Weasel @wildweasel@computerfairi.es

Dotonburi River, Osaka at night. This image has not been postprocessed

reminder: the Luddites were not anti-*technology*. They were anti-*factory owners firing weavers and replacing them with lower-paid loom workers*. They could have retrained the weavers and kept their pay high, but bosses gonna boss. We are all Luddites today.

The name later became a slur because the bosses won, and used propaganda to hide the history, and because smashing looms is a dramatic symbol, and humans like retelling dramatic stories, not depressing facts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite

UFP Voter Registrar,

I am a Federation citizen who happens to be a Klingon. I have still not received my subspace ballot. Respond.

Worf

Dreamweb is full of these ten second bespoke animations that breathe so much life into the world.

#dosgaming #adventuregames #retrogaming

"I don't need to remind you that this investigation is strictly unofficial!"

We are excited to announce that Rise of the Dragon is now ready for public testing.

This is the first of a small number of games built using the DGDS (Dynamix Game Development System) engine.

Rise of the Dragon is set in Los Angeles in a dark version of the future, circa 2053. It combines classic point-and-click adventure style with platforming arcade sequences, giving a unique gameplay.

#retrogaming #adventuregame

Steam games will now need to fully disclose kernel-level anti-cheat on store pages https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/steam-games-will-now-need-to-fully-disclose-kernel-level-anti-cheat-on-store-pages/

#Steam #AntiCheat #PCGaming

If you tell the story of the burnt ballot boxes in Portland and Vancouver this week (an important story that warrants attention), also tell how good fire-suppressant design saved all but three ballots in the Portland box, and the efforts of the election workers who contacted those three voters and arranged for replacement ballots.

Things are scary and bad, and often literally on fire. But there are good people and good systems too. Making us forget that is always a win for the worst ones.

Heh. Toast.

#vintagemacintosh #afterdark

"WEBFISHING" IS 11/10 GOTY

Be kind to your American friends this week. Being an American the week before a presidential election is a bit like being a dog during a fireworks show

Zordon
VS
Clippy

me: *presses play on an app*

app: Great! Your journey is about to begin! Just some questions first. Where were you born? How would you describe your income bracket?

me: *dismiss*

app: Got it! We'll ask you next time before asking you questions.

me: *presses shuffle button*

app: Got it! Shuffle enabled until tomorrow.

notification: Somebody enabled shuffle playback on your account. Click here to verify

notification: 🏆ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Power user

app: Do you want to rate this app?

Went outside to smoke, shut the door, turned around and found myself face to face with a coyote.

He skidded in his tracks into a sit, did a 180 on his haunches, claws skittering on the cement, and LAUNCHED himself down the street, clipping his rump against my partner's car and setting off its alarm which set off MY car's alarm, and then the garage floodlight turned on, which turned on the NEIGHBOR'S lights.

All in a span of less than five seconds.

I witnessed a moment of pure, unadulterated chaos, leaving me with a deeper understanding of the animations of Scooby Doo and Wil E Coyote.

https://netizen.club/~wildweasel/golfswings.html - Going live with a slightly more analytical article for Golfshrine, as I think about how being good at a golf video game is nowhere near the same thing as being good at actual golf.

alien invasion, editing tools, acorn 32-bit (1990) https://www.mobygames.com/game/64213/alien-invasion/screenshots/