Weasel @wildweasel@computerfairi.es

I suppose I don't need to post *every* nonsense Homestar Runner / Apple II crossover project that ends up happening, but here's another one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-VaTYLG9tE

Early preview of a new Infinite Mac feature: more direct access to the awesome software library from the Macintosh Garden.

https://infinitemac.org/1997/Mac%20OS%208.0?library=true gets a new drawer that lets you browse and "download" into the Mac any application or item from the Garden. This should make it easier to play around with almost any classic Mac software.

Let me know what you think! And many thanks to fogWraith (the Garden's maintainer) for the site catalog and enabling this to happen.

I recommend disabling this Paypal setting which will (if you don't flip the switch before 2025) result in your payments data being sold for marketing purposes.

Notes: The instructions say "Paypal Shopping" but for me it was under "Personal Shopping"; it was already disabled for me, but I don't know why (Canada? California?)
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and whenever you were on the move, in addition to the pager, you also had a pocket DTMF dialer with you.. for "reasons" *cough* ;-)

In my teenage days, before we had cell phones, I had this Motorola numeric pager. At home on my computer running OS/2, there was VoiceConnect running in a #DOS window. When friends tried to reach me, they called my land line, the modem answered and they left a voice message. VoiceConnect then called my pager to inform me about a new message and I went to the next telephone booth to call VoiceConnect at home. By entering a DTMF password, I was able to listen to the message.. "Hey, let's meet 2pm at the shopping center!"

People from fedi... WHERE ARE THE CHIPTUNERS?

I would be really grateful if you wonderful retro lovers could share me some users to follow, either here or in places like Newgrounds! 🫶

#Music #Chiptune #Retro #MusicComposition

"... are you sure? It's wafer thin."

This is a message for my ex-coworkers from automattic based in Spain.

A) remember if a single one of you request to have a works council, automattic is legally forced to organize sindical elections and choose one.

B) if you are elected to the works council, they can't fire you while you are a member

C) if they fire you, they have to pay you the wages equivalent to 33 work days (in practice, about month and a half) per each year you have been at the company. The years spent as contractor before the Spanish subsidiary was established counts.

D) this compensation is not taxable, you very it entirely, which in practice make it more like two months and a half of your after-taxes salary per each year of employment. Someone who has been around for 5 years (and there is already a good bunch of you) could get about a full year salary in compensation.



So even if they want to fire you, you will be ok. This is the moment to unionize: your US coworkers can't do it without massive risks, but you are well protected by law. Do it for those who aren't.

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#Bot #CatsOfMastodon #Catstodon #Cat #AltText

There is this war going on between WP Engine and Wordpress co-founder and CEO Matt Mullenweg. He called WP Engine a "cancer" and accused it of profiting from WordPress without contributing to development of the CMS. Now, WordPress org denies service to WP Engine, potentially putting sites at risk https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/26/wordpressorg_denies_service_to_wp #opensource #wordpress

30 years of the World Wide Web Wide World Wide Web Wide World Wide Web Wide World Wide Web Wide World Wide Web Wide World Wide Web Wide World Wide Web Wide World Wide Consortium #w3ctpac

in 25+ years of retro gaming and sierra, i've never once seen someone mention Hoyle's Book of Games

despite its small stature, it was one of the most financially lucrative sierra titles, and spawned an entire series of games.

what makes it special is that opponents are (for the most part) characters from sierra titles, each playing in a style expressive of the character's personality. graham and rosella are friendly and not overly competitive, larry is silly and aggressive with his cards.

the dog? the dog is a real shithead.

#sierraOnline #retroGaming

me reacting to various computer programs' scrollbar styling / usability in 2024:

Wow... Winamp is open source now?

https://github.com/WinampDesktop/winamp

I mean, I'm using Jellyfin these days but I can't say I'm not at least curious about this development. Hopefully the chiptune situation on linux can get better as a result. #linux #audio #opensource

Here's a way to turn anti-AI rage into action:

Normalize crediting.

I can't tell you how many times an invite, email, blog post, random bit of social media content goes out with some kind of unattributed lovely art.

CREDIT ARTISTS. ON EVERYTHING. It's easy. And if we normalized crediting enough, the generated images would stand out on their own for absence of credit.

#AI #art #GenAI #artists

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