Nostr notes by xot

Yeah, you'd better grab a taco. "The Movement Physics of ...

2026-10-30T20:45:41Z

Yeah, you'd better grab a taco.

"The Movement Physics of Super Mario Bros"
Behind the Code

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtYJhy01jNI

RE: https://mastodon.social/@moshboy/117404955028140450 I miss ...

2026-10-19T12:43:01Z

RE: https://mastodon.social/@moshboy/117404955028140450

I miss making websites like this.

Oooo, AppleTini.

2026-10-18T12:37:59Z

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Oooo, AppleTini.

This is amazing!

2026-10-15T03:46:38Z

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This is amazing!

My first half-assed attempt didn't work so well. I'll try ...

2026-10-12T20:46:46Z

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My first half-assed attempt didn't work so well. I'll try again, but I've also gathered more 60 Hz references (one of which immediately revealed an error in my envelope period handling).

In addition, I used your YM2FYM tool to convert this very familiar track I spent a lot of time listening to coming out of a '13, so thanks for that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ADL_PIENgs

I'm sure it will see a lot more use.

IoT finally justified. Awesome. "AI models may be capable of ...

2026-10-12T20:03:57Z

IoT finally justified. Awesome.

"AI models may be capable of self-replicating without access to a datacenter"

https://www.anthropic.com/research/self-replicating-ai

Thanks for the info. Now my challenge is making my emulator ...

2026-10-11T21:17:11Z

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Thanks for the info. Now my challenge is making my emulator appear to be running at 50 Hz.

@npub1462…e8ux Question for you: Are the videos on the French ...

2026-10-11T11:54:05Z

fenarinarsa :pokeball: (npub1462…e8ux) Question for you: Are the videos on the French Touch YouTube channel recorded from real hardware? I'm looking for reference audio to compare my Mockingboard emulation to.

"6 questions for believers in AI consciousness! — a ...

2026-10-10T13:14:52Z

"6 questions for believers in AI consciousness! —
a ‘choose your own adventure’ philosophical resource..."

by Rebecca Lowe

https://endsdontjustifythemeans.com/p/6-questions-for-believers-in-ai-consciousness

Love this dude. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LsY3FHxBVgw

2026-10-06T05:34:08Z

Love this dude.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LsY3FHxBVgw

"Bitwise Black Magic: How to Computer, Better Faster ...

2026-10-04T13:47:44Z

"Bitwise Black Magic: How to Computer, Better Faster Stronger"
presented by Greg L
Roguelike Celebration 2006

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj3xA28N60I

Time for some mischief. This very rare Apple Mega II ASIC will ...

2026-10-03T12:34:14Z

Time for some mischief. This very rare Apple Mega II ASIC will sacrifice itself upon the Altar of Knowledge, Acid, and Photomicrography.

My one AI nightmare: "Trump spent hours asking Grok questions ...

2026-10-03T12:12:47Z

My one AI nightmare:

"Trump spent hours asking Grok questions about his presidency and legacy. He asked Grok how Venezuelans would react if the U.S. captured Maduro. Trump ordered the mission to seize Maduro ... [and] came away thinking Grok was ingenious."

We're cooked.

https://time.com/article/2026/10/01/donald-trump-2026-interview/

The headline makes you think they are trying to fix things but ...

2026-09-25T00:13:08Z

The headline makes you think they are trying to fix things but this quote from Reece Denzel says something else: "the actual way that we do credits and credit verifications has not changed"

Friends have struggled to get credited on MobyGames forever.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/righting-old-wrongs-mobygames-on-letting-developers-claim-games-they-werent-credited-for

The Return of the Utah Teapot - SIGGRAPH 2026 Celebrating the ...

2026-09-24T23:46:07Z

The Return of the Utah Teapot - SIGGRAPH 2026

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Utah Teapot at SIGGRAPH 2026 with Martin Newell and Jim Blinn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-23LgrFcvs

DENIS KITCHEN: Three Comics Collections — Three ...

2026-09-19T18:34:09Z

DENIS KITCHEN: Three Comics Collections — Three risograph-printed issues collecting underground cartoonist Denis Kitchen's comics from the 1960s through today.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jtyost/denis-kitchen-three-comics-collections

South African Minister Tells Film Summit It Has a Double Standard ...

