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

#ChatGPT prompt "Write a BBC Micro Bot program that draws a picture".

Note to self - train a model with BBC Micro Bot dataset someday #AI #developer

Not surprising, but seems the case against Nintendo failed to read the EULA or correctly interpret US law.

Joycons very clearly have a design / manufacturing flaw, but going after N with half-cocked easily dismissed cases doesn’t help!

https://www.eurogamer.net/american-judge-dismisses-switch-joy-con-drift-lawsuit

#nintendo #gaming

She is here for the cake.

#CatsOfMastodon #cats #floof #MastoCats #gaming #VideoGames #Portal

PC Mag - March 1997
https://books.google.com/books?id=wVDB2C8IJRYC&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false

Next Generation - December 1996
https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_24/page/n39/mode/2up

Spotted — large spy balloon the size of a small spy balloon.

Donkey Kong cheating case rocked by photos of illicit joystick modification 🦍🕹️
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/02/did-billy-mitchell-use-this-illicit-joystick-to-set-a-donkey-kong-high-score/

Mastodon has a bot-friendly API that's free and cannot be taken away for you or ever changed for. There's even a dedicated instance called botsin.space #JustSaying

Hayao Miyazaki’s movies in particular tend to have fantastical modes of transportation.

A spirit-train also plays a significant part in Miyazaki’s Spirited Away when the protagonist, Chihiro, has to go on a spiritual quest to make amends with her boss’ twin sister.

These are some Studio Ghibli's with public transport in frame.

🚉

#ghibli #studioghibli #スタジオジブリ #anime #spiritedaway #train #publictransport #hayaomiyazaki #wallpaper #desktopwallpaper

When an App is to be downloaded from the AppStore because unused for a while, will iOS download the last version or the version I previously had?

Seen earlier in east London.

#graffiti #ComfortingWords #London

Congratulations to Exxon Mobile for earning $56 billion net profit in 2022. Against all odds, they found a way to make record profits

$6.3 million per hour
$1,750 per second

But don’t worry. That didn’t stop Exxon Mobil from getting subsidies from our government. Since FY2000

Texas gave them $1.4 Billion
Louisiana: $500 Million
The federal government: $5.4 Billion in bailout money

Does anyone want to know why we are speedrunning to climate crisis?

Famed skateboard legend Tony Hawk to raise money for Tyre Nichols' Memorial Fund https://www.10tv.com/article/news/tony-hawk-skatepark-fundraising-tyre-nichols/522-45cc2daf-c49a-4f3b-9265-ba5c2635139d?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot

https://nitter.net/10TV/status/1621984450337710080#m

Xbox exclusive multiplayer shooter CrossfireX is being shut down, Smilegate and Remedy have announced, with access to both the multiplayer and single #CrossfireX https://gamesense.co/game/crossfirex/news/discuss/crossfirex-on-xbox-is-another-live-service-game-being-shut-down/

Nothing especially exciting to show on my new iOS game, _access, yet but seeing as I've been out of game making for 10 years it's nice to be able to show anything #ScreenShotSaturday

Right, I’m calling that fixed #RetroComputing - it was getting a little ship of Theseus near the end, but the result is what’s important.