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Compute's Gazette Magazine Returns After 35 Yrs, Will Focus on Retro Computing

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Re: Compute's Gazette Magazine Returns After 35 Yrs, Will Focus on Retro Computing

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Post by jnagle78641 »

hedora wrote: post #23
jnagle78641 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I registered the trademark through USPTO, you can verify it there. There is some AI involved right now, but not for anything content related.

Fwiw, I didn’t find the ai images problematic at all, and the writing doesn’t seem generated at all to me. I like the switch drm writeup, but wonder if they’re just moving pirates towards downloading from the store + dumping the bits.

Thanks! I originally was going to go a completely different direction with the Switch writeup. By the time I finished the write up I had to acknowledge what a smart move that was for Nintendo. I just hope devs use the opportunity to bring back some more physical "stuff" with their offerings.

Re: Compute's Gazette Magazine Returns After 35 Yrs, Will Focus on Retro Computing

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Post by svec »

jnagle78641 wrote: post #13
beej71 wrote: post #10

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I want it to be true. There's really not much information out there on it or the CEO that I can find. My first question was if there's was enough retro material for a monthly.

Edwin Nagle here. I believe there's definitely enough material to support a monthly, especially with a focus on the general retro community rather than solely on C64/128.

Who are the authors for the content of the first month's issue? The articles on the site don't list an author, which makes me think it's all written by Edwin Nagle, which makes me wonder if anyone else will contribute to the monthly issues.

Re: Compute's Gazette Magazine Returns After 35 Yrs, Will Focus on Retro Computing

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Post by trinsic2 »

zx8080 wrote: post #32

Retro computing? First title: > Generative AI and Game Development: A Necessary Evil? It's not retro computing. It's called click-bait.

And jumping on that stupid bandwagon... Its not a necessary evil, it something that should be carefully thought out and getting consent from the people that are being effected by it.

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Post by trinsic2 »

hedora wrote: post #24
chipotle_coyote wrote: post #22

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I think you might be better off getting rid of the "AI slop" entirely. Without getting into the whole ethical debate (it's worth having, but not here), putting it front and center on the website for a new retrocomputing magazine is kind of like putting an article about new features in Microsoft Word front and center on a website for mechanical typewriter enthusiasts.

I disagree. Making high quality niche publications like this economically feasible is exactly how AI could be used to actually benefit society. I see no evidence that this site is a plagiarism mill. All the retro computing people I know are computer nerds, and like playing with new shiny software, including llms.

The idea of supporting AI for a retro mag is just a bad idea, where is there a relationship between the two? I am not getting it.

Re: Compute's Gazette Magazine Returns After 35 Yrs, Will Focus on Retro Computing

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Post by meifun »

My dad used to bring me home the Gazette with a box of powdered doughnuts and chocolate milk.

I was 10.

I’d spend the whole weekend typing in all the code and trying to get it to run on our Commodore 64. If it was dinner time, he would bring me a plate and leave me be. I’d be so excited when everything worked and I could show it off to him.

It is the best memory I have of my father.

Thank you dad.

Re: Compute's Gazette Magazine Returns After 35 Yrs, Will Focus on Retro Computing

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Post by ddingus »

jnagle78641 wrote: post #30
ddingus wrote: post #25

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I agree with that. Why GAZETTE rather than just COMPUTE! ? Big fan of the project here BTW.

Thanks! I originally was going to just call it Compute but I resonated more with Compute!'s Gazette from my own personal experience and it's going to be all brand new content anyway. Plus, I like the idea of a "gazette" and it just seemed to fit. Personal preference I guess.

That makes sense. No judgement here, just me wondering.
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