Chorlton Roadcone @chorltonheehee.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I've been getting my news from CBC recently to avoid the stress from reading news about UK politics, populists, marginal groups and criminals. 110
Reposted by Chorlton RoadconeInternet Archive @archive.org · 30/09/2026Here's a small thing you can do for the future: 🌐 Find a webpage you care about. 💾 Save it. ✔️ That's it. One saved page becomes part of the web's shared memory. Try it today 👉 web.archive.org #ToolsYouCanUse 1283130
Reposted by Chorlton RoadconeHackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Deep Magic of 3D Graphics Perspectivehackaday.comThe Deep Magic of 3D Graphics PerspectiveHackaday Article 0121
Chorlton Roadcone @chorltonheehee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It's deeply worrying that AI is starting to pollute the Web as a source of information. Take any image search (such as engine coolant circuit) and you'll see what I mean. This has devastating consequences for future knowledge: we are making idiots out of future generations 020
Reposted by Chorlton RoadconeOld UK Toys @olduktoys.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Nov 1994: Sean Maguire and Shampoo ads «THE DEBUT ALBUM GET IT NOW» 021
Chorlton Roadcone @chorltonheehee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Cramming the present #1 supercomputer, LineShine, server hall solid with 150 MILLION vintage Amiga 500 CPUs would yield just 0.000007% of its processing power—while burning 4x more electricity! Modern exascale compute is truly on another planet. 🤯💻 010
Chorlton Roadcone @chorltonheehee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"If you think you are too small in the world to make a difference, try sleeping in a room with a mosquito" 030
Reposted by Chorlton RoadconeNostalgic Things that go bump in the night @nostalgicthing.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Why don’t you look at all the trains in a single day in Great Britain chillchamp1.github.io/github.io/#uk chillchamp1.github.ioOne Day on RailsEvery scheduled train over one day — Germany, the USA, Greater Tokyo and Berlin — animated from the real timetables. 41711
Reposted by Chorlton Roadconedracu laura ⋆ ⚰︎ ˚｡⋆ @laurakillsmen.sparkle.blue · 04/08/2026i have to show you this cat named avril lavigne 16126490
Reposted by Chorlton RoadconeKen Shirriff @righto.com · 12/09/2026The 8087's microcode is too complicated and low-level to explain here. For details, see my latest article: www.righto.com/2026/09/8087...righto.comMicrocode in Intel's 8087 floating-point chip: the scale instructionIn the 1970s, floating-point arithmetic was a mess. Computer manufacturers had a dozen incompatible arithmetic standards. Moreover, floating... 1602
Chorlton Roadcone @chorltonheehee.bsky.social · 12/09/2026BYTE Magazine - a visual archive byte.tsundoku.iobyte.tsundoku.ioByte - a visual archive 000
Reposted by Chorlton RoadconeThomas “Scary” Fuchs 🎃👻💀 @thomasfuchs.at · 10/09/2026BYTE Magazine, all of it. In one zoomable image. byte.tsundoku.iobyte.tsundoku.ioByte - a visual archive 33313
Reposted by Chorlton RoadconeCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/09/2026You might have to turn up for the results of this one, Nige. 13353371299
Reposted by Chorlton Roadcone🐈⬛ Annette 🐈⬛ @annierat1.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Just finished my latest #Atari2600 #crossstitch. This one was mainly just a bunch of lines, so didn't take too long at all ... #CrapCrafting #RetroGaming #RobotTank #Activision 2162
Reposted by Chorlton RoadconeUser with this avatar just got blocked @avijustgotblocked.bsky.social · 04/09/2026An account with this avatar was just blocked. 001
Reposted by Chorlton RoadconeAndrew Sparrow @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Reform UK says it would declare 'national emergency' on day one in power, not letting judges or officials 'get in our way' - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv... 379957
Reposted by Chorlton RoadconeMark Moxon @markmoxon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I am thrilled to announce the release of my latest Elite hack: Two-player Elite for the #BBCMicro This is the original 1980s Acornsoft Elite, but with split-screen, two-player, deep-space combat See the thread for links, downloads and details (1/10) #retrocomputing #retrogaming #elitedangerous 414156
Chorlton Roadcone @chorltonheehee.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Local LLM? I was doing that whilst you were all watching Howdy Doody! 000
