Daniel @daniel@campduffel.social

“The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”
- Kurt Vonnegut

I have hijacked someone's evening. I didn't mean to, but I did.

And the data was GOOOOD! It was pretty much stored in a hot car and garage for 27 years. Only one Karel program left on there and it looks like my brother obnoxiously deleted the rest and left an idiot recording of himself. He deserves this.

Found my old Karel the Robot disk…I think there’s some Pascal stuff on here too, at least there used to be. Amazing that I can get a drive and disks delivered tomorrow in 2025.

@matthew @Androidauth https://liberux.net/
Looks promising…

@ElleGray I remember reading The Veldt, but not this one. Will give it a read👍

@reiver Stories like these are great because many people seem to have this notion that technically minded folks are born knowing everything. They miss seeing the long journey of learning and discovery that knowledge takes and also the fulfillment it can bring!

I finally did it.

https://youtu.be/7oWfo4D6eOU

@DavidBHimself True. I have gone through a lot of books, music, and movies from then. Tragic and beak sci-fi was definitely formative for me.

@sirjerrykhurl He didn't want that sandwich anyways if it was hard enough to break a laptop.

@sundogplanets I saw this back in January and thought of you,. You might already know about it.

I never experienced the 1970's. Tell me something good or bad that you experienced from that decade that doesn't exist anymore. Could be just personal stuff, boosts appreciated.

“Of course you can use bitcoin. We love bitcoin. and now that the breakthrough of digital id transaction tagging is enabled, it’s accepted everywhere.”
- The State

“Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.”
-Dave Barry

I had to do a double take at the floor…we’re programmed to see faces.

@ajroach42 @datarama I think so. I’m still processing what I think about some of his views, but the comparisons he made to feudalism are just so visible when you start looking at it that way.

@datarama @ajroach42 I read Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism last week and that was the author’s premise. A good read.