Alexis Jhon (AGR/AMKPBA)🇺🇦

it doesn't help that the Threads app is littered with AI techbro slop

"omg this will kill Wikipedia" well, it'll also die without Wikipedia, like how a parasite might die if the host died

I bet my 50 cents (around 30PHP) that #Microsoft will revive the #Encarta encyclopedia but this time powered solely by #Copilot (seeing #Grokipedia) #tech #technology #random #ai #bullshit

Cropped screenshot of the Namida music player showing 2,046 tracks listed, which is the current size of my own library.

If you don't own physical media, just remember that they couldn't get your *legally obtained* MP3s as well. #tech #technology #media

bilang employer nila, dapat lang tayong magtanong kung may ginagawa sila o wala. EN: as their employers, we should ask them if they have done something or not.

#quote #foodandthought #philippines #politics

Bayanihan Linux 2.0 VIP CD Set. Photo from the Bayanihan Linux website, archived on the Wayback Machine.

Just a heads up for my #Filipino Bluesky folk:

Are you familiar with something called Bayanihan Linux? If so, then if you have copies of versions 1.0 to 4.0, Bayanihan Linux Government Edition, and the Bayanihan Linux 5 add-on discs, please let me know.

#tech #technology #linux #lostmedia

Bayanihan Linux 2.0 presentation by DOST-ASTI. It used to be publicly available on their website. The sole surviving copy of it online is available on the Wayback Machine for download, in the .SXI format. This is then converted to .PPT via a website.

i think i dug too far...

#tech #technology #random #lostmedia #filipino #linux

The Arch Linux Installer booted up on the command line.

Fuck it, let's restart our progress.

#tech #technology #archlinux #linux #linuxfromscratch #lfs

how does one build #gcc without a compiler anyway?

Debian 13 running the MATE desktop environment, showing a terminal emulator and a Firefox window. The terminal shows a compilation job for Binutils while the Firefox window has the tab to "III. General Compilation Instructions" from the Linux from Scratch book, version 12.3 open.

Please pray for my sanity for the following week/s.

#Tech #Technology #Random #Linux #LFS #LinuxFromScratch

Debian install screen. The text reads: There was a problem reading data. Please make sure you have inserted the installation media correctly. If retrying does not work, you should check the integrity of your installation media (there is an associated entry in the main menu for that).

NOOOO MY BURN FAILED

Burned DVD+R DL disc of the Debian 13 DVD 1 image.

Burned DVD+R DL disc of the Debian 13 DVD 1 image.

#Debian 13 just dropped.

#Tech #Technology #Random

Luckily, with some quick Google-fu, I came across some custom GPU drivers and that mitigated it. I was playing Uncharted: Golden Abyss, and while it has glitches, it at least ain't crashing my phone again.

Luckily, with some quick Google-fu, I came across some custom GPU drivers and that mitigated it. I was playing Uncharted: Golden Abyss, and while it has glitches, it at least ain't crashing my phone again.

Not far from that I managed to (possibly) crash the GPU (on a PSVita emulator) and made my phone reboot with the blue light filter and eBook mode broken. Had to manually restart 3 times because of this (because assurance).

Not far from that I managed to (possibly) crash the GPU (on a PSVita emulator) and made my phone reboot with the blue light filter and eBook mode broken. Had to manually restart 3 times because of this (because assurance).

Got a new phone on my birthday, 2 days in, it's great so far. #random #tech #technology

Encarta 95, 96, 97, and 98 simultaneously running on Macintosh System Software 7.1, via BasiliskII.

Fun fact: #Encarta was once ported to #Macs? It was the 1994 to 1998 editions that have received native port to 68k, and later PPC #Macintosh.

#tech #technology #Microsoft #Apple #random #encyclopedia

Encarta 2009, shown in a Windows XP VM. Pretty much the same, ever since. Nothing of note to see here.

(5/5 - 2009)

Pretty much the end for the lineup, as it struggled to compete with the free and collaborative Wikipedia, leaving this UI, which harkens back to the 2006 edition. What a shame, but it was definitely replaced by evolution, like it did before with Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Encarta 2005, shown in a Windows XP VM. More or less the same as 2004, the only thing changed was the toolbar.

