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Richard Downer
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Hello. I'm new here. Interested in #AWS, #SoftwareEngineering, #RetroComputers especially #Commodore #Amiga, #TerryPratchett books, #Parenting, #UKPolitics, #Synthwave music. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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I'm trying out ESP32 programming for the first time (early impressions: pretty impressive). I accidentally caused a crash bug and was very surprised to see the below appear on the serial console - Amiga is clearly still influential in modern computer systems! #Amiga #Commodore #GuruMediation #ESP32
A terminal window fragment showing a crash dump. The opening words are "Guru Meditation", a reference to the system crash message of the Commodore Amiga computer in the 1980s
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Family have just pointed out that I'm wearing orange and green just like the new album theme colours 😂
Me wearing a dark green t-shirt and holding a coral (orange-ish) jumper
October 3, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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As a bearded middle-aged man who recently got a record player, there's a whole new genre of #AchievementUnlocked moments ahead of me
Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells" vinyl record, showing some signs of wear because it was bought from a second-hand shop
July 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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#NowPlaying yes, that's a good concise description of my current musical taste!
Screenshot of a Spotify "daylist" playlist. The title is "chillsynth 80s synth tuesday afternoon" and the suggested genres include cyberpunk, futuristic, hacker and Dreamwave.
February 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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#NowPlaying "Room 412" by Yota on @newretrowave.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/664C4h... #synthwave
Image of the LP cover for "Room 412" by Yota, standing on top of a record player playing the vinyl disc
February 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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I enjoy the #Spotify made-up genre names 😄
A Spotify playlist banner. The name of the playlist is "eerie witchcore thursday morning", and the list of genres in the playlist is "witchcore, eerie, fantasy, fairy tale, goblincore and fairycore"
December 12, 2024 at 10:59 AM
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That's a nice looking 1200! Welcome to Bluesky!
Commodore Amiga 1200 computer in a dark grey case with monitor and mouse
December 6, 2024 at 11:33 AM
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I'm getting very puzzled by this error message I'm getting on a WinUAE-emulated Amiga 1200, on every boot. It's coming from the MenuTool item in WBStartup (AutoArrangeItems generates a similar error). Anybody any idea what's going on? #Amiga #CommodoreAmiga #Retrocomputing
October 19, 2024 at 9:09 PM