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Are there any good, more modern alternatives to Turbo Basic for people who want to get back into programming in BASIC?

3k users? Doesn't seem right. Is Gnutella dying?

Same here! I'm working on a simple game and I use Claude Code to make it with Phaser, and I am not a game dev. I used Claude to plan it (with a chat for 3 hours), it made a document to describe everything I wanted in the game (the spec). Next I use Claude Code to implement every aspect of the game step by step. I didn't know the framework Phaser, but after each step I review the code and learn a lot. I don't think I would have it working so fast without Claude Code. I can focus on the spec and learn the framework. I code maybe 5% of it, everything is made by Claude Code.

I am using CudaText [0] with the Distraction Free mode [1] to have a full screen editor "always on" the weekend when I write (on Windows 11, but it should work on Linux).

There is also a full screen mode plugin on GVim [2] but I haven't tested it.

[0] https://cudatext.github.io/ [1] https://wiki.freepascal.org/CudaText#Full-screen_mode [2] https://github.com/lambdalisue/vim-fullscreen

Well it worked for me 2 years, until it didn't...

Great to see Pascal news. This programming language needs more love. Also check Lazarus IDE if you haven't.

Same thing happened to me last year: some files on OneDrive where deleted. It was random txt files that I use to log ma progress on projects. I moved everything out of OneDrive and I backup on hard drives. That is a shame because OneDrive was a very good product.

The name "pedalboard" might not be the most fitting if latency is too high. That said, it could still be very useful in a studio setting for post-production work.

What would be really exciting is a hardware device with all the standard plug-and-play inputs, capable of running Python... essentially a true open-source pedalboard for guitar enthusiasts.

No mention of John Woo in the article but The Matrix is here... Weird choice.

Maybe to target retro computers and systems?

I really like Lua and I work with it almost daily. But, I hate luarocks. It just don't work well on Windows. And I don't know why. The management of external libraries makes Lua still too difficult to use, which is a real shame considering the qualities of this programming language.

Me too! I have a software in production for a client made with Lazarus 3 (in Pascal of course) and everybody loves the "Windows feel" of the Gui. On Linux there is Gambas [1] wich is like Lazarus but for Basic.

[1] https://gambaswiki.org/website/en/main.html

Some years ago I used Privoxy on my computer to filter unecessary request. It worked great and is an alternative to consider if you don't want a computer plugin 24/24 on your network.

A hierarchical note taking application, featuring rich text and syntax highlighting, storing data in either a single file (xml or sqlite) or multiple files and directories.

You can use inspect.lua to debug tables [1]

[1] https://github.com/kikito/inspect.lua

Same for me, I used Lua for a desktop software for a client and I enjoyed it a lot!

I'm thinking of starting to dev a game with LOVE2D just to have an excuse to use Lua.

I did the same. I mostly use Vim without plugin and a simple vimrc file. For the heavy stuff and big projects I use VSCode.

I did the same with Slackware in 2004. The browser experience wasn't the best, but I still managed to be very productive at that time.

I think there is no Windows 11 port of Dillo available so I sometime use Netsurf and Links Windows ports on Windows!

I am French, so GDPR exist in France. But AFIC has some rules for the domain names you can, or can't buy: https://www.afnic.fr/en/observatory-and-resources/documents-...

Maybe your domains are affected buy a new or old policy?

Yes, never add a problem here (in France).

I've experienced the same thing: a YouTube channel deleted without any explanation (the email from Google mentioned spam, even though I filmed all the videos myself), Facebook preventing me from sharing posts from a website (without any explanation), and of course, domain names that get deindexed from Google without any reason (no message in Google Search Console).

I believe we've reached a point where any activity on the web can vanish overnight due to an AI or an algorithm making decisions based on obscure criteria.

Rogue is a very cool game, but what get me into the genre is Angband and Nethack.

I played them with ascci tiles on my computer at the french university in 2002-2004 and my classmates where all playing Warcraft 3, Diablo or Call of Duty and they where very confused to see my little games!

I think that ascii characters are a good interface for this kind of game because the brain has to work to imagine the game which makes the memories of games more memorable.

I still play Nethack some times and I must try Brogue. I never had the time to get into Dwarf Fortress.

I also have a domain that is blocked buy Google. There is nothing you can do and the only solution for me has been to: 1) change the domain name 2) change the content (text and images) of the pages

And, even after that, the recovery has been really slow...

I think you can create a new Google account for a new website and/or entity. That is why you can have a google business account and a personnal one.

I think we can think in terms of market share.

Google (the search engine) has a market share of over 85% worldwide. [0]

Google therefore controls what can be found on the Internet for 85% of search engine users. Recent updates, or Core Updates, have demonstrated how easy it is for Google to put businesses out of business by removing their visibility. [1]

It seems to me that this is a problem.

Ditto for Chrome, which has +60% market share [2]. A failed or deliberate update could make a website inaccessible to 60% of the population.

[0] https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share [1] https://retrododo.com/google-is-killing-retro-dodo/ [2] https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share

I bought a Logitech K860 ergonomic keyboard for under $100 for the same reason (wrist pain). Since I use it (2 weeks), the pain alsmot disappeared too.

I wish I bought one years ago.

Also, for less than $100, I have a Kensigton track ball for years.

Some browser or older versions don't support webp too. I think of the web browser in the Kobo e-readers for example.

Yeah, it is down for all my websites on different location. It seems like a major outage!

I still use a lot of Saas because it is not trivial to host and run an open source app.

For example, if I need Postiz to run I need a server and to configure and maintain a lot of services and dependancies:

NX (Monorepo) NextJS (React) NestJS Prisma (Default to PostgreSQL) Redis (BullMQ) Resend (email notifications) Postiz

I use mailchimp, which is not cheap. But if I want to run Mautic, I need a linux server, with an http server and a database running. It as also a cost in money and time.

I am a single man shop, so I don't want a software to take me extra time when something is broken (or to give 4 hours of my time to install and run a clone of mailchimp).

I am working on a software (for Windows : it is on your computer you own it, no recuring payement) that can export all data from Wordpress and WooCommerce shop to a json and csv file.

It is already working for a few clients that uses the software for orders, products and tax reporting for their e-commerce shop (yes they use a lot of excel in France where I live).

I hope I can sell it on a page in the next few mounth.

I faced the same issue with one of my project. But, as i don't know anybody at Facebook, I left the domain and buy a new one.