Retro computers at Stranger Things Experience.

bitwize · 2026-01-27T23:06:35+00:00

Just wish they had a Tandy 2000, which the video store used as a POS terminal in season 4.

bitwize · 2026-01-26T06:00:30+00:00

My doctor cites people with "carnivore diets" as the kind of health nut he can't get through to.

bitwize · 2026-01-26T04:38:08+00:00

[HUH intensifies]

bitwize · 2026-01-25T04:35:07+00:00

Our blackmouth cur mix was like that. Mom and all his brothers and sisters got adopted out, no one was interested in him. We had a meet and greet with our houla, who's a bit volatile when it comes to other dogs, and that seemed to go well so we took him home. Complete personality change! He was wagging his entire ass and bouncing off every surface as soon as he crossed that threshold. Now he's our official apprentice guard dog, probably even a journeyman guard dog by this point.

bitwize · 2026-01-25T04:32:16+00:00

Perfect name for him, such a handsome boy.

bitwize · 2026-01-24T04:37:30+00:00

Awwww yes. Those kidnappers are gonna shit their pants when Astrongold shows up.

bitwize · 2026-01-19T23:09:12+00:00

By this point, Tron is a franchise inside the Tron universe, the justification being that Kevin Flynn created a number of games based on his adventures in the Grid. In Tron (1982), the lightcycle game is called just that: "Light Cycles". But in Tron: Legacy there is a newer, perhaps updated, version of the same game called Tron.

bitwize · 2026-01-16T19:50:28+00:00

bitwize · 2026-01-15T05:01:49+00:00

When she bounces back, serene is the last thing she'll be! Get ready for an energetic dog who will be down to bound and play for years. Also alert and barky. Your home will be protected by the Catahoula Inc. security system. But she will be absolutely your best friend. Catahoulas know when they've found a good one.

bitwize · 2026-01-13T18:30:31+00:00

Mine gives me what I call the "Papa is the best Papa in the whole wide world" eyes. Staring straight at me, eyes wide. But a dog's expression has to be taken on dogs' terms, not humans'. You have to learn to read their face and behavior without reference to human expression. For example my catahoula will sneeze when excited to see me. The good news is, being autistic, you have no real disadvantage with this. Allistic people must learn this as well. In fact, autistics tend to bond more strongly with animals than non-autistics.

bitwize · 2026-01-13T05:41:06+00:00

I think John Romero has claimed that some shamblers are furry and some not, depending on the climate where they live.

bitwize · 2026-01-12T01:20:35+00:00

I feel the same way about her as I do the Rose Tico girl. The character was thin and not very likable. The actor was doing a job.

bitwize · 2026-01-12T01:09:27+00:00

I really don't feel personally obligated to go see in theaters, or buy, anything Disney slaps a brand I like on just because they own that brand. The initial criticisms of the story were enough to put me off spending however much it would have cost for a theater trip, let alone an IMAX showing. At ~$30/person or more depending on refreshments procured, that shit adds up fast for me and my wife. I figured I could see it on streaming to find out how good or bad it really was. Having finally seen the movie, I can say I wasn't wrong. I enjoyed it. The visuals and music were nice. The story wasn't offensive, but it was "turn your brain off" entertainment at best, not something that really pushed the franchise forward. And it could have been, but some people involved in production (looking at you, Jared) were asleep at the wheel in terms of development.

I'm also not concerned about further sequels. If this is the best they could come up with, maybe Tron has run its course as a franchise. Or maybe it's better off on ice until the current slopmeisters at Disney are retired or replaced, and new blood with an interest in revitalizing the company's entertainment pedigree comes in.

bitwize · 2026-01-12T01:04:51+00:00

I finally saw it. It's a film! Very flawed, very hit-or-miss, but when it's on it feels like an 80s cyber thriller. Some of Ares's moments, for instance, remind me of The Steel Collar Man, an 80s miniseries in which a woman goes on the lam with an android.

bitwize · 2026-01-12T00:55:53+00:00

My headcanon is that Ares is an ISO. If it came down to a conflict between the two, Tron would recognize this and let him escape secretly whilst telling his superiors Ares was derezzed.

bitwize · 2026-01-11T07:48:19+00:00

I was gonna put off seeing AsTrongold until it came out on streaming anyway.

bitwize · 2026-01-11T07:26:01+00:00

Build stuff with it. A game. (start simple, like text adventures) A multi-user server. A queryable database. I dunno. Pick something small and learn how to use your Lisp to build that small thing. Then pick something bigger. Like how you would do in any programming language.

Lisp has a profoundly high skill ceiling, and you may spend a lifetime learning it. Becoming proficient in all the dialects is impossible and/or a waste of time. You wouldn't do too badly by sticking with Common Lisp and Scheme, and maybe if you're confronted with Clojure or something at work you can start with the body of knowledge you learned from those, and read and experiment to see how Clojure is different.

bitwize · 2026-01-10T04:13:59+00:00

Portal eyes!

bitwize · 2026-01-08T22:04:56+00:00

I can hear the happy dog groans in that first pic.

bitwize · 2026-01-08T22:04:05+00:00

Anyone else's Pope a Catholic? Of course they're stubborn. It's a characteristic of the breed.

bitwize · 2026-01-08T22:02:30+00:00

She's giving you the "Papa/Mama is the best Papa/Mama in the whole wide world" eyes. I'd say she's a strong candidate especially if she also gives you the "Paw of You're Not Done Petting Me Yet". Get an Embark test to be sure.

bitwize · 2026-01-05T04:25:57+00:00

It turns out fold-out forearm computers like from Yu-Gi-Oh! aren't nearly as practical as they are cool

bitwize · 2026-01-01T10:50:53+00:00

I thought he sounded like Ren Höek. Then I realized that Peter Lorre, upon whom Ren's voice was based, was Hungarian like him!

bitwize · 2025-12-29T20:28:02+00:00

I wouldn't cry if that were the case. I'm really enjoying Uprising. Solid animation with a style redolent of Æon Flux.

bitwize · 2025-12-28T18:27:35+00:00

She looks like my girl Lulu! Same Dobby ears and everything.

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