It’s amazing to see this. How good are the transports in these modern units? I seem to remember when cassettes died the first time, the whole ecosystem went away, from Chrome Dioxide cassettes to good quality transports, which took a long time to get right. How do these compare to a good quality unit from the 80’s and 90’s?
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nickt commented on Concrete Shipbuilding – Argentina thecretefleet.com/blog/f/... · Posted by u/surprisetalk
I grew up in South Hylton where the Cretehawser was basically dumped near Claxheugh Rock (good luck pronouncing that if you’re not a Mackem!) Proper fun 70’s and 80’s adventure to be had getting on board at low tide. Can’t imagine the authorities being happy with kids doing this today!
It had lots of stories associated with it and it was a strange thing to see just sitting there in a shipbuilding town. Happy to see it get a mention on the site [1] and there’s an article with better photos here [2].
nickt commented on PYREX vs. pyrex: What's the difference? corning.com/worldwide/en/... · Posted by u/lisper
My home town, Sunderland in the UK, is home to the National Glass Centre and has an amazing relationship with Pyrex, until 2007.
https://artsandculture.google.com/story/a-century-of-pyrex-i...
nickt commented on VHS-C: When a lazy idea stumbles towards perfection [video] youtube.com/watch?v=HFYWH... · Posted by u/surprisetalk
Every time I hear about VHS I like to bring up Marion Stokes : https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/marion-stokes-televisi...
That’s a wild story I’ve not heard before, thanks for sharing.
nickt commented on Porn censorship is going to destroy the internet mashable.com/article/age-... · Posted by u/Teever
And right on cue as expected, the push for age verification to use VPNs in the UK
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Compact_Cassette