Posts by gregly@retro.pizza
(DIR) Post #AogpLHL0vjwvL9XH2O by gregly@retro.pizza
2024-12-04T03:40:31Z
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@foone oh god I hope it’s not like when The 8-Bit Gun absolutely destroyed the leather handle of an old luggable (don’t remember which) by Retrobriting the case, exposing the leather to corrosive fumes
(DIR) Post #AogpoBQzxTVlQe7M9o by gregly@retro.pizza
2024-12-04T03:45:48Z
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@foone If it had been just that stuff with him I’d have let it pass; god knows some of my early “restoration” or repair attempts were total nightmares… but his later “open-carrying an automatic weapon at the store to own the libs” video milkshake-ducked him faster than I thought possible.
(DIR) Post #AohcnIwxQTEcCaHECe by gregly@retro.pizza
2024-12-04T03:55:07Z
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It doesn’t have to be perfect.It doesn’t have to be practical.It doesn’t have to be useful or monetizable.It doesn’t have to be spectacular, extraordinary, or even original.Make stuff because you want to. Simply for the joy of making it.(This is mostly a reminder to myself, to banish all these intrusive self-criticisms. But maybe you need it too.)
(DIR) Post #AqTrmsS5NMeJypHTdo by gregly@retro.pizza
2025-01-26T17:20:49Z
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@foone I think you are the patron saint of “necessity breeds invention/innovation” and I love that about you
(DIR) Post #AqnOJxiCwJw50lGBsG by gregly@retro.pizza
2025-02-05T03:24:49Z
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@foone At 512 pixels per line I wonder if NTSC artifact color was an issue. The 10.74MHz dot clock (according to pineight.com) is 3x the color subcarrier frequency so I’d expect this effect to result in some banding on composite displays, no?
(DIR) Post #ArsgeUiJyRGxBKEGIq by gregly@retro.pizza
2025-03-09T14:36:18Z
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@futurebird @lisamelton On the plus side, maybe the market value of those McMansions plunged due to the huge industrial building next to them.
(DIR) Post #ArwbTgYVsqRfaIVXTE by gregly@retro.pizza
2025-03-11T11:56:49Z
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@foone I wish we’d have called them 90mm discs, because that sounds like something you fire from a FPS weapon 😆
(DIR) Post #AsA2ic5K0mZZsafvm4 by gregly@retro.pizza
2025-03-17T23:33:13Z
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@foone @alilly Yes! Yes! Why are we screwing around with binary when we can represent the entire 32-bit Unicode range by an analog voltage that ranges between +/- 2147.48365 volts? (Code points are delineated by microvolts.)
(DIR) Post #AsO2LuBslhSZo2Zlqa by gregly@retro.pizza
2025-03-24T17:35:04Z
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@foone Big ADTPro energy
(DIR) Post #At7Gxj9bmO7TTYpTiy by gregly@retro.pizza
2025-04-15T12:55:57Z
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So my wife is saying 4chan was hacked so thoroughly that it may be a *site-ending hack*. Practically everyone who ever signed up on the site (i.e. non-anon users) has had their private info leaked, including emails and IPs in many cases.(Warning: offensive language and slurs in the link below, it includes screenshots from 4chan after all)https://xcancel.com/Priniz_twt/status/1911970751663448290
(DIR) Post #Au4ESJhkiQ4cjryPDc by gregly@retro.pizza
2025-05-14T00:00:33Z
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The illusion of choice under late capitalism: the same three or four companies selling the exact same shit under 300 different shell brands.https://mastodon.world/@avavsystems/114500923690236968
(DIR) Post #AuZM3UfglXTjnBtvxw by gregly@retro.pizza
2025-05-29T00:22:21Z
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@futurebird You used to be able to search by whether apps had in-app purchases; that was quietly removed when Apple realized they could skim way more profits off of subscriptions than one-time purchases.
(DIR) Post #Auq3rbm9Upzwqoc0VE by gregly@retro.pizza
2025-06-06T00:59:11Z
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@Brynawel @randahl The nice part is we can root for both — and neither — at the same time!Trump cancels Elon’s contracts; Elon releases a copy of the Epstein Files he had DOGE steal. Everyone else enjoys watching the fight. The smartest of us invest in popcorn futures first.
(DIR) Post #AuqEmSE6fgdLHaQs8e by gregly@retro.pizza
2025-06-02T23:40:57Z
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If you are a fan of both Star Trek and Doctor Who, then I really, *really* suggest you check out Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis. Both shows have the mix of drama and goofiness of Who, while being an ensemble show like Trek. Despite the fact that they did work pretty closely with the U.S. Air Force, the show overall leans to the left IMO. (Although don’t get me wrong, there’s a LOT of U.S. military propaganda mixed in.)Anyways, I think they’ve aged well.#startrek #doctorwho #stargatesg1
(DIR) Post #Av7pykoRmzT4DDCYTY by gregly@retro.pizza
2025-06-14T15:37:28Z
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@Nonilex I’ll believe it when Stephen Miller is shown the door.
(DIR) Post #AvKMTw8RGs8ijdz5vs by gregly@retro.pizza
2025-06-20T13:11:35Z
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@Tengrain Shit, if anyone wants to commit a kidnapping now it’s as easy as dressing to look vaguely like ICE and mimicking them.
(DIR) Post #Avk4TsFH6x1gkD8f2G by gregly@retro.pizza
2025-07-03T02:18:49Z
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@foone Ah, that brings back memories. Sweet, sweet preprocessor abuse… 🥹
(DIR) Post #AwF0647LDYVAdRgQL2 by gregly@retro.pizza
2025-07-18T00:26:18Z
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@Nonilex I'm betting at least Thomas is in the Epstein files. Maybe Alito too.
(DIR) Post #AwWfeKTYItPX1UqdV2 by gregly@retro.pizza
2025-07-26T13:01:32Z
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@foone Ah, that’s just what they WANT you to think; actually, they’ve trademarked the string “we—
(DIR) Post #AxXbbeuBvMjKes4bmC by gregly@retro.pizza
2025-08-25T21:29:49Z
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I keep thinking about how God’s answer to Job’s question about why the good suffer and the wicked prosper was essentially “fuck you for questioning me, that’s why”I know I wrote about this a little while ago, but I keep thinking about itLike, even the Bible doesn’t have an answer beyond “quit asking questions you impudent little shit”