Retrograde

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Retro computing enthusiast and Commodore 64 aficionado.

Software professional, hardware dabbler.

Gen X. Neo-Luddite. Humanist. Socialist. Environmentalist. (And lifelong closet goth.)

#retrocomputing #electronics #humanism #socialism #privacy #smallweb #permacomputing #nobots #noAI #nofascists

Come for the retrocomputing & electronics posts, run away from the unfiltered left-wing outlet. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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"AI" use = insta-block

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Retrograde12h ago
Show threadGary Strydom's Tiny Car13h ago
It's the same as AI "authors" and "artists". They don't want to make things. They want a get rich quick scheme, or the cachet of being an author or being an artist without actually ever having done anything. The hyperrealistic version of the Foucauldian author-function. Utterly horrific
Retrograde14h ago
flexghost.1d ago

Try to unsee it

Level: impossible.

Retrograde18h ago
JA Westenberg20h ago
We have spent 100x more compute training AI to generate waifu art than to solve protein folding. I am not saying this is the Great Filter, but if aliens find our radioactive remains, they’re going to be very confused by the hard drives...
Show threadRetrograde1d ago
It was probably installing subversion. No wait, that was only pulling in the Exim MTA. 🤷‍♂️
Retrograde1d ago
Wonder what fucked dependency chain brought Bind 9 onto my desktop system. 🤔
Show threadRetrograde2d ago
@parismarx WTAF?
Retrograde2d ago
Clueless by Sam2d ago
"The Left hates Technology" no, Dario, we hate *you*
Show threadRetrograde2d ago

@gloriouscow It is a nice light pen.

My C64 light pen is just Turbo, not Warp Speed, but a lot better quality than the plastic one you showed initially (metal body and tip switch). You may observe it.

Retrograde3d ago
Slopless vim fork by Drew DeVault  https://drewdevault.com/2026/03/25/2026-03-25-Forking-vim.html
A eulogy for Vim

Retrograde4d ago
Project Hail Mary is one of the worst books I've ever read, but people seem to like the flick. 🤷‍♂️