maple "mavica" syrup [6502] @mavica_again@computerfairi.es

enix game school, tokyo (circa 1993) https://archive.org/details/micomBASIC-1993-02/page/n5/mode/2up

another beautiful comment to “she danced in the wind like a holographic dream”
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“Your ability to write words both painful yet healing is the most breathtaking part of this game poem.”
omg 🙏🥹💕
thank you to everyone that played it and shared it. it’s been deeply meaningful to see the responses.
https://alienmelon.itch.io/flower

The latest game poem by @alienmelon hits so hard.

It's time to throw the horrors away and plant gentle flowers.

What are we using for iOS podcast apps? I’ve used Overcast for years, but I don’t want to give its developer my money anymore

As much as I'm all in favour of blaming AI bros for the RAM shortage, there was always going to be a squeeze on RAM prices for some reason eventually, and we really did make sure it would be maximally painful for ourselves when we started treating RAM as functionally free.

RAM prices in 2026 are about the same as they were in 2008 when the original MacBook Air launched. It had 2GB of RAM and it ran like a goddamn dream. There is absolutely zero technical reason we couldn't ship an even better computer with 2GB RAM today — except everything these days is a JavaScript app running in a dedicated Chromium instance and needs at least its own gigabyte to run around in.

That said, it's probably pretty safe to blame AI bros for everything being a Chromium instance — I'm willing to bet it's largely the same people trying to ship something that just about works with the absolute minimum of time and effort now as it was then