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A very important addition to my library: UK Crisp Packets 1970 - 2000 (https://sportsbanger.com/products/u-k-crisp-packets-book) as heard on Ruminate 225 (https://ruminatepodcast.com/225/).
Zeme is blogging about his retro game development journey on the Atari ST at the moment, and while I'm linking a specific entry you should read all of the entries.
Anyhow - this post specifically is about what I think is the coolest development that the demoscene ever invented on the lowly 1985-era Atari ST hardware: "Sync scrolling".
The ST computer was completely incapable of shifting the screen display horisontally, which made it horribly inefficient to make side scrolling games for. But us demo coders never stopped trying anyway - and the Swedish demo groups Omega and TCB independently at the same time found a hardware abusing trick to do it.
Zeme's writeup on the subject is really good - and yes - I'm mentioned multiple times since I've put together a library for others to make use of this trick in their productions.
As you may know, the Atari ST (unlike the STE) officially doesn’t support hardware scrolling. In this post, I’m going to talk about a demoscene technique that allows an ST to achieve basic hardware scrolling regardless of that restriction. This technique is called sync scrolling.
Friends in England, a message for you.
I have periodically posted this before, but it's been a while since I last did, and I was putting my pills into my pill organiser and thought of it.
If you regularly have prescriptions, you do NOT need to pay for them all. This isn't terribly well advertised, and lots of people go through life never needing a repeat prescription then suddenly finding they need lots (me, I did this, up until I was 42 my only regular medicine was an antihistamine, now I have a full pill organiser).
A pre-pay prescription certificate can be purchased for a year and costs a little less than the price of 12 prescriptions (£114.50 compared to £118.80 if you have one prescription a month for a year). You can buy for this in instalments by direct debit, you don't have to stump it up all in one go.
You can also buy a three-month certificate for £32.50 (slightly more than the cost of three prescriptions).
These prices are fixed. It costs the same whether you're getting one prescription a month or ten. If you have at least one a month then the yearly certificate WILL save you money.
Everyone in England who pays for prescriptions is eligible.
https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/help-nhs-prescription-costs/nhs-prescription-prepayment-certificate-ppc
A PPC could save you money if you pay for your NHS prescriptions. The certificate covers all your NHS prescriptions for a set price. You will save money if you need more than 3 items in 3 months, or 11 items in 12 months.The prescription charge in England is £9.90. A PPC costs:
From: Chris Anderson Date: May 24, 2017 at 8:58:18 AM GMT+10 To: Subject: A message from Chris Anderson, Founder, DIY Drones Reply-To: [email protected] 3dr_header.png feature-image-5.png Dear DIY Drones Member, I founded the DIY Drones community ten years ago, in April...
@paparatti Yep. That was my reaction. The shock was just how cheap the parts are now. Almost pocket money prices.
The people saying it isn't very fast or long range are missing the point. The first 3d Printed guns were a bit rubbish also. I mean even the first few versions of the AIM-9 Sidewinder were not great but they all improved and did that quickly
Tired: Ghost Guns
Wired: $96 MANPADS
Expired: Anyone on the wrong end of these
https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/tech-hobbyist-makes-shoulder-mounted-guided-missile-prototype-with-usd96-in-parts-and-a-3d-printer-diy-manpads-includes-wi-fi-guidance-ballistics-calculations-optional-camera-for-tracking via https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47425297 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47385935
Wired on Ghost guns https://youtu.be/tQB_ib-KQXA
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