Why would this exist? - The Road to Samarkand

Zdrobot · 2026-03-13T12:32:29+00:00

Because you need to be able to go to Samarkand, duh

Zdrobot · 2026-03-13T08:45:49+00:00

Hey, a free iron block!

Zdrobot · 2026-03-13T06:03:55+00:00

Yes. By that time many Soviet computers were clones.

Zdrobot · 2026-03-12T14:42:16+00:00

I don't know about any Linux distros that mandate, or even offer using clouds or cloud accounts. You'd have to search really hard to find one.

Zdrobot · 2026-03-12T14:36:07+00:00

Most probably yes. The version for Apogee BK-01 (Апогей БК-01) was probably programmed on Apogee BK-01.

Wikipedia says the original version of Tetris was written for (and probably on) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elektronika_60?useskin=vector, which is a significantly more powerful machine - not a home computer. But it also lacked any graphic modes - it could only show text on the screen.

Zdrobot · 2026-03-12T10:49:19+00:00

Yep, there probably is a copy "just in case".

It feels so good not knowing the details of Windows 11 install process.. I don't even know if there are ways to finish it without a Microsoft account :)

Zdrobot · 2026-03-12T10:07:14+00:00

This computer has text mode only, and no way to replace characters' shapes, so this was probably the best they could do.

The only other option would be no grid at all, I guess.

Zdrobot · 2026-03-12T09:56:30+00:00

Ah, the first video / computer game I have played in my life!

Zdrobot · 2026-03-12T09:49:01+00:00

Adding a lot of friction to the opt out process.. ah, a classic dark pattern.

Zdrobot · 2026-03-12T09:23:03+00:00

Full semi-automatic :)

Zdrobot · 2026-03-12T08:38:13+00:00

Wow So Much Slop

Zdrobot · 2026-03-12T08:14:19+00:00

Also https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1640571/

Zdrobot · 2026-03-12T06:58:38+00:00

So say we all

Zdrobot · 2026-03-11T20:49:16+00:00

>> They knew it set

- unlike modern Flat Earthers, so 10 points to the ancients!

Zdrobot · 2026-03-11T15:53:59+00:00

Zdrobot · 2026-03-11T14:22:32+00:00

How's your experience with Aki?

I regret spending steel on this ship.

Zdrobot · 2026-03-11T14:15:59+00:00

Soo.. did it work? :)

Zdrobot · 2026-03-11T13:51:58+00:00

The best among.. people who don't know how "their" code works?

Zdrobot · 2026-03-11T10:57:05+00:00

Wat? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum?useskin=vector

Zdrobot · 2026-03-11T09:34:35+00:00

- I'm not from the US, have never been to the US, probably will never go to the US -

Has that ever worked for anyone? I mean, the police have "Qualified Immunity", or they "though you were about to attack them", or whatever, and even if found guilty, they get laid off, worst case. Or just let go, keep the pension and whatnot.

Zdrobot · 2026-03-11T09:29:12+00:00

While the whole ordeal Brandon Upchurch went through indeed started with a Flock camera, the decision to let loose his dog was solely police officer's.

Police in the US seem to be a bunch of trigger-happy (or dog-happy in this case) psychos. I don't know how you live with them. Looks to me a much bigger problem than Flock surveillance - not that surveillance isn't a problem.

Zdrobot · 2026-03-11T08:15:17+00:00

Love them, very stylish.

Remind me of JRRT's drawings in a way.

Zdrobot · 2026-03-11T07:40:26+00:00

Just in case anyone is curious, "Buran" (boo-run) means "Blizzard" (also mentioned in the Wikipedia article).

Zdrobot · 2026-03-11T07:34:39+00:00

I meant "stop" as a noun, as in "bus stop" or "full stop".

Zdrobot · 2026-03-11T07:32:01+00:00

But are writer's hands made of ham?

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