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29 long years have passed since I founded the emulation archive, Zophar's Domain, on 11.9.96. To this very day, the site still stands as a testament to an era that never actually disappeared but continues to live in the hearts of retrogamers all over the word. Emulation Forever!

Lost Unix v4 Possibly Recovered on a Forgotten Bell Labs Tape From 1973 "A tape-based piece of unique Unix history may have been lying quietly in storage at the University of Utah for 50+ years," reports The Register. And the software librarian at Silicon Valley's Computer History Museum, Al Kossow of Bitsavers, believes the tape "has a pretty good chance of being reco...

Lost Unix v4 Possibly Recovered on a Forgotten Bell Labs Tape From 1973

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/11/09/0528258/lost-unix-v4-possibly-recovered-on-a-forgotten-bell-labs-tape-from-1973?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

I think a lot about the story Carl Reiner told: he’d have been a sewing machine repairman if not for a free WPA drama class. That led to other theater work, to Sid Caesar, to Mel Brooks, and all the rest. All because of one free class paid for by a government that felt the arts were worth teaching.

Apparently I can't DM you (doesnt give me the option) but I'm interested in an Earth Bound (the grey cart one) and Final Fantasy 3.

Drives me absolutely bonkers!

One of my favorite things about Lego is how they always make the guys in their pics look like they're about to ask for $5 million to start a company that leases blood to ppl that's called like plateLET, but not before he finishes solemnly attaching the saucer section of a spaceship from Star Trek

See, I haven't had this problem because I've just been refusing to update the app beyond v1.105.0.679 because I didn't want to accept the new terms of service they rolled out months ago. Sure, there's new features I don't get, but I also don't get this.

A rain-slick backalley containing two men, both tall and dressed predominantly in black, each walking a cat on a leash

Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover

100%! The game is a direct consequence of the events of Trigger.

Is that NYC?

its, some kind of cursed 5 pin usb mini b, or something idk, it doesnt have a name, its joever man. the connector is to a fujitsu loox pda with qwerty chiclet keys. an external gps antenna connector is also on the bottom

"I wish it was charged by USB"

*monkey's paw curls*

That *is* rad! What a nice writeup!

New Design Trend: People Downgrading 'Smart' Homes to Analog 'Dumb' Homes, Some with Landlines and Offline Appliances - Slashdot "People are creating 'dumb homes,'" the VP of research at the Global Wellness Institute, tells the web site Axios. Some are swapping NASA-style setups for old-fashioned buttons, switches and knobs....

Yes please! I don't want "smart" anything in my home. No disembodied lady in a cylinder. No appliances with an internet connection, or an app, and especially no advertisements. I want switches and buttons and knobs that you have to actually get up off your ass to use, and that just work when you do.

I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.

8 colors, pixelart

Six Missing Children Have Haunted These Arcade Cabinets For Decades. Why? For 40 years the faces of missing children have haunted arcades from inside a miniature golf video game.

why are there missing children posters coded into Mini Golf and other Bally Sente arcade cabinets?

for @endlessmode.bsky.social, I tried to get to the bottom of it.

Roger Wilco's Virtual Broomcloset: The Original Space Quest Fan Site The web's first and most comprehensive Space Quest fan site, packed with Easter eggs, trivia, downloads, and retrospectives on Sierra's classic adventure series.

My Space Quest site, Roger Wilco's Virtual Broomcloset, launched 30 years ago this month. That makes it one of the oldest video game fan sites on the web.

To celebrate the milestone, I've updated the site for the first time in ages with tons of new content. Check it out! wiw.org/~jess/roger.html

Sometimes you see incredible buildings in these photos that are long gone, and sometimes you see ones that are so still around that they were already on the National Historic Register when the photo was taken and have their own wikipedia page

Gen Z, and low budget people, are asked to reject ALL the pleasures of a consumer society while also being bombarded by commercial messages telling them buying stuff will make them happy.

No conflict there. Nope. None at all.

Just a friendly remind that the Ring camera recording your kids while you're out trick or treating tonight are dumping footage into a database being used by Flock and ICE to document and profile children in your neighborhood.

That's only if you don't cover the lens.

Bluesky’s CEO meltdown: How leadership continues to fail its most marginalized users tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where systemically marginalized users could feel safer, but…

tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where users could feel safer, but inconsistent moderation quickly eroded trust.

When systemically marginalized users pushed back, Bluesky’s leadership minimized concerns and began to target them for bans.

#SaveSpeech

We need folks to hammer paypros, as the holiday season is a prime opportunity to clog up their call centers and have our impact be felt the hardest.

Need contacts, talking points, etc? use the site linked! It has a ton of info that is still relevant and useful!

Source: 9to5google.com/2025/10/29/y...

*End users* can opt out, and will be able to check in the player whether they are watching a real or upscaled video. But I am very curious, if you could put an exact cost on this decision in terms of kWh/atmospheric CO2, what the total would come to.

A panoramic image showing the story left-to-right of how a city of plant zombies is invaded by an eldritch cosmic entity that ultimately consumes the city itself.

Complete 'pixelween' 2025 competition #pixelart panorama.

Privacy laws can’t keep up with ‘luxury surveillance’ “It’s not clear to me that a small red light would be sufficient notification in some states for someone to consent to being recorded.”

“I think they are a profoundly antisocial technology that should be rejected in every way possible,” said Gilliard. “Their
very existence is toxic to the social fabric.” @hypervisible.blacksky.app
www.theverge.com/tech/807834/...

Turns out the one boundary he's against breaking is segregation

Crunch

SaGa series composer Kenji Ito had a difficult time getting recognized as the author of his own work. “It won’t happen if you just wait” - AUTOMATON WEST SaGa series composer Kenji Ito talks about the struggle game musicians face in gaining recognition for their own work.

SaGa series composer Kenji Ito had a difficult time getting recognized as the author of his own work. “It won’t happen if you just wait”

automaton-media.com/en/news/saga...

Sunrise over Japan.

Sunrise over Japan.

Sunrise over Japan.

Sunrise over Japan.

Now I can say that I've watched the sun rise over Japan.