TIL that the Internet Archive has almost every issue of Galaxy Magazine available to read for free online by ace_garp in c/til@lemmy.world
[-] ace_garp@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Consider donating to an archive.org mirroring effort in a seperate jurisdiction/country.

Is this happening?

But yes. by ace_garp in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
What Linux distro without opt-out telemetry would you recommend a Manjaro user? by ace_garp in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[-] ace_garp@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

Trisquel is a fully 'Free as in freedom' distro.

Zero telemetry now or in the future.

Ubuntu based, so large FLOSS package repository.

Mate UI, simple user friendly layout.

* You will need hardware that works with fully free hardware drivers (for printer, WiFi, GPU etc). Drivers with binary-blobs are not included, due to potential security risks or spyware.

Test your hardware with a bootable USB.

Excluding all games you have seen mentioned by anyone on the internet, what is your favorite game? by ace_garp in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[-] ace_garp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Action Quake 2 - AQ2

An online 90s FPS

--//--

Innovation

Card game - Simplicity and depth, exceptional gameplay. Best at 2P.

Are there any series involving the East India Company? by ace_garp in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[-] ace_garp@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

For two boardgames about the East India Company:

East India Companies

John Company

What resources do you recommend for an adult wishing to relearn math? by ace_garp in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[-] ace_garp@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

For relearning all school-level maths and terminology,

mathsisfun.com

has very concise explanations of maths concepts.

The country is done for by ace_garp in c/australia@aussie.zone
[-] ace_garp@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

The Austra-Zealand Union is what we should be looking at. Sure, the accent will take a hit, but we will be unstoppable in sports.

TIL Clive Barker created Hellraiser and Candyman by ace_garp in c/til@lemmy.world
[-] ace_garp@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Weaveworld was huge when it came out. Great and Secret Show is good too.

For a quality horror experience, read the short story Dread, from The Books of Blood II collection.

No spoilers, read it cold.

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Black swans surfing (www.youtube.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by ace_garp@lemmy.world to c/australia@aussie.zone
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Dolphins surf shore break, and... so do black swans.

Anyone seen this live? Is it common, or a one off group?

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Satellite maps on fdroid? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by ace_garp@lemmy.world to c/fdroid@lemmy.ml
19 comments fedilink

RMaps previously provided free satellite imagery, and any geo-location could be shared from OSMand to RMaps, to quickly show a satellite overview. (Tiles from ARCGIS IIRC)

What is the current state of satellite imagery in fdroid?

How can an OSMand location be quickly opened as a satellite view?

Edit: Extra info is, I'm looking for an offline satellite image solution. Full pre-loading of a specific areas, before travel.

With RMaps, it was possible to pre-load the tiles for the remote-location needed at various zoom-levels, before travelling a few 100kms from cell-towers, and then still being able to access an offline-satellite-view of those locations when there.

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Horse-flippers? Have any horses from history, ever been fitted with horseshoes that improve their ability to swim? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by ace_garp@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
56 comments fedilink

That's it. Any horse, any time period, any peoples, did they fit a shoe that helped the horse to swim in water?

(Was thinking about how horses are pretty good swimmers, maybe due to their power and hoof shape. Could they be better?)

English Ivy by ace_garp in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[-] ace_garp@lemmy.world 92 points 1 month ago

Too big to fail

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Hula hoop - Street performance (www.youtube.com)
submitted 2 months ago by ace_garp@lemmy.world to c/videos@lemmy.world
4 comments fedilink

Hula hoop street performer Coral Jade, in Melbourne Australia.

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Not having it (www.youtube.com)
submitted 3 months ago by ace_garp@lemmy.world to c/videos@lemmy.world
2 comments fedilink

SPOILER:

Making a ledge more comfortable. A cockatoo uses its beak to remove anti-cockatoo spikes.

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Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) (www.youtube.com)
submitted 3 months ago by ace_garp@lemmy.world to c/music@lemmy.world
2 comments fedilink

Blue screen tribute

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Zen garden - Pattern explorations (www.youtube.com)
submitted 3 months ago by ace_garp@lemmy.world to c/videos@lemmy.world
0 comments fedilink

Some calming sand raking.

Best with low or no-volume.

About 30 other similar videos from this channel.

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Ulyssess 31 (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago by ace_garp@lemmy.world to c/nostalgia@lemmy.ca
1 comments fedilink

Space Odyssey revisited

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Redundant Safe (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago by ace_garp@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
11 comments fedilink
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Boggle - drag to highlight words (www.puzzles-mobile.com)
submitted 5 months ago by ace_garp@lemmy.world to c/dailygames@lemmy.zip
0 comments fedilink

Dropdown menu at top for other modes.

This one at least describes the 1400 partners they will share your information with.

Has an opt-out option too.

Honk rule by ace_garp in c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Actually, Winamp is not going Open Source by ace_garp in c/technology@lemmy.world
[-] ace_garp@lemmy.world 123 points 5 months ago

If you want a FOSS player that can use Winamp skins, it exists.

Audacious is an open-source audio-player, that can display these 98,000 .wsz Winamp Classic skins, today.

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How Doom's Enemy AI Works (www.youtube.com)
submitted 5 months ago by ace_garp@lemmy.world to c/videos@lemmy.world
5 comments fedilink

Know your enemy.

This video is an interesting behind-the-scenes look into the capabilities and senses of each different enemy in the 1993 videogame DooM.

  • Bonus content and nostalgia:

A look at where consumer available FPS began with Maze Wars+ (1987)

Maze Wars+ was the first experience of a networked-multiplayer-graphical-game for many people, and completely mindblowing for the era.

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Sodom - Agent Orange (www.youtube.com)
submitted 7 months ago by ace_garp@lemmy.world to c/metal@lemmy.world
0 comments fedilink

Top old-school thrash.

Exemployees of a company, what was your "fuck this shit I'm out moment"? by ace_garp in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[-] ace_garp@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago

Early job delivering flowers in a work provided van. Late 90s.

Company is a one-man-band with me as second employee/driver. Vans 'maintained' by the owners wishy washy mate.

On a delivery run, driving down a hill toward a stop sign to cross a dual carriageway.

Brakes fail.

Quick engine braking down through the gears(column mounted) to first, and then pull the t-bar park brake to just pull up at the stop sign as two cars go past at 70kmh.

Call the owner, tell him brakes have failed, he says "no they didn't", I see red and say "yes they fucking did, I quit". I was seething.

A corner cutting brake bleed, leaving air in the lines almost had me in a car accident. Yeah, fuck those clowns.

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