I spent 4 months trying to answer a simple question: has this book been translated into my language?
Turns out no one tracks this. Not ISBN registries. Not Amazon. Not Google. Not libraries.
So I built a tool that crosses four databases to piece it together.
zenodot.app
One of my favourite sides of politics/media.
The way that the original PCjr release of King's Quest (1984) draws and then 'paints in' each scene element in the same way that golf games and graphic text adventures often do due to technical limitations is very pleasing to watch.
The birthright citizenship IS an easy case. That’s the point. That’s the flex. “No matter what rights you think you have, no matter how universally acknowledged you think they are, no matter how central to American values those rights are, WE decide whether or not you have those rights”……
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There are two different Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade NES games; one published by Taito, the other by UbiSoft.
(Doesn't help that their boxes look so similar!)
@darklordzagato.bsky.social has mapped both of them!
See them on VGMaps.com:
vgmaps.com/Atlas/NES/in...
vgmaps.com/Atlas/NES/in...
Oh hey, this sounds familiar encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/t...
I actually got warned off using the word "fascism" multiple times when writing the press copy for the game we're announcing in a few weeks, too!
I ended up leaning in harder instead, to avoid any confusion
Funding machines resist self-critique, the only way to avoid it is self-funding smaller art
Yeah, that line stuck out to me, too. Like... right there, the paper is editorializing and framing this as if trans people aren't actually a thing. Just people who "identify as transgender."
TY for including a full loop of the music! The Famicom sound chip is just slightly different enough that it sounds familiar yet alien :D
When you put it like this, a $75 million bribe to Melania and gutting the Washington Post seems like a small price to pay.
clarissa explained how making your own computer games at home to show your friends and family, that are clearly not intended for a commercial purposes or a wider audience, is cool af and her explanation stayed with me youtu.be/R76_fjU59Dk?...
Something about the Commodore64 sound chip just tickles my brain (probably nostalgia, if I'm being brutally honest).
The music just sounds so GOOD to me!
1981 Williams Hyperball ⚡️ arcade game (it’s not exactly a pinball machine).
5,000 units produced. Designed by Steve Ritchie with art by Seamus McLaughlin.
As seen at Past Times Arcade in Girard, Ohio.
Continued…
#pinball #arcade #1980s #hyperball #classicarcade
YES, this thread puts into words a lot of the reasons I think I haven't gelled with AI coding, but couldn't articulate. I especially like
Friction sometimes helps me realize the idea is actually bad
Often I'll create some interface/API/etc, start using it, and go "...huh, *this sucks* to use."
Bookmarking this video for the next time someone claims that science communication can’t be engaging unless it’s about an inherently exciting topic or made personally relevant to people’s lives
a chart depicting roblox making every last dollar on the planet
[intense guttural screaming]
This is exactly the kind of thing the internet / social media is for.
The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
consistently launching 3 zip disks per second thousands of miles
The CBC made this clever & cute video that uses kids to explain the rules of curling:
I'm excited to release Just the Browser! It helps you remove AI features, ads, shopping integrations, and other annoyances from desktop web browsers.
This project includes configuration files, a simple setup script, and guides for manual installation. It supports Chrome, Firefox, and MS Edge.
It's everywhere, man
youtu.be/mEVl0NS0vu8
(via @metafilter.bsky.social)
(Also the filmmakers say no "AI" was actually used in the short)
One of my favorite old-school tables, was in the restaurant my mom worked at.
Satisfying left-right alternating ramps, very clear call-to-action (pick up 5 passengers) & mechanism when figuring out the pinball table's goals could often only be done by reading the tiny paragraph at the bottom-left
The No ICE in Minnesota bundle has launched, raising funds for the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. Over 1400 items for $10.00!
itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
this is incredibly frustrating. By framing this as a policy demand Dems are aiding a disinformation campaign that is intended to confuse the public about what is constitutionally required.
why we stop making computers look fresh
Yeah I’m looking for my dog (girlfriend who has a restraining order against me and she has a dog) and here’s the picture of the dog (she walks this dog and I can use it to figure out her schedule) thanks for sending all footage my way
Someone on reddit said the Sonic 1 title screen was off center
I couldn't believe it, so I checked on my own copy of the game, and IT ACTUALLY IS OFF CENTER
Even without counting the overscan, which would be hidden on a CRT, it still is off center by like ~2cm on my screen
I CAN'T UNSEE THIS NOW
D:
