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@kidra.bsky.social

Retrogamer, Storyteller, Cave- but not Basement Dweller.

68 Followers  |  40 Following  |  85 Posts  |  Joined: 03.10.2023  |  2.2726

Latest posts by kidra.bsky.social on Bluesky

I think one of the saddest things about being a millennial is remembering a time when technology was advancing in a way that made life better and easier and more exciting instead of actively, intentionally worse

09.07.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 7618    πŸ” 2764    πŸ’¬ 70    πŸ“Œ 96

I finished rewatching "Star Trek: The Next Generation" together with a group of friends. So grateful for the HD Remaster, this show deserved the effort.

24.06.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Making Tea xkcd.com/3022

11.12.2024 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 5598    πŸ” 695    πŸ’¬ 203    πŸ“Œ 127

Still have my original Game Boy and Super Mario Land cartridge. Takes about 30 mimutes to play through and is a perfect lunch break mind reset.

10.12.2024 08:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The bot doch-alle-menner.bsky.social I complained about renamed itself to anti-endo-cis-men.bsky.social with only an "apology" posted that explicitly excluded "Endo CIS Men" and today the account is deactivated, not suspended! In ~2 weeks with many reports @bsky.app did not manage to ban a hate-bot.

09.12.2024 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I kid you not, @itch.io has been taken down by Funko of "Funko Pop" because they use some trash "AI Powered" Brand Protection Software called Brand Shield that created some bogus Phishing report to our registrar, iwantmyname, who ignored our response and just disabled the domain

09.12.2024 07:13 β€” πŸ‘ 30454    πŸ” 11637    πŸ’¬ 672    πŸ“Œ 2410

Best played with paddle controllers!

06.12.2024 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A MEGA65 R3A computer.

A MEGA65 R3A computer.

A C64C computer.

A C64C computer.

A Commodore Amiga 500 with Gotek drive emulator and ACA500Plus sidecar addon.

A Commodore Amiga 500 with Gotek drive emulator and ACA500Plus sidecar addon.

Good to see you here =) Here, photos of some of my Commodores, including one of my MEGA65, to make it cosy for you!

03.12.2024 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I hope so. The first report is about a week old and afaik there is no way to see if a report was worked on.

I really want to see bsky as the more fair and inclusive space, but well, guess at the end of the month I will see if it's only a different flavour of hate that is acceptable here.

03.12.2024 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And to my understanding such kinds of bots violate @bsky.app's Community Guidelines and should not be welcome here, specifically sections 2.B and 2.C.

03.12.2024 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am rather disappointed with @bsky.app. In my Discover feed I get people hating on men, who follow the bot doch-alle-menner.bsky.social whose only purpose is to post CIS Men hating replies, including posts that call for CIS Men to get punched in the face. Moderation is not reacting to reports.

03.12.2024 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, just like Vinyl, tape has its "flavoring" and is imperfect, but it was mobile and you could make your own mix for on the go. The inability to easily trackskip encouraged to just listen.

I had Minidisc for a while, but Sony had to make it bothersome with DRM. I wonder what DAT-Tapes were like.

22.08.2024 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Vinyl was never a good format when it comes to reproducing a recording faithfully.

Still, people can prefer the warm sound as well as the physical experience.

Everything else is placebo (like all audiophoolery), ignorance of the Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem and the reality of human hearing.

22.08.2024 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That seems to be "Rendezvous in the Park" by Paul-Albert Laurens (1870 - 1934).

12.08.2024 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dan's #MEGA65 Digest for July 2024: Let's Paint!
White. A blank page or canvas. The challenge: bring order to the whole. Through design. Composition. Balance. Light. And BASIC 65.
dansanderson.com/mega65/lets-...

18.07.2024 06:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Get ready to level up your MEGA≑65 skills! πŸ€“ Chapter 4 of @retrocombs.bsky.social User's Guide series premieres Sat 6th at 12 PM ET! (6PM CET) Diving into the Configuration Utility and mastering SD card setup. Join Steven in chat! #retrocomputing #MEGA65

www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-PN...

06.07.2024 06:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dan's #MEAG65 Digest for June 2024: KERNAL of Truth.
dansanderson.com/mega65/kerna...
Welcome new owners! This monthly MEGA65 newsletter brings you the latest news and information, plus we've got a feature article about integrating with the KERNAL from machine code. Also a clock!

18.06.2024 08:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's June 2024, #MEGA65 being prepped for shipping at the one and only Trenz Electronic
Photos: Some are ready for shipping the others are undergoing the last boot test before shipping.

03.06.2024 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stefan Eilers working on a scripting language for the #MEGA65 that combines the power of #BASIC65 with a more structured syntax has just reached the next milestone transforming the initial proof of concept to a running interpreter
wiki.eilers-online.net/m65script

09.05.2024 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you haven't seen, @retrocombs.bsky.social started a User's Guide series on the #MEGA65 manual start with Chapter 1 here www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUVO... and learn how to get the most out of the machine twitter.com/StevenCombs/...

08.04.2024 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Paul is up to something and writes: "Guesses welcome as to what I am making with my #MEGA65 :)"

twitter.com/servalpaul/s...

07.04.2024 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of the MEGA65 it shows the keyboard and the integrated floppy disk drive to the right of the keyboard.

Photo of the MEGA65 it shows the keyboard and the integrated floppy disk drive to the right of the keyboard.

MEGA65 - 21st century realization of the C65: Complete 8-bit computer running around 40x faster than a C64 while being highly compatible. C65 design, mechanical keyboard, HD output, dual SD cards support, Ethernet, extended memory and more features increase the fun without spoiling the 8-bit feel.

28.03.2024 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
MEGA65 computer internals, showing geren PCBs stacked and connected.

MEGA65 computer internals, showing geren PCBs stacked and connected.

Latest blog post by Paul about the MEGA65 Expansion Board revE Bring-Up and Shake-Down - Part 1
c65gs.blogspot.com/2024/03/expa...

29.03.2024 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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MEGA65 - Raster Rewrite Buffer - Test 4
Another RRB test by Drex, this one, looking into how the Y offset works.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTzx...

03.04.2024 10:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Here a better quality version of the video www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX5N...

Otherwise, easy choice. Lightwave was originally an Amiga program, CGI for Babylon 5, X-Files and others was done on Amigas and they were used for a long time in TV production. Scrolling text, overlays etc. See Videotoaster.

24.02.2024 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You did nothing wrong. You cared and thus you reached out and of course it hurts. Pain is just another part of life.

Everything else will come naturally as you age. It will happen again and every time it gets a little easier, because you learn.

The real challenge is to never stop caring for good.

21.02.2024 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"That’s the whole trouble. You can’t ever find a place that’s nice and peaceful, because there isn’t any. You may think there is, but once you get there, when you’re not looking, somebody’ll sneak up and write β€˜Fuck you’ right under your nose." - The Catcher in the Rye

Can't evade it. [2/2]

11.02.2024 11:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, Green, if you allow me some advice?

People will think whatever, you can't control that. Just aim to be a good person and do what makes you happy.

If there are people giving you trouble, because they react to their own prejudice instead of reality, then cut them out of your life. [1/2]

11.02.2024 11:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Why would anybody be against it? I am curious what reasons you have on mind.

11.02.2024 10:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's this week's #retrorgbweeklyroundup! Search any video or podcast app for RetroRGB Weekly, or head to the main link: retrorgb.com/week395.html
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#retrorgb #classicgaming #retrogaming #misterfpga #scartswitch #megaman #groovymister #memcardpro2 #nintendo64

08.02.2024 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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