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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 1d

MTV is shutting down its music channels across Europe by December 2025 as the network shifts focus to reality TV.

Trixter @oldskool.org · 1h

Wait, garment steamers work? I was afraid they would wrinkle the printing. I've been trying to do everything with dry heat.

Trixter @oldskool.org · 4h

And yet, in your hands, it's entertaining! (but please, don't make more, or encourage the plagiarism machine)

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Trixter @oldskool.org · 5h

Hey, that was my first Linux and platform as well! 386dx-40. (not my first Unix though, had used Harris UX and Coherent before then)

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Trixter @oldskool.org · 8h

In the 90s DOS demoscene, we used to joke about using gravis ultrasound RAM to store graphics assets, and VGA RAM to store sound samples. Both were technically possible, but I don't believe anyone ever did it.

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moxica (playground) @moxica-playground.bsky.social · 8d

It's #monday ⚡🎵

Demovibes vol. 16 : The Memory of the Shadow (mixtapes from #Amiga & PC demoscene)

Demovibes is a collection of mixtapes made with the finest #demoscene #music - Mixed by Willbe💿

Demovibes vol. 16 : The Memory of the Shadow (mixtapes from the Demoscene)

YouTube video by Willbe

www.youtube.com

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Trixter @oldskool.org · 15h

The current debate (as I understand it) isn't whether the tech is helping you with your coding, but rather completely replacing the need for a graphic artist or musician.

When all the creative assets are AI-generated, that's missing the point of the demoscene.

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Hermanni @hermanni.bsky.social · 22h

You know, for a place that's all about creativity and counter-culture, it's shocking how many people in the demoscene just willingly cave in and defend the use of GenAI, one of the most corporate "tools" that anyone could've ever came up with.

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Trixter @oldskool.org · 22h

I spent all day helping other people when I needed to help myself. Now it's late at night, and I should be in bed, but I'm so resentful I didn't get to do anything for myself that I'm staying awake out of spite. And knowing I'm going to be utterly wrecked tomorrow makes me angrier.

I need a break.

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gloriouscow.bsky.social @gloriouscow.bsky.social · 1d

I've decoded the NEC V20's group decode PLA.

This PLA takes an 8-bit opcode (and two mode signals) as inputs and produces 14 status outputs that control operation of the CPU.

These status signals will hopefully explain some gaps in functionality that the microcode doesn't cover.

#retrocomputing

The NEC V20's group decode PLA being extracted in MaskRomTool

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Trixter @oldskool.org · 22h

I've been using them ever since I got a perfect score on the English ACT. But you can't convince people who think they've figured out one of LLM's "tells" that they're wrong.

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Trixter @oldskool.org · 4d

Tron: Ares was such a colossal misfire that it makes Tron: Legacy look positively amazing in comparison.

Tron: Legacy's only real flaw was several obvious missed opportunities in the story structure. Ares' flaws, however, are so numerous they can be measured in FPS (Flaws Per Scene)

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Trixter @oldskool.org · 4d

Well, visuals were amazing; no surprise, given that Disney bankrolled both ILM and Weta for the VFX.

Other than that, Tron: Ares was a near total misfire.
Casting was all wrong.
Soundtrack had bizarre emotional intent in some scenes.
Writing full of "As You Know" exposition.

What a disappointment.

Trixter @oldskool.org · 20d

Prediction: Tron: Ares will be utter crap. By moving outside the computer, the screenwriters missed the point of what made the Tron properties special.

But I'm still going to see it. Why? My son Sam wants to see it, so I'm happy to take him. And, I can still say I saw all Tron films in the theater.

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Trixter @oldskool.org · 4d

...is a very talented Cyberpunk 2077 streamer: www.youtube.com/@abrahamsand...

AbraHamSandwich

The best thing since sliced bread!

www.youtube.com

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Trixter @oldskool.org · 4d

"Create a python script which can screen grab a window and press the down arrow key to advance the song. Repeat 1295 times to create a set of PNG images for the whole song, one image for each line of the pattern data."

#Demoscene mentality in full effect right there

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Ben Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social · 4d

So this #SHOT2025 panel has nearly wrapped up. But if you want to read more about historical issues surrounding multimedia and the preservation of born-digital collections, check out this piece on #DigiPres at @theul.bsky.social.

(Thanks for bringing this to my attention, @rhiggitt.bsky.social!)

A digital dark age? The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks

From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks.

www.bbc.com

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Trixter @oldskool.org · 4d

Proxies don't help, because the re-scans are on the source footage, not the proxies. So you can be seeking around on a timeline and suddenly everything stops because Premiere has to rescan something, and you can see in Task Manager it is reading from the source drive at maximum speed. For no reason.

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Trixter @oldskool.org · 4d

Adobe optimized Premiere 25.5 for the common, casual use case of small clips on flash storage; quick re-scans in that case don't result in delays. But I'm editing long clips from a conference, too big for flash, so stored on spinning rust. The rescans PAUSE timeline ops, even halting while seeking!

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Trixter @oldskool.org · 4d

@adobe.com's Premiere Pro 25.5 release delivered faster editing/timeline performance by rescheduling and moving most foreground ops to the background. This works well for those storing footage on flash devices.

Still editing off of spinning rust? Performance is WAY WORSE now. Ask me how I know!

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Trixter @oldskool.org · 10d

Since that's demonstrably false, you corrected them, right?

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Trixter @oldskool.org · 10d

I prefer cars that are fun to drive, so a hybrid doesn't really fit. Either full electric, or something with a turbo. Otherwise the torque isn't there.

I'm currently driving my last gas car. My next car will be fully electric.

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Trixter @oldskool.org · 10d

There are hundreds I have loved over the past 35 years, but there's only one tune I have played thousands and thousands of times testing mod player code that I have never gotten sick of: Banana Split by Dizzy. It's both compositionally and technically complex for the format.
youtu.be/6wFRruO4qfk

Banana Split by Dizzy/ CNCD 1993 (Amiga Protracker)

YouTube video by Amigowiec

youtu.be

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Trixter @oldskool.org · 14d

They'll start going up tonight. Roughly one every day, if my editing skills keep up.

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The Oasis BBS @theoasisbbs.bsky.social · 14d

VCF Midwest 20 Videos
#VCFMW20 #VCFMidwest #RetroComputing #VintageComputers #ComputerHistory #SchaumburgIL #RetroTech

theoasisbbs.com/vcf-midwest-...

VCF Midwest 20 Videos - The Oasis BBS

VCF Midwest 20 concluded on Sept 13–14, 2025, in Schaumburg, IL with record attendance. Watch fan and vendor videos from the event.

theoasisbbs.com

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Trixter @oldskool.org · 15d

It's not strictly an RPG, but you do have a lot of freedom in how you play. And the production values are top-notch.

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