There’s another user who replied to me who answered much better than I could.

Loading a program from disk on the Commodore 64

LOAD"*",8,1

I haven’t loaded a game on that system since I was probably 10 or so, but I’ll never forget the command.

I memorized it as L-O-A-D shift-2 star shift-2 comma eight comma one.

Should have called it the Nintendo Top.

I live in Texas, and we focused on the glories of “free-market” “laissez faire” capitalism in our American history class.

Not a word about things like the Triangle Shirtwaist fire or the Homestead Strike or the Great Railroad Strike of 1922. I’m frankly shocked that we talked about the civil rights movement at all.

Reactionaries always attack the most vulnerable while pretending to be above “identity politics” because they don’t see “straight white conservative” as an identity, they see it as the default.

It’s pathetic how the most hateful people want to put everyone into tiny boxes that they can hold inside their diminutive minds.

How about HG Wells talking about mini wargaming in 1912? I think it’s fascinating to see proto-nerds inventing the geek stuff that we take for granted a hundred years later.

Little Wars via Project Gutenberg

My favorite is probably Aurora, in which a generation ship makes a voyage to Tau Ceti to set up a colony.

After that, I really enjoyed Galeleo’s Dream, a time-travel story about the famous polymath and a plot to reshape the history of scientific thought.

And Shaman is also great: it’s about the paleolithic people who painted the chauvet cave and their struggle to thrive in an impossibly harsh time.

And finally I also just finished The Years of Rice and Salt recently, and it’s one that I know I’ll have to re-read sometime. It’s an alternate history about how the world would shake out if the population of Europe was wiped out by a plague in the 1400s and follows a set of characters reincarnating over the centuries.

KSR is probably my favorite living author.

I think the book is supposed to be more “this is what is possible” than an actual roadmap.

His optimism is what I really like about his work; anyone can throw up their hands and give up, but that’s a dereliction of duty. Believing that a better world is possible and worth fighting for is the point, in my opinion.

Kids these days are always on their phones doing something illegal. Not like back in my day!

Cubism is such a hard style. Incredible work.

I’m not sure an honorific medal confers much prestige when you share it with the likes of a billionaire dragon like George Soros and a reactionary polemicist like Rush Limbaugh.

And giving it to Hillary Clinton makes it look like a DNC consolation prize.

Kentucky rifle

For some fun facts

The difference is that pig anus tases amazing with a bit of sauerkraut.

Fair enough on the beer though.

“A team of hitmen” LMAO!

If you want to get better, you have to practice every single day.

You’re going to suck at first, but then you’re going to suck less. You have to learn enjoy the process, which it sounds like you do, so great! I like to break up my play time into practicing something new and having fun; they’re both important.

One thing I’ve found is that keeping my guitar out and on the wall makes it a lot easier to get started playing, even if I don’t feel like it at the time. Once I’m about five minutes into playing, I’m into it.

Oh, and practice with a metronome. Most guitarists suck at rhythm (myself included). Using a metronome beats it into your head.

Same, honestly. I’d kill for a remaster or a proper sequel.

Loved Freelancer! Did you try the Everspace games? They’re the closest to a spiritual successor that I’ve played.

Yeah, telling your superior to obey obvious ethical standards undermines their authority.

How dare he expect the highest court in the country abide by the same standards as the rest of the judiciary; doesn’t he know who they are??

You’re one of my favorite artists on Lemmy, with a whimsical illustrative style that is so much harder than it looks. Fantastic!