Reposted by Chorlton RoadconeMark Moxon @markmoxon.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Status check for two-player #BBCMicro Elite: Development… [Done] Testing… [Done] Website… [Done] Technical deep dive… [Overdone] Code repository… [Done] Document all mods… [Done] Confirm date… [Done] Releasing this Thursday, 3 September Get your twin joysticks ready! #retrogaming #retrocomputing 27925
Chorlton Roadcone @chorltonheehee.bsky.social · 30/08/2026@futurewas8bit.bsky.social Hi Rod. Apart from (or perhaps because of) the shit soldering, any idea what I should try to resolve on my VCS (you can just about see Missile Command) 200
Reposted by Chorlton RoadconeMatt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Fascinated by Sweden's RUT 50% tax deduction for the costs of household cleaning, babysitting, home repairs etc. Intended to bring those labor categories out of the black market, create legal low-skilled labor for immigrants etc www.ungdomskraft.com/en/guide/wha...ungdomskraft.comWhat Is the Swedish RUT Tax Deduction? How It Works – Simply Explained (2025)The RUT tax deduction gives you a tax reduction on labour costs — 50% for moving and cleaning, 25% for junk removal to reuse. Learn how it works and how to use it. 2257
Chorlton Roadcone @chorltonheehee.bsky.social · 28/08/2026If you see this, post your getaway vehicle 020
Reposted by Chorlton RoadconeThe Centre for Computing History @computinghistory.org.uk · 24/08/2026BBC Domesday at 40! 📀 Tickets are LIVE for our 19 Sept event at the Centre for Computing History, Cambridge. www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/77318/Do... Explore the original system, hear from those involved & see if you can find your 1986 contribution! 🔎 12110
Chorlton Roadcone @chorltonheehee.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Tough one! I think I'd have to say 'The Best of The Beatles' 010
Reposted by Chorlton RoadconePaul Halpern @phalpern.bsky.social · 16/08/2026'Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control... Human beings, vegetables or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.' -Albert Einstein 394
Reposted by Chorlton RoadconeIona Fyfe @ionafyfe.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I need to shift 50 last tickets for my Edinburgh Fringe show to almost break even. I’m a Scottish folksinger, performing self-penned, trad ballads and translations in the Scots language. I’ve got a show on Fri 21 and Sun 23. Reposts would go a long way. Thx ❤️ 🎟️ Tickets → bit.ly/fringeif 392152
Chorlton Roadcone @chorltonheehee.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Some great comments in the source code of the Apollo 11 software 000
Reposted by Chorlton RoadconeRobert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 17/08/2026You can see the actual Apollo 11 Guidance Computer source code on github! Margaret Hamilton wrote much of this code while overseeing the project. Repo by Chris Garry, code transcription by Ron Burkey. (4/n)github.comGitHub - chrislgarry/Apollo-11: Original Apollo 11 Guidance Computer (AGC) source code for the command and lunar modules.Original Apollo 11 Guidance Computer (AGC) source code for the command and lunar modules. - chrislgarry/Apollo-11 1262
Reposted by Chorlton RoadconeCyber City Circuits @handle.invalid · 16/08/2026What datasheet makes you feel like this by page 50? 121
Reposted by Chorlton RoadconeTomb💀Time @tubetime.bsky.social · 13/08/2026in honor of the IBM PC's 45th anniversary today, here is the original prototype motherboard! which side is your favorite? 1928680
Reposted by Chorlton RoadconeJames Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Helpful update from the BBC here if you need advice after staring at the sun. 637272
Reposted by Chorlton Roadcone🐈⬛ Annette 🐈⬛ @annierat1.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Finally finished my #Atari2600 #Pitfall #CrossStitch. Glow in the dark #scorpion for added realism 😄 #RetroGaming 36116
Reposted by Chorlton Roadconeweisselberger @weisselberger.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Curb Your Enthusiasm reads VERY differently once you realize Cheryl Hines is the weird one. 482223230
Reposted by Chorlton RoadconeMatthew Holehouse @matthewholehouse.bsky.social · 09/08/2026My cover this week on the problem that will strike fast where politicians least expect it, and bring the cogs of government to a halt 44516
Chorlton Roadcone @chorltonheehee.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I'm not sure about the casting for the next James Bond and Moneypenny 000
