FoxQuirk 🦊 @quirk@computerfairi.es

‪functionally though the difference is that i don't have a win9x computer. i have a 2017 macbook with a modern linux install and frequently use it to run old windows software in wine with a win9x theme. there's a difference,‬

i'm not a retrocomputing person, i'm a modern computing person with respect for the past and an affection for certain old things, but mostly a belief that certain principles must not die

@hikari this has a bunch of corollaries that I like
One of them is that when we write software now, we should ideally write software that is likely to run well on HLE rather than only LLE. They way, if the machine we used to run the software originally goes away, it will be much easier to make a good enough emulator that runs fast rather than one that is slow. This way we won't require the replacement machine to be much faster than the original machine.

middle clicking links in comments on youtube now opens a tab to javascript:void(0);

@charlotte it's 2000 again the internet sucks but takes 1000x as much RAM

"gifted child" to "please somebody hug me and tell me things are going to be okay" pipeline

Someone hacked into my computer and made it launch 500 copies of DOSBox.

That's right. It's a DOS attack.

‪amazing that you can actually download and then reupload animated GIFs on iOS these days. filesystems, what a concept!‬

holy shit everyone, NIST finally standardised post-quantum cryptography

https://worrydream.com/refs/Mermin_1999_-_How_Not_to_Create_Tigers.pdf

Don't. Ever. Publish. Stuff. That. ONLY. Supports. Dark. Mode.

I mean, I know a LOT of people love dark mode, and given the benefits that darkening interfaces provides... I get it.

But there are some people (like me) who may be visually impaired. Astigmatism, for example, can make reading text that is white on dark a real PITA. An effect known as "halation" occurs, where each letter behaves as if it were a flashlight, gaining its own halo of light and making all text read more blurry than normal.

No matter how good your glasses are, astigmatism still causes you to see a little blurry—it's something you get used to. But this damn effect makes all the text read as if you don't have your glasses on, or even worse, leading to much more tired eyes or even pain.

For everyone's sake, if you really care about accessibility, respect user preferences. If you want a dark interface by default, offer a light version if the user specifies it (in web design, this would be prefers-color-scheme: light). The same goes for light interfaces.

Me writing React: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!

hi everyone! as some of you may know, i've had an old and relatively obscure MIDI module called the "Roland SC-7" for almost a year now, and i absolutely love it. so i was kinda sad that most of the sound demos of it on YouTube were so uninspiring…

so here's 40 minutes of songs that i think make it shine, so more people can understand why i'm obsessed with it. hope you enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Pw1zv28YY