@bruces Not in my seventies, yet (though it's a good, hard stones throw away), and have never written any sci-fi (that I'll admit to), but I'm down with every last juicy ounce of sentiment that you've expressed
@EC64 Oh YES! I got a fully operational SX-64 from my sister-in-law a few years ago while she was cleaning her parent's house (used to be her uncle's in the 80's) with the original owners manual as well! One of my prized computing possessions (along with my original C-64 I got in 1984 as a graduation present before heading off to college)
@Computer I am reporting myself to Internal Security, and volunteering for Reactor Shielding duty in hopes that my failures can still point the way to a better Complex for everyone.
@MichaelWhelan Are you sure that they did a specific touch up on the one character? Considering the overall darker tone of the entire picture, it looks more likely that the histogram of the entire picture was adjusted to get the effect they wanted. That would be the quick-n-lazy method of darkening that character's skin tone if the histogram curve was adjusted just right.
OK, this is pretty damned funny
And if you haven't heard our discussion on AI and tabletop gaming with David Thompson, it was this episode of our podcast, Mentioned in Dispatches
Over 350 musicians are speaking out to demand that major labels drop a lawsuit aimed to destroy the Internet Archive.
What paywalls were made for!
New essay on how so many people have camped out, so enthusiastically, in the departure lounge of reality…
…in which I share the beliefs of some of actual real-life family members, and I do not want to get in trouble.
https://catvalente.substack.com/p/there-are-no-alternative-facts-some
As a kid on the C64 this load sequence meant top shelf, best of the best. It also meant uncopyable.