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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19h

Space Harrier at 40: how Sega’s surreal classic brought total immersion to arcades in the 80s

As they flew above Yu Suzuki’s innovative, psychedelic 3D landscapes combating space dragons and alien rock monsters, the moving arcade cabinet would physically involve players in the action

www.theguardian.com

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 1d

Both Windows and Mac computers include a free way to encrypt your entire storage drive. You should turn it on, if you haven't already. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...

How to: Encrypt Your Windows, Mac, or Linux Computer

Encrypting your computer's storage drive is a simple, but powerful tool to secure your data. When enabled, "full-disk" encryption (also known as device encryption) encrypts everything on your computer so it cannot be viewed without first entering a password when you log in. Just to instructions for: Windows Mac Linux...

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Greg Gallardo @greggallardo.bsky.social · 5d

If I still had my Super Nintendo Chalmers I'd want that skin.

I have a Super Famicom and a Super NT, but it's not the same.

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Greg Gallardo @greggallardo.bsky.social · 5d

Rabbit, but sometimes "Super Nintendo Chalmers"

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Greg Gallardo @greggallardo.bsky.social · 6d

Thx. I love the general look of raycasters. Now that I get how they work, I want to put them on everything. I've got a version running in raylib and I wonder how difficult it'll be to get a low rez version running on my Atari.

I want to get this optimized on genesis and hopefully networked first.

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Greg Gallardo @greggallardo.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks. I wasn't really happy with the way things looked with mirroring. I think this is a good compromise if I can keep this frame rate as I add in more features and optimize.

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USAFacts @usafacts.org · 7d

✈️Burbank’s control tower temporarily closed overnight due to staffing shortages.

As the government shutdown continues, will this continue? Maybe.

In 2023, nearly half of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)'s 290 facilities were understaffed. Burbank Tower was 100% staffed.

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Greg Gallardo @greggallardo.bsky.social · 7d

Rewrote my #SGDK / #segagenesis raycaster again. This time to get rid of the Toy Story mirroring. The FPS dropped of course. But I think I'd rather run 10 to 13 FPS without mirroring the screen than run 15 to 20 with mirroring.

There's still some optimizing I can do, so maybe 15~ish is possible.

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Greg Gallardo @greggallardo.bsky.social · 7d

Woot

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Greg Gallardo @greggallardo.bsky.social · 7d

Pleasant surprise today. I bought this Atari 400 about a decade ago off goodwill. I assumed it was 16k and forgot all about it. Remembered it today and was thinking I’d mod it with more memory. Looks like it’s already been modded.

Atari 400 comport with basic loaded. Printing “FRE(0)” shows 37902

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Greg Gallardo @greggallardo.bsky.social · 8d

This reminded me to donate to Wikimedia Foundation.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 8d

Ted Cruz picks a fight with Wikipedia, accusing platform of left-wing bias

Cruz sends letter demanding answers from Wikimedia Foundation.

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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 10d

NEW: Our very own @liaholland.bsky.social digs in with @taylorlorenz.bsky.social about the political campaign against VPNs + how to fight back.

Not A TikTok @notatiktok.bsky.social · 11d

Excellent interview @taylorlorenz.bsky.social. VPNs are our last line of defense against internet censorship. It was only a matter of time before the censors come after us.

youtu.be/IoXafCNjl54?...

The Shocking Plan to Kill Online Privacy: A VPN Ban Will Break the Web

YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz

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Greg Gallardo @greggallardo.bsky.social · 11d

Every once in a while en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operati... and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_(S...

Operation: Mindcrime - Wikipedia

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Greg Gallardo @greggallardo.bsky.social · 14d

It didn't really have any better suggestions than what I'm already considering. I hope to have a faster version of Mega Driving coded after I get one a 4-player retrolink game working.

Greg Gallardo @greggallardo.bsky.social · 14d

ChatGPT just told me to read my own code to learn about Pseudo 3D roads

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Greg Gallardo @greggallardo.bsky.social · 17d

Moar retro networking. #fujinet and #retrolink

When I get back to this I'll probably rewrite the Atari version in C or Assembly. Fastbasic is nice, but I'm interested in trying out other languages with the fujinet.

youtu.be/oDibgAlDus4

Atari 800/Fujinet and MegaDrive/Retro.LInk Chess server test

YouTube video by Greg Gallardo

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Greg Gallardo @greggallardo.bsky.social · 17d

Trying a different approach to rendering textures. #segagenesis

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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 19d

Today’s the VPN defense day of action! @fightforthefuture.org’s @liaholland.bsky.social tells @techradar.com: “ it’s important to make lawmakers aware that, if they come for this technology, they're gonna be facing an uphill battle against the whole internet."

www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...

"We want to make some noise" - Advocates are stepping in to defend VPNs, and they need your help

Fight for the Future is calling everyone worldwide to join the Defend VPNs Day of Action on September 25

www.techradar.com

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Thomas Cherryhomes @tschak909.bsky.social · 20d

Friend and fellow #FujiNet hacker @FozzTexx turned a #TRS80CoCo into an OSC (Open Sound Control) instrument via #FujiNet for #SepTandy!
video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Aej...
blog: www.insentricity.com/a.cl/293/jam...

#retrocomputing

Jamminate your 8-bit! Demo using FujiNet and OSC keyboard with TRS-80 CoCo 2

YouTube video by FozzTexx

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Greg Gallardo @greggallardo.bsky.social · 27d

Two players.

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Wikipedia @wikipedia.org · Sep 13

We promise this pandemic was only virtual.

20 years ago, an unexpected event in the online game "World of Warcraft" caught the attention of players and researchers. A new dungeon introduced a boss whose special attack temporarily drained a player’s health and could spread to others nearby. 🧵⬇️ (1/3)

Two adults in elaborate fantasy cosplay, one as a pink-skinned elf and the other as a green-skinned orc, at a convention. Text says: What happens during a virtual pandemic? 20 years ago, the Corrupted Blood Incident took place in the online game World of Warcraft.

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Digital Eclipse @digitaleclipse.bsky.social · Sep 12

The Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection enters Earthrealm on October 30th for PC & consoles.🐉

Wishlist: https://link.atari.com/MKLKollection

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Greg Gallardo @greggallardo.bsky.social · Sep 8

Atari 800XL acting as a stockfish UI with #fujinet through a webserver. I'll have to think a bit on how to make the webserver handle two players. I want to update my Sega retro.link version first.

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Greg Gallardo @greggallardo.bsky.social · Sep 6

As it turns out, it's trivially easy to make a #fujinet talk to a Python webserver (with python-chess) in front of Stockfish. No need for me to move my valid-move code to a webserver.

I POST moves and GET the current board. I should be able to make both my A8 and SGDK chess boards talk to this.

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