What other figlet-like tools wait for me to explore?

#figlet #fonts #retro

Just as catchy as the song it's parodying

https://youtu.be/RUpui_-_S-E

#90s #Retro #comedy

OG Xbox Ninja Gaiden commercial

#Nostalgia #Retro #Retrogaming #VideoGames #Xbox

https://youtu.be/CpIVkm4YZU4

#retrogaming #retro #gaming #gamedev #gamedevelopment #amiga500 #commodoreamiga #amiga

#retro #childhood #memes #TV

This historic photograph shows the Danish-French Impressionist master Camille Pissarro with his wife Julie and two of their children, Paul-Émile and Jeanne, in their garden at Éragny-sur-Epte around 1897. #victorianchaps #retro #artists #belleepoque #vintage #globalmuseum #art #Pissaro

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Camille Pissarro with his wife Julie and two of their children, Paul-Émile and Jeanne, in their garden

If you missed yesterday’s livestream or don’t have time to watch the replay, here are the most memorable parts, condensed into a 5 minute video!

https://odysee.com/@OregonPacifist:0/ootw-Highlights:1

#RetroGaming #SEGA #Retro #Odysee

#childhood #N64 #Nintendo #Finalfantasy #Retro #Humor #Retrogaiden #memes

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N64 game of final fantasy 7

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OZtAH4XVjNs

#gaming #videogames #indianajones #retrogaming #retro

Helicopter lights (ex-BBC) all sorted and going into service as of this Saturday's gig. Here's one of them in action.

Hooray!

#retro #TOTP

When it comes to playing classic games, how do you generally prefer to play them?

#RetroGaming #Emulation #Retro

If, like me, you love 1990s Web sites, back when the internet wasn't enshittified by Big Tech yet, have a look at Wiby, a Web 1.0 search engine.

Click on "Surprise me…" for random discoveries, often personal Web pages about obscure niche subjects, but sometimes you find a hidden gem…

https://wiby.org

#web #internet #online #RetroComputing #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #computing #IT #1990s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital

The opening to Wing Commander: Privateer (1993) is so awesome!

https://youtube.com/shorts/QgZsPoWp8r8

#gaming #videogames #wingcommander #privateer #wingcommanderprivateer #retro #retrogaming

#retro #80s #vibes #anime

A retro hotel near the shoreline of Lake Balaton in Hungary. The state promoted domestic tourism during the 1960s/1970s, providing subsidised holiday packages to workers. Numerous hotels, such as this one, sprang up all over the scenic Lake Balaton area.

The hotel likely operated into the early 1990s, when luxury hotels and resorts were built. These shabby socialist-era hotels closed down as they struggled to compete with modern resorts.

#Hungary #Retro #Photography

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An abandoned, retro hotel room features olive green chairs, a patterned rug, and unique orange and white dome lights hanging from an elaborate ceiling

I will judge you by whether you consider this character to be the hero of his movie or not

#retro #80s #retromovie #80smovie

Bootstrapping pkgsrc on my new-to-me #NetBSD laptop. Listening to that little spinny HD clicking away while it's downloading packages is good for my old #retro soul. XD

Dependent upon wind, design, and the skill of their sailors, the ships could only go so fast, but quite frankly, speed does not always have to be the point.

We miss a lot when we rush too much.

Harbor Faire canvas print -- https://fineartamerica.com/featured/harbor-faire-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print

#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #travel #sailing #boating #boat #sailboat #nostalgic #retro #peace #fedigiftshop

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Sailboats in a harbor.

Hey all! I was messing around with the Dectalk voice creator and made the Nara voice, I have posted it to drive for you all to use with NVDA, we need more stuff like this to mess around with, especially for speech synths like Espeak!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uCrfWNksIaPzcaaYKw38AmXkACIix8jn/view?usp=sharing
#Speech #Synthesizer #Vintage #retro

Anyone used #RetroShare / @xeres before ?

