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Greg @mostech6502.bsky.social · 20h

kids these days were not given a binder full of pirated half-functional Dreamcast games and it really shows

Greg @mostech6502.bsky.social · 20h

if you have not seen it you gotta watch the speedrun - 1 minute 41 seconds - the big boss appears during the opening sequence, which you're supposed to lose to, but you can instead lead an angry mob of villagers to beat him to death and win
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9P6...

Two Worlds (PC v1.1): Any% Speedrun in 1:41

YouTube video by Deluxe233

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Greg @mostech6502.bsky.social · 20h

it's a really interesting question because a sensible person will turn the game off if it blows, so the answers are either from complete sickos or from people who have completed exactly 4 games and so say "Metal Gear Solid 2" by default

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Greg @mostech6502.bsky.social · 20h

might be pure hopium but "we're letting ChatGPT generate porn now" sounds like desperation to me... 2 months ago it was high-minded nonsense about "talking to a PhD student" / elevating human consciousness / rogue SkyNET, but today it's concern about character-ai eating your lunch. come on, really?

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Greg @mostech6502.bsky.social · 22h

lol you really put your name on this?

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Am I Pragnent? @am-i-pragnent.bsky.social · 1d

[Q]
Should former US President GW Bush be tried for the murder of 4500+ US Military men and women in Iraq?
over his failed oil venture in Iraq?

[A]
Good question. If Saddam had done it everyone would of been saying murderer. So I would have to say yes.

[2009]

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Avó chinesa muito católica @acexaman.bsky.social · 3d

Meowfeggio 528hz Healing Frequencies ✨️🌌

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witchunic @witchunic.moe · 2d

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Greg @mostech6502.bsky.social · 2d

i warned you about stairs bro!!!! i told you dog!

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Greg @mostech6502.bsky.social · 2d

it does, yes

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Simpley Thom. 🏳️‍🌈 @mongreldog.bsky.social · 2d

"The Simpsons Main Title Theme" lyrics
Danny Elfman Lyrics
"The SImpsoms Main Title Theme"
Ah The Simpsons
Submit Corrections

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Greg @mostech6502.bsky.social · 2d

probably can look them up on modarchive modarchive.org/index.php?re...

The Mod Archive v4.0b - A distinctive collection of modules - Deus Ex - alex_brandon_-_deus_ex_title_music.it (IT)

modarchive.org

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Greg @mostech6502.bsky.social · 3d

I WOULD QUIT! FUCK WIZARDRY!!

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 4d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Greg @mostech6502.bsky.social · 4d

fwiw Mastodon does offer this, though it's a confusingly named "Quiet Public (fewer algorithmic fanfares)", it basically means the post doesn't show in federated global feed / discover algorithms / search results, but isn't locked to friends-only. Also called "unlisted". It's pretty handy!

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 4d

like seriously team, I know y'all are working on both improving Discover and on better reply sentiment filtering and all, but it's going to take a while to tune it properly and a "never show my post on Discover" setting would be a 10 minute fix that would get 65% of why people want private accounts

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 5d

I had a post reach the Discover feed today and was once again reminded of how many people on this site are not house trained.

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Greg @mostech6502.bsky.social · 4d

ofc you don't know when those are actually useful (what if Twitter had been regularly rolling off Trump's tweets after 2 years?) but it is a difficult tension when people are encouraged not to have intentionality in what they put online

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Greg @mostech6502.bsky.social · 4d

this is "bad" and I'm thinking of this w/ other bots too (the weather?) but I think the bigger issue is that posts to someplace like this are thought of as "disposable" yet don't really go away. do you need all that commentary from 50,000 users about a particular NBA game for eternity?

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 5d

Pre social media people used to make websites for Dougs to hang out with Dougs! Same for Shirlenes, Geoffreys, Susan Parkers... I dug up a bunch of them on the wayback machine (thread!!!)

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Shirobon @shirobon.bsky.social · 7d

Really disappointing to see Sabrepulse using AI to create their latest albums.

His statement says otherwise.. but I typed "Math Rock Chiptune" into Suno AI and the results sound the same to me.. especially the drums and leads sound identical.

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Am I Pragnent? @am-i-pragnent.bsky.social · 7d

[Q]
Why do you get up in the morning?

[A]
Because I have to go to work to pay for the bed I just slept in

[2013]

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Greg @mostech6502.bsky.social · 7d

the fedi solution is something like "host your own instance" and/or "you may choose an instance that you know won't ban you to begin with," also "your posts have been federated already to everyone else anyway" (you do not need to point out the issues with this to me though)

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Greg @mostech6502.bsky.social · 8d

youtube says they'll do "auto dubbing" of videos now and I guess ok fine if I have to have it... but could they not do the dubbing into some generic computer voice, instead of trying to recreate MY voice for it? would feel better if it was a known "dub" voice instead of trying to match it to mine

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Greg @mostech6502.bsky.social · 8d

this Reddit comment about SNES game "Drakkhen" really got me. sorry to OP, sometimes having a good story to tell is worth $100 though

Funny story about this game. I decided I had to have it. Not sure if I saw a review in a Nintendo magazine or what but 18yr old me needed it. I went to the mall and picked it up. If I remember it was like 49 bucks or something which to me at the time was a TON.

I got the game and went straight to Aladdin's Castle arcade and played a few games. Dumb 18yr old me left the game by the last game I was playing and started playing another. By the time I realized I'd left the game on the ground by another console it was too late. Gone. Stolen.

I was so intent on getting that game, I immediately went and bought another and my stomach was sick while I was doing it. I just spent almost 100 bucks on a game.

Got the game home and guess what. Total shit.

Greg @mostech6502.bsky.social · 8d

ah, but consider this source instead:
bsky.app/profile/taka...

わたしがExceed Gunblaze Vengeanceわけないじゃん、ムリムリ！（※ムリじゃなかった!?） @takamomchi.bsky.social · 12d

i did not plan this

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