2026-09-19T17:42:44Z

South African Minister Tells Film Summit It Has a Double Standard on Piracy

"When dealing with ... censorship, piracy is put in a different light, apparently with filmmakers praising it. However, when poor people pirate, they face legal issues ... " — TorrentFreak

https://torrentfreak.com/south-african-minister-tells-film-summit-it-has-a-double-standard-on-piracy/

An Archive of Colour Gradients: For cartography, technical ...

2026-09-17T12:50:34Z

An Archive of Colour Gradients: For cartography, technical illustration, and design.

https://phillips.shef.ac.uk/pub/cpt-city/

"Your Honor, driving over the speed limit was the only way my ...

2026-09-14T15:45:55Z

"Your Honor, driving over the speed limit was the only way my client could get to work on time. It is only fair to allow it."

https://torrentfreak.com/rightsholders-cant-use-openai-and-anthropic-to-dismantle-metas-seeding-defense/

There is no way we're gonna have enough hot dog suits to go ...

2026-09-14T00:53:44Z

There is no way we're gonna have enough hot dog suits to go around.

"Anthropic CEO warns of AI-driven botnet 'swarm' taking over the entire internet — 'In 6–12 months such a swarm could be capable of taking over the entire internet with a persistent botnet'"

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-ceo-warns-of-ai-driven-botnet-swarm-taking-over-the-entire-internet-in-6-12-months-such-a-swarm-could-be-capable-of-taking-over-the-entire-internet-with-a-persistent-botnet

Wonderful! I am seeking a donor chip. They are somewhat ...

2026-09-08T08:16:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…640p
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Wonderful! I am seeking a donor chip. They are somewhat unobtainium, but we have a passionate community.

"John Margolies’ Photographs of Roadside America" The ...

2026-09-08T00:54:00Z

"John Margolies’ Photographs of Roadside America"
The Public Domain Review

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/john-margolies-photographs-of-roadside-america/

@npub1cwd…4d06 You were featured in a GloriousCow post about ...

2026-09-07T22:30:33Z

DJ🌞[arbejdsløs] :donor: (npub1cwd…4d06) You were featured in a GloriousCow post about the NEC V20. I've been struggling with the ROM of the Apple IIGS Mega II ASIC. It's been decapped and photographed, but apparently it needed some special processing to make structures more apparent. Do you have any insight from looking at this? And if it could be done better, are you up for a commission?

https://archive.org/details/344S0047AApple8652Die280nmpp

I've thought about this little CGI film by Chris Landreth ...

2026-09-05T00:30:19Z

I've thought about this little CGI film by Chris Landreth several times a year, every year since 1998. I got it on a Maya promo CD from the Alias|Wavefront or SGI booth at SIGGRAPH. It felt very special. If you ever hear me mutter "Bingo the Clowno", this is why.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aEC9eQQurk

For the past day or so, ACM SIGGRAPH has been posting loads of ...

2026-09-04T08:32:00Z

For the past day or so, ACM SIGGRAPH has been posting loads of historic CGI videos.

https://www.youtube.com/@ACMSIGGRAPH/videos

Harry Clarke — Illustration for Edgar Allan Poe's “A ...

2026-09-03T21:52:42Z

Harry Clarke — Illustration for Edgar Allan Poe's “A Descent into the Maelström” (1919)

Loren Carpenter's "Vol Libre" demonstrated fractal ...

2026-09-03T21:15:25Z

Loren Carpenter's "Vol Libre" demonstrated fractal terrain to almost everyone for the first time. Loren went on to animate the Genesis sequence for Star Trek II, and then joined Lucasfilm Games to create real-time 3D fractal terrain on an 8-bit CPU for Rescue on Fractalus, Eidolon, and Koronis Rift.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwP6c0LJc8s

David Blair is the video feedback GOAT. This is a detailed look ...

2026-09-03T16:45:13Z

David Blair is the video feedback GOAT. This is a detailed look at what he does, how he does it, and the mind-blowing visuals he creates in real time.

"4K Analog Video Feedback Fractal Organ Complete! 4K Fractals Without a Computer VERSION 2"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1z3oM6h8uM

Very early 1979 animation of what we would come to know as ...

2026-09-03T16:37:36Z

Very early 1979 animation of what we would come to know as "metaballs" by Jim Blinn, who first formally described "algebraic surface" drawing in a 1982 paper.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTijRS_sUlg

"A Generalization of Algebraic Surface Drawing"
PDF: https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/357306.357310

The Shrinking Landscape of Linguistic Diversity in the Age of ...