#Question #Mastodon

#P2P #Share #Files #retro #Email #messages directly #PeerToPeer #Encrypted #Decentralised ( etc )

#Windows + #Linux + #macOS + #Android client

https://retroshare.cc
https://xeres.io/

#vaporwave #vhs #vhsaesthetic #vaporwaveaesthetic #aesthetic #retro #glitch #glitchart #artist #artistsonmastodon #smokeyandthebandit #burtreynolds #nostalgia #nostalgic #dyinggeneration #dyingculture #depression #1970s #70s #movies #70smovies #1970smovies

#vaporwave #vhs #vhsaesthetic #vaporwaveaesthetic #aesthetic #retro #glitch #glitchart #artist #artistsonmastodon #thedukesofhazzard #dukesofhazzard #generallee #nostalgia #nostalgic #thegenerallee #hazzardcounty

#vaporwave #vhs #vhsaesthetic #vaporwaveaesthetic #aesthetic #retro #glitch #glitchart #artist #artistsonmastodon #thedukesofhazzard #dukesofhazzard #generallee #nostalgia #nostalgic #thegenerallee

I almost forgot to post this! A recording of Nirvana, who were opening for The Tragically Hip, on July 7, 1989 at O'Cayz Corral. Here's the set list courtesy of an enterprising YT commenter:

Setlist:
00:45 Even In His Youth (Jam)
02:38 Floyd The Barber
04:58 Love Buzz
08:56 Mr. Moustache
12:45 Paper Cuts
17:00 Polly
20:22 Big Cheese
23:58 Spank Thru
28:10 Dive
32:35 Scoff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG99y7viTOo

#Nirvana #Music #Punk #Grunge #Retro #MadisonWI

In your opinion, what is the most quintessentially 90s video game you can imagine?

I'm honestly not sure what my own answer would be

#90s #RetroGames #Retro

Discover America

blacklight poster, early 1970s

Who's down for a road trip to ... Sing Sing? The prison? Okay, whatever, let's gooo 🇺🇸

#1970s #the70s #oldposter #posters #americana #america250 #Motorcycle #California #newyork #retro

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Fuchsia background with yellow font saying Discover America. An apparently male figure has his back to the viewer and is holding the handlebars of a motorcycle. On the back of his jacket are brightly colored patches from famous locations including Haight-Ashbury, Disneyland, and Sing Sing

Brief interests resume:

#art #earth #music
#guitar #synths #modular #analog #progrock #ambient

#photography
#science #history #archeology
#space #scifi #sciencefiction #scifiart
#ufos #ovnis #paranormal

#linux #opensource
#MSDOS #DOSGaming #CPM
#retrogaming #retrocomputing #oldcomputers
#BBS #ANSI #ASCII #ansiart #asciiart #retro #vintage

#gaming #videogames #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiedev
#rpg #dnd #mmorpg #rogue #nethack #roguelike
#tetris

#reader #writer #blogger
etc..

if you grew up in canada (or in some parts of the US which got the show via PBS) in the 80s/90s, you might remember Owl/TV

i can't think of a more wholesome, future-positive, environment conscious and upbeat kids science education show. it embraced exactly what it meant to be canadian: the excitement of living your life as a cooperative steward, and the world as a place to be explored instead of exploited

their animated intro on CBC expressed the exact mood and posture of the show. voice actor Cree Summer: you deserve honorary citizenship here for nailing the intro song 😎

(edit: turns out cree summer already has dual citizenship!)

source: retrontario https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_ILhv6N-Bk

#canada #cbc #retro #animation #science #education

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An animated introduction of a children's science show. The animation shows a sun, trees, and great horned Owl dancing to upbeat 80s pop music. Every object in the animation dances to the music, as the owl walks down the street of a city. The owl flies away into the sky and then into space. The owl then rides a skateboard, falls off, and the ends with OWL/TV painted on a wall by a white rat.

