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  After two days it's time to pack up and head for home. Mando saw virtually non-stop action for the whole time and it didn't even have any major technical issues.

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  I did some math about the Mando's use at Kuopio Pelaa game event. The event was open for 7 hours on two days. Mando got 295 games during the weekend, so a game per every 2.84 minutes. That is a lot of games! The longest observed period of it resting was around 2 minutes.

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  A fun detail in Kuopio, Finland. An electrical box covers the wall and the traffic signs partially. The local artist makes the box disappear. #mildlyinteresting #StreetArt

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  After being cat sit by my mom for the extended weekend, Wäinö is back at being my lap warmer. #cat #cats

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  Skritches are requested and delivered on-demand. #cat #cats #catsoffediverse

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  WhoDunnit (Bally, 1995) developed an issue where the under the playfield slot machine's leftmost reel started to stutter and eventually completely die about after 10 minutes since power on. From a technical side this is pretty much like any modern slot machine, which probably stems from the fact that Williams was also in slot machine business at the time. The reel is driven with a stepper motor and it has an opto switch to indicate home position. It calculates all the symbol positions by st...

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  0.96 is the new 0.4. TPU being this caustic was not on my bingo card. The other print head that has done mostly PETG is fine. #3dprinting

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  With the WhoDunnit's slot reel motor being my main suspect, I pull the whole slot machine assembly off the machine for closer look. As it's on my desk, it's very clear just how hosed the old motor is. Without power, the steppers here should spin freely. This bad one barely moves and feels all crunchy inside. Most likely its bearings are FUBAR. So here's a sped of version of the half an hour it took to replace whole thing. The slot machine assembly has 3 identical reel sub-assem...

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  Well ho-ho-ho everyone in this fine (checks calendar) October night. Here's Laitilan Joulupipari or Laitila's gingersnap. Naturally it's from #finland. If this makes you go "holy mother of god", then yes, you're at the same wavelength as I was when I spotted this one. It has a bit artificial, yet pretty obvious smell of what this is and I think the taste is even more on the spot. I honestly don't know how I feel about this. I've tasted some weird sodas where t...

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  Leena kommentoi artikkelia alueen ainoan rokkibaarin kohtalosta. Älä ole kuin Leena, Leena ei tiedä mistä puhuu. #suomi

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  A leftover clip from the NBAFB video. This thing is relatively entertaining to watch in action. I also note this one probably has one too strong coil in it, can you spot which one? #pinball #mechanism #retrotech

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  I wondered about some of recently replaced 555 lamps being too dim. Looks like I have a bagful of something that has the same socket but wrong voltage. The camera makes the first example seem brighter than it is. It's barely visible through the button plastic. The real 555 is 6.3 volts and relatively bright. Oh and these have no print on the bulb itself. #pinball #repair

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  Seems #prusa3d had released a new major firmware series for their stm32 based printers. I flashed that to my Core One L, didn't instantly catch fire. #3dprinter

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  S-pankki lähetti minulle mailin jossa pyydetään tarkastamaan maksukortin turvallisuusasetukset. Maili on täsmälleen samanlainen kuin kaikki ne kusetusmailit mitä voin onkia spammilootasta sadoittain, viestin lopussa olevaa nappia myöten mitä pitäisi klikata. Peruskuolevaiselle vinkit kuten "pankki ei ikinä lähetä mailia missä käsketään klikkaamaan jotain" menee ihanasti metsään. #tietoturva

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  Alle kahden viikon päässä olisi Kuopio Pelaa-tapahtuma, jossa on retropeleistä indie-kehittäjiin ja paneelikeskusteluihin kaikkea tarjolla. Aika: 17.-18.10.2026 Paikka: Taidelukio Lumit, Kuopio Omalta osalta olen edustamassa Hopeakuulaa, meillä on 2020-luvun flipperi mukana tällä kertaa. Tulkaa morjestamaan jos liikutte sielläpäin. https://kuopiopelaa.fi/ #tapahtuma #tapahtumat #kuopio #kuopiopelaa #pelit #suomi

