Dr. Guillermo Power 
@gpowerf@social.cleverlibre.org
This is my fun social media account, I will post a lot of video game stuff (mostly old or cloud gaming) and some work stuff.
If I post an image with no Alt text it is because the image is just there for decoration and doesn't provide any extra meaning to the toot.
Mi aventura: http://gpowerf.itch.io/8-bit-island
Joined Nov 2022
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Bathtub clean with white vinegar, then wash with water, followed by a rinse with distilled water.
It looks OK-ish except for the dark area around the battery.
Could be the juice seeped under the silkscreen and damaged the traces.😬
#RetroGaming #RetroComputing #Commodore #Amiga #RatMiga
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How to counter the King's Gambit in a rare and interesting way! How did you like our Lichess Game of the Month? https://lichess.org/@/Lichess/blog/lichess-game-of-the-month-august-23/LSnGcq1C
I'm spending half my day at the ice rink, my daughter is trying out for synchro and my son has hockey practise later. My daughter will be skating on the main Nottingham Panther's rink later 😀 will post pics.
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I watched Princess Mononoke for the first time last night. A #StudioGhibli film I had not seen. Wow! It didn’t disappoint.
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If you're not already using the Privacy Badger extension with your browser, you could always start now.
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You Can No Longer Activate New Windows 11 Builds With Windows 7 or 8 Keys - An anonymous reader shares a report: In December 2022, we published a short PSA, r... - https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/09/29/1523218/you-can-no-longer-activate-new-windows-11-builds-with-windows-7-or-8-keys?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #windows
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Free software pioneer Richard Stallman is battling cancer - A changed RMS appeared at the GNU 40th anniversary event in Switzerland Richard Stallman ... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/09/29/richard_stallman_cancer/
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Netflix Ships Last DVD
Link: https://about.netflix.com/en/news/thanks-for-watching
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37707062
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It's always funny when the awful people who work and present on (K) #GBNews are starting to cancel themselves.
Where's my popcorn...
And also, why would anyone watch that biased right wing propaganda station?
Soon, there will be no more #GBNews presenters. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66963562
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#COVID tip: If you stop wearing under arm deodorant you will instantly know when you start showing symptoms of an infection as you will realize you can no longer smell your own BO.
This also has the added benefit of ensuring people keep the mandatory distance from you when in public.
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@gpowerf yeah, at this point, people are just getting excited for new gadgets because they've been programmed to. It's not really worth anyone's attention anymore.
AI is the new frontier. If you're looking for something fresh, with lots of innovation and near limitless potential (like the early micros had), AI is where that's happening.
YouTube keeps recommending me videos of new phone reviews, but I find them boring. I think the days of exciting hardware innovations are over. Let me explain why:
Phones: The market is dominated by two operating systems, Android and iOS. The only noticeable changes are in the cameras or the batteries, but they are not very significant. Even the cameras have reached a point where they are amazing for any high-end phone, and there is no room for major improvement.
Videogame consoles: They all use the same x86 architecture (Switch excluded, but that's a legacy console by now), so the hardware is not very different. The main factors are the online store, the controller, and the exclusive games. You prefer gyro controls? Go for PS5. You don’t? Go for Xbox.
Laptops/PCs: Some people may get hyped about a new GPU, but does it really matter for most users? Sure, a new GPU may be faster, more efficient, and more affordable, but it is not a game-changer. It is not like going from a Commodore 64 to an Amiga. And the same goes for the operating systems: Mac OS, Windows, Linux/ChromeOS. They are all stable, reliable, and familiar. Nothing revolutionary is coming.
So, I don’t understand why people are so eager to watch new phone reviews. They all seem to say the same thing: it is the same thing, just newer.
PS: The exciting areas now could be: VR and AR. Also whatever hardware gets to use upcoming AI innovations, if someone makes a robot that's really useful for home chores that would be REALLY cool. But another phone review? God, no please. It's just a phone.
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From https://stallman.org/ :
Richard Stallman has cancer. Fortunately it is slow-growing and manageable follicular lymphona, so he will probably live many more years nonetheless. But he now has to be even more careful not to catch Covid-19.
Dr. Guillermo Power has moved to @gpowerf@mastodon.social:
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This is my fun social media account, I will post a lot of video game stuff (mostly old or cloud gaming) and some work stuff.
If I post an image with no Alt text it is because the image is just there for decoration and doesn't provide any extra meaning to the toot.
Mi aventura: http://gpowerf.itch.io/8-bit-island
Joined Nov 2022
