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Richie Asimilon @asimilon.net · 04/10/2026

Punishing the 303 again I see!

A 303 bass hit transcribed as "ow ow ow ow"

Richie Asimilon @asimilon.net · 24/09/2026

This is really shitty behaviour. On the left, Duck 2 by Devious Machines released some 6 months ago after months of hard work and design (I helped beta-test it and know the people behind it). On the right, SideKick by Sonic Academy released this week. #vst #plugin #ripoff #slop #poundshopduck

On the left shows the UI of Duck 2 by Devious Machines released 6 months ago.
On the right shows the UI of SideKick by Sonic Academy released this week that is almost an exact carbon copy of Duck 2.

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Richie Asimilon @asimilon.net · 14/09/2026

It's legit screen cap. If the story is legit is another question.

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Richie Asimilon @asimilon.net · 13/08/2026

The actual fuck is the point of this if it just makes up what's trending?

Edited fake news to different fake news (Farage -> Binface wins Clacton seat)

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Richie Asimilon @asimilon.net · 04/07/2026

Date yourself with a snap of your first ever computer. Similarly ZX81 would have been first computer touched, also at school. 2nd hand 48k Speccy + a bunch of games my mum brought home when I was 8 got me on the path to being a programmer.

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Richie Asimilon @asimilon.net · 03/07/2026

I wish all mechanical keyboards came with replacement key caps for the Apple modifiers, but at least it's possible to replace them by yourself. I quite like the aesthetic anyway. Yellow ones are textured so I can find the cursor keys without looking.

A mechanical keyboard with some aftermarket replaced key caps.

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Richie Asimilon @asimilon.net · 03/07/2026

40 years since these bad boys hit cinemas!

Screenshot from Big Trouble in Little China, showing the three "Storms" standing side-by-side in a Chinatown alley. They stand in an intimidating, authoritative stance, facing toward the camera. They wear matching, massive woven straw hats and long capes, but each has a distinct set of armor underneath.

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Richie Asimilon @asimilon.net · 22/05/2026

I'm super interested to listen this band tonight at Pistolero 20 years birthday party in Zagreb. Dženeratiom 81 if you're interested to find out more...

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Richie Asimilon @asimilon.net · 14/04/2026

Immortalised in hardware. (Well the software I had a hand in writing on the hardware at least!)

MPC Sample showing the credits scroller.

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Richie Asimilon @asimilon.net · 02/04/2026

So: 218 listeners. 109 were new listeners. 144 are monthly active listeners. Is my maths wrong? 218 total listeners - 109 new listeners = 109 listeners. 109 is less than 144 last time I checked. And of course this reminds me that Spotify are using my content to make money and giving me exactly £0.00

Screenshot of Spotify for Artists report.
In the past 28 days, Asimilon had 218 listeners.
Out of those 109 were new listeners.
144 are monthly active listeners.

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Richie Asimilon @asimilon.net · 27/03/2026

This is strange. I was certain that Uridium had used that effect, but all screenshots and videos when I came to look it up a while back show this version.

Screen shot of the title screen for Uridium on the ZX Spectrum, giving the copyright notices and credits.

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Richie Asimilon @asimilon.net · 23/03/2026

I had this version on my Speccy. iirc it came with a poster of this artwork. I always liked that the white rectangle was part of the 3D scene. I didn't like the LensLok though! 😭

The "Elite" game box for 48K ZX Spectrum by Firebird software (Gold Edition)

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Richie Asimilon @asimilon.net · 04/03/2026

It's beautiful underground!

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Richie Asimilon @asimilon.net · 03/03/2026

Don't worry, I also indie dev in relative chaos 🤣

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Richie Asimilon @asimilon.net · 27/02/2026

Dear @firefox.com if *every* *single* *day* I close this without adding it, perhaps I *never* want to add it as a mailto: handler? Why is there no "Don't ask again" option? Adding A.I. shit no-one asked for and smart people switch off immediately, instead of actually useful updates... :(

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Richie Asimilon @asimilon.net · 24/02/2026

Also of note in the results, but probably not that surprising:

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Richie Asimilon @asimilon.net · 20/02/2026

This is super cool. Is there a better place for bug reports/feature requests? Command Palette is offscreen when the browser window doesn't have enough width (Chrome latest on macOS). Soft wrap in the editor would also be awesome if possible.

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Richie Asimilon @asimilon.net · 18/02/2026

I really shouldn't be so proud of this (awful) Germenglish dad joke...

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Richie Asimilon @asimilon.net · 08/02/2026

This is the only kind of Superb Owl I'm interested in.

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Richie Asimilon @asimilon.net · 06/12/2025

Made sure the connector was seated properly and I can LOAD things again now! 👌 Also, I didn't realise I could read German as if it was English! 🤣

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Richie Asimilon @asimilon.net · 02/12/2025

It's clearly the work of some sort of bastard

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Richie Asimilon @asimilon.net · 10/11/2025

Anyone care to explain why there are all these orange text on blue background text memes recently? I feel old and out of the loop! 😭

Screenshot from the movie War Games.
"A strange game.
The only winning move is not to play."

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Richie Asimilon @asimilon.net · 28/09/2025

I think Apple have gone straight into form over function territory with Tahoe. Settings app is presumably taken it's corner radius inspiration from iPhone Air, but it's just horrific on desktop... 🤮

A screenshot of the Settings App on macOS Tahoe. The corner radius looks like it was chosen by a toddler.

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Richie Asimilon @asimilon.net · 16/09/2025

Hilarious jump in version number with the new macOS. I'll wait for at least the 26.1 update, as have been burned in the past by updating too soon. But given all the hate on Hacker News for Tahoe, I might stay on Sequoia until absolutely necessary.

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Richie Asimilon @asimilon.net · 29/08/2025

But then there's shit like this: I asked it to help me write a PRNG in m68k and it gave me code with these 2 "prime" numbers... (I'll save you work: they are not prime!)

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Richie Asimilon @asimilon.net · 24/06/2025

Done a couple of PoC things recently: Paula can be used as a basic wavetable synth. I can emulate an Amiga in an audio plugin.

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Richie Asimilon @asimilon.net · 20/01/2025

How to achieve the look of this sexy beast. Follow me for more hair style tips.

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