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Okay I believe it is the inverter board, maybe the ribbon cable came loose, or something. I squeezed below the screen where the board is and it works now. So that is a relief because if it breaks for good that's way easier to fix than a CCFL tube...

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Finally got battery for overpriced hipster music player (Sony MiniDisc Walkman MZ-1) now I can use it in the wild

Well it stopped working again. Question is is it the CCFL bulb or the inverter board, and do I waste my time replacing both

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Oh so this is why my CF adaptor and several other PC Cards wouldn't work I am guessing. I know PC Card is super old and the drivers were buggy, but it just strikes me as stupid that you flat out just can't use a once-ubiquitous three-decade old interface on the kernel known as Linux.

phoronix.com/news/Linux-PCMCIA

Tried my ThinkPad T60p and it seems like the backlight is working again so maybe it was a fluke when it wasn't working all those months ago... maybe it is "so back bros" as they say

The government is hoarding all of the asbestos cigarettes because they’re GOOD FOR YOU

Bought a Yukio Mishima book from a thrift store and it happened to be one of the gay sex ones :lain_stress:

Had a dream that was really crazy, I basically was trapped in a serial killer’s trailer home and it ended up being the devil himself, but I cast him away by professing my faith in Jesus Christ. I don’t even do anything religious irl but thanks for casting away my dream satan, Jesus.

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