Notices by Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io), page 36

It's also remarkable that the parents don't know anything about programming. They told me that their elder son asked for a Commodore 64, and they bought it without being too sure what he'd be doing with it.

This is pretty much how I started learning the fun and rewarding profession I'm still doing today.

So I wish both these kids to reach their potential and enjoy their careers 👍

#programming #c64 #retrocomputing

The hand-written program listing of High Honor is impressive.

I also scribbled BASIC programs while in school, and I also used squared paper to draw sprites or PETSCII art, but this work is *neat*! 🥹

#c64 #basic #programming #education

Now this young programmer has his own YouTube channel, and he's coding an adventure game called High Honor:
https://youtu.be/eG9Rp45BepA

#c64 #basic #programming #retrogaming #education

His older brother, 12, was a more advanced BASIC programmer. He apparently discovered the C64 through the 8-bit Guy and other YouTube channels.

A 9 year old was typing BASIC commands on the Plus 4 next to me. I introduced him to the one-liner maze generator published in the original user manual of the Commodore 64:

10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10

Afterwards, he started modifying the code, trying different values to see what would happen... much like I did when I was about the same age 🥲

#c64 #retrocomputing #basic #PaCommEx

Robert Bernardo kindly provided a monitor and desk space to exhibit my 600 MHz PPC AmigaOS 4.1 running on the Sam440ex.

More pics from the first day of Commodore Pacific Expo.

#CommPaEx #amiga #c64 #retrocomputing

@penguin42 Ohh... now I get the joke. But shouldn't a pie dish be much larger?

This one was a π/2 dish at best.

@jxself Perhaps I ran into this AmiUpdate issue:
https://www.amigans.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=9250

When I was still using AmigaOS daily, there were *no* system updaters! You had to notice new releases, download the archive, unpack it and either run the Installer, or manually copy the files in the right places.

Usually I'd go with the latter option out of fear that installer scripts could carelessly overwrite my patched libs 😅

#amiga #amigaos #retrocomputing

Interesting saucer at my friends' house...

The #MEGA65 is truly the 8-bit home computer of the future! 🤩
#c64 #retrocomputing

Arrived in the middle of the #MEGA65 keynote :commodore:
#c64 #retrocomputing

@bluewizard I will share whatever seems interesting 👍

Almost arrived at the venue...

恋 = romance
愛 = love
対 = versus, opposite
象 = image, shape

Aggregating them:
恋愛 (renai) = romantic love
対象 (taishou) = target

恋愛対象 (renai-taishou) = object of romantic interest

https://jisho.org/search/%E6%81%8B%E6%84%9B%E5%AF%BE%E8%B1%A1
#japanese

Ah, @jxself!

Tonight there should a dinner at Orient Express with the Commodore Expo folks, but it doesn't say at what time:
https://www.portcommodore.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=pacommex:start

Please come if you're free! I don't think they require reservations ahead of time.

#ChatGPT approves this usage of がする, and claims that it would even apply to feeling pain: 痛みがする (itami ga suru).

#japanese

btw, this character is Mimihime (ミミヒメ) from Tengoku Daimakyou, and mimi also means ears 🐰
#anime #japanese

「水の音がする」

Literally, "I feel the sound of water".

I knew that the verb する (to do) can be used to express a sensation, as in いい匂いがする = "There's a good smell", but this this the first time I see it applied to sounds.

#japanese #anime

LAX 🛫🛬 SEA

@governa @mos_8502 Haha 😂