#gaming #videogames #wingcommander #dos #retro #retrogaming

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Screenshot of Wing Commander. Humans in a bar.

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Screenshot of Wing Commander. Arcade machine inside the game.

The Retro Gaiden website is pushing the boundries of what's visually possible for Mastodon. There are no other servers that look like this.

https://retro-gaiden.com

#Mastodon #Retro #SocialMedia

on this day in 1996 #supermario64 was released on the #nintendo64 to the world and changed gaming forever. happy birthday to #mario64 a #retrogaming classic all these years later!

#vaporwave #vhs #vhsaesthetic #vaporwaveaesthetic #aesthetic #retro #glitch #glitchart #artist #artistsonmastodon #supermario #mario #nintendo #n64 #retrogaming #gaming #videogame #videogames #nostalgia #nostalgic

happy birthday to #sonicthehedgehog the coolest fastest hedgehog in the world

#vaporwave #vhs #vhsaesthetic #vaporwaveaesthetic #aesthetic #retro #glitch #glitchart #sega #segagenesis #segamegadrive #megadrive #sonic #sega #gaming #retrogaming #videogames #videogame #retrovideogame

On this day in 1996 the #Nintendo64 was released in Japan. Happy Birthday #N64!

#vaporwave #vhs #vhsaesthetic #vaporwaveaesthetic #aesthetic #retro #glitch #glitchart #artist #artistsonmastodon #nintendo #retrogaming #retro #gaming

super mario 64
mario kart 64
duke nukem 3D
Quake 1 and the N64 are all turning 30 this year

do you feel old yet?

#gaming #retro #retrogaming #retrogames #90sgames #90s #mario64 #mariokart64 #dukenukem3d #quake #pcgaming

handbill for " #Boston Tea Party" psychedelic concert, September 1967

"Environmental Experiences in Light-Sound-Dance" featuring bands called The Mushroom and The Hallucinations

My favorite detail is the public transit and walking directions, for a world without GPS. 53 Berkeley St is still there; it's a nice building with a 7-11.

#1960s #retro60s #the60s #PsychadelicRock #psychadelic #psilocybin #hippies #handbills #retro #counterculture #mbta #transit

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The Boston tea party Environmental experiences in light-sound-dance September 22 and 23 The mushroom The hallucinations $3, 8pm, 53 Berkeley St Take MBTA to Arlington Station, use Berkeley Street exit and walk a few blocks south against the traffic

What should I play on my next livestream? I won’t be taking any chances with randomizers for a while

#RetroGaming #Retro #Livestream #Odysee

my #vaporwave tribute dedicated to video game composer #BobbyPrince

Rest in Peace a video game legend ✝️ 🙏 🕊️

#vaporwave #vhs #vhsaesthetic #vaporwaveaesthetic #aesthetic #retro #glitch #glitchart #doom #dukenukem #dukenukem3d #wolfenstein3d #commanderkeen #idsoftware #3drealms #gaming #retrogaming

Time to play some..

"Angband is a free, single-player dungeon exploration game.

You play an adventurer seeking riches, fighting monsters, and preparing for a final battle with Morgoth, the Lord of Darkness."

https://rephial.org/

#roguelike #rogue #tactic #fantasy #RPG #dungeon #dungeoncrawler #dungeoncrawl #angband #Freeware #gaming #games #videogames #videogaming #retro #retrogaming #retrocomputing #oldcomputers #ascii

I'm about to eat a McDonald's fried apple pie for the first time in IDK, three decades. I'll report back if it is as good as I remember, or if the roof of my mouth survives.

#Food #Retro

And Oxygen and Air are back, baby!

http://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.7.0/#oxygen

#retro #desktop #theme

Forty years of the internet: how the world changed for ever

This article is more than 16 years old
In October 1969, a student typed 'LO' on a computer - and the internet was born..

