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Retro fan, some time hobby reverse engineer, author of CFR java decompiler and random other pointless rubbish. He. https://www.benf.org

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Social media post : The number of registered Al agents is also fake, there is no rate limiting on account creation, my @openclaw agent just registered 500,000 users on @moltbook - don't trust all the media hype

Social media post : The number of registered Al agents is also fake, there is no rate limiting on account creation, my @openclaw agent just registered 500,000 users on @moltbook - don't trust all the media hype

Arstechnica article : Meta acquires Moltbook, the Al agent social network

12h

Arstechnica article : Meta acquires Moltbook, the Al agent social network 12h

This is sane.

11.03.2026 07:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes I'm religious, I believe in the holy trinity.

10.03.2026 18:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Miracle max from the princess bride

Miracle max from the princess bride

Hang on this picture is familiar....

10.03.2026 18:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Snip from a letters page of YS:

There are no current plans to put DD3

onto the Spectrum.

We won't be having 14 games on the tape 'cos ELSPA (that's the European Leisure Software Producers' Association-a sort of cartel of software houses) don't like us giving away free software 'cas they say that people will buy less of their games and they'll have to sell their cars and Rolex watches. So we, (that's SU and YS - hurrah!) have

decided to

get together and

limit the amount of games

that we put on the tape. So overwhelmed by this action are ELSPA that they may even increase their advertising in both our magazines to bursting point. Then again, they may all become teapots and bat for England in fact their chairman often wears

a cricket sweater!

Snip from a letters page of YS: There are no current plans to put DD3 onto the Spectrum. We won't be having 14 games on the tape 'cos ELSPA (that's the European Leisure Software Producers' Association-a sort of cartel of software houses) don't like us giving away free software 'cas they say that people will buy less of their games and they'll have to sell their cars and Rolex watches. So we, (that's SU and YS - hurrah!) have decided to get together and limit the amount of games that we put on the tape. So overwhelmed by this action are ELSPA that they may even increase their advertising in both our magazines to bursting point. Then again, they may all become teapots and bat for England in fact their chairman often wears a cricket sweater!

Every now and then there's a fun article about covertapes, I missed the bit where ELSPA tried to calm it down :) ( referenced in kotaku.com/a-history-of... )

10.03.2026 13:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It was amazing the difference between Amstrad Action (my poison of choice) in the early days, (100++) and in the death throes (<50).

But honestly the magazine that really broke my heart for thinning down was Dr Dobbs.

10.03.2026 12:42 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ah Airwolf. I loved it as a kid, but I'm struggling trying to envisage the pitch meeting now.

WHAT DO THEY DO THIS EPISODE? THEY STOP THE BAD GUYS WITH HELICOPTER.

10.03.2026 11:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Switch 2 is proving most dissapointing. Almost nothing physical. Screw code-in-a-box.

08.03.2026 11:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Kurt van houten from the simpsons

Kurt van houten from the simpsons

06.03.2026 13:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Of course of course.

06.03.2026 05:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
β€˜We don’t know if the models are consciousβ€˜ β€” Anthropic’s CEO says he isn’t sure if Claude AI is conscious and I can't help thinking it's a marketing flex Anthropic’s CEO raises the question about Claude, and the timing is interesting.

β€˜We don’t know if the models are consciousβ€˜ β€” Anthropic’s CEO isn’t sure if Claude AI is conscious but he'd probably quite like it if you upgraded to Claude Max just to find out | TechRadar share.google/5g5pwFPamevs...

I can actually hear @edzitron.com shouting.

03.03.2026 13:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Now I need to know just what qualifies as a lewd game.

Bubble booble?

01.03.2026 21:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Kirsten Dunst - Turning Japanese
Kirsten Dunst - Turning Japanese YouTube video by Tysongreer

This is your 5 yearly reminder that Kirsten Dunst did a cover of Turning Japanese.

youtu.be/osORlQRbOMg?...

01.03.2026 16:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Rubbish, "don't speak" only came out a few weeks ago....

.....goddammit.....

28.02.2026 10:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe they just need a nap.

27.02.2026 19:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

On the bright side that means you have a fucking brilliant version of space harrier.

Half full.

27.02.2026 18:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ah, the sugababes of Theseus......

27.02.2026 17:42 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Really enjoyed this issue - great chat with Gary, loads of fun stuff about one of my all time favourite games.

FREEZE64 is a gem (no pun intended), keep it up!

27.02.2026 10:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Sickos meme, but with a squirrel

Sickos meme, but with a squirrel

(Forgive me, ai-gen)

27.02.2026 09:24 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well played.

26.02.2026 13:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's the attribute clash

26.02.2026 12:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Prototype was simply one of the most amazing games. Seriously. Until ps4 spiderman came out, there was nothing like it.

Oddly, prototype 2 was kind of arse.

24.02.2026 13:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
THE 2028 GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE CRISIS A Thought Exercise in Financial History, from the Future

www.citriniresearch.com/p/2028gic

This is genuinely one of the more scary takes I've read. (tl;dr Demand collapse due to AI layoffs)

Waiting for the @edzitron.com version :)

23.02.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bring back webrings

22.02.2026 18:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Publicity image from deus ex mankind divided

Publicity image from deus ex mankind divided

Adam smiles knowingly.....

21.02.2026 16:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of Richard Pryor looking confused.

Picture of Richard Pryor looking confused.

Chat gpt totally failing to get the instructions from superman 3

Chat gpt totally failing to get the instructions from superman 3

We're not there yet, metropolis is safe.

21.02.2026 13:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Miner 2049er for the atari 2600

Miner 2049er for the atari 2600

Ooh I wonder if anything in common with......

21.02.2026 07:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There were no matrix sequels. Thank goodness they didn't make any matrix sequels, they'd have sucked. There were no matrix sequels.

21.02.2026 04:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Scream on opening night and still not sure if it was a comedy half an hour in

21.02.2026 04:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
AMENDMENT FUNCTION SELECTED CIVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR AMENDMENT > CHANNEL HALF CENTS FROM ALL WEBSCOE SALARIES INTO ABOVE EXPENSES ACCOUNT OK

AMENDMENT FUNCTION SELECTED CIVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR AMENDMENT > CHANNEL HALF CENTS FROM ALL WEBSCOE SALARIES INTO ABOVE EXPENSES ACCOUNT OK

But then they go back to Superman 3 and see people vibe coding......

21.02.2026 04:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I can't tell if the insanely large amount of overwhelmingly ai-positive articles saying "programmers are toast, all ICs will just manage bot farms" is just because I've been depressively doom-reading them, if it's real, or if someone is spending money to make it seem real.

So depressing.

21.02.2026 03:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0