meanwhile I played a lot of the DOS version :) iirc I saw a Crop Editor or at least some kind of analysis of the format, but I can't find it now. Certainly the "load crop" button intrigued me as a 10 year old.

@SnoopJ we've all been there

doing some C64 reversing and I think more programs should have this option

@obstsalat @hkz the kids are all right

@anachrocomputer @hkz oh interesting, like how the POKEY was used for both in the Atari (and I guess the Sound Blaster too, though I don't think that was one chip, just one interface)

@obstsalat @hkz this kicks ass I'd love to see / hear the result

This gag from #C64 demo "Aloft" by Quiss / Genesis Project made me laugh SO hard

#demoscene

@b0rk it confuses me for 2 reasons

1. because it involves three parties: me (the server A owner) is setting something up for the second party (browser) to control or disallow another server B I don't care about. Why should I be concerned about Server B when I just want the browser to work with my webpage? "That's not how webpages work" (to me). The attack is complex and so is the solution.

2. the "preflight" OPTIONS requests, which contradict what I expect from how HTTP operates. Either you can PUT/POST or you can't, and that gives a 401/403. And that should be good enough. What is the purpose of this "checking if it's OK" thing? In practice it means blindly fiddling with more stuff on the web server until it Works.

@didier immediately reminded of lft's "Nine" and would you look at that - credited in special thanks at the end :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws4twUyt-MY

@da_667 a pipe called Quest

Putting this out here because I'm otherwise at a loss:

Does anyone know how to replace the cartridge slot (as in the part the cart physicaly slots into) for a PAL SNES?
The SNES is full size, I believe the PCB is 1994.

PLEASE let me know if you know where to get replacement parts! Pls share :)

I procrastinated too much and missed sending out 2025 holiday cards, so instead I made New Year's Cards using "The Print Shop" (Apple II), just like back in 1985! I wrote some code to send the virtual printer to a .bmp file, then had it printed up on somewhat heavier paper at the local office supply store. They don't have the "low quality" look and feel of dot-matrix, nor that ink smell, but it's delightfully low-resolution and fold up nicely with plenty of room for personal notes. Fun to share with my younger friends who didn't experience this classic tool.

ended up on the "shipping discourse" wikipedia page which opens by telling you that shipping discourse began in the mid-2010s then goes on to talk about everyone in the 90s arguing about whether mulder and scully should kiss or not as "background"

@enkiv2 didn't that guy become extremely fash over the last several years

#Amazon flipped our kitchen's Echo speaker over to using "#Alexa Plus" yesterday and it's horrible. This thing I guess plugs into some LLM bullshit and wants to have a "conversation" with you when you ask about the weather? or whatever? but it's so awful
* they changed the voice
* it's slower to respond
* also seems more unreliable
* it's now _unpredictable_ - I wanted the SAME responses to repeat requests, not something "human-like".

This all sucks but the worst of it is they did this without asking, of course, just woke up one day and my kitchen speaker worked differently. People complain about UI changes for changes' sake on phones and stuff but I truly did not expect it to come to my bluetooth speaker.

(Yes, I know you can change the voice back. I should not HAVE to.)

just saw a scam video made with AI Dr. Phil hawking some supplements to cure Type II Diabetes. this is exactly what the technology is for and it is incredible to see in such brazen usage. 1000% a spam multiplier with basically no other use.

@TechConnectify Shoutout to Biden's Infrastructure Bill, which (among many other things) provided grants and incentives to ISPs to build out broadband access in underserved areas. We live in a semi-rural spot in Arkansas (not farms, but populaton-sparse with big lots) and our options like yours were 12mbps DSL, flaky fixed wi-fi, or cell towers a long ways off. Last year a super-local company came and buried fiber lines _everywhere_ and we pay less now for excellent, reliable Internet - and they claimed some of that grant money as a reward. Would never have happened otherwise.

I think often about how the government mandated telco lines to everyone in the past - "it won't pay back" was simply not an option. We have the ability to do these things right now - it's not hard! it's not complicated! - but what's missing is the people in power to just DO IT.

Naturally, the rural broadband incentive was deliberately ended in 2025.

@halcy feeding kibble to the cat is a much better idea than feeding gas to the heater

what them vast and trunkless legs of stone do tho