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/oct/23/internet-40-history-arpanet

#web #web1 #indieweb #smallweb #oldweb #retroweb #retrocomputing #olcomputers #retro #press #writers #blog #readers #fediverse #internet #archive #history #asitwasbefore

https://youtube.com/shorts/yE7UU_0S91Q
#retro #retrogames #gamedev

this is cool to see

https://lataco.com/ninja-turtles-pizza-la

#retro #TMNT #ninjaturtles

"In December 1993, the New York Times published an article about the “limitless opportunity” of the early internet. It painted a picture of a digital utopia: clicking a mouse to access NASA weather footage, Clinton’s speeches, MTV’s digital music samplers, or the status of a coffee pot.."

https://www.goodinternetmagazine.com/the-web-we-lost/

#web #web1 #indieweb #smallweb #oldweb #retroweb #retrocomputing #olcomputers #retro #press #writers #blog #readers #fediverse #internet #archive #history #asitwasbefore

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#asitwasbefore

Far-Out Iron Ons, by the Topps Company, 1975

Decorate your own #1970s t-shirt! Featuring:
- Let's streak!
- Bazooka Gum
- Master of Kung Fu

#retro #1970sfashion #70s #genx #americana #fashion #diy #culturalhistory

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Far Out Iron-Ons. Collect all 12!

Dial up the old internet
https://dialuptheoldinternet.org/

An ode to the old Internet, a guide to digital archiving, a celebration of retro tech.

#web #web1 #indieweb #smallweb #oldweb #retroweb #retrocomputing #olcomputers #retro #webzine #indie #press #writers #blog #readers #fediverse #internet #archive #history #protocols #creativity #asitwasbefore

The Boring Internet
The internet you grew up on isn’t dying.

A commercial veneer glued on top of it is.

https://www.terrygodier.com/the-boring-internet/ascii

#web #web1 #indieweb #smallweb #oldweb #retroweb #retrocomputing #olcomputers #retro #webzine #indie #press #writers #readers #fediverse #internet #history #protocols #creativity #asitwasbefore

Honestly, I wasn’t sure at times if I was ever going to receive my KS reward for this project, but here it is in my hands!

#TTRPG #DCC #DND #Horror #Fantasy #Monsters #Retro #KickStarter

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An issue of "Old Timey Monster Mania Family Hour" featuring a werewolf-like character with exaggerated facial features and sharp teeth. The cover includes text promoting various themes, such as "The Farm That Drank Blood!" and "Toxic Tapes

Saturday morning project: A from scratch fresh install of 1993's MS-DOS CD-ROM version of Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers, playable with DOSBox-core in the RetroArch emulator. Applied the official patch GKCDPAT.ZIP and the GK1CD_NRS.ZIP bugfix released by NewRisingSun. Sure, one could install this from GOG or Steam, but seriously, where's the fun in that? This is one of the best Sierra On-Line games ever made, full stop.

#Gaming #Games #Retro #RetroGaming #VideoGames #DOS #DOSBox #RetroArch

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A screenshot of the Sierra splash screen first seen when launching Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers.

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A screenshot of the title screen of Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers.

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A screenshot of the Day 1 interlude of Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers. The text onscreen reads: "I dreamt of blood upon the shore, of eyes that spoke of sin. The lake was smooth and deep and black, as was her scented skin...."

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A screenshot from Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers containing a dialogue menu and portrait-style pixel art of Gabriel and his shop assistant Grace Nakimura.

Probably the game I've played the most on #Linux

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
An excellent Rogue Like #opensource, check it out if you like the genra:
https://crawl.develz.org
Graphical or console.

An open source roguelike adventure through dungeons filled with dangerous monsters in a quest to find the mystifyingly fabulous Orb of Zot.

