Richard Troupe
@richardtroupe.bsky.social
Firefighter and teacher.
Retro gaming, old computers, reading and weightlifting.
Does console and computer stuff for Base Arcade.
Belfast, Ireland.
He/him.
Retro gaming, old computers, reading and weightlifting.
Does console and computer stuff for Base Arcade.
Belfast, Ireland.
He/him.
Pinned
Richard Troupe
@richardtroupe.bsky.social
· Oct 22
Intro!
Hi, I'm Richard. 👋
I'm a firefighter who has a serious interest in gaming, particularly from 1980s and 1990s.
Things I love include...
- Commodore
- early Apple
- Nintendo
- Sega
- Atari
- Arcades
- obscure Japanese systems
I also do console and computer things for Base Arcade in Belfast.
Hi, I'm Richard. 👋
I'm a firefighter who has a serious interest in gaming, particularly from 1980s and 1990s.
Things I love include...
- Commodore
- early Apple
- Nintendo
- Sega
- Atari
- Arcades
- obscure Japanese systems
I also do console and computer things for Base Arcade in Belfast.
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If your YouTube channel has to lean into lazy AI generated titillation to get people to watch your content, here's the "one cool trick" I'm going to recommend to your viewership:
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
If your YouTube channel has to lean into lazy AI generated titillation to get people to watch your content, here's the "one cool trick" I'm going to recommend to your viewership:
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Is Dream Phone Conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Dumb fucks say it's time to consider whether they're onto something x
November 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Is Dream Phone Conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Dumb fucks say it's time to consider whether they're onto something x
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Edward Hartwig (1909-2003): Ulica Ztota in Lublin, 1954
November 26, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Edward Hartwig (1909-2003): Ulica Ztota in Lublin, 1954
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“Holidays are coming,
Holidays are coming,
Holiday’s are coming…”
Holidays are coming,
Holiday’s are coming…”
November 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM
“Holidays are coming,
Holidays are coming,
Holiday’s are coming…”
Holidays are coming,
Holiday’s are coming…”
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OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 AM
OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
Are... are Commodore fans ok?
This is one of the worst ideas I have ever had the misfortune to read.
This is one of the worst ideas I have ever had the misfortune to read.
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Are... are Commodore fans ok?
This is one of the worst ideas I have ever had the misfortune to read.
This is one of the worst ideas I have ever had the misfortune to read.
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The gift that keeps on giving.
gizmodo.com/ram-prices-g...
If you are using AI in *any* capacity, even fun little ones you think don't matter, just stop, don't actively (I say actively cause it's being forced on us all...) engage at *all* on any front. Choke the beast.
gizmodo.com/ram-prices-g...
If you are using AI in *any* capacity, even fun little ones you think don't matter, just stop, don't actively (I say actively cause it's being forced on us all...) engage at *all* on any front. Choke the beast.
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The gift that keeps on giving.
gizmodo.com/ram-prices-g...
If you are using AI in *any* capacity, even fun little ones you think don't matter, just stop, don't actively (I say actively cause it's being forced on us all...) engage at *all* on any front. Choke the beast.
gizmodo.com/ram-prices-g...
If you are using AI in *any* capacity, even fun little ones you think don't matter, just stop, don't actively (I say actively cause it's being forced on us all...) engage at *all* on any front. Choke the beast.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
Swanning about with an Exidy Sorcerer under your arm is a Chad move.
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Swanning about with an Exidy Sorcerer under your arm is a Chad move.
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Katherine Butler - a nun who was one of the first women in Ireland with a pilot's license
Gráinne Cronin - First woman to fly for Aer Lingus
Madeleine O'Rourke - Dedicated her life to flying, first women to fly a microlight in Ireland and recognised by the FAI for contribution to Irish aviation.
Gráinne Cronin - First woman to fly for Aer Lingus
Madeleine O'Rourke - Dedicated her life to flying, first women to fly a microlight in Ireland and recognised by the FAI for contribution to Irish aviation.
