Oliver Ghingold

@emceebois

he/him Also on Fedi: @emceebois@tech.lgbt Retro gamer, vintage computing enthusiast, games preservation wallflower. PFP art used with permission by

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Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· 14d

Unless this poll is being botted, Sorg needs to start rejecting this crap from mister-devel, or at least enforce some kind of label so Jose can start disabling them by default behind a flag.

What's your opinion on AI-assisted FPGA cores? (61 votes)

I love them, more games means more entertainment for me
5%
I loathe them, they're totally against what FPGA gaming is about
69%
I haven't fully made up my mind either way yet
16%
I don't care either way, and I'm not sure I ever will
10%

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· Jul 1

Source: @/BringBackBanjoK on Twitter

Tweet by user "Bring Back Banjo":

There are somewhere around 45,000 video games across every Nintendo, SEGA, Xbox and PlayStation console. We couldn’t play them all in a lifetime.

I think they’re overlooking the fact that we don’t ever have to buy another video game for the rest of our lives.

Let it crash.

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· Jun 23

BlueSky needs to add a Community Notes feature, it's got the juice

Tweet from @sarrah_bellus: "Donald Trump will go down in history as the only US President to be outwitted by a single-celled organism." Below, a picture of the reflecting pool in front of the White House; it is a vivid green due to algae.

Notes suggesting context to be shown with the post, Needs more ratings: "President Zachary Taylor died in office due to a bacterial infection. Bacteria is a single-celled organism." Below, links to history dot com article about President Taylor's illness and death, and the Wikipedia article for bacteria.

Notes explaining why added context isn’t needed, Needs more ratings: "While President Taylor was indeed physically outmatched by an infection of single-celled bacteria, he was not outwitted."

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· Jun 12

Happy pride

"Cool robot" meme template. On left, case art for the original Xbox game "TRANSWORLD SURF". Straight dashed lines connect to a cartoon person's eyes. His word bubble reads "Wow!! Surfing is tubular!!!" Going over his head is the message the meme attributes to the game: "Gaia is trans" in large font, over "but also yes, surfing is totally tubular" in small font.

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· May 28

Anyone who tells you these kinds of posts are bad, just hit 'em with the ol' "No Fun Allowed" bot.

A comic drawing of a Swatbot from Sonic the Hedgehog planting a "NO FUN ALLOWED" sign in the ground

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· May 25

Gimli Legolas meme with the following dialogue: "Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with the pope". " What about side by side with a guy from Chicago that keeps pissing off the president?" "Aye, I could do that."

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· May 21

HOW DID HE KNOW

Tweet from user @threenotes_jp: "Hey everyone overseas,

Has there ever been a Japanese anime
that genuinely made you cry?

I’m curious."

Reply from @RubberNinja: "Gurren Lagann"

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· Apr 29

A new #retro #homebrew has hit the #GameGear and #MasterSystem, developed by RetroSouls and ported by Toxa. It's GLUF. Source: Toxa on Twitter (x.com/i/status/204...)

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· Apr 29

RetroHQ has been making awesome progress on his IGS PGM game drive! (Photo from his Twitter) Quoth Saint: "More protection types going into the PGM GD. This is IGS022 + IGS025 used by a few games. First game working. 😄"

Dragon World 3's title screen on a CRT above a bare PCB over top of an IGS PGM arcade system

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· Apr 23

@commodoreofficial.bsky.social hasn't posted it here yet, but it looks like the plan to lock down the firmware has been scrapped. I dragged them for announcing the lockdown, only fair to praise them for walking it back.

Tweet from "Official Commodore" (@commodoreofcl):

Last week we said we were considering restricting non-Commodore FPGA firmware on the Commodore 64 Ultimate, to avoid Commodore covering free support or replacements for machines damaged by unsupported mods - basically our version of a bricked jailbroken iPhone.

We listened. We agree. No FPGA lockdown.

Instead: clear disclaimer, free experimentation, just no free support/replacement for bricked modded units.

Commodore is the community, and the community is Commodore. Happy Flashing!

#WeAreCommodore

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· Apr 9

Screenshot from the PS2 game "Demolition Girl" of the titular giant woman pulling her arm back to throw some sort of large metal object at the player, whose POV is in third person behind a tank

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· Jan 16

I see this and raise you DeafPig

DeafPig

DeafPig is a member of the Pig series along with Pig, SickPig, DeadPig, and QuinePig.

As with the other Pig languages, the only command is PIG.

The difference being your Pig is deaf, so he ignores everything you write and doesn't output any file.
Contents
Various Programs in DeafPig
Hello, World!

DeafPig has no input or output, so there is no Hello, World! program.
Cat program

DeafPig is deaf, and cannot hear your screams.
Quine

DeafPig ignores you, so the only valid quine is to not write one at all:

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· Dec 3

Incredible savings!

A product listing for an Ice Melt salt in the Walmart app. The word "Rollback" is displayed prominently next to a down arrow, indicating a price reduction. The crossed out price of $11.97 is superseded by the new price of $62.99

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· Nov 17

I like the costumes but the makeup and facial expressions remind me of Twilight & I'm not feeling good about it. On one hand, it's difficult to judge off of just three photos. On the other hand, it's the three photos THEY chose to premier the look of these characters. #LoZ #Zelda #LegendOfZelda

Three stacked photos of actors on a movie set. Top: live action Link and Zelda kneel in a grassy field. Middle: Side view of Zelda giving a distant, smoky expression. Bottom: Front view of Link giving a distant, smoky expression.

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· Nov 4

Cartoon man looking out a window with the word "sickos" on his shirt saying "YES... HA HA HA... YES!"

