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Stephen Illingworth

@jetsetilly

lapsed software engineer. living 10 minutes into the future. now creating emulators and tools for the modern Atari2600 developer https://github.com/JetSetIlly/Gopher2600

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If #indycar is wrestling then #f1 is professional wrestling. Still entertaining if you buy into the kayfabe though.

08.03.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Are you using a pi as your bootp/tftp/nfs server? Is there a pre-built distro for that or is it something you've put together.

07.03.2026 18:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is the number one problem. LLMs will no doubt be a component in the first AI system but the machine is still missing several important cogs. AI as presented by the AI industry is an illusion.

02.03.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Completed the survey for "Growing up in the online world: a national consultation" put out by gov.uk. It's disturbing to me that the survey presumes that there is a technological solution to the problem. There is no good technological solution that prevents children accessing services they shouldn't

02.03.2026 12:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How does this not fit the biblical definition of necromancy and witchcraft which last I checked is punishable by damnation

23.02.2026 22:57 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Serious question: I'm reading breathless testimonies from dozens and dozens of people on various tech forums, saying how they're writing applications quicker than ever before using generative AI (Claude, etc.) Where are these applications?

19.02.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Strange radio show on #Radio4Extra. Classics read by an AI.

15.02.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Reclining on my Oofah Deckchair

13.02.2026 21:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Now listening to #gentlegiant. Underrated band #prog "Three Friends" is awesome

08.02.2026 11:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is comp.lang.c still active on Usenet? That was the go to place for C questions once upon a time. No idea if it still is.

03.02.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Reminds me of the joke: If a thousand monkeys bash randomly on typewriters for a thousand years, eventually they'll type "hey, hey, we're the monkees"

02.02.2026 16:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Watching the coverage of preseason testing #F1. Very excited for the addition of roundabouts this year

26.01.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Anticipating the delivery of my new PC is like the feeling one has when waiting to start a new job.

I've got my install USB stick ready. I have a stick with backups of all the files I want to have immediate access to. Clean underpants. Packed lunch. And my bus fare home.

08.01.2026 12:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Will this be an audio series or a TV series?

06.01.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely massive #darts match tonight. Very exciting.

03.01.2026 11:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I use an alarm clock.

02.01.2026 06:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Champ Games Presents: GridLock by Andrew Davie! Champ Games is happy to announce that our next Champ Games Presents title will be GridLock for the Atari 2600, programmed by veteran Atari homebrew developer Andrew Davie! Andrew's previous Atari 260...

Gridlock: a lovely version of a Rush Hour sliding-block style game for the #Atari2600, by the irrepressible Andrew Davie

champ.games/f/champ-game...

29.12.2025 05:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've just seen some dingbat AI bro trying to defended the wretched plagiarism sausage machine by explaining it can generate 'ideas and scenarios' for writers.

That's the GOOD bit I enjoy. Find me an AI that can do my fucking tax returns correctly and we'll talk, you absolute low-fat yoghurt.

22.12.2025 18:12 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0
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Who is this?

22.12.2025 12:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

In TV soap operas I've always wanted there to be multiple characters with the same first name. That seems realistic to me but it's probably awful for story telling purposes.

19.12.2025 11:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Crikey. If Luke Littler played to the age of 71, he'd be 54 times World Champion

13.12.2025 22:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ahh 😊The purr of a CD burner running at 32x

10.12.2025 16:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a tuxedo and tie is talking on a phone . ALT: a man in a tuxedo and tie is talking on a phone .
09.12.2025 12:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have the unfortunate news to relay that ZeroPage Homebrew is shutting down after almost eight years.

MORE INFO: forums.atariage.com/topic/276956...

08.12.2025 22:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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My new desktop wallpaper. A reminder to myself to never give my wicket away like this #cricket

05.12.2025 11:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is it good?

22.11.2025 17:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Fair. It depends on the nature of the collapse I suppose. But I do know if we were to be using ebooks in those scenarios then the tech we use to access them has to be less complex and more maintainable. I would do business today with a company that specialised in future post-apocalyptic computing.

19.11.2025 06:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Correct. The biggest problem in that scenario, is survival and rebuilding a society as best we can. Books convey ideas and information about how to do that.

18.11.2025 19:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I meant "useless" in the context of a world without energy generation to power computers or other electronic devices.

18.11.2025 15:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Okay. I've not come across anybody who thinks that. But now that I know such people exist then I agree, it is very silly distinction. Of course ebooks and audiobooks are as valuable as physical books.

18.11.2025 12:09 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0