Encarta 2006, shown in a Windows XP VM. The UI was overhauled again, with the glossy UI pertaining to the new Aero interface introduced by Windows Vista.

Encarta 2007, shown in a Windows XP VM. Pretty much the same, ever since. The only thing that was changed in this version significantly was the home layout.

Encarta 2008, shown in a Windows XP VM. Pretty much the same, ever since. Nothing of note to see here.

(4/5 - 2005-2008)

Encarta 2001, shown in a Windows XP VM. The engine switched to a more HTML based one, more has been added, like Alternate Links, and Web Center.

Encarta 2002, shown in a Windows XP VM. More or less the same, except the media content has been changed.

Encarta 2003, shown in a Windows XP VM. The UI has changed significantly, with the article outline now expanded to the left and the overall scheme of colors.

Encarta 2003, shown in a Windows XP VM. The UI has changed again significantly, mainly to be in-line with the XP design language during Longhorn's development.

(3/5 - 2001-2004)

Encarta 97, shown in a Windows 98 SE VM. More of the same, except the toolbars have been changed.

Encarta 98, shown in a Windows 98 SE VM. The default view has been switched, but aside from that, practically nothing changed.

Encarta 99, shown in a Windows 98 SE VM. This is where the foundations of the new Contents page had been laid out.

Encarta 2000, shown in a Windows 98 SE VM. More or less the same, except for the inclusion of the Dynamic Timeline, and scrolled down, Further Reading has been more accessible.

(2/5 - 1997-2000)

Encarta 1993, shown in a Windows 3.1 VM. The first edition was very primitive, and as shown, doesn't scale up in 1024x768.

Encarta 1994, shown in a Windows 98 SE VM. This edition brought Encarta to be more in-line with the design language of 3.1.

Encarta 95, shown in a Windows 98 SE VM. This is the first instance of a flat UI in the lineup.

Encarta 96, shown in a Windows 98 SE VM. Bit refined over 95's, and has the Yearbook Updates icon, which was one of it's newest features at this point.

The #Encarta Contents page, as shown with the Moon.

(1/5 - 1993-1996)

#tech #technology #microsoft #encyclopedias #ui #design #nostalgia #random #comparison #history

Covers for the novels "Animal Farm" and "1984" by George Orwell, published under the Signet Classics brand.

bought the books that can describe our current situation, and idk what will.

#literature #books #book #random

(Sorry for those expecting Encarta 93 and 94 to appear. It's a screenshot for a project I'm working on related to AGRv3, but if you guys want it, I would try to get around this)

Multiple versions of Encarta opened in Windows 98 with Microsoft Plus! 98. From top-left to bottom right: Encarta 95, Encarta 96, Encarta 97 Deluxe, Encarta 98 Deluxe, Encarta 99 Deluxe, and Encarta 2000 Deluxe.

did someone ask for the sum of all human knowledge pressed into a disc? (ss inspired from @Kroc@oldbytes.space over mastodon)

#encarta #microsoft #tech #technology #random #nostalgia

Rows and rows of icons of different Encarta (and Bookshelf!) versions and other products (Virtual Globe/World Atlas, Africana, Research Organizer).

(2/2) For the sake of my sanity, and my disk storage (I haven't gotten around with some spring cleaning), I have '95 to 2001 installed.

I dug deep into the #Encarta rabbit hole lately, and was amazed by how you can at least run 11-12 years worth of Encarta on #Windows 98. (1/2)

#tech #technology #random #fact #trivia

Fun fact: The screenshots are from a Windows Neptune VM on #86Box.

Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 2000 Home page.

Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 2000 Features page.

An entry for the Moon in Encarta 2000.

The article outline for the Moon in Encarta 2000.

there's something so simple yet nice with the #Encarta UIs from 1999 to 2001 (pics are from Encarta 2000)

#tech #technology #Microsoft #UI #GUI #design #nostalgia #encyclopedia #multimedia

What is even a task-based UI?