#LIKE ONE OF THE TOUCHSCREEN ONES!!!!!

[ramenwithbroccoli]

guess who finally made a fanbot after 2 years in the musical robot fandom

meet Janka!

above: Janka in to versions - a bare mechanism and a 'friendlier' folk attire

created in 1921 and commercialy released in 1936, named after a character in a famous song, Janka was intended to be the first fully inteligent record-playing machine for personal use. With her creator, Stanisław Lasota, basing its design on popular barrel organs, she was equipped with many different accesories to make her blend in with the enviroment. The most popular one was a folk-based look, inspired by traditional clothing of people of Łowicz, but many different options were available, with some owners even sewing it clothes of its own.

above: bare mechanisms, the mask sold to make Janka less 'intimidating', the most popular folk variant, a "night out" variant personally crafted by one of the owners

Although the company producing record players promised all of them would be able to change the songs by the voice command, it seems that only the original prototype of Janka retained that function. That's why, while the other copies went on to become just a fancy gimmick, Janka's value skyrocketed, providing Lasota with a great sum of money that allowed him to retire early and comfortably. After his death in 1937, the original designs were found. It seemed that there were no differences between the commercial versions and the prototype - except for the material that the top of the table was made of. In the original, an undefinable green matter has been used, that studies have not been able to replicate. It is suspected that the substance, mixed in with molten glass, was a gift Lasota brought back from one of his travels.

above: diagram of the functions of certain parts

Once an unique antique, original Janka lost value over time. The amazement over her ability to change music at request and memorising entire symphonies after playing them once disappeared, replaced with annoyance, and sometimes even horror, as it seemed the machine gained a mind of its own.

Owners reported music playing in the middle of the night, suspicious movement and the needle skipping over certain words in song, forming a new message altogether. After the last owner, Jerzy Sójka, claimed "the goddamn machine, [it] has a mind of its own, [it's] the devil! devil is speaking to me!", the fate of Janka had become unknown. Many suspect that it has been abandoned in a basement or an attic, with some even claiming they still hear her song being played at night.

[camels-pen]

he never learns

bonus pathetic sanji

[staryarn]

Sfw Sinclair

[snailfen]

logically i know hacking a 3DS won't be hard and it shouldn't require much but unfortunately ever since my battery bloated i am. Paranoid

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Fellow Psych enjoyer!! Im watchin psych at this very moment lol, i know its a tough question bc i dont even have a definitive answer but like, what's your favorite episode?

hmmm well i did very much enjoy the episode where Lassiter & Henry bond over fishing... i also like the episode where Shawn gets kidnapped & ends up on top of a moving car <3

[quixoticanarchy]

LOVE finding strangers w my same medical problems there is just really Something about that particular axis of "oh you too?? just like me???" zero to besties in one minute. after five minutes you're exchanging near death experiences and screaming about niche grievances that no one else gets

[kingofattolia]

me to my geriatric laptop after opening 2 programs at once: I'm sorry sweetie... I know it's hard... you can do this for me though... I believe in you

[3amsnek]

fire man :] latest edition in my redraw series of the first finished digital thing I made on an ipad- top is now, then december 2019 & december 2017

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[wisdomsdauqhter]

I did not expect that buying a mp3 or cd player would be this difficult or expensive in the year 2024

[skarmoree]

I am typing this with a keyboard i hooked up to my phone >:)

[odinsblog]

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[loadsofcats]

Hate hate hate digitalisation hate only being able to pay with credit cards hate touchscreens instead of people hate cashierless shops hate how ai is causing less jobs and less privacy and hate generated art and generated stories and aaaaaaaaagggghhhhhhhh

[bumpscosity]

I think whats worse is i have 3 build a bears that need new birth certificates and theres no way I can just walts in there with all 3 of them at once meaning I have to take at least 2 trips to a place I rarely go thats an hour away

[dailyoyo]

Dailyoyo is taking a brief pause (ignore how dead he looks here. We promise hes ok)

[anonymusbosch]

lax airport - remodeled wing has great new features such as

"giant touchscreens where, if you spend a good minute trying to prod the screen into responding, you can shakily scroll through every flight leaving the airport in alphabetical order but can't actually see what gate it's departing from, and where you can allegedly view all sorts of other information like maps of food and shops if you're willing to slap the screen long enough"

and "biometric boarding," where you MUST to stand on a circle and have your photo taken as you board to have it matched against your ID photo on record in a government database. allegedly US citizen photos are deleted within 12 hr but non-citizen photos may be held Longer. because you know, classically, the airport is devoid of any other checks of identity

and also chargers! there are more outlets now.

[lemonadeandlanguages]

Why are laptop repairs so pricey 😭😭