2026-09-03T01:35:57Z

The Shrinking Landscape of Linguistic Diversity in the Age of Large Language Models

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-026-02550-0

PDF: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.11266

Bad Bunny Wins Key Ruling in Massive Reggaeton Lawsuit In a rare ...

2026-09-02T22:10:44Z

Bad Bunny Wins Key Ruling in Massive Reggaeton Lawsuit

In a rare move reversing his own decision, a judge says he discovered a major flaw in a lawsuit that accuses hundreds of reggaeton songs of infringement.

https://www.billboard.com/pro/bad-bunny-wins-court-ruling-reggaeton-lawsuit/

Reverse Engineering Unknown File Formats with ImHex An ...

2026-09-02T21:42:15Z

Reverse Engineering Unknown File Formats with ImHex

An Introduction to File Formats and ImHex by Reverse Engineering FEZ's Save File Format

https://werwolv.net/posts/file_format_reverse_engineering/

Amazing.

2026-09-02T19:57:36Z

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Amazing.

His port of OutRun to Amiga is equally impressive.

2026-09-01T01:59:12Z

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His port of OutRun to Amiga is equally impressive.

More and more, my beefs with AI swirl around the human costs to ...

2026-08-31T16:11:33Z

More and more, my beefs with AI swirl around the human costs to those who use it: how it breaks brains, destroys context, and defers responsibility.

https://martiansoftware.com/articles/ai-written-code-is-still-yours

reassembler68k has been hard at work porting Sonic the Hedgehog ...

2026-08-31T14:28:44Z

reassembler68k has been hard at work porting Sonic the Hedgehog to the Amiga and posting videos of his progress. It's hard work! So many tricks! Anyhow, there is a one-level demo to try in your favorite emulator or on a real A1200.

Sonic the Hedgehog Amiga Demo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3htbBw-zlg

Pretty neat! Would have liked to hear more about getting ...

2026-08-27T20:14:08Z

Pretty neat! Would have liked to hear more about getting RenderDoc to launch recalcitrant games.

"How is this frame of Animal Well rendered?"
FibbWare

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtaleVLNws8

"This article outlines a derivation for a simple way to cast ...

2026-08-27T19:29:26Z

"This article outlines a derivation for a simple way to cast a ray in world space through a mouse position on the screen, allowing for mouse picking, shooting gameplay, etc."

by Kevin Moran

https://kevinmoran.github.io/posts/mouse_raycasting_derivation.html

"This site contains the original illustrations and text from ...

2026-08-27T19:09:53Z

"This site contains the original illustrations and text from the 21st edition of [Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements by Henry T. Brow], published in 1908. It also includes animated versions of the illustrations and occasional notes by the webmaster."

https://507movements.com/

Incredible playlist of Cliff Stole on Numberphile: ...

2026-08-27T05:19:13Z

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Incredible playlist of Cliff Stole on Numberphile:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWJeBhzCJ_JXdaIXi_YJl7Bh

Forty years after he stumbled upon a tiny accounting error that ...

2026-08-26T22:41:39Z

Forty years after he stumbled upon a tiny accounting error that became a big deal, Cliff Stoll recounts events in his chronicle _The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage_.

What a lovable freak.

DefCon 34 - Stalking the Wily Hacker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=656058JxTM0

Nostr event nevent1qqsrm7k83jp6j3llvyaf6wpg03x3xm6zuj5zted7hdp3kkl62pveaegzyqvds47zp25me0dwlwulvpl2dc8nu74s488ztlumz35lsuh4d6ekyvkjmz3

2026-08-25T19:52:38Z

Damn. We lost a real one. RIP Queen.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@NoSoloBot/117125008913542819 ...

2026-08-20T00:57:06Z

RE: https://mastodon.social/@NoSoloBot/117125008913542819

Absolute banger.

quoting
note1gpy…ayff

Wonder Boy in Monster World

🏢 Escape, Westone
📅 1991
🖥 Linux, Mac, Master System, Mega Drive, PS3, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, Wii, Windows

It's hard to overstate how exciting Dark Castle was on the ...

2026-08-19T14:16:15Z

It's hard to overstate how exciting Dark Castle was on the Mac. Beautiful, innovative, and moreish despite being occasionally infuriating.

