Francesco Marini

Frodo: I wish so much unbelievably stupid shit had not happened in my time Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. This is all exceptionally stupid, though

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Well, here it’s both, piracy and creators. Still fscking crazy (and it’s also quite a high fee).

We’ve got the same thing in Italy. Fees go to siae, which is more or less the equivalent of the American mpaa/riaa.

Because, piracy (yeah, sure) 🙄🤬🖕🏻

Trump Administration Plans to Break Up NCAR - Eos The Trump administration is planning to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, one of the world’s leading climate and Earth science research laboratories, according to a statement fro...

Given all the insane things that the Trump regime has done, nothing should surprise us. But I’m still shocked and angry that they are going to dismantle NCAR.

EU unveils plan to dilute ban on sale of petrol and diesel cars New package would drop planned ban, requiring manufacturers to instead cut tailpipe emissions 90 per cent by 2035 while ramping up investment in clean technologies

The EU's new plan for the automotive industry seems to be 'you must sell a ton of EVs, but if some of you want to continue to mess around with a heritage technology that causes massive damage you can do that for another 20 years or so and see what happens'. www.businessgreen.com/news/4523371...

sometimes too much, with this I tend to agree.

But exempting smaller companies is not the way to solve the problem: the way is less burdensome application.

(Taxes are another problem: way too many differences depending on the Country the company is based in, but that’s a much bigger story)

I get the sentiment, but I don’t agree small companies should be exempt from those laws (GDPR in particular).
Don’t confuse the implementation with the spirit. The spirit of the GDPR (and yeah, cookies, also) is good and right. The burden on small companies (or indie developers) is indeed
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The Commodore 64 Ultimate lovingly recreates the best-selling personal computer of all time with smart modern tweaks and pixel-perfect 8-bit joy.

Our review: https://bit.ly/4aZHVgu

Lost acronym we should bring back: PEBKAC

The Commodore 64 Ultimate Is Here – A Brand New C64 in 2025 YouTube video by Dan Wood

The first Commodore 64 Ultimate video review?
#c64 #commodore @commodoreofficial.bsky.social
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Commodore 64 Ultimate YouTube video by Nostalgia Nerd

and the second..
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Yeah, I pay by card everywhere, even for a simple 1.2€ espresso, but it happened in the last few years I had to write a cheque. Not something I do daily, or even yearly.

A cup of mango, pomelo, sago, and taro bubble tea sits on a metal table, featuring a logo with a panda. The drink appears creamy with visible taro pearls at the bottom. In the background, there are blue chairs and a simple interior setting.

Not a bad way to spend 15 mins checking Mastodon and Bluesky while outside is raining (had to come near Chinatown, and suddenly felt the need for a boba 😁).
Mango, pomelo, sago, and taro. Not bad at all.

(Not sure though it qualifies as boba 🤔)

One tip to speed up your SwiftUI previews 🤩

I wanted to centralize constants like opacity, spacing, or sizes used by my View to speed up prototyping.

Stored properties: slow 🐌 as Xcode recompiles the file every time I tweak a value.

Computed properties: instant updates 🏎️

Done everything except AOL and waterbed (first one I don’t think was even available in Italy, second one never really been a thing here, also, terrible for the back 😅).
Still using record player, film camera, cursive, and check book (rarely).
Yep, definitely old 😅🤣

Tamiko demonstrates friend height

Looking inside the CM

Assembling the first Connection Machines in the mid 1980s

Artist and former Thinking Machines Product Designer Tamiko Thiel visited icm.museum to see the new Large Systems gallery which features the Connection Machine. Tamiko demonstrates the CM-2's "friend height" a suggestion that Danny Hillis wanted to realize.

#supercomputing #hpc #vintagecomputing

Commodore 64 Ultimate Review: 21st Century Computing from a 1982 perspective I hope I look this good in 30 years time.

First review of the Commodore 64 Ultimate is in.

The Commodore 64 Ultimate is the C64 remake enthusiasts deserve, and I’m bracing for a huge microcomputer revival Commodore 64 Ultimate review

Huge thank you to @gamesradarplus.bsky.social for doing such a beautiful in-depth review about the Commodore 64 Ultimate!

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Keeping Up With the Commodore: A Hands-On Review of the Commodore 64 Ultimate Does the Commodore 64 Ultimate mark the triumphant return of Jack Tramiel's "computers for the masses" or a nostalgia-grab? Let's find out.

Does the Commodore 64 Ultimate mark the triumphant return of Jack Tramiel's "computers for the masses" or a nostalgia grab? Find out in Hackster Pro Partner Gareth Halfacree's hands-on review!

Keeping Up With the Commodore: A Hands-On Review of the Commodore 64 Ultimate Does the Commodore 64 Ultimate mark the triumphant return of Jack Tramiel's "computers for the masses" or a nostalgia-grab? Let's find out.

"If you're a Commodore fan, the Commodore 64 Ultimate will deliver. If this is what the reborn Commodore has to offer as its first commercial product, I can't wait to see what's next"

Check out glowing review from our friends at Hackster!!

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Getting closer and closer to a Kessler event.

The irony of Space Karen ultimately being the one responsible isn’t lost on me, though I would greatly prefer the KE not to happen, all Starlink satellites to be destroyed, and the sky to go back to professional and amateur astronomers.

Dye’s replacement at Apple is longtime Apple designer Stephen Lemay. I’ve never met Lemay (or at least can’t recall meeting him), and prior to today never heard much about him. But that’s typical for Apple employees. Part of the job working for Apple is remaining under the radar and out of the public eye. What I’ve learned today is that Lemay, very much unlike Dye, is a career interface/interaction designer. Sources I’ve spoken to who’ve worked with Lemay at Apple speak highly of him, particularly his attention to detail and craftsmanship. Those things have been sorely lacking in the Dye era. Not everyone loves everything Lemay has worked on, but nobody bats 1.000 and designers love to critique each other’s work. I’ve chatted with people with criticisms of specific things Lemay has worked on or led at Apple (e.g. aspects of iPadOS multitasking that struck many of us as deliberately limiting, rather than empowering), but everyone I’ve spoken to is happy — if not downright giddy — at the news that Lemay is replacing Dye. Lemay is well-liked personally and deeply respected talent-wise. Said one source, in a position to know the choices, “I don’t think there was a better choice than Lemay.” The sentiment within the ranks at Apple is that today’s news is almost too good to be true. People had given up hope that Dye would ever get squeezed out, and no one expected that he’d just up and leave on his own. (If you care about design, there’s nowhere to go but down after leaving Apple. What people overlooked is the obvious: Alan Dye doesn’t actually care about design.)

Don't do that… don't give me hope… 🥺

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to commemorate alan dye moving from apple to meta, here's one of his best quotes

I was in the C64 camp, but, yeah, absolutely 😁

A vector graphics workstation from the 70s - jaeblog A bit of history and a repair of a Tektronix 4051 graphical computer from 1975. What was this computer's place in history, what was it used for and what parts exploded when turning it on.

A vector graphics workstation from the 70s

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#RetroComputing

We're Shipping! The Commodore 64 Beige and Ultimate editions are getting ready to go!! #Commodore64U

For more updates make sure to head to commodore.net

First game I got for the C64. Spent hours trying to pass through Mirkwood and being invariably killed by the spiders, until I found the double wait trick (can remember where, probably on a magazine). Loved that game.

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