tinbee

@tinbee@mastodonapp.uk

Just moved here from fosstodon. #retrogaming, #zxspectrum #vegetarian #LoonyLefty #blm #linux #geek

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tinbee, to random

I loved listening to the Alice Isn't Dead podcast. It's from one of the writers of Welcome to Nightvale.

https://www.nightvalepresents.com/aliceisntdead

I recently took my free Audible trial and decided to listen to the of the novel.

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Alice-Isnt-Dead-Audiobook/0008323739

I've really enjoyed it. It's a reimagining of the story.

tinbee, to KDE

You may be old, but are you this old?

I believe this is the first version I used when I first got .

SinclairSpeccy, to retrocomputing

The Atari 400 or 800... which one do you pick?

tinbee,

@SinclairSpeccy
Did people really do home budget/management and investing, with bar charts etc, on these computers?

tinbee, to random

"Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%"

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/20/richest-1-account-for-more-carbon-emissions-than-poorest-66-report-says

The numbers are staggering.

"It would take about 1,500 years for someone in the bottom 99% to produce as much carbon as the richest billionaires do in a year."

"A 60% tax on the incomes of the wealthiest 1% would raise $6.4tn a year and could cut emissions by 695m tonnes, which is more than the 2019 footprint of the UK"

tinbee, to random

I tend to set several alarms for waking up. 8:40, 8:50, 9:00, 9:10, hoping that one of them will get me awake somewhen around when I want to be up.

Maybe the snooze button isn't as bad as you might think.

https://time.com/6329920/snooze-button-sleep-health/

tinbee,

@Mehrad
I might take a look. Fortunately I've gone from full-time dad to running a home business and back, so a lot of the time I can wake up whenever I'm ready. Saying that I have a small, loud alarm clock without a snooze option… it was born about 4 years ago.

ParadeGrotesque, to random
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At the end of the day, COVID-19 made people realize:

  • They could work from home and that most offices are shitty places.

  • Their job was really shitty.

  • Governments could finance pretty much anything they wanted.

  • Global warming could be stopped.

  • The really important jobs were the ones that are the worst paid (nurses, for instance).

  • Most governments are run by idiots, who are in the pocket of the wealthiest.

tinbee,

@ParadeGrotesque
…and then everyone forgot all that and went back to how things used to be. Mostly because the government likes you spending money and managers like to keep their eye on you 👁️

tinbee, to retrogaming

I remember having this on the , I remember getting very annoyed with this game. I think it was one of the end of level baddies that was so frustrating, but I didn't get that far today 😆

Not much to the game, run around, shoot & avoid baddies, collect power ups and rescue the people.

Game screenshot. It's shown from above with a tiled floor, with 2 red "aliens" a green face and a blue player with black hair. There is a rectangular area on the right that is black with striped "warning" lines around it.

tinbee,

@jake4480
I'm amazed my control pad survived after being thrown at the floor so many times.

losttourist, to random
@losttourist@social.chatty.monster avatar

Ahhh bugger, the Christmas adverts have started.

tinbee,

@losttourist Which one will cause an outrage this year?

tinbee,

@losttourist Oh, yes. I remember my wife saying something about this. I'd like to believe it was a genuine accident rather than some sort of political statement 🤔

tinbee, to retrogaming

Earthbound on the always seems to be praised. It's OK, but nothing special. It makes me laugh that when you defeat enemies, they don't die - they become "tame". It's a bit odd that half a dozen police attacked me. I found it funny that the map needs to be returned in 2001, which is very much not in the future.

A boy in a rocky cave. There is a passageway towards the left. There is a rope near to climb up a cliff. The text indicates I have no money and shows my HP and PP.
Game screenshot. A boy in a high room surrounded by police.
Game screenshot. A boy in a cap, facing away from us, is talking to a lady behind a desk. The text reads "Come back in the year 2001 to return it"

BasicAppleGuy, to random
@BasicAppleGuy@mastodon.social avatar

October 23, 2001: Apple Announces iPod
1,000 songs in your pocket.

tinbee,

@ctietze

More cameras on our slightly different phone. Also the bit where the front camera goes might look a bit different.

tinbee, to random

The joys of children. He's nine and the other day he shouted me when he should have been sleeping. The problem: "The rain is loud".

