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#486 - La News-a Loca |
Weekly Newsletter; La News-a Loca#486 - Thursday 01st October, 2020groups.google.com/group/socoder-newsletter Every Thursday, Getting Busy with the Fizzy ; Hello WorldSpitting Image is due on .. Saturday, I think? The question is, of course, is it going to be good enough to warrant getting a BritBox subscription? The trailer isn't exactly pushing the boundaries of satire, unless basic Slapstick and fart jokes count as the most amazing type of humour to you. Still, you could always make use of your month's trial by watching some Classic Doctor Who, Blakes 7, and whatever else BritBox has going for it. If you do give it a try, let us know how good or bad Spitting Image actually was. I'm not expecting anything reaching a "Chicken Song" standard, any time soon, but I'll be happy to be corrected. socoder.net/?Topic=7998 If you're upset about how shit Spitting Image turns out to be, you might like to know that there's still a couple of this last series' Dead Ringers episodes on the BBC Sounds app. SoCoder; Wave Function Collapse AlgorithmPakz introduces us to a phrase I'd personally never heard before, and even after several re-reads, it isn't obvious what on earth it is.Basically, it makes good map layouts! Hurrah! socoder.net/?Blogs=76539 ; HERO!Jay brings back Greenie's Helicopter Backpack and lets him loose in another H.E.R.O. clone, on the Switch.He's hoping to rewrite it for the Browser, at some point over the weekend. socoder.net/?GotoPost=76532 SoStayIndoorsCorona continues to fight against the inactions of governments. The UK wide "Lockdown 2" still hasn't been put into action, even through the orange alert is practically bright red at this point. "Well, 70 deaths a day isn't as bad as 1000!" Sure, we're all fine. University students being huddled into their new dorms, only to be told everything's being shut down and they'll have to isolate for weeks. .. Oh, and hey, most of the lectures will now be online, so .. Kinda no point to the whole thing. Totally fine! Pakz brings us news that, over in the Netherlands, they're having to Mask-up when heading outside. Seems like that's probably going to be a thing that remains in a future, post-Covid world, alongside hand sanitising stations being commonplace. The world is changing to meet the expectations of a virus. Who'd've thunk it!? socoder.net/?GotoPost=76566 SoOffTopic; NumlockedPakz grumbles about his keyboard's knack of constantly switching on Insert mode.I'll be honest, the last time I used Insert mode, it was editing an ASCII file for a level, and I can't remember the last time I did that! Is Insert useful anywhere else?! Maybe it's time to use one of those keyboard-layout-editing tools, and see if you can kill off the Insert key's functionality? socoder.net/?Topic=7997 Incidentally, I keep mis-reading this topic's title "Insert Key" to mean put the key in the lock. ; Sleeping PatternsJay whinges on and on about his sleeping pattern, after his Flu Jab turned him into the laziest form of Lazy Jay imaginable.Like some kind of Jackyll/Hyde scenario, except Jay's alter-ego merely sleeps all the time. socoder.net/?Topic=7999 SoMuchMore; Steve's Violent EncouterA giant monstrosity attacks Steve, in the comfort of his own home.socoder.net/?Topic=8000 ; Dwarf QuaratinedRockford points us to a YouTube channel where various Red Dwarf creators have taken to doing infrequent podcast-like chats about the various episodes.Worth a watch! socoder.net/?Topic=8001 KiloTube; Fizzy BaileysBig Clive experiments with the Soda StreamView on YouTube ; Musical Interludeyoutu.be/epNJOZR5RF4; Equipment TestUniversal's uploaded the first 10 minutes of BTTF in 4K Ultra HD.Can your equipment play it back? youtu.be/uduqQYfJ0_w ; Political Musical InterludeWith Weird ALyoutu.be/un9x-DjTMT0 MegaTube; Back to the PlatformGeoff's been back on the trains!View on YouTube GigaTube; HomeschooledA new sitcom with a wide variety of actors you may or may not recognise.View on YouTube ; Ghost TownMan buys a town.youtu.be/NZulDyerzrA ; Shipping ContainerAdam builds a container!youtu.be/chbZJAJ9y68 90s Cover CornerView on YouTube youtu.be/72wQRJWzhFg youtu.be/QpUUQ-W0D98 youtu.be/Kqg6Nw0TA0g TVCover CornerView on YouTube youtu.be/yg8gaBrN1ho VGRemix CornerView on YouTube youtu.be/n_23to8sPtw youtu.be/VUN-48A-L4s ------------------- Load, Next List! |
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