06.03.2026 20:43
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One of the most overlooked aspects of 1984 is the framing of controlled opposition in the dynamic between Emmanuel Goldstein and Big Brother, two symbols created by a bureaucracy to maintain the status quo.
Have you guys tried The Stuff yet?
The US FTC must be on a Fentanyl drip. *shake-head*
Absolutely nothing of consequence has happened to absolutely anyone with any modicum of power, in my lifetime.
If ever I feel the desire to study the effects of overinflated self importance, I just head over to LinkedIn and read the blogs of self proclaimed leadership experts.
![POLICE - Shambelle [1981 Invisible Sun]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3527ze5barfkjpqerb5gtgy3/bafkreibxbfybzsebqdqwgnz74l6f3is4cmhrbdwzi6uoo2qth3a44w35u4@jpeg)
The Police. "Shambelle" ... An awesome Andy Summers showcase B-side from the Ghost in the Machine sessions. youtu.be/iSpTa27esN8?...
With regards to the proposed age verification laws in the US, It must be understood that our lawmakers are operating several steps ahead of us. They have already mapped out the iterative process by which this will be imposed upon us, whether we want it or not. It must be stopped. Not another inch.
@celgen.org Can the Apricot Xi be made to boot directly from the Winchester, or does it always need to be chained from a boot floppy? (I've been futzing with msd, winformat, etc.)
To my British #ApricotPC friends Does anyone remember if you could boot off the Winchester on an Apricot PCxi? I can write system to the disk, but it refuses to boot from it.
Reality really is like a bad WWE wrestling match, all the time now.
12 years later, still a brilliant take on how commercial art evolves in the long haul. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i2l... :)
I still think "Trebuchet" is a missed branding opportunity for a postal service.
youtu.be/Q0ZcIFMdhxo would be funny to set up a telnet-based chat server
Reality keeps getting worse
...it's 1983 in Japan, an industrial designer has to design a radio, a CD player, a boom box, and an MSX computer by the end of the day...
heat conduction is a massive problem outside of our atmosphere, and this is going to be solved like every other problem that has to be solved by next quarter: badly, and with as little money and effort as humanly possible.
I've been writing my articles for @computesgazette using my #ATARI8bit and my PC, using FujiNet to smoothly bridge my workflow, getting distraction free writing, and capability when I need it.
a short video: youtu.be/imU9XqCPdlQ
#retrocomputing
Writing March 2026 @Computesgazette for the FujiNet report. This one covers the Battleship game server.
moved from #Atari8bit AtariWriter to SpeedScript (was published in Compute! in 1985) as it's smaller and faster.
#FujiNet made moving across network easy!
#retrocomputing
Right now, I think the most effective form of protest in the USA is to gather data, and keep sending it to our elected representatives, on everything from water pollution to the effects of low frequency sound pollution from our largest data centers, and keep doing it. tenaciously
Yup. CR78. Know that very well. I had to fashion a programming controller for one (you program it in a very peculiar serial fashion). Also available in a non programmable model. The CR68. :)
The ruling class figured out that if you make it so that people are too tired, distracted, or indifferent to reading books, you don't have to burn them.
Meanwhile a batch of government grade 5.25" floppies came in. Always nice to get these. Solid media, nice big labels, all standardized.
#retrocomputing
"monkeybutton" word with polymorphic context. Meaning: When you or an AI become sufficiently frustrated and stuck in a given state so as to just start randomly pushing all the buttons to produce any sort of result.
By _WHOM?_ everyone is broke!
