Sam Altman now claiming that if he isn't given enough compute, "hard trade-offs" will have to be made between "providing free education to all" and "curing cancer" - who is buying this flagrant, fraudulent nonsense?

Thanks to @colinhoad.com and his series on YouTube my online IDE now has the BBC BASIC game Cosmic Invaders for your retro entertainment ide.retrogamecoders.com?file=cosmic....

The London RISC OS Show will return on 25th October! @rougol.bsky.social youtu.be/dAFZTS3xxTc?...

Holy moly - someone's only gone and made David Braben's Zarch/Virus for the BBC Micro! Angus Hughes has effectively achieved the impossible - it has all of the speed of the Archimedes original. Stunning! #retrogaming #bbcmicro #8bit bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=...

I sometimes wonder whether people have any self-awareness at all of how utterly cringeworthy they look posting AI-generated cartoon pictures of themselves on social media. It seems to be done with zero irony, too.

Absolute joy watching this one from CRD, especially when he gets into the interactive whiteboard! Our school had a grant to go out and buy a bunch of these things, and they ended up in classrooms not getting used much but were very impressive on school open days... www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9a3...

People say "autism never used to exist" and then you go to the Natural History Museum and the exhibit has a caption like "Born in 1762, The Revd [name] was famously irascible, steadfast in his routine, and dedicated his life to collecting 25,000 rare beetle specimens".

This is 100% insane. Yes, an employer may stipulate this in your employment contract, but that's because *they* are paying *you* for your time, and so the things you create during your working hours are their IP. The tenant/landlord relationship is in no way comparable!

Dave Hughes from Spectrum Computing forums imagined how a Breaking Bad game for the Spectrum would be #zxspectrum #retrogaming

Live cam of brown bears catching salmon in Alaska! The only live feed you need. explore.org/livecams/bro...

🎵 ITS THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE BEAR 🎵

So much I agree with here. Games are meant to be enjoyable, and all the more so when you can share your experiences of them with others. Easy mode is my default for new games as it helps me get a feel for them and - sometimes! - even complete them. Difficulty is there for replay only, in my world.

Just released BeebEm 4.21. This fixes a bug with the tape sound emulation introduced in 4.20, another bug in the installer, and makes some improvements to the VIA emulation. Download here: www.mkw.me.uk/beebem/

#sinclairuser report on amateur games (1985) #zxspectrum #retrogaming

Well, this is a new one on me! Apparently in 1989 you could buy an ISA card to connect your PC to a VCR and backup your files... to VHS or Betamax tapes 😄 110MB per tape and only £185 + VAT

And can't deny they've absolutely nailed the concept of a coffee shop

I've recently got back into using this excellent little computer, the #Psion Series 3s, and for serious purposes no less. The inclusion of a spreadsheet in ROM makes it ideal for keeping track of the copious amount of meds I need to take as a transplant patient. And it plays Barbarians too.

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New phone! Spend several minutes agonising over which ringtone to pick. Then put it on vibrate mode for the rest of its life.

whenever I get a popup that says 'do you like this app?' I always say 'no' because that's the point at which I stop liking the app

Jesus Christ.

With the libretro core version of Electroniq, I can finally easily load and play Acorn Electron games on my Android device (via RetroArch) using the touchscreen! 😎

Microsoft quite literally trolling us, now

Beware Lairds bearing books

There are still (free!) tickets available for this event at @tnmoc.bsky.social - would be great to see you there! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mac-and-ch...

At one point in my life (long ago) I was responsible for the Motorola corporate 68k assembler. By the time they got to the 68030 the addressing modes were insane. Instructions could be 22 bytes long.

The real lesson AI is teaching the business world is that you can save surprisingly large sums of money by this one simple trick of not doing the job you're paid to do properly.

Initial company policy: please check rigorously! Eventual company policy: *taps watch*

Let's go full dessert mode on Bluesky. Best pie: Apple Best ice cream: Rum & raisin Best donut: Those little ring ones you get at the seaside Best bar: Kit Kat Chunky Best cake: Coffee & walnut Best other: Tiramisu Runner up: Baked vanilla cheesecake

It's #scarymonday (something we just made up)

And... relax.

Queue on the o2 website actually going *up* rather than down... good work, fellas.

A Nightmare on Elm Street, seen aged... 7! 😆 It was a school coach trip, lot of older kids (although none of them were 18...) and one of them had it on VHS, passed it to the front and said "sir, let's put this on". Teacher promptly fell asleep and we were all terrorised by Freddy Krueger.

NFTs are going just great news.artnet.com/market/chris...

Despite easily being the most British fighting vehicle ever developed, the mock-Tudor AT-AT programme was sadly cancelled due to budgetary concerns

At last, the gangster rap/ITV competition listing you've been waiting for

Bah beep. [best I can do with standard parts]

Whenever anyone mentions Jet Set Willy, I find it hard to resist shouting "JET SET F*CKING WILLY!" (I may have watched Micro Men more times than is strictly healthy)

OpenAI Says Its Business Will Burn $115 Billion Through 2029 -- The Information

o2 tells me I'm eligible for an upgrade, but having clicked through to the phone options it's all GALAXY AI APPLE INTELLIGENCE GOOGLE GEMINI AI AI AI AIAIAAIIAIIIAAIIAAI ...so, maybe I'll just stick with my current phone.

THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS What a joke.

OMG!

I can almost guarantee that the AI algorithm YouTube uses to decide if a video should be restricted or not heavily favours AI-generated content. I bet that gets a pass every single time.

Morning!

Different kind of vintage tech today...

Next step: figure out how John Connor used his to hack an ATM...

If you've ever dealt with a swollen laptop battery, you'll love these throw pillows on Aliexpress. When I saw these, I thought they were hilarious :)

🎹 SoOo, I discovered the Pico-8 tracker and having some fun with it...my first Pico-8 tune, let me know what you think! 😄🎧🎵 #pico8 #music #tracker #musicproducer #chiptune #vgm #bgm

Drop an old person you're going to turn into in the future