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I run #Linux and dabble in digital #Electronics, #HomebrewComputer, #Arduino, #RaspberryPi, #OSdev, #Programming, #GameDev with #Godot, making #ElectronicMusic with #Ardour, and I used to collect #RetroComputers from #Commodore and early IBM PCs but I ran out of space so now I just emulate.
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i have just discovered a beautiful blog post misusing the haskell type system in a beautifully cursed way and i kinda want a dramatic reading of it now

https://aphyr.com/posts/342-typing-the-technical-interview

Typing the technical interview

The Jenkins on Twitter

โ€œ#seankโ€

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In college, game design legend Jeff Minter (Ox) created a game with his friends called DEFLEX for the Commodore PET. The original code is lost to time, so Minter recreated it (on the PET!) from scratch and put it out as a Vice Save State. A volunteer converted it to a .PRG and now it's emulated at Internet Archive:

https://archive.org/details/deflex-remake

Deflex Remake : Jeff Minter and Others (Design) Jeff Minter (Remake) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

'Deflex' was originally a PET game us nerds made at QMC. Long since lost to time. I decided to do a remake. Jeff MinterInstructions:Deflect the Ball using...

Internet Archive
Random retro stuff, I found this thing on eBay, a 1987 Canon Checkbook Computer. Totally useless in 2023, but I love weird old calculators. ๐Ÿ˜† #retrocomputing

So many people I've casually observed have seen the news and are onboard with a TikTok ban because they hate it so much, not realizing that this bill has dire, far-reaching consequences that affect more than just TikTok.

Which is why I say: Please, please put your blind hatred aside and realize what's being done here, because this affects so much more than TikTok.

Let's see if we can continue #VisibleWomen over here! I have seen a few already so let me add to it!
Hi, I'm Sarah! Senior concept artist at Heart Machine. My first 5e compatible adventure is coming out in the near future! #gameDev #ttrpg #MastoArt #Art
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@bastetfurry @fuchsiii @gpuopen that answer is insufficient since it's sold and marketed for #Linux.

1990s web experience

- Open site in browser
- Watch framework of site gradually appear
- Start reading site text
- View images once they load
- Click a hyperlink to more information on the thing you're looking for

2020s web experience

- Open site in browser
- Wait for Cloudflare to verify you aren't a bot
- Wait for background movie to load
- Dismiss cookie popup
- Decline to subscribe to their mailing list
- Decline to speak to a chatbot that promises it's a human
- Scroll infinitely looking for the information you want that's probably not there since it's all generated text intended for other robots to read anyway