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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 1 September 2024

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Soyweiser@awful.systems
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Excel is a game.

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self@awful.systems
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things that are games:

  • the control circuitry for a $1 solar-powered calculator
  • my car
  • X11

things that aren’t games:

  • pinball, unless it has an electronic score display
  • Quake-style dedicated servers
  • rogue (nethack)
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bitofhope@awful.systems
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More computer games:

  • web browsers
  • stock market trackers
  • election watch

More computer non-games:

  • hangman on a paper teletype
  • ARGs
  • anything on the Vectrex
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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here’s the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.

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