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Katamari Damacy's Ambitious Mobile Port Has Just Been (Partially) Preserved | Time Extension in c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

[–] Downcount@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was all hyped until it said the wiki is in fucking discord.

Light Eye of Stuttgart21 [OC] in c/pics@lemmy.world

[–] Downcount@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Also: This is, what I will ever associate with the words Stuttgart21 and eye:

graphic

(Lost one eye for being so criminal to protest against something the majority was against doing it.)

Light Eye of Stuttgart21 [OC] in c/pics@lemmy.world

[–] Downcount@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Don't get me wrong. I like the architecture too. Just trying to sneak in some facts.

Light Eye of Stuttgart21 [OC] in c/pics@lemmy.world

[–] Downcount@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

39 trains per hour with the old station is still more than 32 per hour with Stuttgart 21. Also groundwater, nature and referendum are totally meaningless words for anyone supporting this idea.

Light Eye of Stuttgart21 [OC] in c/pics@lemmy.world

[–] Downcount@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

They started this project 14(!) years ago, planned to be finished 2019, costing over 11 billion Euros.

Nobody wants it.

The site is still under construction (thought to be finished next year).

Nothing in vein. in c/fbstolencontent@lemmy.ca

[–] Downcount@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

... I would have worked harder

Germany Looks to Stop the Far Right From Assuming Power in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

[–] Downcount@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'll help you with this sentence:

... it defends itself against an undemocratic power.

… da fuck? in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

[–] Downcount@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

in the UK

in Austria

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C-16 was my gateway drug into coding (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Downcount@lemmy.world to c/plus4@retrolemmy.com

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In the early 80s I saw my first C-64 at my cousins place. We gamed a lot and I so wanted one of those. I begged my parents like every month, while some of my friends were given C-64s in the meantime, telling me they will share with me all of their (not so rightfully copied) games. They finally gave in and gifted me smth at my next birthday. I unpacked it and ... shit, this wasn't a beloved C-64, it was a C-16. WTF parents? (I was a young brat and didn't really grasped the concept of being grateful at all.) They thought a Commodore is a Commodore, right?

So, with no games (I bought some good titles later on) I thought about what to do with this computer.

Hello

Syntax Error

hmmm

What's my name?

Syntax Error

Stupid computer... there has to be a way the computer learns my name...

Started to take baby steps in Basic.

10 Print "your name is Downcount"

run

This really made me some kind of happy.

Second "program" asked me "What's your name" just to print the result in an endless loop.

I began to be obsessed with this "great" Basic and started to write little and bigger programs as a hobby which many many years later led to being actually being paid for writing lines.

So: Thank you parents, sorry, I was such a brat and thank you C-16 for being such nice low entry device for learning about soft- and hardware.