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@exQUIZitely This was a great game - almost forgot I played it until your post reminded me. Thanks!

I often think about the technical limitations that game designers of the 80s had to work with - both in terms of software and hardware. The game that stands at the very top is Elite. Think about this for a second: The core game code on the BBC Micro version occupied roughly 22 KB of memory. Now think about what Braben and Bell turned that into: a universe with eight galaxies, each containing 256 star systems (for a total of 2,048 planets/systems). Each system featured unique details: government type, economy, technology level, population, commodity prices, and even descriptive text (e.g., a planet known for "carnivorous arts graduates" or similar quirky combinations). If you still need a bit more help to contextualize that, try this: Elite was smaller than many modern text files or desktop icons, yet it contained (and let you freely explore) a multi-galaxy-spanning universe that felt vast and limitless. Oh, and by the way, the game also rendered 3D wireframe ships, stations, and planets in real time on a 2 MHz 6502 processor. This is no slight on today’s game designers. They work with what they have, and that's okay. But when you think about the worlds that some programmers created with the tools they were given, it sometimes breaks my brain trying to understand how they did it. Elite is a true masterpiece on so many levels. I played the C64 version back in the day, and even 40+ years later it still feels like one of the most incredible programming wonders ever.

@MDXreal @Spotles54408460 Do you say soccer too?

@Spotles54408460 nah I'm sticking with paddle, what i say goes

Dubai pre-storm paddle sesh at JLT 🇦🇪 #Dubai If we get giga rain right now… we’ll be playing water paddle instead.

@sahouraxo You misheard - it was never "ceasefire". It was "See us fire".

Ceasefire. What ceasefire?!

BREAKING: Israel is dropping bombs on tents packed with families in Gaza. These aren’t military targets. These are displaced people with nowhere left to run.

"Thought without learning is perilous." - Confucius

@AlasdairGold A sacking list (in temporal order); 1. Tudor 2. Lange 3. Vinai 4. Charrington 5. Medical Team 6. All ex-Arsenal personnel 7. Romero Bonus 8. ENIC (wishful thinking)

Here are my Tottenham talking points with the big questions hanging over Spurs right now, what James Maddison was doing to Djed Spence yesterday, those half-time changes and what comes next at the north London club. football.london/tottenham-hots…

GIVEAWAY! 🎁 Up for grabs is a signed, medium sized fine art print of one of my earliest pencil drawings! To participate: ➡️ like, retweet, follow! Good luck, guys!

@Nadira_ali12 Eschatology needs to be understood and feared.

A settler on Israeli TV claims the Torah gives them permission to erase anyone who isn't obedient to Israel. "The land must be emptied of every Arab who refuses to kneel to us." Not a fringe view. This is mainstream Israeli ideology, the religious justification for Genocide

@CryptoCloaks Heat the pan enough so that when you splash some water in, it forms drops that roll around the pan.

Alright, what's the secret for overeasy eggs on a stainless. No matter what that shit sticks and basically shreds the egg.

Wow. Core maintainers say they are ok with breaking things to 'encourage' users to upgrade. Why would anyone run their software anymore.

@RadarHits She is a great example of Dunning Kruger.

🚨 UK JOURNALIST SLAPPED DOWN JOURNALIST: But a gas field isn't a military target. IRAN: Then why were ours targeted ?

theguardian.com/society/2026/m… Totally fine and beneficial for men though. Lol?

@BlondeOfWar Divide and what..?

This millennial would like Gen X to sit down. Does he understand what would happen to the world if we decided to do that?? Take a listen to this response. It is perfection! 👌🏼

It's not just corporate...x.com/White_Rabbit_O…

@brandilwells We are not different drops in a universal ocean, we are the ocean in a drop.

I have had these thoughts since kindergarten.

@elonmusk If people don't use introspection & think about themselves they tend to become slaves to their animal instincts - this leads to hedonism without control. Equally hubris & ego will rise to control the individual which is far worse than humans who at least understand their defects.

Reinforcing negative neural pathways via therapy or introspection is a recipe for misery. Don’t cut a rut in the road.

When it hits, it hits.

@Moonlight_myths This is one anecdotal reason why there should be paternity tests at every child's birth.

He understood exactly what his dad was saying. He understood that his father had doubted that his sister was his daughter. And since that day, something has changed in the house. My son is very protective of his sister. He always has been. When he heard that, his reaction was immediate. He didn't scream or make a scene, but since that night, he started looking at his dad differently. He used to run to tell him everything when he got home. Now, he mostly stays in his room. Sometimes he just gives one-word answers when his dad talks to him. And I'm not doing well either. I'm hurt, I'm angry, and to be completely honest, I'm deeply disappointed. Because it's one thing to have a momentary insecurity, but it's something else entirely to make such serious decisions behind my back. I've seriously started thinking about divorce. Because this isn't just a couple's argument.

My husband decided to get a secret DNA test to see if our youngest daughter was actually his. He didn't ask me anything, never even hinted that he had doubts, and didn't give me a chance to explain anything. He just went ahead and did it on his own, then came to tell me about it later like everything could just be fixed with a quick conversation. We've been married for twelve years. We have two kids: our oldest is a ten-year-old boy and our youngest is an eight-year-old girl. All these years, I always thought our life was pretty stable. That's why this all feels even more absurd to me. According to him, the idea started getting into his head a few months ago. It all started with comments other people made about our daughter's looks. A coworker of his told him one day that the girl didn't look much like him. Then, at a Sunday dinner, a cousin of his made a similar comment. Things

@Loster @KerryBurgess Conspiracy theories - WTF?

@KerryBurgess Her smug insouciant manner makes me want to hurt someone.

Professor Marandi publicly eviscerating an establishment interviewer live on air...

I am of two minds: 1. It’s sad that this is now what artists have to do to get their work seen 2. What a brilliant, creative, and joyful piece of content this artist created that also got his painting seen

@baclfoo @Du_Bi_Bo @MichaelDunwort1 @Bryan10309 Well... Lol.

@Du_Bi_Bo @MichaelDunwort1 @Bryan10309 is it really that hard to learn how to talk good?

Send everyone. All you fake and gay core 30 devs. You’re all sacrificial lambs. I have told you for 18 months but you just don’t listen. Carrot was offered. Don’t say I didn’t try my best. Stop fucking with money you fake and gay cunts.