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Roger Braunstein

@partlyhuman.com

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Curious person learning to be chill with being bad at things. Made some fun stuff like a multicart for the Suzuki Q-chord and a flashcart for Casio Loopy. 🇨🇦 Lives on an island on the west coast of Canada

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Roger Braunstein @partlyhuman.com · Apr 21

I'm delighted to announce my English translation of Puppy Love Story on Casio Loopy, a visual novel penned by Kenji Terada. You can play on real hardware with a Floopy Drive, or emulate with LoopyMSE. I translated the manual as a little bonus too! Prepatched available at archive.org/details/pupp...

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 18d

“The biggest US-listed companies keep talking about artificial intelligence. But other than the ‘fear of missing out,’ few appear to be able to describe how the technology is changing their businesses for the better.”

America’s top companies keep talking about AI — but can’t explain the upsides

FT analysis of hundreds of filings suggest the S&P 500 businesses are clearer about the risks than benefits

www.ft.com

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Roger Braunstein @partlyhuman.com · 26d

Added bonus they put him at a significant dipshit advantage

Roger Braunstein @partlyhuman.com · 26d

Starting to think this guy has a significant cognitive disadvantage

CNN @cnn.com · 26d

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told analysts that people without smart glasses may one day be at a "significant cognitive disadvantage" compared to those who do use the tech: https://cnn.it/47L2Y5a

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Danielle @thegirlg33k.com · 28d

I forgot to post up my VCFMW table setup yesterday. There were so many lovely folks to chat with and share my love of these systems with.

The lead-up work for conventions is so stressful, but seeing so many folks connect with systems from Japan makes it all worthwhile.

Six systems set up on tables - Casio Loopy, NEC PC-9821, Fujitsu FM-NEW7, Sharp X68000, Sharp MZ-1500, and Panasonic A1 MSX2 - playing different games or running different software.

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Megan Matelonek @mmatelonek.bsky.social · Sep 9

Free Piano (Not Haunted) @heywhitney.bsky.social takes a new note to cleverness, spookiness & coming of age story. I enjoyed the way this #graphicnovel is written/crafted! PLUS a great read for spooky season but also being true to yourself! Here is a little fan animation I made based off the cvr!

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Roger Braunstein @partlyhuman.com · Sep 10

"Maha!" i involuntarily exclaim in shock when I see his craggy, wasted face. 😱

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merritt @merrittk.com · Sep 9

so much is bad right now but the AI stuff in particular is making me insane. a desperate attempt to smother all human creative labor at an absurd cost to the planet by some of the most short-sighted, rapacious, and pathetic people who have ever lived

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Roger Braunstein @partlyhuman.com · Sep 9

Yeah it was a fun 30 years. My mom got paid 6 figures for writing one-page press releases. My dad had a pension. You simply could not make them understand that their world is gone.

🕸️jess m. 🎃🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · Sep 9

like I can't really do it justice to describe lol, so many articles constantly

boomers didn't seem to understand how we got paid nothing and couldn't afford houses/families with cheap low-rung jobs, insisting we were actually just super lazy and entitled to money we didn't deserve

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Roger Braunstein @partlyhuman.com · Sep 9

Sometimes you read a headline from the opening montage of a horror film.

www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

New Ebola outbreak in Congo will be test for weakened global health system after Trump cuts

In previous Ebola outbreaks in Africa, the United States played a crucial role in providing funds and medical specialists to help end the crises

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Roger Braunstein @partlyhuman.com · Sep 9

ABUS URBAN SKURB MIPS

grapefrukt @grapefrukt.com · Sep 9

My wife bought a new bike helmet, the abus urban skurb mips.

That sure is a series of letters that may be words.

A photo of the packaging reading abus, urban skurb mips

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Roger Braunstein @partlyhuman.com · Sep 9

Oh oh, and "what've you been eatin'?!", a randomized reaction while skinning your prey in Red Dead Redemption, that's a fun one to say even decades later...

