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lkngrrr, 1 day ago to random

My colleague: “I’m the fire, and everyone else is the dumpster.”

skinnylatte, 4 days ago to SanFrancisco

On the bros trying to build cities in Solano and elsewhere:

“What seems to be happening is people really want to ‘stay in San Francisco,’ but they want to exit society. … They don’t want to have to deal with the complexity, the differences, the poverty, the needs, the caring for others that was always part of urban culture. They want to escape. They want their own currency, their own culture, their own people. And they wanted it to look like Disneyland.”

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/justinphillips/article/city-campus-san-francisco-tech-diversity-19435406.php

#SanFrancisco

lkngrrr, 5 days ago to random

HIS SOUL GOES MARCHING ON
https://www.threads.net/@seran72/post/C6mItGlOaZC

atomicpoet, 6 days ago (edited 6 days ago) to random

In more bizarre Atari news – when has it not been bizarre lately – they’ve just revived Infogrames.

Wait. Isn’t the current Atari just a renaming of Infogrames?

Yes and no. Back in 2003, Infogrames bought Atari Corporation’s assets from Hasbro. They quickly renamed themselves Atari. But this wasn’t just a rebranding, they bought Atari’s decades-old IP as well – which includes Yars Revenge, Missile Command, Lunar Lander and others.

Unfortunately, this re-made Atari squandered this IP and instead tried to become a AAA publisher. They did manage to publish some landmark titles such as Unreal Tournament 2003, Neverwinter Nights, and Rollercoaster Tycoon. However, they were more known for shovelware and critically-panned games.

Eventually, they went bankrupt and had to sell off most of their prized AAA assets. This meant that they were mostly only left with their old Atari IP – which has been languishing for decades.

However, they still own some old Infogrames IP. Blood is one such example, and that game is stellar. Nightdive Studios even did a remake of it, and they did a good job too.

So what is Atari going to do with Infogrames? Use it to publish games that fall outside of the core Atari brand. The first game on the docket is Totally Reliable Delivery Service.

https://atari.com/blogs/newsroom/atari-revives-infogrames-as-a-publishing-label

jimfl, 6 days ago to random

I wish I had had this up my sleeve whenever people chided me for being unable to do arithmetic, despite having a degree in mathematics.

https://mathstodon.xyz/@paysmaths/112383650978267346

danilo, 8 days ago to random

what the fuck

https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/02/hubble-network-connects-a-bluetooth-chip-to-a-satellite-for-the-first-time/?guccounter=1

lkngrrr, 9 days ago to boston

Slava Ukraini tonight for a demining robot by E Farm Pro to demine farmland in Ukraine at the #Boston #Robotics Summit!

#NAFO

lkngrrr, 10 days ago to boston

Once again, #SullivanSquare is in nightmare mode and no traffic control is anywhere to be found.

If only there weren’t 6 traffic circles of high speed death between me and the day job, I’d be biking to work instead of dealing with this nonsense…

#Boston #CharlestownMA

thomasfuchs, 13 days ago to random

The AI hype is definitely good for something:

Losing my last bit of respect for some of the tech people I’ve looked up to in the past.

ai6yr, 13 days ago to random

Just sitting here minding my BBQ ribs and a swarm of bees showed up :shrug: - maybe they would like some smoked pork ribs? #beekeeping

ukrdef, 13 days ago to random

Medvedev threatens Russia may seize private US assets if Washington seizes frozen Russian reserves

Russia could seize assets and property of U.S. individuals held in Russia if Washington confiscates Russian sovereign assets, Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, threatened on April 27.

https://kyivindependent.com/russia-may-seize-private-us-assets-if-washington-seizes-frozen-russian-reserves-medvedev-claims/

lkngrrr, 15 days ago to robotics

I look forward to the day when I am presented with an actual use case for humanoid #robotics beyond burning VC money.

lkngrrr, 16 days ago to random

@ivory Say, I just emailed this as a feature request to your support inbox, but thought I’d put it here too to get it into your backlog.

Any chance in the future for increasing font sizes available? I may have to acknowledge that I’m getting old but I don’t want to bring my reading glasses everywhere with me.

Please and thank you, you’re all very wonderful :)

lkngrrr, 17 days ago to random

#Voyager1 is what you get when you properly fund software KTLO/CI.

lkngrrr, 19 days ago to random

Rabbi: “And what do the bitter herbs represent?”
Me: “Jira tickets”
Rabbi: “NO”

#Passover

lkngrrr, 19 days ago to random

So, uh, when you’ve lost one of the feeties off of your wrist pad, don’t search for “silicone feet” without any other qualifiers on Amazon unless you want to learn a lot about other people’s inner lives.

I don’t mean to yuck anyone else’s yum, you do you and have fun while doing it, but I was just utterly unprepared and took 2 psychic damage.

ai6yr, 19 days ago to random

I've got that big pallet energy
Got that big pallet energy
Hey, daddy

Spiral nails, they could be your fantasy
I can tell you have that big pallet energy
Not too many crowbars can handle me...

(ps. Sorry...)

lkngrrr, 19 days ago to Massachusetts

My fellow #Massholes, we’re gonna need to implement biopassports at the #Massachusetts/ #NewHampshire state border.
https://historians.social/@historleans/112310297607574612

atomicpoet, 19 days ago to random

DEAL ALERT!!

XCOM 2 is currently -95% off on Steam.

At regular price, it is C$79.99. But today, it is C$3.99.

This is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown. It is a turn-based strategy game that not only has excellent reviews, many people regarded it as the best strategy game of 2016.

I just bought it!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/268500/XCOM_2/

lkngrrr, 20 days ago to random

Friendly reminder: it’s Peak for food delivery drivers today. Be kind!

atomicpoet, 21 days ago to random

I was feeling nostalgic for UFO: Aftermath.

Today, though, nostalgia kind of sucks. Actually, it’s excruciating like fingernails on a chalkboard.

I remember UFO as a tactical RPG that’s a hybrid between an turn-based and real-time strategy game. Instead of waiting for a turn or moving as things happen, you move according to a timer. On first experience, it seemed neat.

The problem is, every time I mean to do something, I get interrupted. Usually, it’s from an enemy appearing. This would be fine except, every time a new enemy appears, UFO decides to give me a 360 degree view of the enemy because they apparently want to impress me with their character models.

I guess for 2003, they’re impressive. But here in 2024, it takes me out of the flow of the game. It’s so annoying that if I had a physical copy of UFO: Aftermath, I’d take it out into my backyard and shoot it myself. That’s how frustrating that is.

The other annoyance is that when I’m at the mission screen, I keep being pinged about new missions when I’m on my way to my current one. And apparently, I can’t just accept a mission. No, I have to travel there. And as I’m travelling, I keep getting nagged and nagged again that there’s aliens that have popped up somewhere on Earth.

Back in 2016 – when I first bought it – I used to like this game. It was unique and quirky to me. Today, I think this is one of those games that I’d like to forget.

UFO: Aftermath screenshot (RTX 3080 Ti)
UFO: Aftermath screenshot (RTX 3080 Ti)
UFO: Aftermath screenshot (RTX 3080 Ti)

ai6yr, 21 days ago (edited 21 days ago) to Cybersecurity

Hmm, I probably should have cleared out this box a decade ago. #cybersecurity

thomasfuchs, 22 days ago to random

Thread about how we had “3D printed” houses over a hundred years ago.

Unlike the ones today these actually existed and were very affordable (think $6,000 in today’s money for a complete 1-bedroom house).

Today’s tech industry is a bullshit layer cake.

https://kolektiva.social/@sidereal/112293051206867591