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Zorro

@zorrobandito@aus.social

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#RetroGames, #film, #CubScouts and #cycling enthusiast. Works in IT, family man, lefty, lives in #Australia, born in #Yorkshire.

Posts mostly about games and cycling. Likes generously and Boosts judiciously.

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Joined November 07, 2022

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Zorro @zorrobandito@aus.social

· 6mo ago

Just finished Enshittification by Cory Doctorow and feeling energised and hopeful.

The first two thirds of the book contains an array of enshittification use cases from all the usual suspects - FB, Amazon, Twitter, et al, along with analysis of how it happened. Seeing it all laid out in this way - including all the corruption, tax dodging and asset shifting - instead of experiencing it gradually over many years, is shocking and depressing but the final third - what can be (and is being) done about it - is a great payoff!

Bravo @pluralistic@mamot.fr

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Zorro @zorrobandito@aus.social

· 2mo ago

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@daniel_gonzalez@neopaquita.es @PCMag@mastodon.social I didn't know about winget - that's brilliant, thanks!

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Zorro @zorrobandito@aus.social

· 6mo ago

Classic #retrogaming is a deep rabbithole. I'm at #MISTerFPGA level and it's getting serious.

Multi-player (4+ players) on any platform < N64 is now possible, and I'm combing through the archives looking for interesting multiplayer gaming experiences.

I have FIFA (MD), Beetle Adventure Racing (N64), Dungeon Explorer (PCE), and Smash Tennis (SNES) to try out as well as the more common (but great) experiences like Mario Kart and Bomberman.

** Any suggestions? **

I'm in the process of setting up Saturn (4P) for the what's regarded as the perfect game of Bomberman.

#retrogaming_history #classicgames #multiplayer #multiplayergames #videogames

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Zorro @zorrobandito@aus.social

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@ishambard@cupoftea.social you're on a roll! Are you skipping Turok (AKA The Fog Awaits)?

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Zorro @zorrobandito@aus.social

· 5mo ago

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@Alice@beige.party my wife and I often laugh about how competitive we are. But I laugh more.

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Zorro @zorrobandito@aus.social

· 3mo ago

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@mttaggart@infosec.exchange I almost gave up reading because you were stacking the odds depressingly high but you (almost) came good in the end 👍 Perhaps an alternative approach is to convince users that ethical, secure and robust services are worth paying for. That would create an alternative market for privacy-conscious users, much like the superannuation market has options for ethical investment. But we cannot expect other people to run these services at a loss when the mercenary temptation is so high (and relatively frictionless).

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Zorro @zorrobandito@aus.social

· 2mo ago

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@flyingsaceur@ioc.exchange Once upon a time there was a loud-mouthed hyena. He would walk around the savanna mocking all the other animals, even the King himself, the Lion. One day the lion's wife asked, "Why do you let that stupid hyena taunt you like that? You are the king. Do something about him." But the lion simply said, "It's not worth it. He isn't hurting anyone. He just has a big mouth." However the Lioness felt like she needed to teach that hyena a lesson so she began to chase him. The chase went on for miles and eventually the hyena led her to a fallen, hollow tree trunk and went through it. The Lioness tried to follow but got stuck. The hyena then got behind her and started screwing her. Once the hyena left she managed to back out of the trunk, and she slunk back home. The lion took one look at his wife and said, "He took you to that hollow tree, didn't he?"

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Zorro @zorrobandito@aus.social

· 3mo ago

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@SheHacksPurple@infosec.exchange I became a team leader of a gateway ops team and the engineers/geeks showed me the way.

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Zorro @zorrobandito@aus.social

· 3mo ago

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@emmadavidson@aus.social LOL! I was just there last weekend and had a ball. Also catching lots of public transport. It's so frictionless in Melbourne!

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Zorro @zorrobandito@aus.social

· 6mo ago

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@mistboard Rygar FTW!!!

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Zorro @zorrobandito@aus.social

· 6mo ago

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@slyka looks made for an Aliens detector. The real one's a bit clunky, what about an evolved GT model? Something like this? https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/art/alien-isolation-motion-tracker-for-cosplay-3d-print-model

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Zorro @zorrobandito@aus.social

· 16mo ago

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@ujay68@mastodon.world @stephanieburgis@wandering.shop it comes from hunting manuals compiled a few hundred years ago. I think they got carried away but there's a sense of whimsy and anarchy about it that I love!

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Zorro @zorrobandito@aus.social

· 5mo ago

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@nifta@icosahedron.website thank you for bringing this to my attention - this sounds like a wonderful result for all concerned.

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Zorro @zorrobandito@aus.social

· 5mo ago

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@georgepenney@sunny.garden love these vignettes and liked the sound of your book - so I ordered it!

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Zorro @zorrobandito@aus.social

· 6mo ago

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@dosgameclub that's my sister's favourite strategy game! I'll add the podcast to my queue!

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Zorro @zorrobandito@aus.social

· 8mo ago

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@HailsandAles@metalhead.club not only my favourite of 2017 but one of my favourites of all time. Semper Femina by Laura Marling Female folk perfection. ❤️

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Zorro @zorrobandito@aus.social

· 17mo ago

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@declan@social.chinwag.org I'm looking forward to going, I've seen some great stuff at previous fairs.

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Zorro @zorrobandito@aus.social

· 33mo ago

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@OhTheUrbanity@mastodon.social although I don't get snow or a lot of rain in winter, it does drop below freezing here so I completed the survey. I like riding in winter, it's the summers I find taxing.

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Zorro @zorrobandito@aus.social

· 6mo ago

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@aburka Gold. Just gold.

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Zorro @zorrobandito@aus.social

· 6mo ago

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@reichenstein great topic - good luck with your talk!

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Zorro @zorrobandito@aus.social

· 3mo ago

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@emmadavidson@aus.social Sydney Trip?

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Zorro @zorrobandito@aus.social

· 38mo ago

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@canberradsn@mastodon.au deep dish scores again!

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Zorro @zorrobandito@aus.social

· 2mo ago

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@Sheril@mastodon.social especially with a quote like that on the front cover!

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Zorro @zorrobandito@aus.social

· 6mo ago

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@carlosefr@mastodon.social you're going to love it!

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