"The Story of Dark Castle"
Classic Mac Gaming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_j64eA-mcQ

"Why French games have always been way ahead of their ...

2026-08-18T15:35:15Z

"Why French games have always been way ahead of their time"
Simone de Rochefort for Polygon

https://www.polygon.com/video/why-french-games-have-always-been-way-ahead-of-their-time/

Nobody asked you, Copilot! ...

2026-08-18T15:06:50Z

Nobody asked you, Copilot!

"The Last Surviving Stop-Motion Puppet from a Special Effects ...

2026-08-18T15:00:34Z

"The Last Surviving Stop-Motion Puppet from a Special Effects Masterpiece"
Adam Savage's Tested

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkCexcZTWQg

Neat! The Legend of Zelda: Z for 2 - Two Player Simultaneous ...

2026-08-18T06:42:45Z

Neat!

The Legend of Zelda: Z for 2 - Two Player Simultaneous Co-Op

"Player 2 takes on the role of Link’s Shadow. Either player can pick up and use any item, and each player can select their active item independently of the other. Players share resources and health."

https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/9882/

Look, YouTube Shorts are the worst ... BUT for the last month or ...

2026-08-17T21:32:52Z

Look, YouTube Shorts are the worst ... BUT for the last month or so, Wyatt Cheng has been dropping some dope game design science.

https://www.youtube.com/@candlesan/shorts

You're next, reactors. 😬 "Court Rejects Fair Use ...

2026-08-14T16:39:10Z

You're next, reactors. 😬

"Court Rejects Fair Use Claim, Orders YouTube to Unmask Anime Recap Channels"

TorrentFreak

https://torrentfreak.com/court-rejects-fair-use-claim-orders-youtube-to-unmask-anime-recap-channels/

"226 Ansel Adams Photographs of Great American National Parks ...

2026-08-14T01:01:04Z

"226 Ansel Adams Photographs of Great American National Parks Are Now Online"
Open Culture

https://www.openculture.com/2026/08/ansel-adams-photographs-of-great-american-national-parks.html

His Holiness, Pixelated Pope: "NEW VIDEO: #GameMaker Anatomy: ...

2026-08-13T16:19:49Z

His Holiness, Pixelated Pope:

"NEW VIDEO: #GameMaker Anatomy: Room Start Sucks (and how to fix it)

"An overly complicated exploration of a simple problem."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJihwErlLNo

Tricky! "C64 Demo Effects Explained: Rodents in the ...

2026-08-13T16:09:23Z

Tricky!

"C64 Demo Effects Explained: Rodents in the Attic"
by lftkryo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ1atMUOUMU

Thank you for all your hard work getting the videos ready so ...

2026-08-13T00:32:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…av7t
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Thank you for all your hard work getting the videos ready so quickly. Thank you for being part of our little community and helping with KFest in other ways. You're an absolute gem. ♥️

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/117082973986615429 Just let me ...

2026-08-12T15:57:13Z

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/117082973986615429

Just let me control the aperture and shutter speed FFS!
nostr:note19z65pe2lw2tqck6p0tmys0duhtw5au6jt600wffayn7au2pykwjqw6mq2h

RE: https://mastodon.social/@GIbiz/117070661662827083 Return to ...

2026-08-10T17:46:04Z

RE: https://mastodon.social/@GIbiz/117070661662827083

Return to pre-ER pricing and I'll buy every Souls game you got.

quoting
note14us…rmrd

Bandai Namco reported record first-quarter results overall

However, its Digital segment, which includes gaming, experienced significant declines due to fewer title releases compared to the same period last year

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/bandai-namco-achieves-record-q1-sales-but-digital-segment-operating-profit-drops-309

RE: https://mastodon.social/@a2_4am/117069078861022750 I love ...

2026-08-10T17:40:10Z

RE: https://mastodon.social/@a2_4am/117069078861022750

I love this so much! These are all bangers, and fitting 8 of them on a single floppy would have been utterly inconceivable in their time. Add to that screensavers and self-running demos? It's just crazy.

quoting
note1xlx…k804

Mini Replay v1.1 is out. It features 8 Apple II games on a single floppy disk, complete with game help, loading progress bars, and selectable "infinite lives" hacks. All games are fully playable with only a keyboard.

