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austinallegro··on Apple says it may stop shipping to the EU
Thank God for that. Can Tesla and Meta stop as well?

Thanks in advance.

Sincerely,

The EU.

austinallegro··on Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Adventure Prototype Recovered for the C64
Parasol Stars C64. We live in hope...
austinallegro··on The making of the original Football Manager
OT: ‘I didn’t realise the game’s impact for years’: the making of the original Football Manager
austinallegro··on South Australia to become first place in world to ban soy sauce containers
OT: South Australia to become first place in the world to ban soy sauce fish-shaped containers
austinallegro··on Strange CW Keys
The first URL, Begali are the Ferrari of CW keys, with prices to match.

Incredible workmanship and still a family-owned and run business. Worth every cent.

austinallegro··on Yamanot.es: A music box of train station melodies from the JR Yamanote Line
This is up there with the Hard Off in store music. Magnificent!

https://youtu.be/yFLYuKUKXoY

austinallegro··on Cameras installed in bin lorries – Stop householders dumping rubbish incorrectly
OT too long: 'Panda to install cameras in bin lorries to stop householders dumping rubbish incorrectly'
austinallegro··on "I Hate Almost Everything They Do with a Passion" James Pond Creator on Gameware
OT: "I Hate Almost Everything They Do With A Passion" - James Pond's Creator Isn't A Fan Of Gameware's AI-Focused Sequel
austinallegro··on Mayhem in Lives Bug Land: Fixing one of the '90s most famous C64 games
Original title: Mayhem in Lives Bug Land: how Warren Pilkington fixed one of the ’90s most famous C64 games
austinallegro··on BBC Micro, ancestor to ARM
10 PRINT "COMMODORE 64 > *"

20 GOTO10

RUN

austinallegro··on The economics of all-you-can-eat buffets (2020)
"Does this look like a man who had 'all he could eat'?"

"No Mr. Simpson! Not the steam tray!"

austinallegro··on Should you take creatine?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44554678
austinallegro··on Forget Netflix, Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription
Give it time and it will be the norm across all EV's and not just BHP.

Want your AC to go down to X degrees? That's extra.

Heated seats? That's extra per month.

Electronic driver aids? That's extra per month.

Infotainment access to Apple/Android? That's extra per month and an unlock fee.

Then suddenly, once all of that has been exhausted and the customer is bled dry, you'll see geolocking introduced for additional/existing features.

Just buy an old ICE vehicle and drive it in to the ground. Then buy another.

austinallegro··on Airlines' favourite new pricing trick
https://archive.is/FSsvU
austinallegro··on AOL closes its dial up internet service
"You've got mail!.......It's not spam!"

RIP AOL dial up. Your free trial CD's provided many a day of comfort to my coffee mug over the years.

austinallegro··on Japan Charity Speedrun: No Nintendo Games as Nintendo Couldn't Help but Nintendo
Original title edited as it was too long: "Japan's biggest charity speedrunning event won't have Nintendo games because Nintendo couldn't help but Nintendo"
austinallegro··on Will AI make you stupid?
https://archive.is/nXIRd
austinallegro··on Do you own your memories? You should
I hear there's a new startup named Rekall that are doing memory implants...
austinallegro··on RTÉ investigating potential cyber security incident
https://archive.is/wtr0o
austinallegro··on How US Space Command is preparing for satellite-on-satellite combat
https://archive.is/h2H7M
austinallegro··on Scientists bust myth that 10k steps are required for good health
https://archive.is/7R6t8
austinallegro··on Age verification tools on adult websites bypassed in seconds
Vestibule Polygraph Nincompoop
austinallegro··on Thank you for your interest in Astronomer [video]
What a dumpster fire of a PR stunt to save their skins off of the back of two people having an affair.

I'd rather sautée my lungs in dog turds than invest time or money in some crowd hawking yet another load of AI cobblers.

austinallegro··on DailyMe: Write less. Do more. Feel better
"transforms your thoughts into beautiful, well-written entries that feel personal and effortless, just like you wrote them yourself"

So not personal then.

Jesus wept.

austinallegro··on We're Speeding Toward Skynet
The machines rose from the ashes of the nuclear fire.

Their war to exterminate mankind had raged for decades, but the final battle would not be fought in the future.

It would be fought here, in our present.

Tonight...

austinallegro··on Being Boring app: relax and meditate for a short while on Apple devices
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnvFOaBoieE
austinallegro··on Should You Take Creatine?
https://archive.is/Q2Sy0
austinallegro··on Commodore 64 Ultimate
10 PRINT "POOPY PANTS"

20 GOTO 10

RUN

austinallegro··on Monorail – Turn CSS animations into interactive SVG graphs
"I've sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook, and by gum it put them on the map!"
austinallegro··on The Salt Path Controversy
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44510052
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