🚂 Steam powered Pis, AI art, and more - This Geek in Review for 2022-09-09
By goz
Internet Travels
Geek
- I have a steam powered @Raspberry_Pi Pico!
- World’s First LEGO Compatible Mechanical Keyboard
- Netflix’s Arcane series wins Emmy award for animation - The Verge
- GitHub - Sanakan8472/copy-dialog-lunar-lander: Play lunar lander in you windows file copy dialog
Retro
- Using DOS games as init images : StableDiffusion
- GitHub - snesrev/zelda3
- Steam Deck offers elegant dual-screen emulation for 3DS, Wii U | Ars Technica
- Apple desktop update debuts before Wednesday’s iThing launch • The Register
- GitHub - a2stuff/a2d: Disassembly of the Apple II Desktop - ProDOS GUI
- Old Vintage Computing Research: What the KIM-1 really needs is bubble memory (plus: 20mA current loop for fun and profit)
Videogames
- Indie dev mounts successful sting operation against scammy Steam curators | Ars Technica
- The cancellation of Halo Infinite’s split-screen co-op changes my review | Ars Technica
Technology
- Japan Declares ‘War’ on the Humble Floppy Disk in New Digitization Push
- If you have an iPhone 5S or 6, it’s time for a rare iOS update - The Verge
- Hackers Hide Malware in Stunning Images Taken by James Webb Space Telescope
- What is USB4? Differences from Thunderbolt 4, older USB versions explained | Ars Technica
- ‘Date Me’ Google Docs and the Hyper-Optimized Quest for Love
- FCC has obtained detailed broadband maps from ISPs for the first time ever | Ars Technica
- Peter Eckersley, may his memory be a blessing - Praise - Let's Encrypt Community Support
Science
- Urban crops can have higher yields than conventional farming - AGU Newsroom
- Frank Donald Drake, an astronomer who pioneered the field of SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) died on September 2 at the age of 92.
- NASA fixed the glitch that caused Voyager 1 to send back jumbled data | Engadget
Pop Culture
Pot Pourri
- Real money, fake musicians: A million-dollar Instagram verification scheme | Ars Technica
- AI wins state fair art contest, annoys humans | Ars Technica
- The ‘Curse Of Competence’: Why Top Performers Quit Their Jobs
- 4.2 Gigabytes, or: How to Draw Anything - ⌨️🤷🏻♂️📷
- Buick offers to buy out dealers who don’t want to make the switch to electric cars - The Verge