bump-ladel

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by bump-ladel 3y ago
If you enjoy this, then you should definitely checkout 8-Bit Show And Tell’s YouTube channel. The presenter, Robin, regularly does deep dives into code optimisation and fixes on Commodore 64 and other machines. https://www.youtub
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by bump-ladel 5y ago
This is not applicable to all projects, but if there is some thing you want to print and you don’t have a printer, consider if it could be made from wood. The tools can be more accessible than a 3D printer, can take up less room, and you ge
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Prisoners of Experience(medium.com)
2 points by bump-ladel 5y ago|0 comments
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by bump-ladel 6y ago
I wrote an app that aimed to simulate vision impairments, including types of colour blindness. The idea is that the designer or developer can point their iPhone/iPad at design to get some idea of what it might be like for someone else
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Garmin outage caused by confirmed WastedLocker ransomware attack(bleepingcomputer.com)
15 points by bump-ladel 6y ago|0 comments
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by bump-ladel 7y ago
Also 32GB/2TB/2.4GHz_i9, no noticeable fan problems.
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by bump-ladel 7y ago
This is beautiful. I think that the success of games like Transport Tycoon is in large part down to an undefined satisfaction that comes from the graphic style.
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by bump-ladel 7y ago
The 1994 xv codebase still compiles and runs on modern Macs with XQuartz! https://twitter.com/jmcd/status/1143629189817470977?s=20
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by bump-ladel 7y ago
A couple of weeks ago, I marked the (no)progress bar on a macOS update with a piece of surgical tape.
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by bump-ladel 8y ago
https://www.royalmint.com/our-coins/events/stephen-hawking/
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by bump-ladel 8y ago
Related: under development for iOS, iSH - a usermode Alpine Linux https://github.com/tbodt/ish
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by bump-ladel 8y ago
Lua feels like it could fit the bill as an easy to get into, but modern language. See the great demos folks make with the Pico-8 fantasy console https://twitter.com/hashtag/tweetcart
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by bump-ladel 8y ago
I didn't know cleanup existed, so never ran it until now. ==> This operation has freed approximately 8.9GB of disk space.
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by bump-ladel 8y ago
Once the idea of alien UFOs became widespread, the number of reported cases rose. Once everybody has the idea that drones may be flying around airports, will people start misidentifying and reporting other phenomena as drones (causing chaos
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by bump-ladel 9y ago
See also Compositor, which is also in development and available as a preview. http://compositorapp.com
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by bump-ladel 9y ago
Related: If you have a Mac, you can check the health of an iPhone battery via the Console app when the phone is connected via USB. Search for the string "BatteryHealth", logged by the phone's Springboard process.
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by bump-ladel 9y ago
I think there is a big difference between the popularity of games in Europe and the US. I grew up with a C64 in the UK, and a lot of these games were considered classics here 85-90ish.
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Ask HN: How can pick reliable sources of climate change advice?
5 points by bump-ladel 9y ago|2 comments
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by bump-ladel 9y ago
Not exactly what you want, but macOS users can use the brilliant Monodraw to create ASCII images. https://monodraw.helftone.com
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by bump-ladel 9y ago
I do the same, except I also add some diceware words, to make the address harder to guess, and so I can update to a new address on leak. I sore it in a password manager, so remembering the address is no problem.
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by bump-ladel 9y ago
There is also Retrospecs, an iOS app, that can simulate many retro computing looks. It's a lot of fun. http://8bitartwork.co.uk
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Avoiding the Mega-Controller(blog.stormid.com)
1 points by bump-ladel 11y ago|0 comments