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48kRAM@oldbytes.space wrote:

Another #amiga music mix/master. redruM redruM by Virgill. First place in Revision 2020 (online) executable music competition. Uses AmigaKlang - a 64k (or smaller) Amiga music system that's basically protracker w/ procedurally-generated samples.

https://demozoo.org/music/276981/

This is a beautiful, slightly haunting tune (fitting the name) with some fantastic samples. Structure was quite nice to work with. Most of the samples have a lot of reverb baked in, and stereo is created old-skool with a time-offset track in the opposing channel. Due to the 4-channel limit, this effect gets dropped a lot in the original mod. I have restored it in my DAW and the result is a beautiful stereo image throughout the track.

I think this mix might be good enough for release.

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• 7f27086377607c42.mp3 (remote)

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

(Maybe it's just me, but that song was always a rush to hear play on my long drives. 😀 )

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

You're fading fast, and so is the strongest radio signal. You start thinking you've pushed too far and should've stopped earlier. Then, just before the radio gives up on the FM station, this song thankfully comes on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRlSHG5hRY4

Instant rush, and the memory of it carries you on until you can finally stop for the night at the next rest stop.

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

The radio that came with the vehicle was overly expensive trash that had stopped working long ago. So you replaced it with some radio torn out of a Honda. The tape deck doesn't work, but the radio does.

You passed the nearest town with services too long ago. The next place you could conceivably stop is at least another hour.

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Imagine yourself driving on a dark road out in the southwest US. It's 1990 something. You're in a '78 El Camino that has seen much better days, but it was free (if you forget the repairs you put into it and the transmission you had to replace from junkyard salvage (and eventually have rebuilt) and the tires you had to buy). But the V8 is alright, and you change the oil regularly.

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

You know, Dion sure talks a lot of trash about Sue:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyL1Z0Z5upY

But he's the one that brags about behaving like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbYa7NBYyRc

So I don't think he's very credible.

(Sorry. I was exposed to these songs long ago, and they still take up space in my head.)

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davep@infosec.exchange ("David Penfold :verified:") wrote:

My superpower is always knowing what's inside a wrapped present.

It's a gift.

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Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt ("Natasha Jay :mastodon: 🇪🇺") wrote:

Someone stole my copy of Microsoft office

... I will find you ... You have my word.

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

mcc wrote:

The Android evil-genie promise: You may have an open source phone OS. But if you actually compile it from source yourself, you will be banned from running any software. Or at least, they'll try as hard as they can to ban you from running software. Also, if you decide you want to build or even *download* the source, you're going to need to purchase a dedicated 1 TB SSD to check out the repo, and also download our forked version of git to check it out with

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ronaldsvilcins ("Ronalds Vilciņš") wrote:

Tired of stumbling upon outdated, uninspiring websites? So was I! That’s why I created The Colophon — a curated hub for design enthusiasts who crave cutting-edge web design. https://thecolophon.com/

#design #webdev #webdesign #webdevelopment #css #html #programming #javascript #code #frontend #inspiration #blog

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

Libs before the election: we can't criticize Democrats now, we must get them elected first!

Libs after the election: we can criticize the Democrats now, we must give them time to fix things!

Libs after time has passed: we can criticize Democrats now, we don't have enough progressives in office to pass legislation!

Libs after we demand more progressives candidates: we can't criticize the democrats now, we must vote blue no matter who!

Rinse. Wash. Repeat.

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

Tracing my lineage all the way back to primordial soup.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/08/25/busy-day-2/

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• The Far Side Pedigree (remote)
• Tomato sauce simmering (remote)

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

straphanger@urbanists.social ("𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇") wrote:

"Yeah, but how are you going carry a real load with a damn bicycle? That's why we'll always need trucks in cities."

#Hamburg: We see your beer-keg delivery, #London, and raise you a refrigerator. Or three.

via @CargoCycle_official

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• e18c8fa060bbf9de.mp4 (remote)

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vidak@mastodon.sdf.org ("'#vidak") wrote:

Masayoshi Takanaka - "Sexy Dance".

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• Masayoshi Takanaka - "Sexy Dance". (remote)

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

Sandra@idiomdrottning.org wrote:

Great follow up to the man or bear story:

https://www.laurasstories.live/all-blog-posts/empathy-is-a-survival-skill

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jmechner@mastodon.art ("Jordan Mechner") wrote:

Prince of Persia 35th anniversary update: This week in 1989, I "finished" PoP. After three years of work creating the game (on an Apple II), it was time to let go.💾

I have trouble letting go. As my journal reveals, I went on secretly fixing bugs... Which is strictly verboten, after QA has signed off on a master disk. But I was confident my last little bug fixes wouldn't break anything, because my pal Roland and I would "test the hell out of them" ourselves.

