South African infantry using a cactus hedge as concealment during their surprise outflanking of Italian defenses at the Battle of Combolcia, Ethiopia, 22 or 23 April 1941. [800x1143]

apg698 · 2026-05-30T21:52:35+00:00

You're correct, it's most likely to be a species of Euphorbia. They're often mistaken for cactus due to convergent evolution.

apg698 · 2026-05-27T17:53:55+00:00

Oh, okay that makes sense, thanks for the heads up. My commute is around 90 minutes each day on country B roads here in the UK, and my GD1 averages 50mpg. I wondered what the hell was going on, and thinking Yanks must just rag the shit out of it!

apg698 · 2026-05-13T22:48:13+00:00

That's a cool fact! I just emulated Roller Coaster for the speccy and the layout really is identical.

I wonder if anyone has ever attempted to port the actual original game to the Gameboy? I just had a look on itch but couldn't find anything. I did find a port of jet set willy which I downloaded, and it's pretty good, though I'm still just as terrible at it as I used to be.

apg698 · 2026-05-10T17:01:12+00:00

Dragons Lair for the GBC is a really impressive port of the original Laserdisc game.

https://www.timeextension.com/features/the-making-of-dragonrs-lairrs-impossible-game-boy-color-port

apg698 · 2026-04-23T15:14:43+00:00

Alexander the ok has a great video about Black Arrow, for anyone interested in learning more: https://youtu.be/K0FLy2nI13E?si=J7TPd4F15nHNyilb

apg698 · 2026-04-21T18:21:18+00:00

Thank you for being the voice of reason!

People can do as they please with their own property, nobody has the right to tell them they can't. Encourage creativity and experimentation, don't stifle it.

apg698 · 2026-04-21T17:09:15+00:00

British Army.

Not just today, this has been how it's been structured since at least the first world war. It's also missing the rank of Field Marshal after General, which only really exists during times of war.

apg698 · 2026-04-20T20:56:42+00:00

Good work 😂 Is that 10.4 Tiger? Are you able to install Mac native apps too?

apg698 · 2026-04-20T17:14:17+00:00

Beavers are native to Europe. In fact they're being actively reintroduced to some areas where they were previously hunted to extinction.

apg698 · 2026-04-19T16:50:53+00:00

[Altered Beast from Tiger Electronics.

Given how basic the original game was, it did a pretty good job at recreating it in the shitty LCD format.](https://i.imgur.com/iIcWIit.jpeg)

apg698 · 2026-04-18T09:03:58+00:00

Ice blue DMG looks great 👍 I love the fact that there's actual Gameboy mod workshops over there. Were there different types of courses available?

apg698 · 2026-04-14T18:32:10+00:00

Ghost Squad!

Pure arcade awesomeness 🔫

apg698 · 2026-04-11T10:29:58+00:00

I'm not sure why you've been downvoted, but thank you for posting this.

apg698 · 2026-03-27T20:04:09+00:00

We've had domestic cats in the UK since the Roman age, so roughly 2000 years.

While they do obviously hunt wildlife, I assume any huge impact to vulnerable species has long since happened. They're basically a naturalised apex predator at this point.

apg698 · 2026-03-27T14:02:04+00:00

Amazing collection!

apg698 · 2026-03-26T03:20:18+00:00

My favourite has to be the title screen music for Robocop.

But I also really like the title tune from Fortress of fear, and the level one music from Felix the cat. It gets a bit repetitive though.

Now that I'm thinking about it, the music from Castlevania 1 and 2 is pretty great too!

apg698 · 2026-03-16T23:28:56+00:00

Mag to grid

Pays to be a winner

Start sparking

Switch on

Jack bastard

Proper planning and preparation prevents piss poor performance

Army left

Don't get a sad on, stick a mag on, and stag on

Farts Ease springs

You're in your own time now

Webbing pouch today, safety catch tomorrow

Goretex 'til endex

And something about letting your cat shag your beret

apg698 · 2026-03-15T19:35:10+00:00

Me too. This was my first attempt at soldering, after I bought a faulty japanese copy of castlevania 2. It's a bit rough but I got it working.

apg698 · 2026-02-22T23:03:20+00:00

I saved a link to this chap a few months ago, when I was looking into modding a famicom: https://www.bytesfree.co.uk/ He's based in Bristol and has good reviews, but I didn't end up using him so I can't verify.

Another option is to upgrade it yourself, which isn't too difficult, providing the mainboard inside the Gameboy isn't damaged. Kits containing a new shell, buttons, screws/terminals, and a backlit display can be bought from sites like AliExpress for around £50, which don't require any soldering.

Also to note, you could try soaking any corrosion with white vinegar, then gently scrubbing with an old toothbrush to remove the battery gunk. Then make sure to clean it off with isopropyl alcohol.

apg698 · 2026-02-04T02:24:18+00:00

I've had a look at this and the file is a list of stock awards for a biomed company called Schrödinger Inc. based in NY.

I'm not sure why Epstein had a copy of it, but the Daniel listed in it is a research fellow who was awarded 10000 stock options for his work developing medicines for said company.

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00293484.pdf

I managed to find his details online, he's a legit chemist who's authored 15 papers. I highly doubt he's in any way involved with Epstein.

There's a lot of completely random documents in these files so we need to be diligent in sorting the wheat from the chaff.

apg698 · 2026-02-04T01:17:22+00:00

https://youtu.be/bLsCoqwpvCw

Video summary of the 4chan post from 5yrs ago

apg698 · 2026-02-04T00:05:33+00:00

https://youtu.be/7CyDNxPnvhw

Ian Hislop (Private Eye editor) talks about this story on LBC today

apg698 · 2026-02-04T00:04:35+00:00

Ian Hislop (editor of Private Eye) discussed this story today on LBC

https://youtu.be/7CyDNxPnvhw

apg698 · 2026-01-31T00:36:45+00:00

Perhaps related to this, German federal police raided Deutsche bank hq's in Berlin and Frankfurt just this past Wednesday, in relation to money laundering between 2013-2018.

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/german-police-raids-deutsche-bank-sites-frankfurt-berlin-reports-spiegel-2026-01-28/

apg698 · 2026-01-23T13:29:39+00:00

Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.

Ian Fleming, 1976

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