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Cake day: June 9th, 2023

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  • The dress is a bistable picture, similar to the Spinning Dancer, which you can consciously reverse the direction of spin with some practice.

    To see the dress as blue-black, I first look at the black dress in the bottom-left corner, then shift gaze to the main dress when colour is established.

    To see the dress as white-gold, I first look at the sunny regions on the right, then move gaze across, when the main dress goes to white-gold.

    • It may help to cover or mask the opposite region, when focusing on one side.

    • For detail, 10 years ago I saw this as white-gold and did not change from that perception. Did not know what all the fuss was about this dress. Today, I saw it as white-gold initially, but 10 minutes later, after two friends saw it as blue-black, I also saw it as blue-black and could not shake it.









  • Yes, Trisquel GNU/Linux on 2 laptops, a desktop, and a HTPC. I’ve been using Trisquel for 15 years(since Awen release), after running Debian with non-free disabled for a while.

    The laptops are Thinkpads from minifree.org which provides libreboot and ensures compatibility with libre firmwares.

    Trisquel is Ubuntu, with all the non-free software and binary blob firmware removed. Hardware that does not have a fully free driver will not work.

    It is an easy install, rock solid when using, and has a knowledgeable and helpful community.

    The other libre distros I think about checking one day are Guix or Parabola. https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.en.html

    I recommend everyone to have at least one fully free distro installed, just to experience what the original vision of libre computing is.









  • Gameplay is top, is it challenging, varied and beatable?

    Can you 1CC it, and get 40-50 minutes from that 1 credit?

    Did it seem like the designers and programmers were interested and invested in producing a decent game?

    Were their any hitbox fails or physics errors that cause massive annoyance? Skip.

    Then graphics and sound quality can influence the choice.

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    1CC games========

    Slap Fight

    Willow

    Wardner

    Heavy Barrel

    RoboCop

    Wonder Boy in Monster Land

    Black Tiger

    Calibre .50

    Gun Force

    These all took about 30-50 minutes to complete on 1 credit.