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kevinctofel

@kevinctofel@hachyderm.io

Level 54 Halfling Ranger. Lawful Neutral. Side quest addict.

Ex-#Google, ZDNet & GigaOM, currently working at #Wawa.

#Software #Developer in training.

Massive fan of #LiverpoolFC and all things #Beatles: Tattooed with both logos. Fighting off clinical #depression one day at a time since 2011.

Also into #SciFi, #LoTR, #Motorcycles, #Linux, #VideoGames and #Minimalism. No tattoos of those (yet). #Buddhist and #Stoic tendencies.

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kevinctofel, to VideoGames
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Having grown up as became a “thing”, I splurged on one of the many handhelds for me and my son. He’s an avid gamer of the generation.

Impressed by this little device, the Miyoo Mini+, which can be had for $60 to $80. Emulators for a bunch of handhelds and consoles. There are more powerful / larger options and plenty of software mods you can do.

Now my son wants us to start a YT channel and “review” old games as if they just launched. 🙄

A handheld gaming device displaying a list of Game Boy Advance games, including "Crash Bandicoot" and "Donkey Kong Country." The device has a D-pad, buttons, and shows a user's legs and feet in the background.
A person holding a handheld gaming console playing a retro-style video game.
A person is holding a retro handheld gaming device displaying a boxing game with characters "Little Mac" and "Glass Joe" on the screen.

kevinctofel,
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@ItsMeMikeD Funny enough, my son said the same thing when pitching the idea! Maybe I’ll have to dig up a bunch of release dates for a list.. 🤔

kevinctofel,
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@joel It’s on my to do list this weekend! 👍🏻

ianbetteridge, to random
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Literally, every word in this describes either something I've gone through or something I've realised in the past year.

https://www.ft.com/content/ff58f701-fadf-43bb-a5e7-e4ebcf2bf6a9?accessToken=zwAAAY77AGI8kdP_WPcB-t9Du9Ol5-Trzyv2qQ.MEYCIQC9ny4RrakJYst5B6Vdi9Tshgfb9iCBsBAr0xNM9QpLxgIhAPEt6Zf18Rx8_DVRSLp7PtdcoDki4sZ2Q5KMZ61kfB8l&segmentId=e95a9ae7-622c-6235-5f87-51e412b47e97&shareType=enterprise

kevinctofel,
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@ianbetteridge great read, thanks for sharing! Among the many good points, this resonates most to me because I didn’t learn it until late in life:

“Don’t kid yourself that your institution cares about individuals. The point of an institution is that it can function without any particular individuals.”

Edent, to random
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Oats + Water = Porridge.
Oats + Milk = Porridge.
Oats + Plant Milk = Porridge.

Oats + Water + Salt = Porridge.
Oats + Water + Sugar = Porridge.

Oats + Coca Cola = …?

kevinctofel,
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@Edent Sewage? (Honestly, it might taste good. I was just going with the word sound theme. 🤣)

kevinctofel, to retrogaming
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I’m having way too much fun with this Miyoo Mini+. Installed this morning which adds so many useful features. Nice theme switcher where I found a fave, which you can see in the video.

Also got hooked up with RetroAchievements, a website that creates and tracks achievements in these old . This was $70 well spent and I’m just getting started! (Literally… with the original Legend of Zelda)

A custom Star Wars menu theme on the Miyoo Mini+ retro handheld

kevinctofel,
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@briandunaway Nice! I’m just getting started but I viewed possible achievements on some games and I see what you’re talking about. Some of these are not easy to get!

kevinctofel, to motorcycles
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Too nice outside to pass up an early season #motorcycle ride on the #MotoGuzzi

kevinctofel,
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@twiblr Southeastern Pennsylvania. Relatively mild winter here this year as well.

kevinctofel, to motorcycles
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ride for lunch, 30 miles from home. Gorgeous weather!

kevinctofel,
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@wesley83 Appreciate the thought but I’m easy to find even without that info. 🤣

kevinctofel, to motorcycles
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Fellow owners will probably disown me (🤣) but I downsized and traded in my 2015 Guzzi. Opted for a smaller, lighter ride and huge boost in MPG with a 2024 Speed 400.

