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👾 Megadev: A Sega Mega CD development framework in C and 68k asm

https://github.com/drojaazu/megadev

#sega #segagenesis #megadrive #retrodev #gamedev

🤑 You are going to get priced out of the best AI coding tools

｢ Labs will be spending $200k+ per year per employee on AI tools easily (ie the inference cost), but most consumers will be at tiers of $20k or less due to compute scarcity ｣

https://newsletter.danielpaleka.com/p/you-are-going-to-get-priced-out-of

#ai #science #research #academia

PeerTube 8.1 Decentralized Video Platform Improves Podcasts

https://linuxiac.com/peertube-8-1-decentralized-video-platform-improves-podcasts/

#peertube #fediverse #streaming

“It doesn't feel safe”—Many international game developers plan to skip GDC in US - Ars Technica

“I honestly don’t know anyone who is not from the US who is planning on going to the next GDC,” Godot Foundation Executive Director Emilio Coppola, who’s based in Spain, told Ars. “We never felt super safe, but now we are not willing to risk it.”

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/03/it-doesnt-feel-safe-many-international-game-developers-plan-to-skip-gdc-in-us/

#gdc #gamedev #uspol #ice

He should surround himself with lasagna. Nothing bad ever happens around lasagna.

Ayatollah Jr.

Best counter argument for internal documentation

New Ayatollah is named Jared.

88 sabios

What about winning F1

Augusto late #caturday submission

🧋Oracle may slash up to 30,000 jobs to fund AI datacenters as US banks refuse to lend more money

｢ “Both equity and debt investors have raised questions regarding Oracle’s ability to finance this buildout,” the report said.
The financing challenge stems from the scale of Oracle’s infrastructure commitments, amounting to $156 billion in required capital expenditure, TD Cowen estimated ｣

https://www.cio.com/article/4125103/oracle-may-slash-up-to-30000-jobs-to-fund-ai-data-center-expansion-as-us-banks-retreat.html

#oracle #ai #datacenter #bubble

AISlopalooza

Department of Military Conflict

🪦 How the World's Top Web Browser Died

https://youtube.com/watch?v=9guB8rzii5w

#internetexplorer #internet #retrocomputing #90s

Rubenerd: We’ve lost Vim, and gen-“AI” as a drug

｢ I see the use of these tools as no different from any other substance abuse. I want to understand what got them there, how we can help, and how we can pull them back from the abyss. It’s heartbreaking; there’s no better word I can think of to describe it ｣

https://rubenerd.com/weve-lost-vim-and-gen-ai-as-a-drug/

#vim #vibecoding #opensource

Another Switch emulator gets erased by Github.

｢ In an incredible display of unprofessionalism, GitHub, (and Microslop), has ignored the legal countermeasures we took against the DMCA notice submitted by Nintendo in February. Thus, the https://github.com/eden-emulator/Releases repository, previously our primary source of distributing official builds, has been disabled, without so much as an acknowledgement of our countermeasures ｣

https://www.reddit.com/r/EmulationOnAndroid/comments/1rlvdpy/update_from_eden_team_regarding_the_dmca_and/

#github #emulation #dmca #microslop #opensource

🐧 Altera Drivers Oprhaned. The popular FPGA solution is left without upstream maintainers for the linux kernel.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-MAINTAINERS-Intel-March

#fpga #altera #linux #kernel #opensource

👉 Dinit, the init system systemd should have been // Unixdigest

｢ Besides the fact that the real motivation behind systemd was "political" more than anything, systemd has evolved into a behemoth of a monster with it's tentacles so deeply entrenched into the Linux environment that only few software products haven't been affected by it ｣

https://unixdigest.com/articles/dinit-the-init-system-systemd-should-have-been.html

#dinit #systemd #unix #bsd #linux #opensource

Betting on german trains, don't ask.

https://bahn.bet/

UFC on CNN, think about the possibilities

🦾 Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software in push for digital independence

