Devious Magpie
@demagpie.bsky.social
I sometimes post random stuff that interests me
It's sort of creepy how a book published in 1985 about television is even more relevant today especially when you apply it's prescriptions to social media.
Do recommend people to become familiar with Neil Postman's work in general
Do recommend people to become familiar with Neil Postman's work in general
October 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
It's sort of creepy how a book published in 1985 about television is even more relevant today especially when you apply it's prescriptions to social media.
Do recommend people to become familiar with Neil Postman's work in general
Do recommend people to become familiar with Neil Postman's work in general
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For reasons too complex to explain here, I wrote an Apple II program designed for Early Modern Age Catholics to determine if they're allowed to have sex with their wife, or if it'd be a sin.
Here's the video of it running.
Here's the video of it running.
October 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
For reasons too complex to explain here, I wrote an Apple II program designed for Early Modern Age Catholics to determine if they're allowed to have sex with their wife, or if it'd be a sin.
Here's the video of it running.
Here's the video of it running.
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For me, it's the OG
July 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
For me, it's the OG
A pretty neat idea
Here's a couple of my Anytime games for the pile
Can't think of any others at the moment but there's plenty 😅
Here's a couple of my Anytime games for the pile
Can't think of any others at the moment but there's plenty 😅
July 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A pretty neat idea
Here's a couple of my Anytime games for the pile
Can't think of any others at the moment but there's plenty 😅
Here's a couple of my Anytime games for the pile
Can't think of any others at the moment but there's plenty 😅
It's not a real metaverse unless it's:
* open source
* cross platform
* an open platform
* designed to be portable
otherwise it's just a sparkling Quake map
* open source
* cross platform
* an open platform
* designed to be portable
otherwise it's just a sparkling Quake map
July 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
It's not a real metaverse unless it's:
* open source
* cross platform
* an open platform
* designed to be portable
otherwise it's just a sparkling Quake map
* open source
* cross platform
* an open platform
* designed to be portable
otherwise it's just a sparkling Quake map
Sure why not
This is how it works right
This is how it works right
July 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Sure why not
This is how it works right
This is how it works right
One must imagine Sisyphus happy
May 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
One must imagine Sisyphus happy
Sometimes I wonder what the developers of Microsoft Authenticator were inspired by, The Trial?
May 14, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Sometimes I wonder what the developers of Microsoft Authenticator were inspired by, The Trial?
I made a little rock cairn by the coast :)
May 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I made a little rock cairn by the coast :)
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we should bring back devops borat
April 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
we should bring back devops borat
I would have a joke about Sisyphus, but it just keeps going on and on and on and on and on and on...
I have a joke about Midus, but the ending is Au-ful.
I have a joke about Theseus, but it needs a bit of work.
April 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I would have a joke about Sisyphus, but it just keeps going on and on and on and on and on and on...
Man I need a drink
April 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Man I need a drink
You know, of Heinlein's works, I've always found it telling that it was Starship Troopers to get so many adaptations, but never Stranger in a Strange Land.
March 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
You know, of Heinlein's works, I've always found it telling that it was Starship Troopers to get so many adaptations, but never Stranger in a Strange Land.
Cats relaxing on Buddha statues might be my favorite vibe
Post some :)
Post some :)
March 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Cats relaxing on Buddha statues might be my favorite vibe
Post some :)
Post some :)
Why did Youtube just started to recommend me videos with animal cruelty in them
I just wanted to look at parrots being silly man
I just wanted to look at parrots being silly man
March 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Why did Youtube just started to recommend me videos with animal cruelty in them
I just wanted to look at parrots being silly man
I just wanted to look at parrots being silly man
Some thoughts on MisterFPGA
- Damn I actually notice input lag in other places now
- Damn I hate scalpers
- Damn I actually notice input lag in other places now
- Damn I hate scalpers
March 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Some thoughts on MisterFPGA
- Damn I actually notice input lag in other places now
- Damn I hate scalpers
- Damn I actually notice input lag in other places now
- Damn I hate scalpers
Ayy this looks cool as heck
HEY!! Did you know there's a brand new game:
- Set in #Ireland
- In the infamous HELLFIRE CLUB
- That is deliciously Gothic Horror
- Made by an Irish Studio
- And absolutely Co-Op
It’s OUR GAME. Presenting our upcoming title: #EyesOfHellfire
Wishlist today! store.steampowered.com/app/1724030/...
- Set in #Ireland
- In the infamous HELLFIRE CLUB
- That is deliciously Gothic Horror
- Made by an Irish Studio
- And absolutely Co-Op
It’s OUR GAME. Presenting our upcoming title: #EyesOfHellfire
Wishlist today! store.steampowered.com/app/1724030/...
February 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Ayy this looks cool as heck
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We had full-featured software, not web apps begging for subscriptions. We installed games once, not on a lease from a server. If your PC broke, you fixed it.
Now it's DRM-ridden software and everything’s a service. Progress? More like digital serfdom.
#90sComputing #RightToRepair #WeLostThePlot
Now it's DRM-ridden software and everything’s a service. Progress? More like digital serfdom.
#90sComputing #RightToRepair #WeLostThePlot
February 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
We had full-featured software, not web apps begging for subscriptions. We installed games once, not on a lease from a server. If your PC broke, you fixed it.
Now it's DRM-ridden software and everything’s a service. Progress? More like digital serfdom.
#90sComputing #RightToRepair #WeLostThePlot
Now it's DRM-ridden software and everything’s a service. Progress? More like digital serfdom.
#90sComputing #RightToRepair #WeLostThePlot
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Over 100 years ago, this photograph of two painters on a hazy Dordogne riverbank was created by the Autochrome process ~ it produced dream-like, light-filled colour images without artificial colourising, & was the main colour process until the 1930s (Gervais-Courtellemont)
February 7, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Over 100 years ago, this photograph of two painters on a hazy Dordogne riverbank was created by the Autochrome process ~ it produced dream-like, light-filled colour images without artificial colourising, & was the main colour process until the 1930s (Gervais-Courtellemont)