Was considering a Hunter 350 but for the extra $1,000, I think you get a lot more in the Speed 400. I will miss the unique, analog character of the Guzzi for sure, however.

kevinctofel,
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@Fury I have ridden a Hunter 350 and it’s a fantastic little bike. I think you’ll love it! My main reason for the Speed 400 over the Hunter is the roads here in the U.S.

The Hunter is fine on nearly all of them save for the interstates and such. Speed limits are 70 there and if you do that speed, you’ll get run over. The Speed 400 gives me a little more power for those roads as needed on occasion. Cheers!

kevinctofel, to VideoGames
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This take on really resonates with me. Very insightful thoughts that I can relate to in terms of starting, but not finishing so many games, why that is and why game replayability isn’t always a positive thing.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=_TOSjeql1Jw&si=v5s7ga8Cb7hHLeJS

kevinctofel, to ai
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Consider me not at all shocked that Humane is shopping itself.

TBH, I expected Rabbit to do this first because the company doesn’t offer a compelling hardware product but because the software / approach is the real product and far more valuable. Well, if it worked better, that is. I figured Rabbit built a low-cost hardware box simply to showcase the actual product that it would/will later try to sell.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/21/24162185/humane-seeking-acquisition-rumor-ai-pin

kevinctofel,
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@jnv Honestly, I never thought (and still don’t think) Rabbit wants to be a long-term device maker. I think it outed a piece of concept hardware at a low price without subscription fees to show off the AI product(s) / potential demand in hopes of a huge buyout from big tech.

kevinctofel, to SmartHome
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testing support for the 🎉

https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/4/24087827/ikea-dirigera-hub-matter-support

kevinctofel, to ai
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Interesting local / in-progress project worth watching: Perplexica. Aims to be similar to but has a ways to go yet. Works with , which is what I’m using on to test local AI.

https://youtu.be/TkxmOC4HBSg?si=L9uCF9ePlT7Ccs6t

kevinctofel, (edited ) to ai
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Would you pay a monthly fee for a smarter, #AI-enabled #Alexa from #Amazon?

I would not as I barely use Alexa these days at all even though as a former #IoT content creator, I have all of the “big tech” assistants in my home. Not because Alexa today is lackluster compared to other options IMO, but I’ve given enough (read: too much) of my personal data to Amazon already.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/22/amazon-plans-to-give-alexa-an-ai-overhaul-monthly-subscription-price.html

dalelane, to random
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Happy Birthday to me! 🥳

https://www.webtoons.com/en/comedy/safely-endangered/ep-459-upgrade/viewer?title_no=352&episode_no=459

kevinctofel,
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@dalelane Happy birthday!

kevinctofel, to random
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“If you took a worker from a 1920s construction site and transported them to a present day project, they would not be that surprised by what they saw…”

Why technology has not transformed building https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8vzzjqyz5qo

kevinctofel, to Dogs
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kevinctofel, to nature
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#SilentSunday #Nature #iphonephotography #Flowers

kevinctofel, to Wyze
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Any project or product page that uses stock to represent camera output should be avoided like the plague IMO. Good on PetaPixel for the sleuthing here. 👏🏻

https://petapixel.com/2024/04/18/this-viral-kickstarter-telephoto-camera-makes-impossible-promises/

kevinctofel, to nature
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kevinctofel, to minimalism
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Love how this #minimalism experience happened, reverted, and then reverted again. Excellent overview on what you can learn from trying a #minimal lifestyle. 👏🏻

https://youtu.be/eg2q2SdYQ98?si=K_3Wup00JPbi_P1R

kevinctofel, to til
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🆕 blog post: 5.9.2024 = #TIL

A cross platform AirDrop-like app, a new #LoTR movie from Peter Jackson, and a subReddit for where I work?

https://myconscious.stream/blog/May-9-2024-TIL/

kevinctofel, to random
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“Bundles are back! Well, not really. It’s tempting to argue that streaming bundles are the same as cable bundles, especially when it’s a cable company that’s doing the bundling. However, likening Comcast’s new streaming bundle to the cable bundle just doesn’t make sense.”

👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

https://www.lowpass.cc/p/streaming-cable-bundle-not-the-same

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