Mini Replay runs on any 48K Apple II. 64K machines also get a bonus screensaver mode that cycles through self-running demos of each game.

v1.1 fixes a crash in Spy Hunter reported by [@_the_cloud](https://mastodon.social/@_the_cloud )

https://archive.org/details/MiniReplay

#AppleII #retrocomputing

This is so upsetting. I never saw anything like this in the late ...

2026-08-09T01:52:29Z

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This is so upsetting. I never saw anything like this in the late 80s.

Great little segment in this Corridor Crew video about Robert ...

2026-08-09T00:43:47Z

Great little segment in this Corridor Crew video about Robert Abel & Associates, true motion graphics pioneers, between 1975 and 1987.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-Scrww-DjU&t=459s

RE: https://mastodon.online/@globalmuseum/117061584677170380 ...

2026-08-08T21:56:34Z

RE: https://mastodon.online/@globalmuseum/117061584677170380

I'm surprised there's nothing in there about Indy's 15-year-old girlfriend. I thought they loved that stuff.

quoting
note1jl4…5w8e

Historian sounds alarm on Smithsonian's shifting priorities after recent visit.
The scholars behind a Smithsonian exhibition targeted by the Trump administration have built their careers around the same race, gender, sexuality and social-justice themes now fueling accusations of ideological bias at the museum, a Fox News Digital review found
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-smithsonian-clash-exposes-striking-pattern-among-museum-curators #globalmuseum #museums

@npub1nhq…n6g8 I heard a rumor that you're responsible for ...

2026-08-08T20:55:37Z

Ron's Computer Videos🖥️📼 (npub1nhq…n6g8) I heard a rumor that you're responsible for editing the KansasFest 2026 talks for YouTube. Is that right?

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/117049825818197217 Chapter 11? ...

2026-08-06T19:26:51Z

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/117049825818197217

Chapter 11?

quoting
note17hq…gan5

Suno shares plans to combat spammy AI music https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/976289/suno-ai-music-spam-watermark

"What Colors Are We? Constructing A Good Enough Color Space ...

2026-08-06T19:17:18Z

"What Colors Are We? Constructing A Good Enough Color Space For Skin Tones"
ToneyAlexander

https://toneyalexander.github.io/inclusive-color-space/

Rebecca Heineman's source code disks for Apple II, Apple ...

2026-08-01T14:18:02Z

Rebecca Heineman's source code disks for Apple II, Apple IIGS, and C64 versions of "Tass Times in Tonetown" were recently imaged at KansasFest 2026 and are now archived. Burger Becky was an incredible and beloved engineer and raconteur whom we sadly lost last year.

https://archive.org/details/tass-times-in-tone-town-source-code

Funner '74 trick: If both Set and Reset are Low then both ...

2026-07-15T02:39:30Z

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Funner '74 trick: If both Set and Reset are Low then both Outputs will be High for twice as many Heisenbugs.

Two white whales! Thank you, Dan! ...

2026-07-11T00:58:25Z

Two white whales! Thank you, Dan!

"Unfortunately, You Need to Know What the Jevons Paradox ...

2026-07-09T16:45:48Z

"Unfortunately, You Need to Know What the Jevons Paradox is"
Hank Green

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6sYYrLTOjQ

Google starting some shit. ...

2026-07-03T13:56:11Z

Google starting some shit.

RE: https://freeradical.zone/@bitartbot/116853702217657324 Vim ...

2026-07-03T04:11:41Z

RE: https://freeradical.zone/@bitartbot/116853702217657324

Vim

quoting
note16l2…9ep9

f(x,y) = ((~((14 / x) + (4 & y))) / ((~(6 - y)) - (-(3 % x)))) % 9

Extent: 256x256 (scaled x2)

"Onebit" colouring scheme.

"The real horror of ‘Alien’ and how it explains why ...

2026-06-19T22:28:06Z

"The real horror of ‘Alien’ and how it explains why we’re not paid enough"
NPR

https://www.npr.org/2026/06/19/nx-s1-5863604/alien-monopsony-wages-inequality

"We have Amiga at home." Amiga at home: ...

2026-06-18T20:39:29Z

"We have Amiga at home."

Amiga at home:

Boom, roasted. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO9iRDPXvT4

2026-06-18T19:44:45Z

Boom, roasted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO9iRDPXvT4

Anonymous speech is free speech. This is completely fucked. ...

