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GrantMeStrength

@GrantMeStrength@hachyderm.io

LARPing as a manager at a tech company in Redmond, WA. Originally from N. Ireland. Bout ye. I like 8-bit systems and computers built before 1982 and after 2024. MSc Elec. Eng. He/Him BLM.☮️✌️

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GrantMeStrength, to random
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The Z80 line is ending production. Better start stockpiling!!

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We just released an update to Widgetsmith which adds Background Sound widgets. These let you listen to a variety of ambient soundscapes directly from interactive widgets on your home screen. These can either be styled like a standard widget, or you can use a photo widget the basis.

They are also available on visionOS where they can augment the Environments to give you that extra sense of immersion.

All the sounds chosen are high quality, perfectly seamless loops.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/widgetsmith/id1523682319

A photo sound widget showing a flower image with a light rain sound playable.
A Vision Pro screenshot showing a rain on tent widget on mount hood.

GrantMeStrength,
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@_Davidsmith add birdsong and I’m there. I was writing my own but yours would be better.

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Potentially the best talk at Build (the Microsoft developer conference happening next month).

GrantMeStrength, to random
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Are you a hacker?

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I’ve no doubt that he’ll avoid justice by wriggling out with some technicality, but having to sit at a desk doing what he’s told and keeping his mouth shut must be torture. Hope it goes on for weeks.

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Probably the worst part of my day is trying to make an email by copying and pasting into Outlook from Word.

GrantMeStrength,
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@ernie on the Mac it’s impossible to copy a doc from Word to Outlook and retain formatting. Seems functional on Windows.

GrantMeStrength, to random
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These miniature arcade games are just amazing. I have resisted so many, but not this one. Has an HDMI / USB port and everything.

Berzerk game.

GrantMeStrength,
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@MuseumShuffle they are uncanny.

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Happy 40th Birthday to my favourite computer system: the Amstrad CPC. If you’re American you’ve probably never heard of it, but was a huge deal in the UK and several European countries.

It was a solid Z80 system with decent graphics and sound.

Big advantage at the time was the inclusion of a dedicated mono or colour display.

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Two out of three NVME SSD drives I’ve bought to work with a Raspberry Pi 5 just don’t, even though they appear on lists. I’ve used two Pis and two different interface hats. Anyone recommend a cheap, low capacity SSD that definitely works?

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The fact that ChatGPT can generate perfect corporate BS says a lot.

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Seattle view of the eclipse.

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My kind of book.

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This project is going to keep me going for a long time. Still no video.

amoroso, to retrocomputing
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I'm curious about Xerox 1980s office workstations like the Star and their document centric systems. And besides I'm a sucker for that black and white aesthetics, so I'm checking out the Dwarf Mesa emulator.

Here the ViewPoint 2.0.5 desktop environment is running in Dwarf under Crostini Linux on my Chromebox. The system is really intuitive and capable, even by today's standards.

https://github.com/devhawala/dwarf

GrantMeStrength,
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@amoroso I wouldn’t be sad if the next macOS looked like this.

GrantMeStrength, to random
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I wanted a Micro-Professor MPF-I back in the day, but only kinda. There was no video out ie no games.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-Professor_MPF-I

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My personal enjoyment of this graph is an inverse relationship.

GrantMeStrength,
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Oh no how sad

GrantMeStrength, to random
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Can The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy text adventure really be 40 years old? And I STILL haven’t finished it. Or even gotten close.

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Thanks for the extensive documentation?

(For example, position is optional. What will passing nil do?)

Please just turn the docs into a wiki, or an OSS repo that accepts PRs.

GrantMeStrength,
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@chucker Apple’s developer docs need some investment. Relying on third parties to make YouTube videos is not a viable way of documenting APIs.

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In the early 80s there was the belief that AI was just a matter of time. That quickly ground to a halt. But now we’re back! For real this time 🤔

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How I wanted an Atari! At least I got this brochure which I stuck on my wall.

GrantMeStrength, to Astronomy
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I added some bright stars to my iOS app “What’s Up” at a user’s suggestion. You’re very welcome to try out the beta.

https://testflight.apple.com/join/HELbS6FD

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Nerdy Sunday.

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