The Dáil has heard a suggestion that Dublin Airport be named after the former Taoiseach Sean Lemass.
Any counteroffers?
Any counteroffers?
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Katherine Butler - a nun who was one of the first women in Ireland with a pilot's license
Gráinne Cronin - First woman to fly for Aer Lingus
Madeleine O'Rourke - Dedicated her life to flying, first women to fly a microlight in Ireland and recognised by the FAI for contribution to Irish aviation.
Gráinne Cronin - First woman to fly for Aer Lingus
Madeleine O'Rourke - Dedicated her life to flying, first women to fly a microlight in Ireland and recognised by the FAI for contribution to Irish aviation.
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The argument that billionaires shouldn’t exist grows stronger and stronger. If any group of billionaire assholes can make a bet so bad that it tanks the economy then we should prevent the accumulation of wealth that made such bad decisions possible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The argument that billionaires shouldn’t exist grows stronger and stronger. If any group of billionaire assholes can make a bet so bad that it tanks the economy then we should prevent the accumulation of wealth that made such bad decisions possible.
Let it collapse. No bailouts.
It's a financial rot.
It's a financial rot.
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Let it collapse. No bailouts.
It's a financial rot.
It's a financial rot.
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Anyone interested in the Apple Lisa but either unable to get one or successfully run LisaEm can have a play with this - LisaOS in your browser! (Needs JavaScript)
Https://lisagui.com/info.html
Https://lisagui.com/info.html
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Anyone interested in the Apple Lisa but either unable to get one or successfully run LisaEm can have a play with this - LisaOS in your browser! (Needs JavaScript)
Https://lisagui.com/info.html
Https://lisagui.com/info.html
This is a fantastic example of developer attribution.
More of this!
More of this!
We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
November 25, 2025 at 9:38 AM
This is a fantastic example of developer attribution.
More of this!
More of this!
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"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
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Did you know a "jiffy" is a real unit of time? Physicists define it as the time it takes light to travel a distance of one femtometre, which is a millionth of a millionth of a millimetre. This was my co-author's favourite fact she learned from working on "About Time". Read more in this interview:
About Time by Alom Shaha and Rebecca Struthers
We welcome co-authors Alom Shaha and Rebecca Struthers to the blog in an interview style format! Gain some insight into their work on About Time. Rebecca
fcbg.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Did you know a "jiffy" is a real unit of time? Physicists define it as the time it takes light to travel a distance of one femtometre, which is a millionth of a millionth of a millimetre. This was my co-author's favourite fact she learned from working on "About Time". Read more in this interview:
An unfortunate series of posts on BlueSky.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
An unfortunate series of posts on BlueSky.
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this dumb shit is what i mean when i say this is a purely aesthetic “politics.” yeah man, why can’t we have a fusion of cosmopolitan social democracy and revanchist hierarchies of wealth and privilege? tough question.
Matt Stoller: “..Trump & Mamdani defeated establishment in their own way, representing hunger of voters on the right & left who want something different. If those sides cd come together.. that would be a sea change in how we organize our political economy”.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
Monopoly Round-Up: Why the Establishment Freaked Out Over a Mamdani-Trump Press Conference
Meta wins its antitrust case, there are now two fire truck antitrust claims, the stock market got wobbly, and Larry Summers was exiled from the establishment, at least for now.
www.thebignewsletter.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
this dumb shit is what i mean when i say this is a purely aesthetic “politics.” yeah man, why can’t we have a fusion of cosmopolitan social democracy and revanchist hierarchies of wealth and privilege? tough question.
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it's happening dot gif
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
it's happening dot gif
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Spoke to a number of devs about how, in the face of CEOs claiming gen-AI is the future, their declaration of being genAI free is making waves.
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
“We can produce results that meet our quality standards without its assistance.”
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Spoke to a number of devs about how, in the face of CEOs claiming gen-AI is the future, their declaration of being genAI free is making waves.
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@patstaresat.bsky.social on ＡＩ doomerism
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
@patstaresat.bsky.social on ＡＩ doomerism