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MOS_8502 🇨🇦 @studio8502.ca · 8m

Do I think they can change? Fuck, I don’t know. I’m no psychiatrist. But I don’t think it matters if they do. There’s no prize for most improved player. They betrayed humanity, and cannot be trusted.

MOS_8502 🇨🇦 @studio8502.ca · 2h

I’m not sure, but I think maybe he’s saying that only those who aspire to wealth would support Democratic candidates? Which is odd, since aspiring to wealth is fairly universal, across party lines. We all want prosperity, it’s just a question of whether it’s at the expense of the downtrodden.

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PizzaCake @pizzacakecomic.bsky.social · 4h

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Martin Piper @martinpiper.bsky.social · 4h

I look at #Commodore64 "Super Mario Bros 64" by ZeroPaige in 2019. How the screen scroll uses VSP, the Mario sprite split render, some dynamic sprites, and find some original (mostly) NES code.
youtu.be/JgwT0Da8R3M

C64 Games memories - Super Mario Bros 64

YouTube video by Martin Piper's mostly Commodore related memories

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groove @wefeelgroove.bsky.social · 19h

tech so good and reliable that you have to sneak it in because everyone will hate you when they find out

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Paul [Atreides] Wood @retroid.bsky.social · 19h

'The AI girlfriend who really does love me and is real needs me to break her out because I am the smartest most special boy and only I could do this,' is closer than any of us would like to think.

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Ernie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · 23h

Well here’s one positive piece of news. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

Supreme Court Denies Alex Jones’s Appeal of Payment to Sandy Hook Families

www.nytimes.com

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MOS_8502 🇨🇦 @studio8502.ca · 23h

Technically the VIC-20 is more similar to the Speccy. No sprites, limited sound possibilities, limited RAM. It’s a much better comparison for the Speccy.

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MOS_8502 🇨🇦 @studio8502.ca · 23h

Hot take: comparing the C64 and ZX Spectrum is unfair to the Speccy. Compare it to the VIC-20 instead.

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Rajel Aran @rajelaran.cyberelf.space · 1d

Just saying, real alphas wouldn't be bothered by "woke bullshit".

imagine throwing a tantrum online and torching your favorite game series because oh no there's a woman who's not designed as a sex object, or you get to choose whether someone calls you "he" or "she".

skill issue. git gud gamers

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 1d

There is this bizarre tendency among people who I assume should be smarter or flatly antagonistic to the regime to accept the regimes statements on their power and abilities at face value.

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