I'm not sure what he was expecting me to do. Maybe turn down the weather's volume?

djlink, to random
@djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar

recorded a Windows 95 full disk defrag to soothe your timeline.

video/mp4

tinbee,

@vitriolix
It really whips the llama's ass
@martynpie @djlink

cliffwade, (edited ) to fediverse
@cliffwade@allthingstech.social avatar

POLL TIME!

Do you have tattoos of any kind on your body?

Please BOOST for maximum exposure to the

Comment below and tell us about your tattoos, what you have, what they mean, etc.

tinbee,

@cliffwade
I like the idea, but just don't know what I'd get 🤷‍♂️

jeffowski, to random
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tinbee,

@jeffowski
Which is bad for a child? Too much sugar or too much reading?

losttourist, to random
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The BBC is now reporting that the government won't be paying for to be connected through to central London, so the project will need to find the money from private backers if wants that section to be built.

Outstanding work from the government - they have turned an essential, vital piece of infrastructure into a regional rail line from Birmingham to the outskirts of London.

tinbee,

@losttourist (From 2015)

https://citymonitor.ai/transport/hs2-isnt-about-north-england-all-its-about-commuters-milton-keynes-1059

Maybe it was all on purpose, it was never planned to go to Manchester. Just to keep their supporters happy.

tinbee, to random

George Monbiot tells us about the most damaging terrible companies and why they invest in politics. And why Rishi Sunak doesn't care actually care about any policies it's more about dividing the population to get people on his side.

https://youtu.be/Zcn-LYa4fLE?si=IpcHqqrGCuqSI6r1

nixCraft, to random
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me after upgrading Debian Linux to v12 from v11 https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/update-upgrade-debian-11-to-debian-12-bookworm/

tinbee,

@nixCraft
You'll get some Arch user saying "You have versions…?"

I use Arch btw 🐧

tinbee, to ps1graphics

I'd never understood why Castlevania was a "metroidvania" game. But I discovered that it only is from Symphony of the Night which is a few years into the series. #PS1 #Castlevania #RetroGaming

OutofPrintArchive, to retrogaming
@OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games avatar

Preview for StuntRace FX on Super Nintendo from Total! 27 - March 1994 (UK)

This issue can be downloaded here:
http://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/Total.html



Preview for StuntRace FX on Super Nintendo from Total! 27 - March 1994 (UK)

tinbee,

@OutofPrintArchive
I loved Stunt Race FX. My teenage brain couldn't imagine graphics being better than this game. I think in many ways I still like the plain polygon style that it had without textures and possibly no shadows.

I was so pleased when I unlocked the motorbike!

tinbee,

@OutofPrintArchive
I don't think I remember it that well. I did have a 60 second go on an emulator a little while back and it was low framerate, but I assumed it was down to the emulation. I'm rarely a fan of modern remakes, sometimes they are ok but in some ways it can spoil the nostalgia.

petergleick, to random
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I've just learned that Meta has, without my permission and in violation of my copyright, used at least one of my books to help train their generative AI, and I'm not down with that.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/09/books3-database-generative-ai-training-copyright-infringement/675363/?gift=QdM39RGtR94-pmclr4oVwi9lpuV63yswBnoweowTTIM&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share&s=03

tinbee,

@petergleick
I was reading an article about this a few days ago and one thing that was pointed out is that unless they never read another book in their life then this is similar to the ideas that an author builds up over a lifetime of reading. They then mix and match these ideas along with their own style into their next book. Likewise, the ai "uses" these ideas to generate its story.

tinbee,

@petergleick
I do understand that the ai doesn't understand the data they input or output. But when put in those terms its harder, for me and presumably others, to see a clear distinction.

A writer takes old ideas, remixes them. An ai takes data and remixes it.

If the author's published story is too similar they may face legal action. If an ai's output is published and it's too similar then legal action makes sense.

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