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profoundlynerdy

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My retro computing niche is source code archaeology: the art of reconstructing maintainable source code from disassembly and reverse engineering. It's harder than it sounds but also fascinating and rewarding. I also enjoy working with unpopular or niche programming languages. I very much follow the beat of a different drum.

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profoundlynerdy, to c64
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Can anyone recommend a #roguelike for the #c64 or even the #commodorepet? Period or modern, either is fine as long as it's fun.

#retrocomputing

profoundlynerdy, to retrocomputing
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Could #ICQ be reverse engineered and federated as an open protocol? #retrocomputing #internet #askfedi

profoundlynerdy,
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@RL_Dane Nothing. It was just a hypothetical question prompted by the platform's shutdown.

profoundlynerdy, to random
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@grammargirl Okay, very much in left field here, but the Freemasons had an outsized impact on both US and French history.

Have any ritual terms or even shibboleths entered into common usage? I can think of one or two plausible examples but you know more about etymology than I do.

"Hoodwink" seems unlikely but "to give the third degree" seems plausible. That's about all I can come up with.

unfa, to gaming
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#StopKillingGames.com aims to delegalize game publishers thanos-snapping games you've paid real money for when they feel like it. Exactly what Ubisoft recently did with The Crew.

MattKC has a great short video about it:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=fwcj_tIm44k

Now is the best chance for us to have governments make laws protecting games from systemic destruction!

Australians - HURRY!
2 weeks left for you to ACT!
Read details on https://StopKillingGames.com

#RightToRepair #RightToReplay #Gaming #Games

profoundlynerdy,
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@unfa I take it users lacked a local copy?

kiwa, to random
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Windows 3.11 but it's not for workgroups

profoundlynerdy,
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@kiwa Windows NT 3.51?

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