｢ In an interview with the local newspaper Politiken, Danish Minister for Digitalisation Caroline Stage Olsen confirmed that over half of the ministry’s staff will switch from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice next month, with a full transition to open-source software by the end of the year ｣

https://therecord.media/denmark-digital-agency-microsoft-digital-independence

#digitalsovereignty #libreoffice #opensource

⏲️ Hegseth gives Anthropic CEO until Friday to back down in AI safeguards fight

｢ Hegseth told Amodei in a tense meeting on Tuesday that the Pentagon will either cut ties and declare Anthropic a "supply chain risk," or invoke the Defense Production Act to force the company to tailor its model to the military's needs ｣

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/24/anthropic-pentagon-claude-hegseth-dario

#anthropic #pentagon #ai #aisafety #uspol

🐧 FuriLabs Convergence Hub turns smartphones into PC replacement with 8 ports

｢ FLX1 is a smartphone that relies on Linux instead of Android. In combination with the new Convergence Hub, this device can be turned into a Linux PC, but the docking station is also expected to be compatible with Android smartphones as long as they support external monitors via USB-C ｣

https://www.notebookcheck.net/FuriLabs-Convergence-Hub-turns-smartphones-into-PC-replacement-with-8-ports.1214461.0.html

#linuxphone #flx1 #opensource #linux

Classic shooter Unreal Tournament 2004 is now free as fans revive and release it with Epic's blessing | Eurogamer.net

https://www.eurogamer.net/unreal-tournament-2004-is-now-free-as-fans-revive-and-release-it-with-epics-blessing

#ut2004 #unrealtournament #gamedev #retrogaming

Nostalgia Hit - Dialup like it's the 90s

https://dialup95.com/

#dialup95 #dialup #90s #retro

Tesla has to pay historic $243 million judgement over Autopilot crash, judge says

｢ The case stems from a deadly 2019 collision in Key Largo, Florida. George McGee was driving his Tesla Model S with Autopilot engaged when he dropped his phone and bent down to retrieve it. The vehicle blew through a stop sign and a flashing red light at approximately 62 mph, slamming into a parked Chevrolet Tahoe ｣

https://electrek.co/2026/02/20/tesla-has-to-pay-historical-243-million-judgement-over-autopilot-crash-judge-says/

#autopilot #tesla #musk

Putting dark mode behind a paywall is what innovation smells like.

GOG now using AI generated images on their store // @gamingonlinux@mastodon.social

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/gog-now-using-ai-generated-images-on-their-store/

#gog #genai #aislop #gaming

👾 It took 34 years for the Commodore 64 to get Super Mario Bros. - MVG

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFBj6PfrnMk

#c64 #supermario #retrodev #gamedev

Good news, UK Discord users, we're part of a Peter Thiel-linked data collection "experiment" | Rock Paper Shotgun

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/good-news-uk-discord-users-were-part-of-a-peter-thiel-linked-data-collection-experiment

#palantir #discord #ageverification #privacy

💥 Discord Exodus Begins

｢ Unlike Discord, Matrix is federated. You don't have to use their main server. You can spin up your own homeserver on a Raspberry Pi or rent a VPS in a country that doesn't demand your ID card to send a meme.

The trade-off? The user experience is still... rough. ｣

https://michael-dev-tech.github.io/Website/matrix.html

#discord #matrix #ageverification

How I Cut My Google Search Dependence in Half | Hister - Web History on Steroids
https://hister.org/posts/how-i-cut-my-google-search-dependence-in-half/

#degoogle #search #privacy

#FOSS “Just Fork It” Delusion // OMN

｢ Forking code is cheap, sustaining a living project is not. What “just fork it” quietly ignores is that software is only a small part of what makes a project work. The hard parts are social: users, trust, shared norms, governance, maintenance, conflict resolution and long-term care ｣

https://hamishcampbell.com/foss-just-fork-it-delusion/