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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · 6d

This video has taken a long time for me to put together. However I think it might be the first time a Kubernetes cluster has been used to provide file/print services to a BBC micro using Econet. youtu.be/-Hs55amrFW0?...

Because we can: Retro Stuff on Kubernetes

YouTube video by RetroBytes

youtu.be

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Ken Faulkner @kpfaulkner.bsky.social · 8d

6502, Z80, 8086, Pentium-Pro, 68K, ARM (in general)

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Ken Faulkner @kpfaulkner.bsky.social · 9d

Cheers!

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Ken Faulkner @kpfaulkner.bsky.social · 9d

Do you happen to know when/if the recording of that talk is coming out?

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/noclip @noclipvideo.bsky.social · 11d

🚨NEW DOC ALERT 🕹️

The Making of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

We dive into the design of the game's three main open levels, how the team mirrored the cinematic language of the source material, the GRIP system in charge of Indy's hands and loads more.

WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsxT...

The Making of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - /noclip Documentary

YouTube video by /noclip

www.youtube.com

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Mick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social · 10d

My conversation on Times Radio about the latest developments in the war in #Ukraine, why Putin cannot win this war, is now available.

youtube.com/watch?v=tCUo...

Russian oil shortages reach Moscow as Kremlin halts oil exports due to Ukrainian Strikes

YouTube video by Times Radio

youtube.com

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 11d

So yay he got away, but looking at where they are doing this? People are talking about tourists and I'm giving it 5 minutes until they lay hands on someone with ties to real bad people. Like major Republican donors kids.

WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 11d

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

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Scott Hanselman 🌮 @scott.hanselman.com · 18d

Wow. Excellent teaching and rhetorical technique! I wish I had a math teacher like Howie!

Howie Hua @howiehua.bsky.social · 19d

Did you know that we can visually see why sqrt(40)=2sqrt(10)? Let's see how we can visualize rewriting square roots!

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Mick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social · 18d

A good piece on the drone & missile defence #adaptation battle in the skies over #Ukraine.
united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...

Why Russia’s Shahed Drones Are Now Deadlier and Harder Than Ever to Stop

With soaring civilian casualties in Ukraine, the challenge of countering advanced Shahed drones heightens, necessitating improved defensive solutions.

united24media.com

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Mike Dailly ™ @mdf200.bsky.social · 23d

Back onto the C platform engine.... Once I have it scrolling around, I'll look at a CSpect plugin to play with the level or something...

#ZXNext #gamedev #retrodev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyGx...

Platformer Engine progress

YouTube video by Mike Dailly

www.youtube.com

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Big Finish Insider @bigfinish.bsky.social · 25d

The game's afoot!

Doctor Who star confirmed to play Sherlock Holmes in "captivating" new series

He's ready to exterminate the mysteries.

www.digitalspy.com

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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · Sep 10

Toub's annual "break mobile browsers due to size" blog post is up.

Performance Improvements in .NET 10 - .NET Blog

Take a tour through hundreds of performance improvements in .NET 10.

devblogs.microsoft.com

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/noclip @noclipvideo.bsky.social · Sep 8

According to some other YouTube creators, YT is using AI age gating to incorrectly censor content for many users.

So in case you missed it, here's our latest video which features a whole section about Hitler's penis. Thank you.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=E189...

The Making of Wolfenstein - Noclip

YouTube video by /noclip

www.youtube.com

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The Cave (Neil) @visitthecave.bsky.social · Sep 7

What’s it like to visit us?

cybergeekgirl.co.uk/review-a-jou...

Thank you to @cybergeekgirl.bsky.social for the wonderful write up, it was lovely to meet you.

Review: A Journey Through Computing History at the Retro Collective - Welcome To Cyber Geek Girl - The Official Blog by Lisa Ventura MBE

Cyber Geek Girl Twitter

cybergeekgirl.co.uk

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · Sep 2

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha... HARD pass.

#TheLongWalk

DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · Sep 1

The treadmill screening of ‘THE LONG WALK’ took place, where every person had to walk on a treadmill faster than 3MPH for the whole movie.

If they stopped, they were escorted out of the theater.

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Ken Faulkner @kpfaulkner.bsky.social · Aug 25

Can't believe it's been almost 20 years since Three men in a boat with @daraobriain.bsky.social , Griff Rhys Jones and Rory McGrath came out. Wow time flies!

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thepudds @thepudds.bsky.social · Aug 20

Ooh, the SIMD WIP stdlib API for #golang is ready for people to poke!

From Cherry from a few minutes ago:

> As of today, we've landed a preliminary version with a reasonable API coverage. You're welcome to check out the dev.simd branch and try it with your use cases.

github.com/golang/go/is...

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proposal: simd: architecture-specific SIMD intrinsics under a GOEXPERIMENT · Issue #73787 · golang/go

Update (08/20/2025): A preliminary implementation of AMD64 low-level SIMD package is being developed on the dev.simd branch. You're welcome to check it out and try it with your use cases. Feedback ...

github.com

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Andrea Barisani @andreabarisani.bsky.social · Aug 19

TamaGo 1.25.0 has been released!

Quite a smooth merge to bring in all the Go 1.25.0 major release goodies.

github.com/usbarmory/ta...

github.com/usbarmory/ta...

Release tamago-go1.25.0 · usbarmory/tamago-go

This is a release for the Go distribution as modified by the TamaGo framework, which enables compilation and execution of unencumbered Go applications on bare metal AMD64/ARM/RISC-V processors. Thi...

github.com

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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · Aug 15

Better and better

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Aug 13

The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?

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Go @golang.org · Aug 12

🎊 Go 1.25.0 is released!

📝 Release notes: https://go.dev/doc/go1.25

⬇️ Download: https://go.dev/dl/#go1.25.0

#golang

$ go install golang.org/dl/go1.25.0@latest
$ go1.25.0 download
Downloaded 0.0% ( 0 / 58130695 bytes) ...
Downloaded 50.0% (29065347 / 58130695 bytes) ...
Downloaded 100.0% (58130695 / 58130695 bytes)
Unpacking go1.25.0.freebsd-arm.tar.gz ...
Success. You may now run 'go1.25.0'
$ go1.25.0 version
go version go1.25.0 freebsd/arm

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RetroBytes(John) @retrobytes.bsky.social · Aug 10

An incredible video from Matt, it makes you appreciate the effort that went in to making somthing we saw as a relatively cheap commodity item at the time.

polymatt @polymatt.bsky.social · Aug 10

So for the last 3 months, I decided to dive head first into the mouth of madness. Enjoy!

I Made a Floppy Disk from Scratch
youtu.be/TBiFGhnXsh8

I Made a Floppy Disk from Scratch

YouTube video by polymatt

youtu.be

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Ken Faulkner @kpfaulkner.bsky.social · Jul 29

@mdf200.bsky.social question about #CSpect development.. am wondering how often you need to bounce between a running ZX Next and the emulator to iron out bugs? Or are the HW docs (if they exist) pretty up to date and reliable? (merely curious).

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Ken Faulkner @kpfaulkner.bsky.social · Jul 29

Even before I saw the name... I *knew* who posted it. There's a fine line between enthusiast and fetishist.... :)