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· Oct 25

Tweet by user lauren @NotABigJerk: "i'm not falling for that hot take. that's clearly someone with a fetish for getting yelled at. i refuse to participate in that kind of perversion"

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· Oct 2

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· Sep 28

Francis Fukuyama with glowing yellow eyes against a blue background. Upper left corner has "live" icon like a news broadcast. Bottom chyron reads "Breaking News: Fukuyama announces History 2." With 'Socialism ought to come back' quote attributed to him.

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· Aug 25

EDH players:

Tweet by Rota, @pli_cachete:

The hardest thing about chess is the other guy is always doing some shit.

The tweet is favorite'd, and there are 586 likes

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· Jun 18

CLARIFICATION : The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline. They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY So spread this around They can be texted. They can be called.

A screenshot of a website laid out in a two-by-two grid:

Top-left, a line-drawing image of a cartoon woman with braided hair looking at text messages on her smartphone with a smile.

Top-right, "Text us from anywhere, anytime. Standard text messaging rates may apply." "Text 'START' to 678-678" button, "What to expect +" link.

Bottom-left, "Reach out to hear a live voice on the line." "Call us at 1-866-488-7386" button. "What to expect +" link.

Bottom-right, side-by-side line-drawing images of two cartoon people. On the left, a cartoon woman is holding her phone to her ear and looking up at the night sky. On the right, a cartoon phone agent is sitting in front of a laptop with a headset on in front of a bright, sunny sky.

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· Jun 3

Done

One star review by Oliver Ghingold dated 6/3/25

"They will not stop deleting accounts of people living through an ongoing genocide. It doesn't matter how carefully they self-verify or how cautiously they use the platform or how politely we tell them to stop. This platform is not safe for anyone who thinks Palestinians are full human beings who deserve, just at least, to exist."

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· May 26

Bluesky staff supports transphobia and @why.bsky.team claims that bringing up transphobic harassment is “crybullying”

A thread on Bluesky.

Account "Why", @why.bsky.team posts:
The "lets tell anyone we dont like to kill themselves" crowd are not welcome here sorry

Account "AsS", @arsenic-sulfide.bsky.social replies:
Pretty cowardly to hide all the comments about Jesse Singal, considering he and his followers do the exact thing you are talking about. It would certainly make y'all seem less hypocritical and more consistent if you banned him.

Account "Why", @why.bsky.team replies:
No, he's anot actually who im talking about here. And i had actually forgotten about him until a bunch of crybullies brought him back up.
Its actually pretty hilarious that people are trying to defend their actions by holding him up instead of acknowledging all the other people who are harassed

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· Apr 24

OK, so, I figured, "I'm not going to waste any more of this kind person's time, the mobile wallet will work, let's try the mobile wallet". I stared at this blank screen a few minutes, force-closed, re-opened, kept staring. Why does zcash hate me 🥲

Screenshot of the "Zashi" Android app on the "Account" tab with a 'loading' circle on the center of an otherwise blank screen.

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· Apr 22

With alt text

Poll: Americans' Perceptions of U.S. Economic Growth Cycle, by Party ID

Question: Right now, do you think the U.S. economy is growing, slowing down, in a recession or in an economic depression?
A year from now, do you think the U.S. economy will be growing, slowing down, in a recession or in an economic depression?

Table, super-headings: Today's economy. A year from now.
Table, headings: Republicans/Republican leaners; Democrats/Democratic leaners (both under "Today's economy" super-heading). Republicans/Republican leaners; Democrats/Democratic leaners (both under "A year from now" super-heading).

Column 1: Republicans' opinions on today's economy. "% Growing" - 49. "% Slowing down" - 25. "% Recession" - 15. "% Depression" - 8.

Column 2: Democrats' opinions on today's economy. "% Growing" - 3. "% Slowing down" - 40. "% Recession" - 39. "% Depression" - 17.

Column 1: Republicans' opinions on economy a year from now. "% Growing" - 82. "% Slowing down" - 3. "% Recession" - 7. "% Depression" - 5.

Column 2: Democrats' opinions on economy a year from now "% Growing" - 12. "% Slowing down" - 11. "% Recession" - 41. "% Depression" - 35.

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· Apr 22

With alt text

The FDA this month also suspended existing and developing programs that ensured accurate testing for bird flu in milk and cheese and pathogens like the parasite Cyclospora in other food products.

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· Apr 22

With alt text

Blurb from "National Review" dated April 21, 2025:

Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap projected an antisemitic message onstage at Coachella this weekend. It read:

Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people. It is being enabled by the U.S. government who arm and fund Israel despite their war crimes. F*** Israel. Free Palestine.

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· Apr 21

With alt text. Maybe electing someone who liked dictators like Assad and likes dictators like Putin will have lasting and far-reaching geopolitical consequences, who can say?

Screenshot of X post by user TankerTrackers.com, Inc., handle "@TankerTrackers":

"We have visually confirmed to clients that a fourth load of crude oil has reached #Syria from #Russia. Comparing the YoY numbers, Russia is almost filling the void left by #Iran.

No deliveries so far from any of the Arab nations.

#OOTT"

Posted 23:01 on 20 April 2025 with 47.3K views

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· Apr 11

Image credit: @ cabel on X The View Master Interactive Vision controller is usable for what it is, but definitely takes getting used to. And no two ways about it, that directional stick is awful. x.com/cabel/status...

A View Master Interactive Vision controller being held in someone's left hand, their thumb on the white button.

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· Apr 8

I got a cool hat

A bearded man lying in a hospital stretcher with a green hospital smock instead of a shirt and a blue hairnet unevenly placed over his head.

Oliver Ghingold@emceebois· Apr 8

The ER team called me "pleasant" #blessed