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Trixter @oldskool.org · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 18d

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 · 3d

...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 · 3d

"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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

@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 · 9d

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

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Trixter @oldskool.org · 9d

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 · 9d

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 · 13d

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 · 13d

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 · 14d

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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Trixter @oldskool.org · 14d

Suggestion out of left field: Have you tried Cyberpunk 2077?

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The Bloop Museum @bloopmuseum.bsky.social · 14d

Going to PGX this weekend? We just got the time on @inversephase.bsky.social's panel, "The Computer Art Underground". It will be in Panel 2 at 1pm on Saturday!

If you haven't picked up a badge yet, you can get 10% off with BLOOP2025 at pittsburghgamingexpo.com/buy-badges

#pittsburgh #PGH #PGX2025

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Trixter @oldskool.org · 14d

One of the very best write-ups of any demoscene effect I've ever read: cobbpg.github.io/articles/nuf...

Bit-banged multiplexing taken to its extreme.

Patai Gergely

8 bits should be enough for everyone!

cobbpg.github.io

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Trixter @oldskool.org · 14d

Civil discourse is starting to break down; political violence is becoming more accepted, good faith is eroding, and tribalism is on the rise. Without cultural cohesion or trust in institutions, we risk sliding toward authoritarianism.

Maybe it will end with Trump also hiding in a bunker. Maybe not.

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Trixter @oldskool.org · 14d

Modern America mirrors this with digital echo chambers (perverted by AI), performative loyalty, and youth alienation. Social media amplifies extremism and revives banned ideologies, while propaganda shapes identity and erodes shared reality, creating a population ripe for radicalization.

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Trixter @oldskool.org · 14d

Those unaware of history are doomed to repeat it.

The Weimar Republic's fall was fueled by rigid ideological communities, mass polarization, and normalized political violence. Cultural life was politicized, leaving no neutral space which fractured discourse and prevented compromise among factions.

Benj Edwards @benjedwards.com · 15d

I expect US national consensus to completely break down over the next decade due to algorithmic media and AI generating pocket realities. I’ve been warning this since 2017, and it’s already happening

Things will get crazy before we find antidotes. Radical changes in how we collectively govern ahead

Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 15d

Just to recap, the actual president found an AI-generated video of a fake news report depicting a fake announcement about an imaginary healthcare system based on a technology that doesn’t exist and posted it on his official social media account

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Trixter @oldskool.org · 15d

Pocket realities were the unintended consequence of social media, fairly well formalized in 2016. But now we can generate misinformation at scale.

It usually takes an entire generation for stuff like this to shake out.
Not sure I'll be around for it.
Not sure I'll want to see the end result.

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Trixter @oldskool.org · 15d

@dosnostalgic.bsky.social Is the world ready for a return of The DOS Nostalgia podcast? I say yes!

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Benj Edwards @benjedwards.com · 15d

I expect US national consensus to completely break down over the next decade due to algorithmic media and AI generating pocket realities. I’ve been warning this since 2017, and it’s already happening

Things will get crazy before we find antidotes. Radical changes in how we collectively govern ahead

Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 15d

Just to recap, the actual president found an AI-generated video of a fake news report depicting a fake announcement about an imaginary healthcare system based on a technology that doesn’t exist and posted it on his official social media account

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 15d

This was always the funniest conspiracy theory to me — that there are MRI machine-like devices that can cure all known illnesses in seconds, but the government has been hiding them — and Trump just posted an AI generated video of himself announcing they're real. We're cooked!

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Trixter @oldskool.org · 15d

The ravenous bugblatter beast of Traal could be right behind you at any moment.

Trixter @oldskool.org · 15d

I just realized the version of memtest isn't really visible in the picture. It's Memtest-86 v3.4. It's running off of this boot disk: schierlm.users.sourceforge.net/bootdisk/

The All In One Boot Floppy

schierlm.users.sourceforge.net

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