Also at X2026, a small group of 4 released the #Commodore64 demo "Hexed". We ended up 4th place, which is pretty good for such a small team. Soundtrack by yours truly. https://micheldebree.nl/posts/hexed/ #chiptune #c64 #sid8580 #demoscene
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mastodon 4.7.2Time traveling coder and musician, building mission-critical enterprise #java software in the present and #chiptune on the #commodore64 like it's 1989. So old I prefer to express my age in hex. Low on opinions, high on curiosity.
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Reading Fahrenheit 451, a dystopian novel in which all books are banned and remaining ones actively hunted down and burned. Found the premise a bit far fetched yesterday but today I read this: https://novaramedia.com/2026/07/29/ai-firms-are-buying-up-old-books-then-scanning-and-destroying-them/
#LLM #agenticai Struggling constantly with the entertaining AI “‘magic” vs the skepticism about the costs vs real life benefits. Have to keep reminding myself that a magician producing a rabbit from a hat is not going to solve animal extinction, for example.
Released a new tune called Sugar Rush in the competion at X2026, together with Yavin: https://micheldebree.nl/posts/sugarrush #c64 #chiptune #Commodore64 #sid8580 #demoscene
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@designthinkingcomic@mastodon.cloud Me after tweaking a simple task prompt for ages to make it work: “I could have done this quicker myself, but it will save me so much time next time I need it”. Next time, same thing. #agenticai
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@elizayer I think of LLM’s as pattern re-use; applying learned patterns from old data to new situations. Good for menial tasks that are too boring for humans, but not for coming up with radical new things.
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@goerp@mastodon.social nice to know it is actually being used. Do try retropixels+. If you run into issues, I can leave my version up
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@ricardoquesada@mastodon.social This looks fantastic! Seems to scratch my love of c64 dev, my preference for tui and my growing interest in Rust. Topped off with a universal macOS binary… did you get hold of the list I made for Santa last year?
@pixelambacht Looking forward to watching this. Especially the nice dithering made me think this is some clever compression in space and time of an animation. Looks so good.
edit: I couldn't wait. Such a clear explanation about graphic modes and their limitations and how to get around them. Absolute genius.
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@revspace Lijkt me interessant. Hebben jullie ook een catchy one-liner om mijn tienerzoon mee te krijgen? ;)
Beware of the dog!
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@ctminfocom@fosstodon.org We have to keep educating people that LLM’s are not a reliable way to store factual information. So any information obtained from an LLM is never 100% reliable. Sure, it can help find information in other sources but it cannot reproduce it by itself in a reliable matter.
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@voxel@merveilles.town That’s what rubber ducks were invented for ;) https://sketchplanations.com/rubberducking