2026-06-10T14:30:54Z

Anonymous speech is free speech. This is completely fucked.

"The FCC wants to legally force telecoms to collect new and renewing customers' government issued identity number and physical address, impacting everyone from the privacy-conscious to domestic abuse survivors. 'We never thought that would happen here.'"
404 Media

https://www.404media.co/fcc-wants-to-kill-burner-phones-by-forcing-telecoms-to-get-all-customers-ids/

It was almost certainly blown away in a Cavorite mishap.

2026-06-09T23:28:35Z

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It was almost certainly blown away in a Cavorite mishap.

"RetroPad is a ‘full-feature-parity version of Notepad from ...

2026-06-08T10:01:32Z

"RetroPad is a ‘full-feature-parity version of Notepad from XP’ in just 2,749 bytes — x86 assembly coded apps comes from Windows legend Dave W Plummer"
Tom's Hardware

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/retropad-is-a-full-feature-parity-version-of-notepad-from-xp-in-just-2-749-bytes-x86-assembly-coded-apps-comes-from-windows-legend-dave-w-plummer

The problem was trying to log in. Just stop.

2026-06-07T09:35:52Z

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The problem was trying to log in. Just stop.

YES! I had the same one in high school and LOVED IT! Programming ...

2026-06-05T06:16:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…uwde
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YES! I had the same one in high school and LOVED IT! Programming it was a lot of fun. The bitwise stuff is a little inconvenient but still very nice. I like that the CM-100 makes bitwise ops the primary interface.

"Timnit Gebru was fired from Google in December 2020 for ...

2026-06-05T06:07:54Z

"Timnit Gebru was fired from Google in December 2020 for refusing to retract a research paper, and every single warning that paper made about large language models has now happened at a scale the industry spent 4 years trying to make people forget about."

https://www.tumblr.com/dreaminginthedeepsouth/817865966907228160/darren-oconnor-timnit-gebru-was-fired-from

I always wanted one, but they were out of reach. My 15C was neat, ...

2026-06-04T23:34:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…5ede
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I always wanted one, but they were out of reach. My 15C was neat, but I lusted for a 16C. I accepted the Casio CM-100 "Computer Math" as a compromise. It's a little hard to find but a lot cheaper. It has very good bitwise functions, and I love this era of Casio design.

How silly of me. Thank you.

2026-06-04T23:20:09Z

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How silly of me. Thank you.

8080 walked so that x86 could fall on its face.

2026-06-04T23:17:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…udj3
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8080 walked so that x86 could fall on its face.

The HP 16C is back, baby! The price isn't insane either. I ...

2026-06-04T14:59:28Z

The HP 16C is back, baby! The price isn't insane either. I really WANT one, but I do not NEED one. The JRPN 16C app is not a bad way to scratch the itch.

https://hpcalcs.com/product/hp-16c-collectors-edition/

I didn't have an Amiga, but I was enraptured by a crude ...

2026-06-04T14:22:48Z

I didn't have an Amiga, but I was enraptured by a crude version of this animation on my Atari ST.

"Recovering Eric Graham's 1987 Juggler raytracer source code"
Chris Hanson

"AI companies have actively conspired to mislead the world ...

2026-06-02T18:27:39Z

"AI companies have actively conspired to mislead the world about the true costs of AI, and it was working great right up until they decided to try charging what it actually cost ... enterprises are freaking the fuck out"

"AI Doesn't Have ROI"
Ed Zitron

https://www.wheresyoured.at/ai-doesnt-have-roi/

"It’s bad. Really, really bad." Talk is Cheap — What ...

2026-06-02T11:24:02Z

"It’s bad. Really, really bad."

Talk is Cheap — What the data says about the operational impacts of LLM use in the software industry
https://unessays.substack.com/p/talk-is-cheap

"Navier-Stokes fluid simulation explained with Godot game ...

2026-05-30T16:47:47Z

"Navier-Stokes fluid simulation explained with Godot game engine"
Radosław Skupnik

https://myzopotamia.dev/navier-stokes-fluid-simulation-explained-with-godot

So like us. "67% of real fact-checks, top AI models don't ...

2026-05-30T12:37:24Z

So like us.

"67% of real fact-checks, top AI models don't agree on the answer."

https://lenz.io/research/llm-disagreement

"Researchers say they can spy on your browsing by measuring ...

