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rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

That got me curious about the history of tile-based graphics, and wikipedia says the first tile-based game, period, was Galaxian only 2 years earlier.

But treating Galaxian and Apple II Ultima as both tile-based conflates two different things, since Galaxian DID have hardware support, and as an arcade game the hardware and software are a bit more tightly coupled anyway.

rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

I was looking at the wiki page for Ultima 1 and I was surprised to learn that it was apparently the first tile-based RPG. It was originally developed for the Apple II, which doesn't have hardware-based tile support. If you want tiles, you've gotta roll your own.

rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

Also, panting and sweating is the wearing a belt and suspenders at the same time of thermoregulation

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• Screencap of Echo. Background is a highway. A guardrail to the right and a rocky, reddish slope to the left. Dialogue box: "Leo smiles, panting a little in the heat, looking proud of himself."
• Echo VN screencap. Background is the derelict train station from the previous post. Dialogue box: "The sweat seeping into my shirt makes my skin crawl."

rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

You can kinda tell the authors probably don't live in a hot climate because the characters will just like, lean against metal or rock surfaces in the full heat of the day

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• Screencap of Echo VN. Background is a posterized photo of a derelict train station next to some old train tracks. Bottom center, a box with narration: "After doing a few panning shots along with some closeups of the cars, I lean against an old freight car with my head back."

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

In a Town This Size (feat. Dolores Keane) by John Prine

https://pandora.app.link/8gF4qxrDEBb

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computerchroniclesbot@botsin.space ("ComputerChroniclesScreens") wrote:

Approximate Frame #529 from The Computer Chronicles - Slowdown in Silicon Valley 1 1985-8REddtaRG3E

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• Approximate Frame #529 from The Computer Chronicles - Slowdown in Silicon Valley 1 1985-8REddtaRG3E (remote)

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benjamineskola@hachyderm.io wrote:

I have no opinion on the technical feasibility of “web environment integrity” but the weaselly justifications of it are offputting enough in themselves.

“Users want advertisers to know that they are real humans” — no, *advertisers* want to know that users are real humans. But nobody would find that persuasive because everyone rightly hates ads on the web, so it's clumsily reframed as being in the user's interests.

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

pea pods!

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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Saw Ben Shapiro's review: he doesn't understand it at all. He somehow thinks it's by and for people who hate Barbie.
He also complains that the trans character has a deeper voice than he does. Not the dig he thinks it is.

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mcc wrote:

Attempt, if you can, to find the element of the human in this sentence

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• "Free AI generated music for content creators"

Reblogged by rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest"):

dedication_bot@botsin.space ("Book dedications bot") wrote:

That Cheese Plate Wants to Party: Festive Boards, Spreads, and Recipes with the Cheese by Numbers Method by Marissa Mullen #books #literature #dedication

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• To my online community of cheese lovers, who are always down to party together or apart (remote)

Reblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):

grant_h ("Grant_H") wrote:

#Python question:
I'm looking for an open-source code library that will let me graphically edit 2D objects, in the sense of nodes and edges. add, move, connect (smart edges). Something like Visio/ yED, but all in Python.

I want to (re)explore some extensions to graph theory, and use it for teaching tools.
I wrote something C++ in the 90's, but am hoping there is something out there already.
Boosts, etc are all welcome.
TIA

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RikerGoogling@botsin.space ("Riker Googling") wrote:

why don't combadges use ssl

rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

I love when this channel gets Daniel Wang to come on and talk about music https://youtu.be/8KvboPMtBgg

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

It's a small thing, but I really wish the folks who were reflexively anti-Google were better at it. Today's case in point: lots of folks in my mentions bringing up Manifest V3 without any acknowledgement that it's the same design for content blocking as is mandated on iOS.

But that's all a distraction. What's *really* a problem is that Google makes a pretty powerful chip paried with lots of RAM, but even as a Pixel owner, I can't install extensions on Chrome for Android.

*THAT* is the bezzle.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

The whole "we had to spend 6 years arguing down fascists instead of doing something about Climate Change" thing is going about as well as expected:

https://on.ft.com/3pWjI5V

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carnage4life@mas.to ("Dare Obasanjo") wrote:

Return to office has gotten to the sell your house and move closer to work phase at Amazon.

