**see shy jo** @joeyh@octodon.social · May 26, 2018, 23:18

**see shy jo** @joeyh@octodon.social · May 26, 2018, 23:18

@jk 10yr old me would me disgusted that I have a computer 10 thousand times more powerful than his, that I use as a 5v and 3.3v breadboarding supply and basically don't run any software on at all.

But kind of fascinated that I can't even guess how many computers I have.

**josef** @jk · 2018-05-27T00:21:24Z

josef @jk

@joeyh I have definitely somewhere between 5 and 50 computers. that i know of

May 27, 2018, 00:21 · Amaroq · 1 · 3

**Drew DeVault** @sir@cmpwn.com · May 27, 2018, 00:41

**Drew DeVault** @sir@cmpwn.com · May 27, 2018, 00:41

@jk @joeyh I think I have at least 10 in the apartment but I'm not really sure

**brennen** @brennen · May 27, 2018, 02:17

**brennen** @brennen · May 27, 2018, 02:17

@sir @jk @joeyh i'm not even sure if i can tell you how many computers i have in my backpack right now, but it's definitely more than 5.

**Drew DeVault** @sir@cmpwn.com · May 27, 2018, 02:18

**Drew DeVault** @sir@cmpwn.com · May 27, 2018, 02:18

@brennen @jk @joeyh in your backpack? That's a lot

**brennen** @brennen · May 27, 2018, 02:20

**brennen** @brennen · May 27, 2018, 02:20

@sir @jk @joeyh i threw in a parts box on this trip, so, you know, a couple of raspberry pis, a phone, who the heck even knows how many random microcontrollers...

**Drew DeVault** @sir@cmpwn.com · May 27, 2018, 02:18

**Drew DeVault** @sir@cmpwn.com · May 27, 2018, 02:18

@brennen @jk @joeyh pretty sure my backpack has never had more than 3 and usually has 0

**zac anger** @zacanger · May 27, 2018, 02:28

**zac anger** @zacanger · May 27, 2018, 02:28

@sir @jk @joeyh i have seven on my desk, alone. maybe eight, this lamp probably has a computer in it.

**zac anger** @zacanger · May 27, 2018, 02:29

**zac anger** @zacanger · May 27, 2018, 02:29

@sir @jk @joeyh my vape hasn't asked me to accept its new privacy policy yet, thank goodness