marquisdegeek

governa, 1 month ago to linux

12 Best Free Command Line Games for #Linux Users

https://www.tecmint.com/best-linux-terminal-console-games/

marquisdegeek, 1 month ago to random

A binary counter, LEGO style...

video/mp4

Linux, 1 month ago to DeGoogle

Must delete Google.

I am nearly ready to delete my Google Account. The 1 thing taking forever is changing my e-mail address on all my many accounts.

Google's new Terms of Service, you agree Google AI may access all your content (email, photos, etc.). While they do not claim ownership of your content, you agree they can use it.

#DeGoogle #GoogleFree #NoGoogle #Google #AI

marquisdegeek, 1 month ago to LEGO

#LEGO #Fractals: a #Menger sponge...

marquisdegeek, 1 month ago to random

Benefits of the US date system, #1

Today is:

04/14/24

(I think this will be a short series...)

marquisdegeek, 2 months ago to random

Facebook has been unusable to me for the last year, or more. Almost no posts from friends. Just group posts, spammy image/video posts from un-followed groups, and adverts.

So last month, I muted all my groups hoping that my feed would be re-populated with my friends.

Spoiler alert: I now get only spammy image/video posts from un-followed groups, and adverts :(

marquisdegeek, 2 months ago to LEGO

I got these #LEGO badges during the 80s. Although I'm no longer a member of the club (if it even exists!) am I allowed to wear them, given I self-identify as an #AFOL?

marquisdegeek, 2 months ago to random

Microsoft: We're the most secure cloud infra

Also Microsoft: Our cloud infra makes it easy to spy on our executives

Source:
https://m.slashdot.org/story/425799

marquisdegeek, 2 months ago to random

Some unfortunate cropping going on at Google today, if you search for ''International Women's Day March'

CultureDesk, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to books

The Hidden Library of St. Paul's Cathedral in London will be available for its first overnight guests on March 15. Two lucky people will be able to peruse its 22,000-book collection and climb the dome of the cathedral, led by the Dean of St. Paul's, before settling down for the night. They'll also receive signed advance copies of books including Holly Jackson’s "The Reappearance of Rachel Price," John Grisham’s "Camino Ghosts," and Kevin Kwan’s "Lies and Weddings." The stay costs just £7 (about $9) and includes breakfast, dinner and activities. Here's more from @thrillist including a link to book, which will go live on March 12 at 10 a.m. GMT.

https://flip.it/ugiCdc

#Books @bookstodon #Travel #UKTravel #London #Libraries

marquisdegeek, 2 months ago to 8bit

I am part of tech industry because of the #Sinclair #ZX81, released on this day in 1981. (It is also possibly the only computer that uses the current year in its name!)

During my time I've met Sir Clive, Rick Dickinson, and John Grant amongst many other luminaries of the time. Things came full-circle when, on the 40th anniversary, Cronosoft released a game I'd written for it! (Going back to Z80 assembler was actually more fun second time around, because we have such good tools now.)

marquisdegeek, 2 months ago to random

The only thing worse than an ebayer who knows the value of their retro computer kit, is an ebayer who -thinks- they know...

marquisdegeek, 2 months ago to random

"Excellence does not require perfection." ~ Henry James

marquisdegeek, 2 months ago to random

Some on the Microsoft Windows team thinks that a good way of explaining an Ethernet cable is to liken it to the phone cable for a landline!?!?

If only there was less obsolete way of describing such things. Maybe via a picture?

marquisdegeek, 2 months ago to 8bit

Tools for developing on the #Sinclair #Spectrum have now be wrapped into a #Docker #container.

Because that's how I roll...

https://github.com/MarquisdeGeek/ZXDocker

marquisdegeek, 2 months ago to random

YouTube: for when you're too lazy to read the docs ;)

marquisdegeek, 3 months ago to random

"Thank you for honoring my life. Just wish I knew what to do with the rest of it."

marquisdegeek, 3 months ago to random

Despite all the plundering of the Victorian era, at least they could effortlessly use the phrase, "Catching up with my correspondence"

Our equivalent is the less charismatic, "Replying to emails, and doom scrolling"

marquisdegeek, 3 months ago to random

For the last 30 years I've always considered myself a developer, first and foremost, but one who also knows how to communicate.

But over the last few months I've realised that by writing books, giving conferences talks (120+ in total, and 3 already this year!), and building a bunch of demos, that I might now be closer to a communicator that also happens to be a developer!

Has anyone made the move into Dev Rels after such a long time in development?

marquisdegeek, 3 months ago to random

Ada is saying Au revoir to Brussels and to #fosdem

To my new friends, old friends, Magic groupies and hangers-on... Santé

marquisdegeek, 3 months ago to random

Tonight's audience...

#fosdem

marquisdegeek, 3 months ago to random

How to stop people turning stuff off, number 47

marquisdegeek, 3 months ago to beer

Ada Lovelace and I are having a pit stop in the run up to #fosdem :)

#beer #ada #cantillon

marquisdegeek, 3 months ago to retrocomputing

Raytraced on a #Dragon32

It's a basic transliteration of the Spectrum code at https://gabrielgambetta.com/zx-raytracer.html

#RetroComputing

marquisdegeek, 3 months ago to ip

In just over a week, #FOSDEM gets its first magic show!

And it's by yours truly, talking about the parallels of #IP in #FLOSS and #Magic

Plus, it's on the main stage, so there'll be plenty of seats :)

#opensource