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ichderfisch, 1 month ago to gaming

Reading this is nuts. Google changed its algorithm and websites are on the brink of death. This is what gatekeeping is doing.

Hate to see it, as Retro Dodo is one of my favorite websites. I read their articles almost every day. I got their book and backed/preordered the upcoming two which might never be released now.

If you are into Retrogaming or are interested in modern handhelds, consider bookmarking their website and supporting them.

https://retrododo.com/google-is-killing-retro-dodo/
#gaming #retrogaming #retrododo

gregly, 5 months ago to random

Apple’s “support” of right-to-repair is the textbook definition of “malicious compliance”

https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/21/23079058/apple-self-service-iphone-repair-kit-hands-on

gregly, 8 months ago to random

It just occurred to me that the #InternetArchive is basically the only thing holding back the persistent bit rot that’s destroying the history of the net… so naturally enormous corporations are attempting to destroy them.

Also, one goal of the push towards ubiquitous cloud computing and the War Against General Computing is to watch every single thing we do, and destroy our ability to copy and spread whatever we feel like, instead of what the corporations decide we are “permitted” to partake in.

dangillmor, 3 months ago to random

A big no to ads on Amazon Prime Video -- we're canceling prime when the annual subscription ends.

gregly, 7 months ago to retrocomputing

#MorningThoughts

I enjoy #retrocomputing because I too am over 40 years old, dirty, temperamental, and often malfunctioning

gregly, 7 months ago to random

I just searched for “is it okay to have coffee when you have covid” and I’m glad to say the answer is “yes, it’s okay”, and also “yes, it actually helps”, and additionally “no, it may not be safe”, plus “we don’t really know”

I’m truly grateful we have such a wealth of knowledge at our fingertips these days

gregly, 1 month ago to random

Okay, techbros. Look.

I don’t want an AI assistant. I don’t want self-driving cars. I don’t want a Mars colony. I don’t want robots that create art, or help with coding, or deliver food, or determine the most efficient way to maximize destruction when bombing civili—I mean “legitimate military targets”.

I just want a robot that CLEANS MY FUCKING BATHROOM FOR ME

gregly, 26 days ago to random

OH MY GOD THE NEXT CONSOLE GENERATION IS GONNA HAVE A BUNCH OF LLM BULLSHIT IN THEM AREN’T THEY

gregly, 10 days ago to random

Me at 25: “I’m gonna run Cat-5 cabling through the attics of my entire house, no problem”

Me at 45: “I’ve installed one ceiling fan and I’m gonna pass out now”

gregly, 1 month ago to mentalhealth

Okay. My Mastodon feed is, on the whole, way nicer than my old Twitter feed, but the ratio of horrifying/depressing news to interesting/happy news is still way too high.

I’m looking for suggestions for generally happy/upbeat stuff and people to follow, to try and balance things out a bit. Because I want to stay informed of the lousy stuff happening in the world, but I don’t want to be utterly deluged by it.

#mentalhealth

gregly, 10 months ago to random

Final Fantasy’s social network service is called Chocobo, and each post is called a Wark

gregly, 1 month ago to random

We’ve come a long way from the old days of BIOS flashing, but my anxiety always shoots through the roof when the system is totally nonresponsive, with no feedback whatsoever, for minutes, as it does whatever the hell it is doing.

gregly, 2 months ago to random

I haven’t posted much lately, having been playing Baldur’s Gate 3 a lot, so here’s some pics of our cartridge-based retro games. Actually playing these is a hassle requiring digging the respective console, connecting it, etc., but I finally realized that it’s okay to just display them simply because it looks neat.

The top half of our cartridge game collection: from top to bottom, they are Atari 2600, Intellivision, a single ColecoVision cart, and Atari 7800.
The bottom half of our cartridge collection. From top to bottom, they are Sega Master System, a single Sega Genesis cart (the bundled “6-Pak” one), NES, SNES, and N64. Not pictured: the gold Legend of Zelda cartridge, which I think is still downstairs in the NES. I should get it out of there.

gregly, 2 months ago to ADHD

ADHD is your phone randomly switching apps every five seconds, and then one of them catches your eye and then you aren’t allowed to change apps again, set the phone down, look away from the phone, or turn the phone off for the next three hours

#adhd

gregly, 2 months ago to random

Signify will soon require Hue bridges to be signed into an account to use the app to control them.

There is NO reason for this other than data collection. Their excuse of “this is for your own safety” is utterly insulting.

I’ve spent a LOT on Hue devices over the past decade. I won’t spend another dime now.

PLEASE spread this around. Let everyone know Hue is no longer to be trusted, and should not be purchased. #PhilipsHue

gregly, 14 days ago to stackoverflow

LLMs looting the internet will lead to a significant increase in insularity, barriers to entry, suspicion, and siloing by its users.

Expect to see an increase in invite-only forums and communities which vet everyone who applies for access to make sure they aren’t a scraper in a human suit. An increase in experts refusing to help newbies, for fear of their help being copied, mulched, and resold by massive corporations. A decrease in the “social” part of the net.

#stackoverflow #llm #llmfail

foone, 1 month ago to random

it's funny that multiple jobs have been like "nah you don't have enough experience for a java developer job, we'd only hire you for doing CI/devops"

when I've got a codebase here from when I worked for the government. it's all in java. I wrote 90% of this. it's 55,000 lines.

gregly, 1 month ago to random

So I’m watching a video about horrible Switch games, and I’ve come to a conclusion:

Gatekeeping is Good Actually™️.

…

Okay, obviously I’m saying something outrageous to catch your attention. Gatekeeping — as in keeping people out of groups/fandoms/etc. — is awful. What I really mean is that minor barriers to entry are good, particularly for markets.

Look at the absolute flood of shit drowning every market, everywhere. You know why it’s all there? Because it is EASY. it is CHEAP and EASY.

gregly, 3 months ago to random

realizes a theme running through early songs by The Police
does the math

Wait… is early output from The Police basically late-Boomer/early-GenX incel-rock? 😬

eniko, 17 hours ago to random

me, revisiting code i havent touched in potentially years: wow why is this call pattern so convoluted

me, reading the comments: oh okay thanks past me

gregly, 3 months ago to random

You know, what really burns me about the new Prime Video surcharge to remove ads is an absolute ton of people will invariably pay the extra fee (including myself, yes, at least until I can determine if the new Fallout series is decent), and will Amazon come to the conclusion, “Hey, turns out most people fucking hate ads?” No, they’ll come to the conclusion, “Hey, we can keep jacking up the ‘no ads’ fee, sweet!”

gregly, 8 days ago to random

There are times I wish we could just start over with computers and the internet. Just reset to about 1987 or so, and try again from there. Back then computers sucked, but they sucked in a hopeful, “things are getting better all the time” sort of way — whereas now they suck in a “financialize, monetize, advertise, AI lies, software spies” sort of way.

We have more power than ever, and yet we have less power than ever. And the first warning was when “My Computer” became “This PC” in Windows.

gregly, 4 months ago to random

The true purpose of ContentID is to provide passive income for parasitic corporations who know it will take the average person too much time and effort (and possibly money) to dispute their millions of bogus copyright claims.

Everyone involved knows this, which is why they don’t bother to fix its overzealous claiming of stuff that is obviously fair use, or worse, that the claimants don’t own at all.

#morningthoughts #contentid #copyrightmafia

gavi, 3 months ago to random

after so many years ive finally figured out how to make a granny square. i feel like a yarn wizard

ChinnyVision, 2 months ago to random

Nintendo twonks ruining it for everyone as usual. Probably best not to emulate stuff still being sold by a very much alive commercial company you utter throbbers.