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enno

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Indie Developer. Ex-Servebolt.com, Ex-IMVU, Ex-Funcom.

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enno, to random
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https://jalopnik.com/tesla-cybertruck-no-match-for-car-wash-1851417011

thevglibrary, to InitialD
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It's 1982, and PAC-MAN fans are eating up America's favorite new video game sensation!

Now you can chuckle and chew at the same time with 96 Pac-filled pages of biting humor in:

PAC-MANIA! The Official Pac-Man Joke Book 📚

Just open wide and laugh!

👉 https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/pac-mania-the-official-pac-man-joke-book

#PacMania #PacMan #Arcade #Book #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon #Joke #Humor #Game #VideoGame #VideoGames #Gamer #Gaming

enno,
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@michelestrider @thevglibrary @bookstodon you got ripped off. These jokes are terrible.

vga256, to minidisc
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GASP

it took 20 years, but i finally got my dream minidisc player: a Sony MZ-S1 Sports NetMD. 🤯

a neighbour down the street listed it for sale "untested" which usually means 'i tested it and it's broken'.

i gambled and bought it on sight. i practically ran home like a 9 year old just to put it through its paces, and it is perfect. 😆

the build quality is rugged and beautiful throughout. many of the surfaces are rubberized with a polymer that is still soft (and hasn't broken down). the curvilinear surfaces feel so good in the hand, makes you want to hold it. the pearlescent white finish hasn't even yellowed yet (!)

instead of a jog dial, you get a mini thumbstick which rests surprisingly well under the thumb. the deep orange display of the Sports S2 line has always been a favourite of mine - something no other company did.

i can't wait to load up SonicStage on my iMac and start transferring music :D
failing that, i'll be using WebMiniDisc to transfer music in-browser

https://webminidisc.com

The top of a Sony NetMD showing a white thumbstick which controls volume and tracks.
The side of the Sony NetMD, showing a "miffy" branded minidisc ejected from the side.

enno,
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@vga256 I still have two of my old MiniDisc players in a box, both have dead batteries, I believe. Shame, they'd be fun to use in my everyday.

enno,
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@vga256 This Sony MZ-N1has one of those, but it was badly corroded inside the device, so I worry there may be additional damage. I've also lost the DC power adapter for the charging station. Still plays discs with the external AA battery adapter, but without a functioning dock, I can't record new discs.

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enno,
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@vga256 This Aiwa AM-F70 is a different story. I still have the charger, but it won't take a charge. Likely a dead battery. No PC dock, only records from line in. Without a way to power it up, I can't say whether it still plays or the controller dongle still works.

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enno,
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@vga256 Correction: The Aiwa still plays fine when connected to the charger, just does not take a charge, so it is no longer a portable device. If I'm lucky, a new battery should fix this one. It's just not a great device for recording new discs, the Sony was my favorite :-(

djlink, to random
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What is a moment in gaming you’ll never forget?

enno,
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@djlink This guy.

skaeth, to books
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What are your thoughts on DNF (Did Not Finish)-ing books? Do you feel guilty about it? Do you worry you missed out on something? Or are you confident in dropping a book and reaching for the next one?

At what point are you most likely to DNF, if ever? What sorts of things cause you to DNF?

My friend, book blogger Kriti, was musing on these questions a while back, and it sparked this new post: https://armedwithabook.com/dealing-with-dnf-the-practice-of-did-not-finish/

@bookstodon

enno,
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@Enema_Cowboy @skaeth @bluGill @bookstodon for me, it was both Anathem and Quicksilver. Quicksilver was right in my wheelhouse, but it took me forever to read because every few pages something would send me down another Wikipedia rabbit hole. Ironically, I own the whole series in hardcover, and never even opened book 2 & 3

nixCraft, (edited ) to random
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Poll: We have three major browser engines: Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox, Chromium/Google Chrome and its clones. Out of the three major web browsers, how many are currently installed on your system? Please boost for reach.

enno,
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@david_senate @nixCraft Brave is based on Chromium. So is Safari, not sure why that counts separately?

sunflower, to books

recommend me a book! i like fantasy, paranormal romance, sci-fi, queer fiction. i need 12 recommendations from other people for a 2024 reading challenge :blobcatblep:

#reading #books #bookstodon @bookstodon

enno,
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@sunflower @bookstodon The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Kline.

enno, to random
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introduced a curious bug in their latest update. Unlimited XP boosts!

