Isofarro

@isofarro
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Technical Architect, full-stack developer, news junkie, #ZXSpectrum & #AmstradCPC #RetroGaming, getting back into #Chess. Built the ZOE #Covid Symptom Study app. I like muffins.

Dario recently forced me to create an account to continue using a blood sugar monitor I already own (😡), so of course I gave my name as "Fuck Off."

This turns out to have been an amazing decision, because they inject your name into their marketing emails. 😂

Hah, today I learnt that the wireframe 'CGI' in Escape from New York, used for Snake Plissken to make a stealthy glider entry into the lawless prison island by air, was actually 'faked' by building a model of Manhattan covered in reflective tape. In 1981 this was the cheaper solution for a movie with limited budget
VP Candidate Tim Walz Was a Big Dreamcast Fan, and We Think We've Found His Favorite Game - IGN

We've managed to not only track down an old Dreamcast console that once belonged to Minnesota governor and vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, but we may have also uncovered at least one game that the former teacher-turned-politician has historically enjoyed: Crazy Taxi.

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Any screen reader users able to help idenfity the best pattern for ensuring this proposed fediverse symbol gets read out loud correctly in different software?
https://typo.social/@FediverseSymbol/113012440880547584
Fediverse Symbol ⁂ (@[email protected])

@[email protected] When used within HTML, would something like <span aria-description="fediverse">⁂</span> or <abbr title="fediverse">⁂</abbr> be okay?

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I've been intrigued by this piece of Russian music in a Bobby Fischer documentary: https://youtu.be/NQvPNCQ_Ro4?t=419

Finally tracked down what it is, it's called "The chess crown contest: Training" (Russian: Честь шахматной короны: подготовка) by Vysotsky.

English translation of lyrics: http://www.kulichki.com/vv/eng/songs/monument.html#the_chess_crown_contest_training

Live recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C4XU5xqHYk

it's a parody about a man preparing to play chess against Bobby Fischer, and advice from his friends (footballer, boxer, chef).

Bobby Fischer The Best EVER

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"One of the remaining points of frustration with PWAs is that Apple users are the least likely to be able to use them. That’s because of Apple’s long-standing decision to ban competing browser engines on its iOS platform." by @ricmac
https://thenewstack.io/2023-web-tech-check-in-react-performance-pwas-ios-browsers/
2023 Web Tech Check-in: React Performance, PWAs, iOS Browsers

We check in on three key issues for the web: 1) JavaScript performance woes caused by React, 2) Progressive Web Apps, and 3) Apple browser ban.

The New Stack

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We’ve looked at NHS funding since 2000 and compared UK healthcare spending with the richest EU members. And then looked at how funding connects to the current NHS crisis. 5 mins on what we found.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BBCRosAtkins/status/1611627495261978624

Ros Atkins on Twitter

“We’ve looked at NHS funding since 2000 and compared UK healthcare spending with the richest EU members. And then looked at how funding connects to the current NHS crisis. 5 mins on what we found.”

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I played Battle Mania 2 today and recorded the first level.

https://youtu.be/IY5Gr1mUDDY

#shmup #sega #megadrive #retrogaming

Battle Mania 2 (バトルマニア大吟醸) - Level 1 - Sega Mega Drive

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So, a "PR" person, who was given some files she does not understand by an ex-twitter employee and has been "revealing" them (misleadingly) is now freaking out that that someone from the State Dept visited her public website, claiming that the gov't is trying to intimidate her. By... visiting her public website after she claimed to be releasing things. And she's asking Elon why it's happening. It's very, very silly and confused people all around.