book excerpt. "...ASCII, pronounced 'ass-key'."
I mean can you figure out a better way to help people pronounce ASCII?
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book excerpt. "...ASCII, pronounced 'ass-key'."
I mean can you figure out a better way to help people pronounce ASCII?
atrus character in the computer game myst sitting in a stone room at a table with a rug draped over it. riding in a large book next to a lamp. that's what he's wearing a robe.
clear image of the man with a fake beard in front of a green screen here with the robe open slightly revealing a hard rock t-shirt underneath.
wearing a plain hard rock t-shirt as the most subtle myst cosplay only recognizable to fans who went through enough behind the scenes footage
archive.gamehistory.org/folder/22cf9...
Doom (1993)
Apple logo
Commodore 64 logo
ZX Spectrum logo
Amiga logo
Rainbows in computer logos 🌈
If you needed a reminder of why Windows sucks...
Over the last year, I made a shooter game in 64 KB
youtu.be/qht68vFaa1M
FromFB: 😂
Agentic operating.
"For intelligence activities, any handling of private information will comply with (...) the National Security Act of 1947 and the Foreign Intelligence and Surveillance Act of 1978, Executive Order 12333, (...)"
Make sure you delete your ChatGPT Account today: openai.com/index/our-ag...
Switzerland is also one of the most politically exclusive democracies.
New official data show that only ≈60% of all residents have political rights.
And given Switzerland’s low voter turnout, a small minority (roughly a quarter of all residents who vote regularly) ends up deciding for the majority
I ordered both 🙌
Good luck 🍀
A few iterations later, XML won't help you anymore, then you'll have to be a psychotherapist to interact with it successfully.
Pigeon waiting for more chestnut.
Bonus pigeon photo. I shared my chestnut with it on my way home.
View of the hall with the table and the sellers.
Games and Consoles (Game Boys, DSes) offered by a seller.
Special display case with rare, and expensive games.
The 12 games I bought today: - Alone in the Dark (PS1) - Colin McRae Rally 2005 Plus (PSP) - Crazy Taxy (DC) - Croc 2 (PS1) - Mario Party 4 (GC) - Mario Party 5 (GC) - Myst (PSP) - Rayman 3D (3DS) - Rayman 3 (GBA) - Rayman Advance (GBA) - Quake III Arena (DC) - Tony Hwak's Pro Skater 4 (GC)
Today I visited the Retro Videogame Börse in Baden AG. It turned out to be an expensive but interesting day.
retrovideogameboerse.ch
I think I'll continue to consume my condiments in the traditional way.
Things that have more memory than a ZX81:
- A goldfish
- A greeting card that plays music
- The part of your brain that remembers where you left your keys
And yet we wrote chess programs for it. Somehow.
Hmm... maybe I should do this, too 🤔 twice a year after summer/standard time change... I'm saving this post, I have to think about it.
Have you hovered your mouse over the buy button for 2.5 years and never even accidentally clicked on it?
My pre launch page for the Build A Boy is live on @crowdsupply.bsky.social crowdsupply.com/natalie-the-nerd/build-a-boy
The only kit that will turn your Lego kit into a real working Game Boy - no emulation
Sollte Anthropic bis 17:01 Uhr Freitagsnachmittag nicht einlenken, werde Hegseth "den Defense Production Act gegen Anthropic einsetzen und das Unternehmen zwingen, für das Pentagon tätig zu sein – ob es das will oder nicht." www.golem.de/news/ki-oder...
Windows 98 startup loading screen
What else did we need?
I'm running a Kickstarter for my new Python book on type hinting and type-checking tools 🐍
If you've been confused about type hints or want to finally understand how to use them properly, this book breaks it all down.
Check it out here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dr...
“Nothing humbles you like telling your OpenClaw ‘confirm before acting’ and watching it speedrun deleting your inbox,” Yue said. “I couldn’t stop it from my phone. I had to RUN to my Mac mini like I was defusing a bomb.”
And yes, she shared her experience with an out of control AI agent from Openclaw that can be empowered to perform certain tasks with little human supervision.
“I couldn’t stop it from my phone. I had to RUN to my Mac mini like I was defusing a bomb.”
www.404media.co/meta-directo...
A few days ago, a friend asked me to make a FB group for our friend circle planning a tea party.
I made the group and invited six people.
SIX PEOPLE. It's for a tea party, at someone's house.
... wait for it ... (AI slop post 1/ ?)
