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Making software: nethack forks, roguelikes, kindle readers, linux programs. Still looking for the manual thats gets issued at birth. Must have lost my copy.
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It has come to my attention that not nearly enough of you know about Bernd das Brot, the German children's program about a clinically depressed loaf of bread who enjoys studying his wallpaper and eating gruel and whose catchphrases include "my life is hell" and "I would like to leave this show."

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Trickle down economics. This is exactly how it works.

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Is there one thing more infuriating than when some tech does not work, you fiddle with it for 30 minutes and you ask your boyfriend to look, he does the EXACT same thing you have tried 5 times already, and then it works again? Tech is so sexist

submitted 11 days ago • 41 comments

Karen Masters erzählt die Geschichte der Astronomie nicht klassisch, sondern führt anhand von Büchern und Karten durch die Jahrhunderte. Ihr Konzept geht auf. #sfcd #astronomie #science #wissenschaft

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aoei is now streaming #NetHack, The November NetHack Tournament TNNT 2024 turncount run review: www.twitch.tv/aoeixsz4

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#NerfHack, a new #NetHack variant, has been released! It consolidates many features from the major NetHack variants while introducing new innovations from the same developer who brought you Hack'EM. No fan of conducts but want a tougher challenge? Play this game! redd.it/1hnupe4 #roguelike #nethack

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Regular reminder to keep these three statements in your head at the same time: The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better.

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

Unexpected comeback of the year! #Roguelike Radio is back!

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Windows 95 installation disks.

submitted 85 days ago • 17 comments

Tell your son we love it!

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At its heart, Star Trek is a utopian fantasy about a society so advanced that they are capable of holding productive meetings that last no longer than three minutes

submitted 86 days ago • 131 comments

So... this is my new home now.. I feel a little vulnerable atm, I hope I can continue to create that happy, positive retro gaming account here, like I did on Twitter. Let the fun begin!💜

submitted 87 days ago • 40 comments

In the early 90s, most of us didn't have Internet access. It's hard to believe now, isn't it? I had one of these, though, which was much more fun. #Amiga

submitted 87 days ago • 31 comments

Spitzer Space Telescope captured this image of the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters, a cluster of over a thousand stars loosely bound by gravity. The picture was taken by Spitzer's infrared camera, then different infrared wavelengths were mapped to blue, green, or red.

submitted 89 days ago • 12 comments

Years in the making, today I've launched a brand new Amiga Software Archive. It contains hundreds of disks never available online before including Disk Magazines, (N.A.) User Group disks, Public Domain collections and Shareware/Freeware full-version stand-alone disks. youtu.be/PZJ9PxYlvTg

submitted 90 days ago • 11 comments

James Bond movies never show the part where the supervillain collects government subsidies to build his death tech.

submitted 92 days ago • 714 comments

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Science Fiction Writer: The cup is a crystalline super computer and the liquid is hyperintelligent, they want to know why humanity should be allowed to exist, you have 30 minutes to respond and the answer must be danced by a cat

submitted 96 days ago • 111 comments

Calling the 9th month “september” is technical debt

submitted 99 days ago • 62 comments

Computer Love by Kraftwerk, released by EMI in 1981.

submitted 99 days ago • 28 comments

Let’s have some fun. What got you into STAR WARS?

submitted 103 days ago • 127 comments

That’s the signpost up ahead - your next stop…

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www.sky-follower-bridge.dev is really cool. Not starting from 0 followed accounts is really awesome. I'm still struggling on Mastodon to curate a good feed.

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The Amiga workbench (desktop) is deeply nostalgic for me. I loved the icons for Nethack (it was just called "Hack"). Some of my earliest gaming memories are the death loop of a roguelike. And the starting class icons accessed from the workbench helped achieve some sense of wonder:

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