modrobert @modrobert@qoto.org

Putting Zork 1 on my Atari Portfolio for some gaming on the go.

#RetroComputing #Atari #AtariPortfolio

Microsoft BASIC For 6502 Is Now Open Source

https://hackaday.com/2025/09/04/microsoft-basic-for-6502-is-now-open-source/

I don't know who did this, but, lol

One of the neat things about the IBM Selectric typewriter is that it has interchangeable "typeballs" for different fonts/languages. And now someone figured out how to 3D print custom ones, so now you can type on a Selectric in Comic Sans. https://www.printables.com/model/441233-comic-sans-typeball-for-the-ibm-selectric-typewrit

IRC has a special place in my heart: https://un.curl.dev/mine/dancer.html

Those '80s developers weren't messing around.

Welp. I now have proof that Facebook is using the same outbound IP addresses for both A) scraping web sites for "AI" training and B) fetching images from my site when I use the official API to post to Instagram.

This means that I can either defend myself from injuriously voracious AI scrapers, or have a functional business Instagram account, but not both.

Not just the same subnets. The same IPs.

Added an SSD to my 18 year old ThinkPad, installed Debian 13 and the thing just _flies_ along. Physically weighs a small pile of bricks. But still actually useful!

The star trek future we have at home:

OpenAI are not serious people.🤦🏻‍♂️

Why bother with prompt injection when any user can do a prompt insertion by setting a custom name?

https://xcancel.com/LLMSherpa/status/1959766560870195676

#LittleBobbyTables #PromptInjection #ChatGPT #jailbreak