Episode Notes

News

* Pokémon Scarlet & Violet release on Friday

* New fix for Joy Con drift

* YouTube | Stoic Financial - Crypto Companies Collapse & Massive Fraud Exposed

* YouTube | Mental Outlaw - FTX Has Collapsed, Over $1 Billion in Customer Funds Lost

* Forbes - FTX Declares Bankruptcy

* Fortune - A Hacker Stole $400M from FTX this weekend. Here’s what we know so far

* Reuters - At Least $1 Billion of client funds missing at failed crypto firm FTX

Main Topic

* YouTube | Retrontario - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (1991)

* Right to Repair

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News

* Slingbox servers are shutting down

* LGR’s video on Slingbox

* Mac84’s video on Slingbox

* Twitter lays off 3,700 workers

* Meta lays off 11,000 workers

* Supply chain malware attack hits over 250 US news sites

* Official Haiku website

* Download Haiku R1 Beta 3

* Download Haiku nightly builds

Command Line Tool of the Week: say

Syntax

say “Text to be spoken.”

Use say to speak the contents of a file.

say -f example.txt

Use say to record it’s output to an audio file.

say “Text to be spoken.” -o test.aiffsay -f example.txt -o example.aiff

Main Topic: A Case for Open Source Elections

* Lessons from Virginia - A Comparative Forensic Analysis of WinVote Voting Machines

* The Voting Village Report

* Microsoft ElectionGuard

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No big topic this week. I got a little sick last weekend and have been having trouble kicking it to the curb, so this week is just a news roundup! I’m planning to record again on Monday to get back on schedule.

Episode Notes

News

* iPhone 14 New Crash Detection Reportedly Goes Off on Roller Coasters

* Open Core Legacy Patcher version 0.5.1 released

* Ventura compatibility added

* Working on machines going back to 2012

* Updates for Big Sur and Monterrey as well

* Mr. Macintosh

* The Mac Application Compatibility Environment (MACE)

* “[Creates a] runtime library and executing environment for old Mac applications, similar to Apple’s depricated Classic environment, but without needing any ROM images or system Software binaries by Apple.”

* Screenshots of Photoshop v 1.0.7 from 1990, Sid Meyer’s Civilization, Mac OS Finder

* Would be cool to see it evolve to also support PowerPC apps

* Sega Genesis Mini 2

* Sega asking what to do next

* Elon buys Twitter

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Command Line Tool of the Week: Lotus 1-2-3 For Linux

* https://github.com/taviso/123elf

News

* Silent Hill Announcements: https://gamerant.com/silent-hill-transmission-october-2022-f-2-remake-ascension-townfall/

* Apple’s October 2022 Announcements: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/10/apple-introduces-next-generation-ipad-pro-supercharged-by-the-m2-chip/

* OpenBSD 7.2 Released: https://www.openbsd.org/72.html

Main Topic

* Packard Bell Legend 822CDTW Minitower: https://packardbellblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/packard-bell-legend-822cdtw-minitower.html?m=1

* IBM NetVista M41 Type 6792: Exploring the IBM NetVista M41 Windows 98 PC - YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com › watch

* HP TouchSmart IQ524 All-in-One: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/597716-REG/HP_Hewlett_Packard_NC701AA_ABA_TouchSmart_IQ524_All_in_One_Desktop.html

* Apple PowerMac G3: https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g3/specs/powermac_g3_450_bl.html

* Apple iMac G4: https://everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/specs/imac_800_17_fp.html

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It’s been a wild week for gaming news. Razer’s new portable system, speculation about news for Silent Hill, Bayonetta 3 drama, and the final collapse of G4TV. Let’s talk about it, and what companies need to learn from it.

Episode Notes

Command Line Tool of the Week: Tilde

Tilde is a text based word processor/text editor much like MS-Edit on the old DOS systems.

Install on Debian-based Linux Distros:

sudo apt install tilde

For other distros, check out the download page on the project’s website.

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A couple of days ago, a YouTuber published a video discussing a recent protest where high school students walked out over a new rule supposing to ban smartphones from campus. Let’s talk about the situation, and my response to his thoughts.

Episode Notes

Command Line Tool of the Week: Links

Install on Debian/Ubuntu/Windows (via WSL)

sudo apt install links

Install on macOS via Brew

brew install links

News

* Debian Chooses A Reasonable, Common Sense Solution To Dealing With Non-Free Firmware

* No October Apple Event Expected Despite Upcoming Wave of New Devices

* Apple announces macOS 13 Ventura and iPadOS 16 release dates

* Github - gabe-on-github/tui-week

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Retro gaming is a fun hobby that I’ve been into for the last 6+ years. Let’s talk about it, and some tips on getting into it yourself.

Episode Notes

COMMAND LINE TOOL OF THE WEEK: RANGER

Install on Linux (Debian-based) or Windows via WSL (Debian/Ubuntu):

sudo apt install ranger

Install on macOS via Homebrew:

brew install ranger

NEWS

* Nintendo 64’s Goldeneye 007 Confirmed for Switch Online and Xbox Game Pass

* VM2 for Dreamcast

* Creating an Operating System for the NES

* Download NES-OS

* The Lunduke Journal Podcast - 10/2/2022

DOSWEEK FUN

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Let’s have a chat about life, business, working in the IT industry, and some lessons I’ve learned along the way.

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Let’s talk about what Apple announced this week. Also, I finally dug out my old microphone, so enjoy the improved audio!

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Smartphones have fundamentally transformed our world and our lives, but it wasn’t like this until just the last few years. Let’s take a look back at what life was like before these little glass and metal rectangles changed the way we did just about everything!

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