Dr. Guillermo Power 
@gpowerf@qoto.org
This is my fun social media account, I will post a lot of video game stuff (mostly old or cloud gaming) and some work stuff.
If I post an image with no Alt text it is because the image is just there for decoration and doesn't provide any extra meaning to the toot.
Mi aventura: http://gpowerf.itch.io/8-bit-island
Joined Nov 2022
@Basmitharts @kmccauley the day I realised I was old was when I was flipping through a magazine just passing the time and I flipped past an advert for a Lincoln Navigator... I was horrified that my brain reacted with "ooooooh! That looks so comfy!".
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Musk in hot water with SEC for failure to comply with subpoena - What do you mean they aren't optional for billionaires? The US Securities and Exchange Co... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/10/06/musk_in_hot_water_with/
@daviddd this toot deserves much more love than it is getting :D
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For Halloween I'm going to be Arch Linux so I can scare Ubuntu users
I honestly don't understand how people car use controllers without aftermarket stick extensions/grips. #gaming
@paulomalley exactly right :)
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Sleep is merely a symptom of Coffee Deprivation...
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Mastodon is the only site where some user is guaranteed to gripe about a paywalled NYT article every time. Folks, ads are dead. Subscriptions are what feed our families. I give away a lot of free links. You can get free links with an email (regi-walk is not paywall, so read closely). Paywall is easy to get around with research. You do you. Just don’t reply with a complaint. It’s kind of rude. Read something else. It’s a big old internet.
@buzzle I wondered the same thing. I think the best outcome would have been for Google to open-source the firmware.
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Another great issue of FREEZE64 'zine delivered today! Fantastic new column by Andrew Braybrook inspired me to dig out one of my favourite games of his to play later! #C64 #commodore64 @EC64 #freeze64
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Invadigits, an original #BASIC game published in #sinclairuser magazine.
Get the TAP file here:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/26698/ZX-Spectrum/Invadigits
@yuliyan @DopeGhoti I fully agree with you, but sadly that's not how normal people think. They think about big companies, they jump into the Apple, Google, or Microsoft boat.
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@gpowerf @DopeGhoti To be clear, I don't hope for Google to expand ChromeOS. That would be a terrible choice for privacy. It's just, they invest in UX and this is key for mass success.
My personal vision is a mostly locked down ChromiumOS based system, with the ability to run containerized Linux apps but with focus on privacy and security. Just like GrapheneOS compared to stock Android. Mobile-grade security, desktop-grade ux. Wishful thinking.
Haters gonna hate.
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@yuliyan @DopeGhoti if a few countries adopt ChromeOS for education it could easily get there. And once kids grow up using it they will no doubt continue to use it as they grow up.
@yuliyan I don't think you are far off the mark, I like ChromeOS a lot and in fact, I'm using it to type this :) However, it can't decide what it is. Sure it is a browser-based OS, but what makes it really useful to many is that it also has Android and Linux containers. This makes it have a weird disjointed file system and I think that normies find that a bit strange. Which is why many of them don't stray away from the core browser-based part.
I think a pure Android-based desktop OS would be less confusing to many people.
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Dr. Guillermo Power has moved to @gpowerf@mastodon.social:
has moved to @gpowerf@mastodon.social:
This is my fun social media account, I will post a lot of video game stuff (mostly old or cloud gaming) and some work stuff.
If I post an image with no Alt text it is because the image is just there for decoration and doesn't provide any extra meaning to the toot.
Mi aventura: http://gpowerf.itch.io/8-bit-island
Joined Nov 2022
