Sparc IPX π¨π¦ @sparcipx@mastodon.sdf.org
fortysomething, married, Canadian π¨π¦, cycling enthusiast, phlogger.
Engaging, positive, but cynical. Prefer discourse to arguing. If I boost, I agree.
Joined May 2017
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Want to play a fun game? Do a search and replace on a news article about migrants, replacing the word "migrants" with the word "people".
Then re-read it.
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Let's play a game, to help some of the newcomers make connections: name subjects and topics that interest you but aren't in your profile, as tags so they are searchable. Then boost this post or repeat its instructions so others know to do the same.
#bicycles
#morebicycles
#commuting
#cycling
#amiga
#gopher
#sparcstations
#unix
#TRS80
#OpenBSD
#cynicism
#burntherich
#classicmacs
#Genesis
#snes
#PCEngine
#Sega
#mastersystem
#Famicom
#Atari2600
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Pourquoi ai-je l'impression que le monde prend tout son sens d'un coup ?
It did my heart good to see over 5000 messages in FSXNET General chat. I really have to do better to keep up (last login sept 10th).
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More than 400 pages of internal Chinese documents detail the origins and growth of the indoctrination program in Xinjiang, where a million or more predominately Muslim minorities have been held in a vast network of detention centers https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/16/world/asia/china-xinjiang-documents.html
Chinese authorities have corralled as many as a million ethnic Uighurs, Kazakhs and others into internment camps and prisons over the past three years.
Full document, note the euphemistic terms they use: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/16/world/asia/china-detention-directive.html
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Socialism hates billionaires. Capitalism hates the poor. Which sounds more just? Who does each system benefit?
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The idea that socialism, not capitalism, exists to wring the average worker dry for the benefit of a governmental and/or aristocratic elite is the greatest achievement of capitalism in the 20th century.
Last day of holidays... Mrs. IPX and I finally have time to hang out at our favourite haunt for coffee and lunch.
Now WHY the Hell did I buy this again? I vaguely remember something about SLIP over Bluetooth
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Microsoft Teams (which IT forced on the whole company) is such a poor excuse for a chat app I can't even believe it's real
Cool, I just learned that there was a novel and anime based on Download (one of my favourite game series on the PC Engine).
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Italian council is flooded immediately after rejecting measures on climate change
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/14/europe/veneto-council-climate-change-floods-trnd-intl-scli/index.html
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Well, I can die happy. I've played Colecovision games Gorf and Cosmic Avenger on my MSX.
Wicked, got the PS/2 adapter to work by putting it in Slot 1. Now, to figure out the keymappings...
Well, I tried out the PS/2 keyboard interface cart for my MSX today, but it didn't work with either of the keyboards I tried. Do I need to disconnect the internal keyboard?
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Tired: Disney+
Wired: Undoing the fucking damage Disney has done to our culture, copyright, and the public domain.
Taylor isn't a particularily engaging speaker, is he?
fortysomething, married, Canadian π¨π¦, cycling enthusiast, phlogger.
Engaging, positive, but cynical. Prefer discourse to arguing. If I boost, I agree.
Joined May 2017
