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@mcc Roko's Genecyst?
They responded near instantly to my contact, asked questions that seemed AI-like or heavily scripted, asked me if i was familiar with a list of very specific hardware... then asked me if I could buy it myself, and they'd send a check to cover it.
I might be desperate for work now but that's no reason for me (or anybody I know) not to be Extra Careful about job prospects that seem too good to be true!
See this thread for more, as this person got hit the same way as me:
https://www.reddit.com/r/jobs/comments/10ver8t/is_this_a_scam_or_a_real_job_opportunity/
Some images from the animated About dialog for the Mac version of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, running in an experimental version of @scummvm. It's not pixel perfect (I guess ScummVM's Mac font renderer doesn't quite emulate QuickDraw rendering, and the rounded corners are also a bit off), but it should be enough to fool the casual observer.
I think we can all agree that this has been time well spent.
one thing i miss from migrating over to tabletop playground was the trivial pursuit board so i made my own deck and put it online https://mod.io/g/tabletopplayground/m/quiz-whirl
will update this eventually with a trivial pursuit-like board as well but right now you can play quick trivia with the category die
What happened to #holograms? The 3D photos in monochrome laser colours?
They were EVERYWHERE in the 80s/90s and now it seems impossible to find them except on a credit card sticker.
Searching for "hologram" online just shows sculptures or spinning things or shiny paper or projections onto a bit of cloth. None of them are actual 3D photos.
I know, many people prefer those "ready to play" releases, where the retro game is already perfectly set up and configured. I guess it's convenient, but, personally, I really love to collect my games as original floppy disks.
There's simply nothing more precious than installing a beloved game from its original disks and looking at those oldschool setup programs! It sure beats unpacking some lousy, self-made archives containing pre-cracked files!
@mcc thinking about the time i was trying to apt install a package for some very old program, and autoremove attempted to remove hundreds of vital system components because it had been declared that the current versions were incompatible with that program.
had to scrap that entire install, i made the OS unusable by allowing apt to continue.
He/him. Puzzle-Adventure Hybrid with RPG Elements. Supports 3D Acceleration. He Is Essentially What He Believes. Just in case, π, LGBTQ+ π, DOS π, ππ©π.
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