You can guess where this is going.

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• Me at my Broderbund attic office in 1989, finally "finished" with PoP (remote)
• Journal page written in the final throes of finishing PoP, 35 years ago this week (remote)
• Journal page written in the final throes of finishing PoP, 35 years ago this week (remote)
• Almost-final Prince of Persia punch list (reproduced in the new German edition of my "Making of Prince of Persia" journals) (remote)

bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

Those with even passing familiarity with @oxidecomputer have run across our Request for Discussion system, which constitutes the backbone of our writing-intensive culture. Tomorrow, @ahl and I will be joined by our colleagues to discuss this system, its history, and its evolution. Join us at a Europe-friendly time slot: 9a Pacific/5p BST/6p CET.

https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1275240687620587601

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Errantus@mstdn.mx wrote:

OMG! Yes. Please. 🤣🤣🤣

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• Pitch: a muppet movie where the muppets play D&D, and it cuts between the muppets around the table and the fantasy being acted out, but instead of it just being the muppets dressed up in D&D fantasy costume, it's celebrity actors but the muppets do the voices, and actors have to act how those muppets would. Imagine a barbarian played by Jason Momoa voiced by Miss Piggy. (remote)

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Dang webbed site: "Your password must be at least 8 characters long, have at least one number and at least one special symbol."

Me: [confused] But... Every symbol is special.

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

Sgt Armstrong was Regular Army

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• 0af331acc605b659.jpeg (remote)

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

ct_bergstrom@fediscience.org ("Carl T. Bergstrom") wrote:

I've gone too long without posting #corvids. Here, a very fine #raven.

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• A raven peers out from sage-colored undergrowth with violet flowers. (remote)

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Thanks, but that wasn't necessary!

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• 81cdd1e76618ab1c.png

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cwilcox808@c.im ("Curtis Wilcox") wrote:

@westbrook
I guess Apple's policy is "`is` for me but not for thee." 🤷

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NorcalGma2@sfba.social ("Norcal Gma 2") wrote:

Watching the DNC this week made me think about what it was like to be 14 and pregnant at the end of 1972. Roe vs. Wade would alter all the rules a month later, but changes to my rural community would be slow.
I became an emancipated minor and did my best to adult.
I wasn't allowed to go go back to public school but was sent to a "school for young mothers." There, six girls, from 12 to 16 years old, learned to cook and clean in a small house made into classrooms.
Luckily for me, it was within walking distance of my house.
We took turns cooking and copied our recipes to give to classmates. I still have my box of recipes.
For over fifty years, I have been meaning to make these caramel sweet rolls. Today is the day.
I wonder what happened to all the other girls.
I also wonder how we could even consider going back.

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• Caramel pecan sweet rolls on a white plate with blue trim. (remote)

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

stux@mstdn.social ("stux⚡") wrote:

Improved touch input a looad, also added full support for controller and keyboard yay

Not bad for a mobile game so far

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAR0Yk5AbJ8

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

a good thread, thought provoking:

https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/113019970349690401

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

heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

I’ve been thinking about the deeper meaning of the effort to bring in so many voices at the Democratic National Convention. In this tight election, it is clear on the surface that #Harris is simply trying to turn out as many voters for her as possible - disillusioned Republicans, Americans of all races, men and women, police and military members, younger folks. But I think something more ambitious is being attempted. 1/

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toxi@mastodon.thi.ng ("Karsten Schmidt") wrote:

New documentary about Lee Felsenstein[1] (creator of the SOL-20[2], the VDM-1 video module[3] and key member of the Homebrew Computer Club) and the ethos of the early DIY personal computing movement...

The Daydreamer - Lee Felsenstein (2024)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU7BfeXaeuE

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Felsenstein
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol-20
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VDM-1
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homebrew_Computer_Club

#RetroComputing #Documentary

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

3kh0@defcon.social ("Echo 🦊") wrote:

Friend: What do you play games on?
Me: I play games on a switch!

#meme #shitpost #networking #tech #infosec

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• A person using a game controller to play Snake with the lights on a network switch (remote)

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whitequark ("✧✦✶✷Catherine✷✶✦✧") wrote:

@slightlyoff https://mastodon.social/@whitequark/112449515235528651