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Lord Iffy Boatrace

@iffyboatrace.bsky.social

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Interests: Retro 8-bit computing, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, NFL, Music (Everything from Leonard Cohen to Lawnmower Deth, but skewed towards Metal) Hail the Hoff!

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Lord Iffy Boatrace @iffyboatrace.bsky.social · 3h

It wasn't. It was called snapper, it just used the pacman character in the gam and cover art.

Lord Iffy Boatrace @iffyboatrace.bsky.social · 3h

Are you producing the follow up to this classic?

Front cover of the BBC sound effects record “More death and horror”

Back cover of the BBC sound effects record “More death and horror”

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Lord Iffy Boatrace @iffyboatrace.bsky.social · 4h

Yes. Williams who did the arcade machine. It was a bit naughty for Acornsoft to do that. It was the same with Snapper, which originally used a pacman character. Had to be withdrawn and replaced.

Lord Iffy Boatrace @iffyboatrace.bsky.social · 4h

Just tape, except where it's disk or rom only. Had to draw the line somewhere! Missing some language roms and some special titles like the Paul Daniels one. Also think I'm missing some of the educational titles. I really need to find a complete catalog - I've only got parts catalog to compare to

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Lord Iffy Boatrace @iffyboatrace.bsky.social · 4h

@kevedwardsretro.bsky.social still got some more to go to complete my Acornsoft collection! Not pictured are the hundreds of superior software titles (both pre and post Acornsoft buyout) I probably ought to document this lot somewhere

Photograph of a bookcase containing 150 or so Acornsoft BBC micro big box cassette software titles

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Lord Iffy Boatrace @iffyboatrace.bsky.social · 9h

I prefer to play the original on the left of this picture :)

Picture of two acornsoft games for the bbc micro. Defender on the left and planetoid on the right

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Lord Iffy Boatrace @iffyboatrace.bsky.social · 9h

Sir, this may be the greatest thing you've ever put online.

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 16h

Some are querying whether Andrew can renounce a dukedom without an Act of Parliament.

But you can parse a duchy and he’s left outside.

Good night.

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Lord Iffy Boatrace @iffyboatrace.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! It's still horrible, but at least it's more bearable. My wallpaper stayed also, FWIW.

Lord Iffy Boatrace @iffyboatrace.bsky.social · 1d

Ping! Zap! Explode!

Lord Iffy Boatrace @iffyboatrace.bsky.social · 2d

*** Oric Atmos and Dragon 32 owner puts his hand up ***

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Lord Iffy Boatrace @iffyboatrace.bsky.social · 3d

AS I recall, I used another t-piece on the end of a cable as a connector to the t-piece on the network.....I laugh and wince now

Lord Iffy Boatrace @iffyboatrace.bsky.social · 3d

First day, in first job aged 18. I knew nothing about networking, and simply jammed a cable from the empty t-piece to my workstation (not enough slack in cable for t-piece to reach). Brought the entire network down and the senior dev was hunting under desks. Still wince about that

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Lord Iffy Boatrace @iffyboatrace.bsky.social · 8d

Time Changes Everything by John Squire. Was massively looking forward to it and it was basically bad sixth form poetry terribly sung. Listened once and never have again. CD still in the cupboard somewhere

Lord Iffy Boatrace @iffyboatrace.bsky.social · 16d

Blew my mind in 1987. Still have the flexidisc! www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_qP...

Sabbat Flexidisc Blood For The Blood God

YouTube video by The Fluffenhammer Podcast

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Lord Iffy Boatrace @iffyboatrace.bsky.social · 29d

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Dorothy Please Trim Your Hinge (Misprint)

YouTube video by Ivor Biggun and the Red Nosed Burglars - Topic

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Lord Iffy Boatrace @iffyboatrace.bsky.social · Sep 10

Was playing this on my BBC Micro last week! My collection

Four BBC Micro cassettes of various different editions of trivial pursuit

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Lord Iffy Boatrace @iffyboatrace.bsky.social · Sep 2

Ah ok, not tried to park anywhere since Saturday. It’s just park which was a little cheaper, figures :)

Lord Iffy Boatrace @iffyboatrace.bsky.social · Sep 2

He’s modelled himself on fit Finlay in his Belfast bruiser phase

Lord Iffy Boatrace @iffyboatrace.bsky.social · Sep 2

Hahaha I didn’t even need to hear his accent to know Ian was from norn iron. Cracking tache and mullet gave it away #gbbo

Lord Iffy Boatrace @iffyboatrace.bsky.social · Sep 2

Both work in BCP

Lord Iffy Boatrace @iffyboatrace.bsky.social · Sep 2

Yeah, take your pick from ringo and just park in BCP. One of them charges a few pence more than the other and I can never remember which

Lord Iffy Boatrace @iffyboatrace.bsky.social · Aug 29

I've had some recent tests, and 600ml feels like I'm going to explode and is almost painful. I can't even imagine what 2000ml must feel like

Lord Iffy Boatrace @iffyboatrace.bsky.social · Aug 27

Is that a pre-allo allo Madam Fanny?

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · Aug 19

The fact that the thing we're calling artificial intelligence *can't do math* and yet we're jamming it into programs that successfully *have done math* for decades, then warning people against using the AI to do math, seems like an excellent summary of where we are.

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Aug 19

Good thing no one uses Microsoft Excel for anything related to legal, regulatory or compliance business functions

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Microsoft Excel adds Copilot Al to help ...
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The Verget-4.1-mini Al model | 5
successor to the LABS.GENERATIVEAI function Microsoft started experimenting
with in 2023.
Microsoft notes that you can combine its new Al function with other Excel functions, including IF, SWITCH, LAMBDA, or WRAPROWS. The company adds that information sent through Excel's COPILOT function is "never" used for AI training, as "the input remains confidential and is used solely to generate your requested output."
The COPILOT function comes with a couple of limitations, as it can't access information outside your spreadsheet, and you can only use it to calculate 100 functions every 10 minutes. Microsoft also warns against using the AI function for numerical calculations or in “high-stakes scenarios” with legal, regulatory, and compliance implications, as COPILOT "can
give incorrect responses."
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