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Dennis M Powers

@dennismpowers.bsky.social

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Writer, Technologist, Quirky Old Guy, Sci-Fi Website: https://dennismpowers.com

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Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · Aug 6

Who am I - 2025 pt 2 (Sci-Fi)
After 50 years of wrangling electrons through tubes, transistors, gates, & chips, writing code and running a business, I retired a short time ago to write stories. I've completed three novels that will likely never be published and am still writing—still learning.

Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · Jan 9

Also, in a past life, I was the guy that created and maintained the Halomaps.org website for the Halo Custom Edition Game and ran a boutique website design and hosting service called UXB Internet.

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Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 5h

Halo Custom Edition Map: Azera
User Rating: pending
Author: ²MôD²Glenn and ²MõD²Wrath
Date: 04/15/2012
www.halomaps.org/hce/detail.c...

Description:
On one side you have the hill billy style housing and on the other side you have a computer geek house.

#gaming #Halo #HaloCustomEdition #HaloCE

Halo Custom Edition Map: Azera
User Rating: pending
Author: ²MôD²Glenn and ²MõD²Wrath
Date: 04/15/2012
https://www.halomaps.org/hce/detail.cfm?fid=6309

Description:
On one side you have the hill billy style housing and on the other side you have a computer geek house.

#gaming #Halo #HaloCustomEdition #HaloCE

File Notes
About: In this map it is about what goes on in a man's head, one side you have the hill billy style housing and on the other side you have a computer geek house. There is a tree fort in the middle, tombs you can enter, and a few secret teleporters and weapons, and look where you throw your nades or you could do more than killing the enemy.

Recommendation: This map works on all game types.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8h

Cartoon by John Deering.

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Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 5h

My body now laughs when my mind makes plans and pulls the covers over my head.

Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 5h

Did someone hit her with a reality stick and open her eyes?

Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 9h

Better than the couch leg or door frames. 😀

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Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 1d

"I should be writing," he says, while waiting for Minecraft to load.

Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 1d

Halo Custom Edition Map: Cold Rush
User Rating: 8.8
Author: JackBauer
Date: 07/05/2005
www.halomaps.org/hce/detail.c...

Description:
A multiplayer adaptation of the Halo single-player level. You play as an elite. There are numerous new weapons.

#gaming #Halo #HaloCustomEdition #HaloCE

Halo Custom Edition Map: Cold Rush
User Rating: 8.8
Author: JackBauer
Date: 07/05/2005
https://www.halomaps.org/hce/detail.cfm?fid=1115

Description:
A large impressive adaptaion of the Halo Single player level. You play as an elite, there are numerous new weapons including a portable turret and a nucular weapon

#gaming #Halo #HaloCustomEdition #HaloCE

File Notes
ColdRush has its history... its secrets... The Covenant killed the flood in this canyon. The Elites locked all the doors,leaving themselves locked inside. ColdRush has four easter eggs, I again leave it to the community to find them ;)
The vehicles are destructible.

***RECOMENDATION***
Try to play with vehicle respawn off.
*** END RECOMENDATION***

There are some issues:
Some of the HUD offsets
Some weapons do not have the proper pickup icons.
The destroyed vehicles do not have collisions.

I would like to give a special thanks to the following people/company:
Genocide
SteeliXB
Tiamat
Knave
KiLLA
SSDC
Lightning
Iceman89
Veegie
M4573R5 1337
Rec0
T3HMuffinMan
T3HGingerBreadMan
and last, but not least:
Bungie
I would also like to thank the testers. The testers are as follows:
Digikid
Beavis
Jahrain
9-mm man

Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 1d

I Just want to remind everyone that this is still true.

Large road billboard with the felon in chief's face and the words: Your President is still out on Bail.

Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 1d

Meep meep

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Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 1d

She is one of the few actors I will watch, whatever role she plays.

Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 1d

Wolcott [town in Connecticut]

Locals: Wool-kit
Tourists: Wool-cot

Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 1d

Technically... 😄

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Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 1d

the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa

Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter in Captain America: The First Avenger

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Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 1d

Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019.

"Each employee of the United States Government or of
a District of Columbia public employer furloughed as a result of a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for the period of the lapse in appropriations..."

Back pay is the law.

www.congress.gov

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Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 2d

Halo Custom Edition Map: Desolation Beta ver1
User Rating: 9.1
Author: snakeyes
Date: 03/25/2007
www.halomaps.org/hce/detail.c...

Description:
Thank you for testing desolation beta.

#gaming #Halo #HaloCustomEdition #HaloCE

Halo Custom Edition Map: Desolation Beta ver1
User Rating: 9.1
Author: snakeyes
Date: 03/25/2007
https://www.halomaps.org/hce/detail.cfm?fid=2603

Description:
Thank you for testing desolation beta.

#gaming #Halo #HaloCustomEdition #HaloCE

Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 2d

Or a programmer. I just recycled a bunch of sticky keyboards and now only keep water on my desk. 😀

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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 2d

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Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 2d

Everything he said is a provable LIE. They are going to kill people with this nonsense.

Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 2d

This is why I like Bluesky.

I just saw a post that started with: "If you feel like you only saw this announcement by luck of the algorithm..."

Algorithms contain the bias, intentional or unintentional, of the designer. Here, I can curate my feed and follow those I like without using an algorithm.

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Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 2d

I was born in New York, 40 miles north of the city, and was a frequent visitor until I moved there in my mid-20s for a couple of years. By the time I got used to city life, it was time to move upstate a bit for work. I enjoyed all the business trips I took to Chicago. It has its own character.

Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 2d

Not when you've lived through it. I always wanted to learn more about Chicago.

Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 2d

American Express Travel Checks?

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Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 2d

Meanwhile, the current administration is canceling funding for ongoing renewable projects.

NPR @npr.org · 2d

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says. n.pr/47hcegr

Renewable energy outpaces coal for electricity generation in historic first, report says

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says.

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Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 2d

They've had since Nixon to come up with a Republican health care plan, and the best they've done is to let people get sick and die and blame them for not being rich enough to pay for it.

Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 2d

Based on some of the people I follow, I think this is more true than satirical.

The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

Woman Tends To Do Best Creative Thinking When Backed Into Corner With Livelihood At Stake https://theonion.com/woman-tends-to-do-best-creative-thinking-when-backed-in-1851338274/

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