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bananaboy

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    Comment #49149434

    This was started quite a few years ago

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    Comment #49139184

    Steam does this for installation with machines on the local network! It will discover them and get the data from those machines instead of downloading from the wider internet. I’m …

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    Comment #49076690

    Just in case you only read the headline and were confused, this is libVLC which underpins the VLC player.

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    Comment #49043953

    “He’s not the messiah! He’s a very naughty boy!” This scene (and much of the rest of the movie) is seared in my brain. I love it so much!

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    Comment #49042535

    Sorry my bad and I can’t edit it! Maybe dang will see it and fix it.

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    Comment #49031677

    Whoops typo in the title there! It should of course be “pikuma”

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    Comment #49030329

    For anyone wondering, Gustavo runs https://pikuma.com/ which has a host of lectures on a variety of topics from PlayStation 1 programming to maths to triangle rasterisation.

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    Comment #48943611

    From the company about page: "In August 2025, Kristian Wares, Paul Fox and other key employees acquired the assets, cleared the debt, and incorporated Nuclideon. No external invest…

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    Comment #48906859

    Ohhh gotcha! Gyr was another scener from Queensland. I don’t think he was with us on that trip. I think it was just me (Sam - bananaboy), shock (Raj), and ript (Dave)

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    Comment #48899768

    Yeah I’m pretty sure I was using bananaboy back then! That’s right Remedy, I was trying to remember what the demo party we went to was. That was a lot of fun, I have fond memories …

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    Comment #48893288

    I cancelled mine this year too after having the subscription for maybe 10 years (and using dodgy copies previously for many many years). I used it mostly because it's the only prof…

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    Comment #48893047

    Hey! I'm pretty sure I stayed at your apartment around 2003 with shock and ript when we were travelling around Europe going to demo parties!

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    Comment #48886535

    100% agree. I don't understand why there is pushback against this.

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    Comment #48877700

    Haha yeah I just went by his LinkedIn title

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    Comment #48877213

    If you set up the RISCBoy toolchain and port it then yeah.

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    Comment #48877191

    Oh this is Luke Wren’s work. He’s an ASIC design engineer at Raspberry Pi. Amazing project, I love it!

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    Comment #48854553

    Always love to see new stuff on Paul Bourke's web site!

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    Comment #48854403

    A bit more info here from the person who did this https://x.com/4gb7xvbwqx/status/2074834114847309981 (although I can't shake the feeling that the person is actually an AI!)

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    Comment #48791387

    I assume he means Command and Conquer: Renegade

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    Comment #48783808

    I was wondering the same thing