In anticipation of the Econet LAN Party at The National Museum of Computing on 18/19 May, I have just released a huge update to Elite over Econet.

Not only does it now run on all 8-bit BBC machines (including the unexpanded BBC Micro), but I've added live multiplayer scoreboards to the mix.

Here you can see six players competing live on three different bridge-connected Econet networks. The scoreboard updates as players play, with Elite transmitting player stats to a central scoreboard machine.

The idea is that you can run competitive Elite events between groups of players, all connected by Econet. You don't need any modern equipment - this all runs on standard 1980s kit - but if you use a PiBridge to connect networks over the Internet, you can even run live international competitions. 🙂

The LAN Party is imminent. Time to hone your Elite skills!

Full details can be found here:

https://www.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite_over_econet_scoreboard.html

LAN Party info:

https://www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=28552

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #bbcmicro

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One thing I'm not seeing anywhere near enough people covering is the huge cost of all this "AI" grift. "AI" is currently using more resources than Bitcoin and it's ilk. So not only are we getting a worse internet, we're also dumping even more resources into it.

It really needs to be made more clear that just like cryptocurrency, this "AI" is devouring massive amounts of resources as well as making everyone's life worse.

Spotti onstage giving lecture at UC Berkeley yesterday (pic by merrillotter.com on bsky)

I just released v0.0.1 of #httpDOS, a #TLS enabled #webserver for #MSDOS

https://github.com/SuperIlu/httpDOS

#RetroComputing #FreeDOS #DJGPP #mbedTLS #HTTPS

Finally, my small gourds will no longer swing freely in the wind

buy this for your autistic puppy gf so she can communicate with u when she goes nonverbal

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Some Xenia fanart just because #xenia #linux #furryart #magpiart

#AptoApril #15: "Tail"

Sometimes it's nice to take stock of assorted things

Patreon: https://patreon.com/AviYinglet
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/AviYinglet

The yinglet species (and the tailpoof as a relatively common part of its anatomy) were originally designed by Valsalia

most important FFXIV button

Generated art correlates strongly with low effort writing and video. But I keep seeing developer types in my feed reader use generated illustrations without seemingly realising how an increasing number of readers interpret it

And it’s only a matter of time until “generative art = spammy bullshit” will be the majority position because that’s how the economics of it are going to play out. Using extruded synthetic art will not do your writing or video any favours in the long run.

I got tired of YouTube search being 80% made of irrelevant "For you", "Previously watched", shorts, etc
So I made uBlock rules to yeet them, feel free to copy

www.youtube.com##ytd-shelf-renderer:has(span[id="title"]:contains("For you"))`
www.youtube.com##ytd-shelf-renderer:has(span[id="title"]:contains("Previously watched"))
www.youtube.com##ytd-reel-shelf-renderer
www.youtube.com##ytd-shelf-renderer:has(span[id="title"]:contains("People also watched"))

threads is paying people to post with their "bonus program" and yes ofc it's scummy lmao

The Threads bonus is an invite-only bonus program that lets you earn money on your Threads content... Based on the performance [and] number of posts you create.

is this really the vibe we want them bringing to the fediverse???

https://help.instagram.com/2449746995226910

#FediPact #meta #threads