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New comment by orionblastar in "High console prices push PlayStation and Xbox sales to new lows"

orionblastar — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 22:49:34 +0000

There are emulators for the PC, Mac, and GNU/Linux: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/114005/anyps5-now-translates-... https://bolxemu.net/

Who needs the original when you have an emulator? Microsoft and Sony can still sell games for the emulators.

New comment by orionblastar in "Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website"

orionblastar — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 04:22:48 +0000

Imagine if people use AI to get VISAs. My wife and I filled out Visa forms for her two sisters in Thailand in 2007, and we are still waiting for approval.

New comment by orionblastar in "Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website"

orionblastar — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 04:19:24 +0000

Mirror without a paywall: https://archive.is/M0W0d

New comment by orionblastar in "Atari Falcon"

orionblastar — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 23:32:36 +0000

The Atari Falcon was an awesome GEM-based computer. It paired with the Amiga 3000.

New comment by orionblastar in "Amazon phasing out Fire Tablets"

orionblastar — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 23:05:44 +0000

But you can install the Google Play Store on a Fire Tablet. This is the hack: https://www.androidpolice.com/install-play-store-amazon-fire...

New comment by orionblastar in "Google Is Pushing Scam Videos on Elderly and Cognitively Impaired People"

orionblastar — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 23:01:51 +0000

This is unacceptable. I have schizoaffective disorder and am cognitively impaired, and I usually ignore ads. I don't have a lot of money, but I could lose my house if I am scammed. So I have to be careful.

New comment by orionblastar in "What is the actual percentage of people For and Against AI?"

orionblastar — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:12:04 +0000

I am for AI, but it is a puppet come to life like Pinocchio, and needs a Jiminy Cricket for a conscience. The AI needs morals and ethics; otherwise, it causes trouble and bad results.

New comment by orionblastar in "AnyPS5: Port PS5 binaries to PC without emulation (87% system libraries mapped)"

orionblastar — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:32:53 +0000

Keep them in a private GitHub repository so Nintendo can't see them. Slowly release it to different Githubs on a different account.

New comment by orionblastar in "Account bans on Reddit"

orionblastar — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:30:27 +0000

Try here: https://goatmatrix.net/ It is an alternative to Reddit.

New comment by orionblastar in "Serena OS: Modern operating system design meets Amiga computers"

orionblastar — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:59:04 +0000

The Amiga can't die, not with projects like this making use of it.

New comment by orionblastar in "Milt Windler, NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13, dies at 94"

orionblastar — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:06:26 +0000

Milt Windler, RIP, you are a Hero.

New comment by orionblastar in "Apple is now censoring anti-immigration material you send in your PRIVATE texts"

orionblastar — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 04:12:10 +0000

https://youtu.be/cWHTyeQg79A

New comment by orionblastar in "Howard Stern corrects a caller about OS/2 Warp vs. Windows 95 (1995)"

orionblastar — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 03:20:48 +0000

Only through bundling the OEM tax and having a monopoly.

New comment by orionblastar in "McDonald's Is Using AI to Dynamically Price Its Burgers"

orionblastar — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 23:32:03 +0000

McDonald's is spending $8 billion to figure out why they can't sell enough food. Maybe lower prices instead of spending $8 billion?

New comment by orionblastar in "1996 chat room simulator connected to Win95 and System 7 web desktops"

orionblastar — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:28:31 +0000

Looks good, reminds me of the 1990s.

New comment by orionblastar in "Mercury Is Shrinking, and Faster Than We Thought"

orionblastar — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 23:19:07 +0000

Mirror without a paywall: https://archive.is/FInCm

New comment by orionblastar in "CNN Mood 'Like a Funeral' as Paramount Acquires Warner Bros"

orionblastar — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 23:17:40 +0000

I thought Disney was going to buy out WB? I guess Paramount made a higher bid?

New comment by orionblastar in "CNN Mood 'Like a Funeral' as Paramount Acquires Warner Bros"

orionblastar — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 23:16:00 +0000

You ought to see the Saudi Kingdom Holding owning Apple, Disney, etc. https://kingdom.com.sa/homepage

New comment by orionblastar in "Scammers found a way to make people drain their own wallets"

orionblastar — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 03:38:43 +0000

I drained my wallet on my 401K, and I lost $150,000 during the dot-com bust.

New comment by orionblastar in "How we're (actually) all going to die"

orionblastar — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 03:37:11 +0000

I think it is sarcasm.