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Quazatron

@ Quazatron @lemmy.world

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A peace loving silly coffee-fueled humanoid carbon-based lifeform that likes #cinema #photography #linux #zxspectrum #retrogaming

  • Obligatory monthly "what's your hot take?" question

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  • People who can't stand being corrected. Instead of learning and improving, they feel diminished and hateful.

  • Please, FOSS world, we need something like ChromeOS

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  • Do we? Who's we?

  • What can I do with this?

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  • I see a very decent media player, maybe a PiHole, or you can add some USB storage and have a nice backup server.

    Just because it won't run a browser it doesn't mean it should be thrown away.

  • Symbian: The forgotten FOSS phone OS

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  • Have a look at what came before Symbian : Psion series 5

    In the end, when the Series 5 finally shipped, it was like being transported into the future, only through a very murky tunnel.

    Gretton’s hardware clocked in at a meagre-sounding 18Mhz — but performed like a desktop Intel PC from just two years previously — and it could still maintain 30 hours use on two AA batteries. Once the circuitry was complete, the Series 5 performed the same tasks as its Windows CE rivals but used only a quarter of the power.

    I still have two working Psion 5MX palmtops and love them to death.

  • xkcd #3115: Unsolved Physics Problems

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  • I thought long hair was a requisite for metal, especially headbanging.

  • What's something you started doing arbitrarily that's been really positive for you?

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  • Walking regularly, reducing carbs intake, reducing alcohol intake.

    I don't have to be radical, it helps even when I sometimes go overboard on eating or drinking.

    It also keeps my head leveled. Plus I get to listen to a lot of podcasts.

  • A chat with Gary Carlston of Brøderbund

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  • I was very happy with The Print Shop. You could print huge signs and banners by stitching smaller pages together. Fun times.

  • When tech hardware becomes paperweights

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  • It's not a new phenomena, but it seems to be growing.

    I remember when perfectly functional scanners and printers were ditched because the new Windows version would not support them and the vendor would not provide OEM drivers either.

    Nowadays they unplug some servers and you are left with an expensive doorstop. That's progress, I guess.

  • How do you mateys and folks deal with the sheer amount of music available out there?

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  • In the old days, Last.fm was good for discovering music I might like based on what I listen to.

    Nowadays I have this method (hear me out) that consists of drinking a bit too much, listening to favorites on YouTube and opening multiple tabs with what I suspect are good suggestions. This leads me into multiple rabbit holes where I occasionally strike gold.

  • ‘You can’t pause the internet’: social media creators hit by burnout

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  • effluencers

    It perfectly describes their contribution to this reality. Thank you.

  • Valve's reported profit-per-head from Steam commissions is out there, and at $3.5 million per employee it makes Apple and Facebook look like a lemonade stand

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  • I feel the same, I know that things will likely go downhill if he goes. That's why I also buy GoG games, I want to be able to download them if things go sour with Steam.

  • Cold water was probably less refreshing for early humans due to most cold water likely only being available during colder weather.

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  • Depending on the aquifer the water temperature at the spring can be really cold, even in the warmest days.

  • Cold water was probably less refreshing for early humans due to most cold water likely only being available during colder weather.

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  • You never actually drank from a natural spring, have you?

  • Old gamers don't understand what mobile gaming has become

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  • To me it is the inverse of socializing. It's an escape to a world where I don't have to deal with people.

  • Patient Gamers - Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?

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  • Faraway 1, 2 and 3.

    Really chill first person puzzle game.

  • Nintendo’s Anti-Consumer Anti-Piracy Measures Also Reduce The Value Of The Switch 2

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  • There was the Homebrew Channel back then, but it seemed to have gone offline. I assumed people just lost interest and moved on.

    Based on what you said I did a quick search and found that there's still an active community around the console, so thank you!

    I'm updating my Homebrew Browser to see what's new.

  • Nintendo’s Anti-Consumer Anti-Piracy Measures Also Reduce The Value Of The Switch 2

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  • Any platform that restricts how and what I can run in it has inherently less value to me. This is why I mostrly avoided consoles all my life.

    The only console I bought was the original Wii. The games were extremely expensive, and they disabled all the services that made the console useful after a few years (weather channel, news channel, store).

    Fortunately I added a few SNES, PCEngine, Genesis/Megadrive and Gamecube emulators otherwise I would now have a very pretty white doorstop.

  • Convert a video to fast GIF using FFmpeg (Tutorial)

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  • We need more content like this. Fun, engaging, sarcastic, accurate.

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  • You probably need them just to deal with the stress induced by teenagers.

    I really admire teachers, in my country they don't make much money and are subject to be placed hundreds of km away from their families for years.