Random off-topic stuff

[Aram]

Very nice, woww

Yeah, very cool.
See also this one with a double-bladed lightsaber:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz3k6jrMh50

Nice.

[Norbert]

Aram's current avatar on this forum is Mount Ararat, a dormant volcano which is the principal national symbol of Aram's country Armenia. Most Armenians (>90%) are Christians (Aram recently wrote he loves the Bible). In Christianity, Mount Ararat is seen as one of the possible resting places of Noah's Ark. Both Mount Ararat and Noah's Ark are depicted on the coat of arms of Armenia. Aram has posted frequently about his country, and based on these posts, I'm guessing to him, Mount Ararat is, at least partially, a symbol of Armenian ethnicity. Armenian nationalism (wiki) appears to have complex links with lots of stuff (more), including the Armenian Genocide (wiki) and Turkish nationalism (wiki). Interestingly, Mount Ararat is located in Turkey, but/and - quoting Wikipedia - "Armenian diasporic nationalism has a strong nostalgic component for a lost time and place, most prominently symbolized by Mount Ararat".

[Norbert]

Microsoft may become owner of GitHub:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... ite-github

[Falcury]

Microsoft may become owner of GitHub:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... ite-github

I wonder what will happen after the transition.
Apparently there was a reddit AMA yesterday with GitHub's new CEO. He seems to have a good track record.
I see the Linux Foundation wrote a commentary on the news.

[Norbert]

http://tootdon.club/
This website (in its current state; screenshot below) made me (re)realize just how much the world has completely moved from desktop computers to mobile.

Also:
Interesting project, PeerTube. Their fundraiser started a couple of days ago:
https://www.kisskissbankbank.com/en/pro ... o-platform
Decentralized federation of independently operated servers, similar to Mastodon, but for video distribution.

[Aram]

Nice video
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_ ... 5604581081

[Aram]

[Aram]

cool guys

[Coco]

I always wondered if those guys got used to heights over time, or they're just naturally born lunatics....

[Norbert]

Currently re-watching all seasons of Friends and ran into this bit.



Heads, it is.
I really like the: *Phew* Yes!
And then: We have to assign heads to something!

Just randomly tossing up a coin that has no impact on anything.

[Norbert]

[Norbert]

Karateka Two Player
Info: http://retroconnector.com/karateka-two-player/
Playable: https://archive.org/details/karateka-two-player

[David]

Karateka Two Player
Info: http://retroconnector.com/karateka-two-player/
Playable: https://archive.org/details/karateka-two-player

That's interesting. It reminds me one of the PoP Apple II cheats that allow manual controlling of the guards.
There seems to be a bug, though: If I press a key then the corresponding move will be repeated until I press some other key.

The online emulator doesn't work for me ("No WebAssembly support found."), so I am playing it in AppleWin.
Also, I am playing this in an older version of AppleWin (Version 1.8J), because in the other version (1.20.1) the game just won't start.

[Norbert]

This is pretty funny (scroll down):
http://www.gianlucagimini.it/prototypes ... pedia.html

[David]

This is pretty funny (scroll down):
http://www.gianlucagimini.it/prototypes ... pedia.html

Hey, I remember seeing something similar in National Geographic's Brain Games.
Specifically in this episode: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2835426/