LaserDiscMan's comments

The lines blur between creation/discovery for some of these. Additionally, the historic nature makes it impossible to determine if these were all the work of a single individual, but I'll go with:

Joseph Shivers - Lycra/Spandex

Albert Hoffman - LSD

Anton Köllisch - MDMA (was killed in WW1)

John Pemberton - Coca Cola (significantly different to the modern drink)

John Baird Glen - Propofol

Percy Spencer - Microwave Oven

I much prefer original hardware, but not necessarily in the original state. My consoles are RGB modded, and I make use of flashcarts and things like PS-IO.

This is exactly why I miss IMDB's "I need to know" board. You could post a partially correct memory snippet from decades ago and someone would chime in with the answer. I had memories of movies I'd watched on TV as a young child. I had no name or context, but simply little moments stuck in my brain, and someone was able to resolve those to a title.

The closing of the IMDB message boards was a terrible loss IMO. You could visit an obscure actors message board, and you might run into someone who knew them. You could discuss a movie's intricacies with someone, and share theories, etc, on the specific board for that movie. It was a goldmine for movie fans, and I still miss it.

This isn't really the same thing, but in art form, a company called "American Multiple Industries" published pornographic Atari 2600 games in the early 80's. The most infamous of which was Custer's Revenge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custer%27s_Revenge (Possibly NSFW)

As well as a time sink, code review can be detrimental if it's used as a KPI gaming mechanism or for passive aggressive one-upmanship.

100% agree with this. The FIRE movement (or the equivalent before it gained this name) was about average people using frugality, investing, sensible leverage, and luck to get ahead and (semi) retire much earlier than usual. It has since suffered an influx (at least in popular online circles) of high earners scoffing at the idea that anyone could achieve financial independence with a frugal lifestyle. This despite the trivial mathematics proving it is indeed very possible for average earners, perhaps even more so recently given the bull markets.

I've worked with some very intelligent, brilliant people, who simply cannot comprehend how their own financial spending is foolish, or more likely, know this and choose to play ignorance. I've always found it fairly bizarre, almost like an addiction. It's fascinating how some people can be so skilled in one domain, but so lacking in self-control, especially when obtaining said skill requires enormous self-control in the first place.

A compilation of news reports at the time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBOhFGmbSIs

"Captain Midnight" jammed HBO for almost 5 minutes in 86: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Midnight_broadcast_sig...

La Haine also contains a fairly nice use of the "mirror set extension" trick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okQJPUTQMqA

"Oh boy!"

The same technique of using an extended set to fake a mirror was frequently used on Quantum Leap.

Since other users are posting their favorite Synthwave songs, I'll add some of mine:

FM Attack - Dreamer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ88xK3XmpQ

Mitch Murder - In The News - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz7rK3Eks4s

Mitch Murder - Television - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_h7AM9UeaA (Contains clips from Videodrome, possibly NSFW)

Miami Nights 1984 - Ocean Drive - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC42MRmiAt0

Droid Bishop - Stunner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YEk5iD2dUk

iamMANOLIS - My Future Girlfriend Video - (WARNING: Video contains some strobing) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TuiZMrHMiU

Arcade Summer - Ocean Break - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXdXywI4-qM

Miami Horror - Bellevue - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZFCmZZKB70 (the most popular video is better but NSFW)

I've been into Italo disco for much of my life, it's similar but usually relentlessly positive/upbeat in comparison with some Synthwave tracks.

For those who don't know, Burton explains this in depth here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZs2HUW9tDA

Another one of my favorite ones describes copy protection via intentionally destroyed floppy sectors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qaq9vlfoGnA

They sure did.

Don LaFontaine of movie trailer fame narrates this Perfect Dark commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrM3EETABK0

Having a Sega Genesis helps you take on bullies, and get the attention of girls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vjv5LKrOq8

A longer video of the demo Psygnosis produced for the movie: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ix35c_8DEXk

Includes lots of footage not seen in the movie.

Very nice work.

Not sure if it's the intended behavior, but when opening the start menu if "Programs" is clicked, the start menu closes as if an executable option was chosen instead.

Same case for the sub directories under this menu.

Stacker is definitely rigged: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofEb9fM8m0Q&t=214s

> controversial handheld game

Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, an unlicensed Game Boy Color game called "Terrifying 9/11" was released, which uses the attack as a central plot point, despite the game essentially being a port of Metal Slug. The quality of the port is actually quite good which leads some to speculate that it's based on an unreleased port by SNK.

It actually has perhaps one of the most impressive examples of video (or something close to it) I've ever seen on the Game Boy. I get the feeling that the game creators didn't mean to cause offense but simply wanted to use the attacks to add context or "plot" in other words.

More info: https://bootleggames.fandom.com/wiki/Terrifying_911

Full gameplay (Chinese version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq7Vlk2r-eo

Classic Walker from the James Hunt days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khA67-r5lSQ

Nintendo also included their own Easter eggs:

The rabbit you need to catch beneath the castle in Super Mario 64 is named "MIPS". :)

https://www.mariowiki.com/MIPS

And electronic dating in "Computer Love" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNBGWenPlGo).

I always thought that song was about the "love" one feels using a computer. The relationship between a programmer and a machine. Perhaps I was just hearing what I wanted to hear though.