Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 23hThe bipartisan points you raise are valid. My worry is more about the generational imbalance, how the young are suffering disproportionately as they didn’t have the economic mobility or opportunities of the previous generations. It feels like a question of entitlement vs fairness at times. 000
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 29/09/2026It’s the working population that foots the bill for this sadly and I think the economics make it unsustainable. (Not angling for a fight, no solution pleases all). The best would be for pensioners to be guaranteed quality of life and those with large estates weather the economy proportionally. 210
Reposted by Ruairi (rc55)mmalex @mmalex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026today i'm taking erik (music synth prototype) in a more sober direction; the code is displayed in a more traditional way, but you can set a colour for any variable, it shows where its used via color + lines, and you can edit any number as a knob. 1576
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 27/09/2026Christ yeah it wasn’t just me. It was becoming unbearable! (get it?) 🤣😩 000
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 25/09/2026Eek I never had that, I must have been lucky. Used to bang out 90s dance tunes at 40% volume, didn’t need much more than that…! 🔊 110
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 24/09/2026The amount of times I experienced this in my early teens, not to mention those speakers were awesome for the time. 350
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 22/09/2026The five year plan is a $2000 console that plays Fortnite and Minecraft mostly and has a $50 per month subscription that gives you access to 20 year old Halo titles. Also peppered with "proud to announce the return of a franchise past its prime" then subsequently cancelling it. 010
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 16/09/2026I’ve got one of these, they’re pretty good - used it to tune the pots on the laser of a CD player and it showed a solid eye diagram. 010
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 15/09/2026Every time a Dell Dimension 2400 is given away, two appear in the new owner’s possession, true story! 010
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 15/09/2026It’s a tricky one when you can’t find someone to help. But I get your point. 010
Reposted by Ruairi (rc55)Kieran HJ Connell @kieranhj.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I finished my port of legendary game Paradroid from the C64 to the BBC Micro! Check it out here to download the disk, play in the emulator or read through the code: bitshifters.github.io/posts/prods/... [Disclaimer: AI assisted with Claude Code.] #retro #retrogaming #bbcmicro #c64 #demoscenebitshifters.github.ioParadroid, by BitshiftersAcorn, BBC Micro and Retro Computer Code & Demos 5339
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 08/09/2026Focus modes on iOS goes some of the way but I want to hide all non relevant notifications until after work etc. One day I hope! 000
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 08/09/2026I've relegated a lot of social media to a phone that stays plugged in at home, it's quite effective. My biggest problem is push notifications hijacking my intentionality when using my phone, it just presents loops that need closing and it's proper annoying. 100
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 07/09/2026This utter shit. I hate that everything is becoming a storefront now. 110
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 07/09/2026By the powers that be I hope more eyes are on jailbreaking LGs horrific TV firmware. Legislation needs to catch up quickly. 110
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 02/09/2026A lot of your points are valid, but I hate that developers and friends have been harassed just for using it. 100
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 02/09/2026A lot of people I know are quietly using this tooling to create great stuff - true it's not good at everything but in many cases it is. When it nails something, like juggling layers of context and making sense of deep object relationships it's very useful indeed. I agree about eco concerns tho. 110
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 02/09/2026It's crazy out there, utterly unhinged. I'm not sure all these people are well. I'm no fan of the hyper-capitalist era we're in, I don't want trillionaires and datacenters everywhere but if AI can help me understand a topic or help me bring something new and exciting into the world then I'm keen. 180
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 02/09/2026Some AI assistance helped bring the excellent paint.net to Linux - but guess what? The author got harassed by morons who have a very singular interpretation of AI, almost like implying driving any electric car means you're a fan of Elon Musk. Looking forward to auto blocklist notifications now. 1320
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 26/08/2026…very compelling technology. We’re just in a horrible hyper capitalistic era and it’s draining. 010
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 26/08/2026…if an economic / societal expectation is that original works are legally protected and it’s defacto unethical to create derivative works then it’s definitely up for debate - not to win an argument but to consider a path forward to respect rights holders but also maximise the potential of a… 110
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 26/08/2026I see how it might be seen that way but the topic is more nuanced than just LLM = bad. Rather than framing arguments I’d much prefer to talk over a beer about what copyright and ownership is. Growing up with things like Creative Commons and Open Source informs my thoughts a bit but… 120
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 25/08/2026I was just chatting with acquaintances and you dropped in with a savage gif! An internet moment. :) 200
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 25/08/2026If there was an open, opt-in copyleft model or something akin to GPL or even AGPL which is consent driven, I'd be all in. It's been interesting to witness shifts in digital rights - piracy waxing and waning. Media becoming a race to the bottom due to a flooded market. Truth is, I dunno man. 000
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 25/08/2026Once the hype cycle has settled down and everyone is running models at the edge at low power and findings are diffuse and shared it’ll be a non issue. You’re right about the trajectory. It’s all just tech, but we’re in a stupid and precipitous hype cycle. Sooner it blows over the better. 100
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 25/08/2026These people might eat meat, use fossil fuels, buy Nestle products and are wilfully ignorant of moral grey areas - AI is just spicy autocomplete with the same GPU consumption profile as encoding video. It almost feels like selective outrage as things like user tracking are almost as impactful imo. 231
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 24/08/2026All cool with me! I’ve done so many joyful things, most recently getting a ZX Spectrum emulator working on a RP3020 with a non-standard amoled screen and would it have happened without an LLM? Absolutely not. I’ve also used it to help me assist an open project to reverse engineer Dune from Cryo. 020
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 22/08/2026And it runs demos too! (The Path by Inward & CyberPunks Unity) :) 000
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 22/08/2026Put a ZX Spectrum emulator on the Waveshare AMOLED 1.8 RP2350 Dev board, pretty sweet! A ZX Spectrum in your pocket! 💫 181
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 15/08/2026I mean side stepping the AI thing and looking at emulation alternatives, there are some good reasons like quality of life improvements (performance, wide screen, accessibility, improved assets, render quality) and ease of porting. I’d only say it was slop if it makes the experience worse. 000
Ruairi (rc55) @rc55.com · 14/08/2026Ah let them fumble, my mum does church flyers with AI but we still talk 🫠 100