In the Future All Food Will Be Cooked in a Microwave, and if You Can’t Deal With That Then You Need to Get Out of the Kitchen

https://www.colincornaby.me/2025/08/in-the-future-all-food-will-be-cooked-in-a-microwave-and-if-you-cant-deal-with-that-then-you-need-to-get-out-of-the-kitchen/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

it's honestly impressive that a video sharing site owned by search & AI giant Google can't figure out that after I watch Foobar Letsplay episode #1 that it should at least recommend Foobar Letsplay episode #2

like, I've written smarter BASIC programs

ok so here's what we do: set up two computers next to each other, and run a network connection over the speakers and microphones, using text-to-speech and speech-recognition. Ie, you just have them talk out loud to each other. (You'd need to handle collision when they both talk at once, of course)

and then you benchmark different languages efficiencies at saying numbers!

"If generative AI could REALLY make the next GTA in 6 months with 10 staff, or write the next bestseller, or produce 10 blockbusters a day? They wouldn't be trying to sell it to YOU. They would keep it for themselves and guard it from you ferociously."

I've seen this quote without attribution a couple of times. Whoever said it, they're spot on.

Hello! I'm over here now! And I brought you with me!

I'll be launching a DOS game jam soon, which will run from September to the end of November. Just in time for DOSember gaming!

If you're interested, keep an eye out for the link in a couple of weeks!

It's still a ways away, but if anyone has any ideas for events/collaborations/other re: DOSember on Twitch, please always feel free to hit me up!

✧₊˚♡˚₊✧ Emmy ✧₊˚♡˚₊✧

Here's the article I was working on today, and the first I've written for The Register in a hot minute: a look at a new, generated-from-actual-1980s-hardware, 1.5-million-strong test suite for the Intel 286 and compatibles.

In 2025. Yes. Emulator devs are a different breed, I tell you, and we're all the richer for 'em.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/intel_286_test_suite/

#VintageComputing #RetroComputing #Emulation

This is a proposal to expand the tried tl;dr standard for further usecases.

The authors propose

pw;dr - paywall; didn't read
ai;dr - ai, didn't read

This is a draft.

📅 24 years ago today, Max Payne was released!

💾 Max Payne was released on July 23rd, 2001!