The problem with retrocomputing is sometimes it isn't as retro as you'd like, it shambled on and you're faced with the fact that 40 years have passed and nothing's changed and we're all dying but will be outlived by some fucked-up ASM program written for CP/M.
#coffee
Having a rough day, but #coffee will make everything better. Or die faster, or both.
> yuttikkele
hey gamers I’ve started watching star trek does anyone else see the romantic tension between captain kirk and mr. spock
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OK. IN MY DEFENSE. MY BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT STAR TREK? ZILCH. VIRTUALLY NONEXISTENT.
I thought people would be like “why are you shipping Spock, he’s aroace coded?!?”
I DIDN’T KNOW THEY WERE FANDOM FOUNDING FATHERS. THEY DON’T TEACH THESE THINGS IN SCHOOL.
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#startrek #spirk
Looking thru old project folders is harrowing.
Some of them are associated with cow-orkers or partners I don't want to deal with again, so I mark those folders red and move on.
Others there's no way they can run on modern computers. Mark purple. Am I gonna retrocompute my own games? OH FUCK. I am the museum exhibit.
"We have top men working on it now." "Who?" "Top. Men."
> how did you make the host and biff so immediately fantastic
i made a lot of mistakes in quick succession
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#fuckbot9000
Hey, #fuckbot9000 is back sorta.
Coming soon, the movie adaptation of the audiobook of the novelization of the movie based on the classic novel that none of you fucknuts can read, and I can write anything I want this deep in the sentence because 90% of you are illiterate.
nostr:npub13eywhklnpvxx66u0hvwm9drnlvz6c0ees0kp5k6hewqaenylrrqqja64c9 nostr:npub1q6pnfvhee40rpdpcvmztvz7nzg6w9xlfhsgmq6hsxlkzfr0577hq47vdy9 In no sense would I ever "like" a linux, with or without systemd (which is a mediocre student attempt to copy launchd from MacOS), and it is never appropriate to evangelize that at me. Or anyone, but since I say things like "eat broken glass" or "rip out my own kidneys with my teeth"… really don't at me.
It was fun back in the day, chunking floppy after floppy into the computer to get Slackware up. First to text consoles. Alt-F1 to F6 without even needing screen (not fucking GNU)! Luxury!
Hacking on XF86Config and being careful not to set your CRT on fire. Simple X11, grey stipple background, twm (vi .twmrc).
You better hope you had another computer with Internet so you could debug it.
Modern Linux is bloated shit, and no more useful than that toy.
#linux
OCEAN FRIEND
ALWAYS WET!
NO SURVIVORS!
OK, so this is an interesting little problem, what's the encounter rate in xD&D?
- OD&D: Every 1 turn, 1/6
- Holmes: Every 3 turns, 1/6
- AD&D 1E: unclear, example suggests every 3 turns, 1/6
- AD&D 2E: DMG, Dungeon Checks, pg. 101: normal: every hour, 1/10; dangerous: every turn, 1/10.
I haven't bothered to look at 3E on, but I know they must say something.
#rpg #ttrpg #dnd #osr
#rpg #ttrpg #dnd #osr
Fucking Apple. My watch G4 started flashing red charger, then apple logo, then black. Charging does nothing. Pick it up and it rattles, front screen's come loose, just like my G0. Support says repair will cost $299, same as a new one.
So basically I'm committed to buying a new watch every 4 years because build quality's not up to Mac or iPhone standards? That's some bullshit.
I love the functionality of it, but so annoyed at the price & shit quality.
#apple