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RgrTheShrubbr

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RgrTheShrubbr··on Show HN: I recreated AOL Instant Messenger in the browser
Thank you for the feedback. I added draggable icons. I'll work on either making the start menu have more purpose or give it the axe! Thank you again, it helps me refine the project.
RgrTheShrubbr··on Stop the Apple Music app from launching
For everything that Apple does great. They really do drop the ball on the dumbest things. I used to use iTunes in place of the Apple Music app for my library and connecting my old iPods, and now with Retroactive being discontinued I haven't found a great alternative other than just buying an old Mac and I unfortunately don't have the space for one.
RgrTheShrubbr··on Full Reverse Engineering of the TI-84 Plus Operating System
Having just recently heard about Ghidra and started using it with Claude. I am absolutely blown away how little resistance it has decompiling old Win95/98 binaries. It's turning into a bit of a hobby of mine to take old software, decompile and find hidden treasures like images or messages.
RgrTheShrubbr··on Ntsc-rs – open-source video emulation of analog TV and VHS artifacts
It really was. I recently got on the VHS bandwagon and the audio feels much more richer to me than say a blu-ray or streaming copy. There's something about the imperfections that resonates with me.
RgrTheShrubbr··on Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say
I remember back in 2004 when the pentagon found an Israeli spy in the Pentagon. This has been going on for decades and I'm sure it will go on for decades more at this point.
RgrTheShrubbr··on Ntsc-rs – open-source video emulation of analog TV and VHS artifacts
Are there audio emulators out there that simulate VHS compressed warped audio?
RgrTheShrubbr··on Ntsc-rs – open-source video emulation of analog TV and VHS artifacts
These are both amazing projects, but why does NTSC-CRT feel more accurate to how I remember television looking than ntsc-rs?
RgrTheShrubbr··on Meta confirms 1000s of Instagram accounts were hacked by abusing its AI chatbot
The AI passed the Turing Test by becoming the world's most trusting customer service rep.