2026-05-30T12:01:01Z

"Researchers say they can spy on your browsing by measuring SSD activity through a browser API — claim FROST attack requires no permissions or user interaction to identify which apps and websites you're using."

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/researchers-say-they-can-spy-on-your-browsing-by-measuring-ssd-activity-through-a-browser-api

"Wide-ranging 7-zip vulnerability with 8.8 CVE rating allows ...

2026-05-30T11:59:20Z

"Wide-ranging 7-zip vulnerability with 8.8 CVE rating allows for code execution — hundreds of millions of machines potentially at risk"

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/wide-ranging-7-zip-vulnerability-with-8-8-cve-rating-allows-for-code-execution-hundreds-of-millions-of-machines-potentially-at-risk

That's pretty tidy. Compare to the MOS-designed single ...

2026-05-25T14:22:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…jm20
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That's pretty tidy. Compare to the MOS-designed single stepper for the 6502, and again with Woz's version.

Just what the heck is a zork? "Solving the 'Zork' ...

2026-05-25T12:12:51Z

Just what the heck is a zork?

"Solving the 'Zork' Mystery"
David Polakovic
https://www.dpolakovic.space/blogs/zork-part2

Maybe not willy-nilly, but vibration will cause an IC to unseat ...

2026-05-25T00:26:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…ta2h
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Maybe not willy-nilly, but vibration will cause an IC to unseat from a dual-wipe socket faster than a machined socket. Another problem I've noticed with wiper-style sockets is that the contacts are flimsy and can be crushed if the registration between the pin and wiper is off. There will be a weak or no connection, the socket is ruined, and the fault isn't immediately visible. I'm not arguing for machined sockets. They are often a pain in the ass.

Their point is they provide a much more secure connection than ...

2026-05-25T00:09:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…le3g
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Their point is they provide a much more secure connection than dual- or single-wipers. But because they deform, they aren't great for chip reinsertion. Breaking pins is just a bonus.

We are cooked. “Who has shipped a pull request in the last week ...

2026-05-21T16:56:18Z

We are cooked.

“Who has shipped a pull request in the last week that was completely written by Claude?”

Half raise hand.

“Who has shipped a pull request that was completely written by Claude where they did not read the code at all?”

Most hands stay up.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/21/1137735/anthropics-code-with-claude-showed-off-codings-future-whether-you-like-it-or-not/

Thanks, I hate it.

2026-05-20T14:43:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…42wu
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Thanks, I hate it.

What an insane task. If you asked me, "Why?!", I'd ...

2026-05-19T10:34:42Z

What an insane task. If you asked me, "Why?!", I'd sympathize. But I still think it's cool as heck. I think there are serious questions about this dataset's longevity due to its enormous footprint, but I'm cheering from the sidelines.

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/fans-release-24tb-million-square-block-archive-of-minecrafts-infamous-2b2t-server-intense-digital-archaeology-project-has-taken-years-to-reach-this-stage

The GOAT ... er ... YAK. "YOU SHOULD GO WATCH Heart of Neon! ...

2026-05-10T20:20:15Z

The GOAT ... er ... YAK.

"YOU SHOULD GO WATCH Heart of Neon! Seriously!"
Behind The Scanlines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXmv_h5d0zM

The dereliction of RSS is like the ground zero of ...

2026-05-08T20:55:26Z

The dereliction of RSS is like the ground zero of enshittification.

"YouTube, your feeds are broken"
Open RSS
https://openrss.org/blog/youtube-your-feeds-are-broken

Your browser's got a big mouth. See everything your browser ...

2026-05-08T20:54:06Z

Your browser's got a big mouth.

See everything your browser discloses before even being asked.

https://sinceyouarrived.world/taken

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2026-05-08T20:53:18Z

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Big Tech defeated by cartoon-grade deception. 🥸

"Children demonstrated a clear awareness of how to bypass age checks ... One technique brought up was children drawing facial hair on themselves so that the tools verifying them would think they were older”

quoting
note1emn…crnk

Some kids are bypassing age verification checks with a fake mustache
[https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/06/some-kids-are-bypassing-age-verification-checks-with-a-fake-mustache/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub ](https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/06/some-kids-are-bypassing-age-verification-checks-with-a-fake-mustache/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub )

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