Dr. Guillermo Power @gpowerf@social.cleverlibre.org

Every World cup has a tournament darling. Last time was Croatia 🇭🇷. This time is definitely Morocco 🇲🇦. #mastodonFC

The *only* legal place to wild camp in England is Dartmoor. And now a hedge-fund owner who's bought a chunk of it is taking legal action to prevent it across the whole area.

What a morally impoverished country we live in. Walk the paths. Don't climb fences. Visit the gift shop. Take a photo from distance. Don't step off the path. Not that one, it's closed now. Behold, behind the fence, the beauty of the countryside. Now visit the gift shop.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/10/wild-campers-protest-dartmoor-landowner-ban-attempts

Huge win for privacy: Facebook tracking is illegal in Europe!
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/facebook-tracking-business-model-illegal-europe/

"AI tech makes it trivial to generate harmful Fake Photos from a few Social Media pictures"

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/12/thanks-to-ai-its-probably-time-to-take-your-photos-off-the-internet/

My Commodore SX-64 is probably my favourite item in my collection. A full C64, disk drive and monitor in a handy, portable suitcase-full-of-rocks form factor.

Love this thing. Even though I am terrible at Bomb Jack.

#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #RetroGaming #Commodore #Gaming #RetroComputer

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Never mind governments in Russia or China - here in the UK, politicians from both major parties further their threat to #encryption and even #VPNs via their ironically named #OnlineSafetyBill:
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/15101/

Today’s going to be the beginning of a wonderful weekend. Sending good vibes to all out there. 😎

Computer science pioneer and United States Navy rear admiral Grace Hopper was born #OTD in 1906.

As far as I’m aware, she is the only person who has both a supercomputer and a US Navy destroyer named after her.

Image: Computer History Museum

Don't eat it, kids.

For those wondering, ′′ how did i do it?":
I Boiled 10l of water, added 2 tablespoons of vinegar, 1 teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate, two cups of coke and half cup of lemon juice then stirred well .
Waited 3 minutes, put the pan in the solution for 45 minutes, then added a quarter cup of chlorine bleach to the mixture.
Then I brushed it with a firm toothbrush and put it back into the liquid for another 25 minutes.
I took it out, rinsed it and it looked exactly the same, so I threw it away and went out and bought a new one.

Reminder:

The people who work for you have three resources: time, energy, and give-a-fuck.

Time is the cheapest. It replenishes one hour every hour.

Energy is more expensive. When you're out, you need lots of time off to recharge.

Once give-a-fuck is burned, it's gone forever.

#RichardLang #PsionChess is an old chess program, but surprisingly powerful. And from what I have read, parts of the algorithms can still be found in today's chess computers.
#RetroComputing #SinclairQL