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  1. i am sitting here at my computer, feeling the desire to work on my game, but feeling very bored at the same time. i think i will build up the will over the week! i just haven't compiled the code since the big overhaul, and i am completely scared that it will be a complete mess to fix hahahah

    1. DZ-Jay

      DZ-Jay

      Do it! Do it! DO IT!!!

    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Just Dive In when you're up to it!

  2. okay i have good news. i have a second round of interviews with the head mechanic of a prestigious workshop. they ONLY work on jaguars and land rovers. i may finally have the auto mechanic apprenticeship i was looking for.

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    2. Stephen

      Stephen

      Congrats - I hope you get the position! Jaguars and Land Rovers - I assume you are in England?

    3. LS650

      LS650

      A friend of mine owned a Jag sedan for a couple of years. It was a beautiful car, even when it was behind a tow truck.

    4. x=usr(1536)

      x=usr(1536)

      Best of luck! Ex-Series IIA diesel owner here; the modern ones are just *slightly* different, as I am given to understand ;)

  3. after 2 years of precarious employment, i have 3 job interviews in the next 48 hours. i am trying to become an auto mechanic apprentice. wish me luck! let's hope i get taken on.

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    2. Rick Dangerous

      Rick Dangerous

      Good luck to you!

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Best of luck!!

    4. D Train

      D Train

      Good luck! But don't let it get in the way of your video game development schedule!

  4. The MOS 6502 is easily my favourite processor, and the Atari 2600 is easily my favourite console to program for.

    1. masschamber

      masschamber

      hmmm, sounds to me like someone is actually cheating on the 6502 with its younger sister

  5. HSYNC: Offscreen time per raster line before draw continues. VSYNC: Offscreen time before raster returns to top of screen to continue screen draw. NSYNC: Offscreen time before Timberlake and crew re-unite and draw crowds.

    1. Jess Ragan

      Jess Ragan

      ? WARDROBE MALFUNCTION IN LINE 10. READY.

    2. adam242

      adam242

      LOL that made me smile!

  6. You can't even watch a fucking AVI file on your xbox without being logged in. Our ADSL and NBN have been so poor they disconnect when it rains. This means we literally get locked out of our own devices. Fuck modern technology. Seriously. Fuck this.

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      My Atari never locked me out...Oh except it broke, But it didn't want to break. The old stuff seems more Friendly.

    3. LS650

      LS650

      Don't be shy, tell us what you -really- think.

    4. vidak

      vidak

      Like... to play every codec you need VLC, which microsoft demands must have you signed in

  7. working on setting up a 2600 programming competition. got a couple of judges lined up - just waiting for permission from albert!

  8. all these 8 bit micros still working on ebay...

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I think SYFY Channel is using those computers to do the CGI in their Zombie Shark movies.

    3. save2600

      save2600

      ^ lol It is (not so) funny how CGI in soooo many cases, has taken a dive ever since Jurassic Park. You'd think even on a budget level, that the technology would have caught up by now. It's been 25 years already! W_T_F_?

    4. vidak

      vidak

      yeah, i'm just so surprised how it's like a ratio of 10:1 (working : not working) of how many atari 8-bits etc are still working.

       

      Dual Inline Package 4 eva <3

  9. Nintendo DRM: - new console - have to buy entire library again - oh some games will never be rereleased - $20 equates to some prime number of points - always have 200 points left over

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    2. Eltigro

      Eltigro

      yeah, I think last time I checked my Wii, I had 100 points. So would have to buy more points to use them. Still haven't decide whether to do that or not. Or is it too late now?

    3. Mord

      Mord

      Nintedo had better hope I never have to get a new console if this is how their policy is. If I lose all the digital purchases due to a faulty system, the result is Nintendo loses all future purchases ever.

       

      I will point out I've never had anything beyond a NES die on me - and that's always because of the pins bending on the connector of the sideloaders.

       

       

    4. vidak

      vidak

      That's good about the 3DS! Thr original Wii shop servers have all shut down! Same with Wii U I think.

  10. I love how it's virtually impossible to use the web with non-free java script disabled. The web is terrible now

    1. roland p

      roland p

      I agree. Just imagine how much 'worse' the web would be without javascript, probably not much. I would be less annoying and more stable.

    2. vidak

      vidak

      I am going to investigate using USENET - who needs javascript!!

    3. pacman000

      pacman000

      But I leave JS off, completely off, all the time on my phone. Most sites work. Youtube, Facebook and Reddit don't, but they're not the entire web! (Gigablast, Entireweb, a few other small search engines need it. Google sometimes asks for a CATPCHA, which needs it. But this board doesn't. Neither does DuckDuckGo.)

  11. super interested in this firebee / coldfire computer... would love to attempt to port linux to it as well. luckily coldfire doesn't suffer from meltdown/spectre...

  12. ah, the joys of putting your /boot directory on a separate partition; or "why you should never do that"

  13. No, I am not playing the new Monster Hunter. Yes, I am playing Ikari Warriors again

    1. BassGuitari

      BassGuitari

      2600 version, right? :P

    2. vidak

      vidak

      Yep, 2600 all the way!

  14. I think I might leave Facebook. Sorry to post negative statuses all the time, but the Sydney political activist environment has so many fruit loops. I honestly didn't think I'd end up letting bullies get to me.

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    2. MrMaddog

      MrMaddog

      Just leave and never go back. if you have to keep in touch with anyone, just use a seperate Messager app instead. It's not worth the mental anglish of being socially re-programmed by corporate interests.

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Vidak...Your friend is Cool as Shit!

    4. vidak

      vidak

      Which friend?? Hahahah

  15. I just had the crappiest Christmas holiday I have ever had. I think I may not go back to my hometown for that long again hahaha

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    2. CPUWIZ

      CPUWIZ

      Me too, everything around me burned for weeks. Total waste of vacation, Christmas was cancelled for us.

    3. vidak

      vidak

      Farrrk (the way Australians pronounce it)

       

      Luckily you're okay!

       

      We had a HUGE bush fire raging as I got on the plane to leave Perth. I was worried the smoke was going to prevent us from leaving. Luckily we got away.

       

      We had a huge fire down south that killed people, and then photos surfaced of the fire crews sleeping in mid daylight from exhaustion. I didn't know why more people weren't sent down to help - I feel so incredibly embarassed and asha...

    4. vidak

      vidak

      --ashamed that we left our firefighters to work for three days in a row with no sleep

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