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I am a geek. I play board games, build computers, assemble Legos, and play with old model trains

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When You said (Source) Link, I was expecting a link to the source code of Eliza.

So Here is the code form de David Ahl book.

03.12.2025 21:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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an aerial view of a rocket being launched by nasa ALT: an aerial view of a rocket being launched by nasa

I was 2 years old when I saw the saturn V rocket launch.
I decided that I wanted to build rockets

25.11.2025 21:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just be careful: when you go from 6502 to ARM64:
1/ in ARM64, you must explicitely indicate 's' if you want to update the flags

2/ in ARM64 storing a register write 8 bytes instead of one byte (this is obvious but can be surprising: when writhing a char also write 7 zeroes in memory)

25.11.2025 21:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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2 years ago, I was building a PID regulation using #arduino and #fischertechnik

23.11.2025 21:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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GitHub - PPoliakoff/PiConsole16x16: PiConsole16x16 is a Python-powered gaming console built with a Raspberry Pi Pico and a 16ร—16 LED display. Designed for educational use, it is intended to introduces... PiConsole16x16 is a Python-powered gaming console built with a Raspberry Pi Pico and a 16ร—16 LED display. Designed for educational use, it is intended to introduces students to programming, electro...

I think the code is simpler with LEDs because
1/ there is no timing critical issues
2/ there is only one bit per pixel

The code is available here:
github.com/PPoliakoff/P...

23.11.2025 20:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I have made 5 of them ๐Ÿ˜€.

Raspberry Pi Pico Game console with 16x16 led Display.

22.11.2025 23:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Love this! #retrocomputing #coding

22.11.2025 14:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 157    ๐Ÿ” 57    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

What movie do you consider perfect?

16.11.2025 21:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It is worse than that:
When I enter the room they welcome me with the Team Rocket Motto

16.11.2025 20:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A car race game on 16x16 large red or grey pixels. The car is drawn as a 2x2 pixels square

A car race game on 16x16 large red or grey pixels. The car is drawn as a 2x2 pixels square

I did it (this is a printscreen on the simulator but it also runs on the real LED matrix hardware)

14.11.2025 22:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Drawing showing the connection of a Raspberry pi pico to a LED matrix and a joystick

Drawing showing the connection of a Raspberry pi pico to a LED matrix and a joystick

PowerPoint is the worst tool to draw electrical schematics.

14.11.2025 22:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

and we also need a VGA port because ......

13.11.2025 21:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Some C# code I wrote in the early 2000s

Some C# code I wrote in the early 2000s

My favorite game at that time: C#2003

13.11.2025 20:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Gaston: En Direct de La Gaffe  (image source : Wikipedia)

Gaston: En Direct de La Gaffe (image source : Wikipedia)

yes: this comic.

12.11.2025 23:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Most people want their game in 4K.

Me: 16 by 16 pixels is enough....

12.11.2025 23:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why does it feel the no one has ever heard of the movies I watch?

(e.g. ใ‚ฝใ‚ฆใ‚ฟใ‚คใ‚ปใ‚ซใ‚ค : Relative Worlds)

12.11.2025 22:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Remember that crossing the 3.3V and the 5V power lines can have unexpected consequences....
Including an unexpectedly perfectly working system ๐Ÿคฆ

12.11.2025 22:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A Pygame window showing a snake game displayed ad 256 red LEDs

A Pygame window showing a snake game displayed ad 256 red LEDs

I have written an emulator for my game conole with a 16x16 led display. Now I can debug the games without having to use the real hardware

10.11.2025 10:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's in line with my experience of Linux: whatever I try I always endup editind strange configuration files or adding command line parameters,... I wonder how people who do not have 40 years of experience with computers can succeed in configuring touchscreen, midi, or a EPROM programmer on LINUX.

09.11.2025 21:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

With a switch like this one you are sure the PC will not spontaneously switch on to install unwanted upgrades

09.11.2025 13:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Post a non-religious image you think of as holy

08.11.2025 17:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man and a woman are standing in front of a giant statue of a woman 's face ALT: a man and a woman are standing in front of a giant statue of a woman 's face
02.11.2025 21:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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FOSDEM 2026 - Accepted developer rooms Brussels / 31 January & 1 February 2026
02.11.2025 15:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Here is a Python version

02.11.2025 21:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Repairing a portable computer external power supply module on Monday. It had been unplugged the whole week-end so sure the capacitors must be discharged.....

well,... Ouch they were still charged

30.10.2025 21:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I always hated that the 74LS247 did not support Hexadecimal display. Why does this chip display garbage for numbers above 9 instead of displaying AbCdEF (note the b and d in lowercase to avoid confusion with 8 and 0 ).

There was at that time a chip displaying correct hex but it very expensive

25.10.2025 17:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Now I want to write a car game on my 16x16 LED display ๐Ÿคฆ

15.10.2025 20:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I had this discussion at work today:

Me : "Why did you write 22ยฐC instead of 25ยฐC for room temperature?"

My colleague : "25ยฐC is regulated room temperature. I use 22ยฐC because this test is at unregulated room temperature"

08.10.2025 19:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Am I making lots of breakout games running on #raspberrypi pico ?

08.10.2025 19:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Proto board with a few components put as a shield on a Arduino UNO. The PCB has been cut in 2 parts so that all pins on each part have standard spacing and the non standard spacing is in the space between the 2 parts

Proto board with a few components put as a shield on a Arduino UNO. The PCB has been cut in 2 parts so that all pins on each part have standard spacing and the non standard spacing is in the space between the 2 parts

I have my own solution to make a standard protoboard fit on the #arduino header spacing

08.10.2025 19:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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