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  I posted about Pommac, the weird fruit soda originally from Sweden. Here's a local clone, Laitilan Le Pom. There's actually plenty of these clones, this being one of the better ones and it's cheap too. Again, it's hard to say what it tastes like other than generic, fresh undefined fruit. It's not candy-like sweet but it has sugar in it. #soda

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  Oh look, it's yet another take on Vanilla coke, this time called Holiday Creamy Vanilla from Sweden. This is not the standard vanilla Coke in a different colored can either. It smells very close to the vanilla version, but there's something added to it. It has this long, sweet aftertaste of what I assume is supposed to be the "creamy" part in addition to the vanilla taste. Odd. Goes to the category of not terrible, not especially noteworthy either. Just a slightly different v...

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  Inca Kola: The Golden Kola. The choice of golden shower professionals. No, wait. That wasn't the slogan. Anyway, I spotted Inca Kola in a 0.355l can, I think I tried this earlier this year because the candy-like taste is very distinct. Seems to taste about the same as from the glass bottle and I'm very fond of this stuff. One of the weirder takes on colas. #soda

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  Top Score had the distinct smell of coil wire lacquer. Had a hunch something got toasted bad. #pinball #pinrepair #techgore #retrotech

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  I've had pinball leg mounted drink holders since early 2000s, although those were pretty crude DIYs back when consumer 3D printing wasn't a thing. My very first take was just a piece of steel bent into a shape on L with holes for the leg bolts and then a ring big enough for a soda bottle welded onto that. As my collection grew, somewhere in early 2010s the Pingulp was released. Not that it was an unique idea even then, but it was a good product. I own around 30 of those. At that point I...

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  Opened a new brand spool of clear PETG and I'm tuning the settings to make it more clear. This one (Sunlu Clear) doesn't like to operate at its top rated temperatures but lower ones seem fine, except it can't take faster speeds. So cold and slow it is. 260 and 240 celcius examples. #3dprinting #filament

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  Some pieces were falling off Jackbot today. A slingshot star post ended its life. No worries, I have a boxful. #pinrepair

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  Apparently the weekend's trip still keeps on giving. My bank Nordea decided to block my card because it had "suspicious activity from abroad". Which was taxi charges from all the moving around we did in Belfast. It's such a shit system where they can just decide "LOL, no more card use for you!" and there's no way to unblock it myself. First I had to talk to a fucking piece of shit chat bot that jerked me around with the FAQ answer stuff until I finally got to tal...

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  @cpi@mastodon.social wow, early Sega pins!

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  Gracious deity of preference, As we gather here upon these baggage drop off points, we are reminded of the vastness and mystery of your creation. We come before you with heavy hearts, bidding farewell to APz's Eastpak Tranverz M suitcase in burgundy. We release them into your loving embrace and the eternal depths of baggage handling system. May the gentle swaying of the conveyer belts carry their spirit onward, bringing them closer to your divine presence. Grant them peace and rest, free f...

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  Street Fighter II (Gottlieb, 1992) and its car crush mini playfield. I think it also may have been one of the last ones, if not the last video game based theme on a pinball until Fallout this year. #pinball #streetfighter

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  Hopeakuulan 15v taipaleen johdosta Kouvolan Sanomat teki meistä jutun: https://www.kouvolansanomat.fi/paikalliset/9806028 #kouvola #suomi #lehtijutut

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  Lovely. This hotel seems to be some kind of a Faraday's cage and the mobile data barely works inside. They offer free WiFi, but you have to sign up for their bullshit mailing list for that. Not a problem, I have plenty of send me all your bullshit e-mail addresses just for that, but their signup form fails every time at the point where I try to post it. #rant

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  After the fun at Base Arcade's popup arcade, we went to a Boundary Taproom for some brewskies and more pinball, because there's no such thing as too much pinball. I finally got to play Stern's Pokemon. The quick first impression was that the playfield was rather simple and the graphics pretty plain. But then I got to grind it and damn, it's actually one of the better releases for a while. I can instantly see the playfield simplicity as a huge bonus for the new audience the theme...

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  We finally reached the Basearcade! #pinball #belfast