#roguelike #rogue #tactic #fantasy #RPG #dungeon #dungeoncrawler #Freeware #gaming #games #videogames #videogaming #retro #retrogaming #retrocomputing #oldcomputers

Dungeon Crawl

Today in ASCII Mode on #Linux Mint

#roguelike #rogue #tactic #fantasy #RPG #dungeon #dungeoncrawler #dungeoncrawl #Freeware #gaming #games #videogames #videogaming #retro #retrogaming #retrocomputing #oldcomputers

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Dungeon Crawl Today in ascii Mode on #Linux Mint

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Dungeon Crawl Today in ascii Mode on #Linux Mint

I tried #FREEDOS one time.. and all go bad installing it.

MSDOS is better for me..

But I will try one more time..

#MSDOS #DOSGaming #CPM
#retrogaming #retrocomputing #oldcomputers #vintage #retro #os #system

I spent hours poring over the different issues of ELPIS magazine, literally absorbed. If you liked this internet from the 1990s and 2000s, I can only recommend that you take a look. Fascinating! Written with passion. Rich in anecdotes..

https://elpis.ws/cgi-bin/cms/articles

#ELPIS #magazine #webzine #ezine #fanzine #web1 #indieweb #smallweb #oldweb #retroweb #retrocomputing #olcomputers #retro #smallwebzine #indie #press #writers #readers #fediverse

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If you liked this internet from the 1990s and 2000s, check ELPIS webzine!

This was another cool #doom mod I've been playing called take en doom and its pretty much an #invaderzim themed mod which tweaks the gameplay and I personally like this mod https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVUyHzAWmR0

#retro #gaming #retrogaming #doommods #uzdoom

OCTADE or OCTAD is a retro word that means either an octal digit of three bits, or an octal octet or an eight-bit byte. Thus an octade, depending on its historical use, is either 3 bits or 8 bits.

OCTADE was used to specify eight bits, as opposed to BYTE which is not necessarily eight bits as the word BYTE could signify any of several numbers of bits.

This yields the retro 1337 numbers of 38 and 83. The number 38 is one more than 37 so a bit more elite a bit cooler. Thus it owns cardinally shorter byterz.

83 mod 38 equals 7, the highest octal digit. 838 mod 383 equals 72 or 9 times 8 which is 8 squared plus 8.

8338 mod 3883 equals 572 which is 72 times 8 minus 4 or 71.5 times 8.

8383 mod 3838 equals 707 which is 88 times 8 plus 3.

I prefer the old word OCTADE to the word BYTE. OCTADE sports a Euro-peon dignity and gravitas like an Internet serf ready to surf the worknet like pwnd peons. This is very true when pronouncing OCTADE with a thick Pennsyltucky Dutch or Yinzer accent. The Bostonian pronunciation sounds like bad beginner German or muffled mumbling of 'lactate.'

OCTADE or OCTAD was also used to describe a poem of eight stanzas.

OCTADE was also used to describe a period of eight years, or two leap years.

OCTADECANAL is a pheromone found in butterflies. It is butterfly perfume. I would not wear butterfly cologne. But I would sell it. Who would buy and wear my snobby smell? With wordplay we can call it OCTADE CHANNEL No. 8 . All rights reserved, ye French odor snooties.

Historical references for use of 'octade' or 'octad':

Burroughs B5500 Information Processing Systems REFERENCE MANUAL
https://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/burroughs/LargeSystems/B5000_5500_5700/1021326_B5500_RefMan_196705.pdf

Philips Data Systems Product Range - April 1971
https://www.vintage-calculators.nl/Philips%20productoverzicht%201971.pdf

Is there another name for octet that means 8 bits?
https://www.quora.com/Is-there-another-name-for-octet-that-means-8-bits

#octade #octad #binary #byte #jargon #etymology #bytemology #wordplay #wordgames #wordcrimes #history #retro #retronym #retronymous #yinzer #pennsyltucky #humor

@wordplay@lemmy.ml @Vocabulary@lemmy.ml

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OCTADE | news://alt.flashback | https://soc.octade.net

Usenet is an ever-living, Casper the friendly ghost of discussion networks.

