kolleykibber

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by kolleykibber 2mo ago
This might be considered sacrilege, but the Amstrad CPC was basically a later, better executed speccy. The hardware and firmware make for a better retro archaeology experience.
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by kolleykibber 6mo ago
Crazy to think this headline would have been satire a year ago.
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by kolleykibber 1y ago
Have to mention World Possible ( https://worldpossible.org/ ) here. They are doing amazing similar work, with rpis and Intel CAP servers. They also have Datapost ( https://datapost.site/map ) which uses android
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by kolleykibber 2y ago
I'm having a play on the PPC640 with a Gotek running Flashfloppy with fd720-fat.img It's erroring after the mount with panic:No init or sh found SYSTEM HALTED. BOOT: The computer is unreponsive at the boot: prompt. I've tr
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by kolleykibber 3y ago
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler
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by kolleykibber 3y ago
Having played with a few of these systems, I still feel something like a slightly broken Amstrad CPC6128 or ZX Spectrum offers the better learning experience. You get to understand the minds of the designers back in the 80s.
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by kolleykibber 3y ago
Well that post just cost me a couple of hours. And still 136 bytes off 431: #define p printf int main(){const char *g[]={"A Partridge in a Pear Tree.\n","Two Turtle Doves, and","Three French Hens,",&q
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by kolleykibber 3y ago
Good times. I built a wardialler out of one of those science fair 150 in one kits and an Atari st using an rs232 data line to bounce a relay. found plenty, but the fun ended when the 400 quid bill came in. Endless paper rounds.
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by kolleykibber 3y ago
Could you give some examples of these interesting things?
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by kolleykibber 4y ago
There was a Solar Powered Vinyl Tent touring the festivals in the UK last summer. A bunch of records to flick through, a player and a few deckchairs. It really was a wonderful thing.
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by kolleykibber 4y ago
Doesn't seem to have done Salesforce any harm.
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by kolleykibber 4y ago
Tellingly, those pro users would never choose to migrate back to Windows for a more consistent UI.
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by kolleykibber 4y ago
I've just enjoyed an hour getting chatGPT to write Simpsons episodes. >Write an episode of the simpsons starring bill hicks In this episode of The Simpsons, the family attends a comedy club and is pleasantly surprised to discover th
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by kolleykibber 4y ago
This isn't true (since 89) https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/11/17/elon-musk-emerald-min... Keeps coming up, even though it's a pretty easy google.
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by kolleykibber 4y ago
Be prepared to spend more on security.
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by kolleykibber 4y ago
It has always intrigued me how close the riff in 'Killing in the name' is to the one in 'Man of constant sorrow'.
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by kolleykibber 4y ago
If you want to understand how messed up the UK class/accent system is and how damaging for all sides, there's an episode of below deck med. It plays out between a private school chef and a northern stewardess.
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by kolleykibber 4y ago
You can't see the eyes in this pic. An ant is much cuter when you see it's big welcoming eyes.
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by kolleykibber 4y ago
For me, as a kid back then it was the magazines. I would wait all month and then devour the latest Felix Denis publication end to end. The editors of these magazines could be considered the orchestrators of the UK 8 bit scene. Manuals were
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by kolleykibber 4y ago
She mentions that this was all downloaded previously. They prob have a local server/DNS.
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by kolleykibber 4y ago
This thread is an amazing distillation of hard earned advice. For me. Do something physically challenging. Do a long distance walk like the Camino de Santiago, climb a mountain, do some cycle sportives. Travel, read philosophy and physics,
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by kolleykibber 5y ago
>Lastly, and this is definitely overkill. I had a dentist take an xray of the new and old parts. Is this a friend? Or would any dentist consider this for a fee? I'll be broaching this subject at my upcoming clean and polish.
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by kolleykibber 5y ago
Are there any figures available for .net usage outside of large organisations?
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by kolleykibber 5y ago
Well, the parents are not happy all the time. But when the offspring are safe and happy, the parents will be generally happy. Should a threat to the offspring exist, the parents will not be happy. Seems to fit with the gene's plan.
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by kolleykibber 5y ago
The quality of music discussion on HN is incredible to me and some of the best I have encountered. Is there a frustrated muso in all engineers?
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by kolleykibber 5y ago
There quite a lot out there, few getting much use though. List here: https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/ Other interesting telnet servers include JPL: telnet horizons.jpl.nasa.gov 6775 and telehack.com. There's even a teln
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by kolleykibber 5y ago
I pulled an Amstrad cpc464 out of the loft at the beginning of the year and headed deep down the rabbit hole. For me the most interesting thing is interfacing with modern microcontrollers. Pics, stm32, esp(s) etc. There's something abo
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by kolleykibber 6y ago
It looks like gphotos-sync is the way to do this. Must be new as I was looking for a tool like this a few years ago and nothing existed.
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by kolleykibber 6y ago
> Robin Williams committed suicide despite having them all, I think it's fair to assume he was not happy. That's why I added 'Generally' and 'should be found'. It would be fair to say that Robin Williams wa
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by kolleykibber 6y ago
Generally, happiness is a reward from doing what your genes want you to do. The greatest happiness therefore, should be found in the process of breeding and caring for offspring. Social status (consumption, skills and achievements) helps yo

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