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Helen50, to books

when do you abandon a book?
I'm not very good at it, but I might be about to do it again.
@bookstodon

enno,
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@Helen50 @bookstodon when the library says that I can't have another extension, so about two to three months in, maybe?

Likewise, to books
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Tell me a good book you’ve read this year that you’d recommend.

I’ll start: Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom
@bookstodon

enno,
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@Likewise @bookstodon The Trial of Henry Kissinger, by Christopher Hitchens.

foone, to random
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Don't you hate it when a YouTube video comes out and it gives you a homework assignment?
I don't.

enno,
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@foone Maybe they figured it would make patent infringement easier to spot of all the violators used the reference implementation?

DocCarms, (edited ) to books
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There was a poll that stated—Rowling’s opening line in the HP series is one of best in the world. Someone posted about how there are a bunch of other opening statements that are better.

Here’s one of my personal favorites, from Gabriel Garcia Marquez (in English):
“It is inevitable — the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.”

What are some of your favorite opening lines in literature? 😊
@bookstodon

enno, (edited )
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@DocCarms @bookstodon "It Was The Day My Grandmother Exploded" - The Crow Road, Iain Banks.

enno,
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@ukaunz @DocCarms @bookstodon That was my pick, too! Great minds, etc.

enno,
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@DocCarms @bookstodon
"Wir starteten in La Guardia, New York, mit dreistündiger Verspätung infolge Schneestürmen. Unsere Maschine war, wie üblich auf dieser Strecke, eine Super-Constellation."

SwiftOnSecurity, to random

In high school I port-scanned the entire district network internally and sent direct prints to district HQ printers complaining about their lack of segmentation.

enno,
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@SwiftOnSecurity we made all the LCD displays say things like INSERT COIN or PK LOAD COOKIE

foone, to random
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ahhhhhrhgghghr. I finally got around to digging into a Switch game for the first time, because someone wanted me to hack one, and the first thing I see is a filename:
img/unity_logo.png

enno,
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@foone Sounds like you should adjust your expectations, because that's just how games are made.

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enno, (edited )
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@lunalein @bookstodon I've definitely stopped listening to books because the narrator was bad, or putting me to sleep. In fiction, I also try to avoid the Graphic Audio style "a movie in your mind" productions, and prefer either a single narrator doing all the characters, or at most two. How to lose the time war was a good example of that done well.

enno,
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@lunalein @bookstodon Favorite narrators: Kevin R. Free reading the Murderbot Diaries. Kobna Holdbrook Smith, the Rivers of London series.

malwaretech, (edited ) to random

For anyone unaware, Google Chrome is currently rolling out an update that track your interests based on browsing history, then share them with 3rd party websites. The notification page makes it sound like they added a new privacy feature, but in actuality they automatically enrolled you into their tracking system and you have to go and manually opt out.

enno,
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@malwaretech I saw this the other day and immediately closed Chrome forever.

djlink, (edited ) to random
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Only one can exist!

enno,
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@djlink Key!

luthien1126, to books
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Thinking of queueing this up for my next non-fic read. Or maybe I should first finish the ultra challenging "Designing Organisations"? Or perhaps read both concurrently? 😂

@bookstodon

enno,
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@jromanowska @luthien1126 @bookstodon I learned about typewriter keyboards just yesterday! Not the one pictured, but also fancy: https://www.qwerkywriter.com/products/signature-edition-black-gold

runarcn, to books

I need more #fiction books to read. Any suggestions? Haven't read fiction in so long that I'm currently open to any- and everything😁

#books #reading #bookstodon

enno,
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@runarcn
A few SFF authors whose recent works are consistently great:
@Bluejo
@ann_leckie
@maryrobinette
@seananmcguire
@adapalmer

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