Roger Braunstein @partlyhuman.com · Sep 9

Oh and Return to Zork when you get the guy drunk and he's all "who's like us?" "damn few" "and they're allllll dead"!

Roger Braunstein @partlyhuman.com · Sep 9

"The gondola...is too slow" from Grim Fandango
"his... strappy... jacket?" from Psychonauts

I say these around the house and when they're very remotely relevant. I think in both cases it was the delivery of the line that tickled me in a lasting way.

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Roger Braunstein @partlyhuman.com · Sep 9

> In previous Ebola outbreaks in Africa, the United States has played a crucial role in providing funds and medical specialists to help end the crises. But the Trump administration has eliminated most global health programs and slashed aid to the World Health Organization, sparking fears...

Roger Braunstein @partlyhuman.com · Sep 9

> The outbreak was confirmed on Thursday after laboratory tests found the virus in the DRC’s Kasai province. With 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths, the latest outbreak of the Zaire strain of Ebola has had a worrisome 54-per-cent fatality rate, officials said.

Roger Braunstein @partlyhuman.com · Sep 9

Sometimes you read a headline from the opening montage of a horror film.

www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

New Ebola outbreak in Congo will be test for weakened global health system after Trump cuts

In previous Ebola outbreaks in Africa, the United States played a crucial role in providing funds and medical specialists to help end the crises

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Roger Braunstein @partlyhuman.com · Sep 8

So glad this fucking movie will be the reason we don't have drinking water next year

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Steven Ray Morris @stevenraymorris.bsky.social · Sep 7

RFK, Jr. is a dangerous psychopath. @standupforscience.bsky.social are currently in the process of trying to get congress to impeach him. Sign the petition plus if you give them three bucks, they will hand deliver a quack-o-gram to your house representative:
www.standupforscience.net/quack-o-grams

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Roger Braunstein @partlyhuman.com · Sep 8

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scari @cari.bsky.social · Jul 24

saw this tweet and checked my calculator history and I'm losing it

tweet from @glamdemon2004

Feeling self conscious after learning that there’s a history feature on the calculator app… I’m scrolling through it thinking yeah I probably should have known that one

Roger Braunstein @partlyhuman.com · Sep 8

I keep thinking about how a couple weeks ago, i was settling up with a contractor who quoted me $300 and gave me a 10% discount, and I go "oh that makes it easy, so $270 yeah?" and he looks at me like I just grew a third arm, unable to speak, for a few moments before punching it in his iphone. 😟

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Roger Braunstein @partlyhuman.com · Sep 7

Try Puzzmo.com! They have a whole slew of games including crossword, new every day, and most free.

Puzzmo — The (new) place for thoughtful puzzles.

Re-imagined mainstays like the daily Crossword Puzzle, modern classics like Really Bad Chess and SpellTower, and even a few brand new puzzles.

Puzzmo.com

Roger Braunstein @partlyhuman.com · Sep 6

Since spooky season apparently starts the day after Labour day now, maybe it's time to get cozy with a copy of Free Piano (Not Haunted)!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Victoria's Whitney Gardner explores fame, phantoms and free (not haunted) pianos in new graphic novel | CBC News

New graphic novel, Free Piano (Not Haunted), was inspired by an ad for a free piano, that was allegedly not haunted.

www.cbc.ca

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Prof. Bloom - Retro Vtuber 💈Twitch Partner! @profbloom.bsky.social · Aug 10

I keep thinking about Puppy Love Story for the Casio Loopy. It's got to be one of the most unexpected, wildly entertaining games I've played in years. And surprisingly poignant, too. That alone made getting a Loopy worth it.

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Roger Braunstein @partlyhuman.com · Sep 6

Life is for the living. Just ask this dead guy

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Roger Braunstein @partlyhuman.com · Sep 6

Now THAT'S picture-in-picture!

Jack Grimes @jackapedia.design · Sep 6

Absolutely incredible CRT for sale at this Chinese grocery store if anyone has 500 bucks laying around

The Sampo 9519 triple-screen TV, a CRT with two smaller tubes on the right side and wood paneling all around