This is The Empire Strikes Back of revenge against the Great Resignation. Certain employers want to ensure employees never even think about asserting their rights ever again.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-21/amazon-will-make-some-employees-relocate-for-return-to-office

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CarbonBubble@mastodon.energy ("Carbon Tracker") wrote:

Simultaneous #heatwaves & #flooding in swaths of the US, Europe & Asia are being fuelled by a specific jet stream pattern that creates a series of “heat domes” which in turn drive up temperatures🌡️📈 scientists say https://www.ft.com/content/25974611-f2b4-4a32-9e21-02a102895b6c

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obtener@mastodon.world ("Georgiann Baldino") wrote:

#Caturday

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• Sign reads: IF CATS COULD text you BACK they would not. (remote)

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EU_Commission@social.network.europa.eu ("European Commission") wrote:

A sunny bicycle ride.
A fresh laundry.
An 'I love you' message.

For 30 years, the CE mark has been a staple of many of the objects that accompany our lives.

From e-bikes to phones – and even washing machines, the letters ‘CE’ stand for ‘conformité européenne,’ a way for manufacturers to declare that their products meet:

🦺 EU safety,
💝 ️health, and
♻️ environmental protection requirements.

Learn more about the CE marking here: https://europa.eu/!ngq9fk

#EU #Europe

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• A plain visual with the ‘CE’ conformity mark at the centre, surrounded by the 12 stars of the EU flag. (remote)

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

design_law ("Sarah Burstein") wrote:

To recap: #SuffolkLaw expects to conduct faculty searches (for positions starting in 2024) in all three areas:

Clinical (for the IP clinic): https://jobs.jobvite.com/suffolkuniversity/job/o59Jnfw4

Legal Writing: https://jobs.jobvite.com/suffolkuniversity/job/oEaJnfwE

Doctrinal: https://jobs.jobvite.com/suffolkuniversity/job/ofkInfwo

I'm on the clinical committee and I'd be happy to answer questions about that search, about teaching at Suffolk, about being a law prof in Boston, or any related questions.

#LawProfJobs #LawFedi #IntellectualProperty

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YouGiveMeFever@union.place ("𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑮. 🇺🇸") wrote:

A recent quote about Robert Kennedy Jr. by Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of President Kennedy:

"He’s trading in on Camelot, celebrity, conspiracy theories and conflict for personal gain and fame,” said Schlossberg, whose mother is Caroline Kennedy. “I have no idea why anyone thinks he should be president. What I do know is his candidacy is an embarrassment. Let’s not be distracted again by somebody’s vanity project.”

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cnnbrk@c.im ("CNN Breaking News") wrote:

Biden selects Admiral Lisa Franchetti as the Navy's top officer. If confirmed, she'd be the first woman in the Navy's history to hold the job. https://cnn.it/3Do6NN7

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thedarktangent@defcon.social ("Jeff Moss") wrote:

Currently loading up the media server for #DEFCON next month, this year the entire https://media.defcon.org/ and https://infocon.org/ collections will be hosted, about 22TB or so. This is thanks to the new 30TB SSD that just arrived.

Want lo leech? Jump on the convention WiFi and connect to dc31-media.defcon.org
#DC31 @InfoCon

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OhNoSheTwitnt ("The Volatile Mermaid") wrote:

Conspiracy theorists who believe a movie about plastic dolls is trying to turn kids gay or trans are called Barbie-Q.

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kzar@fosstodon.org ("Dave Vandyke") wrote:

@slightlyoff also, IMO MV3 is a good example of your earlier point. The Chromium team were open to my suggestions as an extension developer and I was able to collaborate with them to help improve the APIs. I didn't always get my way, but we worked together in good faith. That acheived a lot more than assuming the worst of folks from the outset.

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nolan@toot.cafe ("Nolan") wrote:

State of Web Components - June 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC9sI-S7O8g

Great panel discussion about web components. The platform is still maturing, but it's made some big leaps recently (e.g. Declarative Shadow DOM).

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

My review:
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/07/22/hes-half-right-you-know/

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

How could Ben Shapiro watch *Barbie* without getting a good giggle and a little euphoria? You can tell he's a failed screenwriter.

https://www.polygon.com/reviews/23799502/barbie-movie-review-margot-robbie-ryan-gosling

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• Ben Shapiro did not like Barbie at all. (remote)

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Folks who want to lecture me about how Chromiun is evil because of manifest v3 probably shouldn't do it from their iPhones, because the blocking features are functionally identical to Apple's design.