Just a friendly reminder that Usenet still exists and access to text newsgroups is still FREE. Access is provided by volunteer sysops around the world. See links below.

Back in its glory days it seems that just about every academic institution had its own Usenet hierarchy of newsgroups.

Linux was revealed to the world via Usenet.

Open source philosophy gained its steam via Usenet.

Usenet is the original free speech network.

Usenet is the original 'social network'.

Simple and free access to text-only Usenet Newsgroups
https://eternal-september.org/

#Usenet #BBS #NetworkNews #EternalSeptember #usenet #nntp #decentralized #censorship #retro #freespeech

+++ Ausics (Australia)

https://newsgroups.ausics.net

https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com

http://news.chmurka.net

http://csiph.com

https://dotsrc.org/usenet

https://www.eternal-september.org

https://news.gegeweb.org

https://news.hispagatos.org

https://news.nntp4.net

https://usenet.ovh

https://www.open-news-network.org

nntp://paganini.bofh.team

https://pasdenom.info/news.html

https://solani.org

https://soc.octade.net/sysop/

A fediverse group for discussing topics and tools related to #sysop.

#groups #fedigroups #fediverse #retro

https://soc.octade.net/cypherpunk/

A fediverse group for discussing topics and tools related to #cypherpunks.

#groups #fedigroups #fediverse #retro #cypherpunk #crypto #cryptography #encryption

@cryptography@soc.octade.net @cypherpunk@soc.octade.net

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Glowing green-lined skull on black background with digital circuit board lines and one eye a glowing bitcoin symbol and the other eye a glowing hashtag with the tagline 'CYPHERPUNK REVOLT'.

[for your address book]

https://soc.octade.net/usenet/

A #Fediverse group for discussing topics and tools related to #Usenet and #NNTP or #NetworkNews.

#groups #fedigroups #fediverse #retro

Image licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/deed.en). Image attribution: Benjamin D. Esham / Wikimedia Commons.

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A graphical interpretation of the "Big Nine" hierarchies on Usenet. The image shows a grid with the name of each hierarchy in a square cell. image licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/deed.en). Image attribution: Benjamin D. Esham / Wikimedia Commons.

https://github.com/go-while/go-pugleaf

Pugleaf sports a web portal and built-in administrative tools.

#Usenet #RocksolidLight #Retro #NNTP #NetworkNews

alt.2600
alt.2600.hackers
alt.anagrams
alt.anonymous
alt.centipede
alt.cyberpunk
alt.cypherpunks
alt.folklore.computers
alt.html
alt.rhubarb
alt.sources.crypto
alt.ygdrasil
comp.os.linux.advocacy
comp.os.linux.misc
comp.os.plan9
comp.risks
eternal-september.talk
grc.techtalk
grc.techtalk.retro
hispagatos.talk
news.software.nntp
rec.puzzles
sci.crypt
sci.crypt.random-numbers
sci.math

#Usenet #NetworkNews #NNTP #retro #social

NEWSCARD Publish and fetch permanent named records via Network News

Newscard creates a decentralized, encrypted, named record paste bin.

[git repo] https://codeberg.org/OCTADE/newscard (use most recent version only)

With a single command, name the card, snarf the file and encrypt it.

With another command, push the encrypted file to the public network.

With another short command, snarf a file from the network.

Only users knowing the name [key] of the record will be able to decrypt it.

If a strong passphrase is used to name the file, it will be very secure.

This is useful for quickly snarfing, encrypting, and publishing a text file:

$~: card enc [passphrase] [file]
$~: card put [passphrase]

It is useful for retrieving a text file with just a key:

$~: card get [passphrase]
$~: card show [passphrase]

If and when you want the general public to access the record just share the keyword.

Newscard uses nine (9) (NINE) layers of encryption with OpenSSL chacha20 cipher.

Newscard generates 9 each of: cipher keys, salts, key iteration parameters.

It would be nice if something like this were added to the ActivityPub protocol, such that keyword[@]host.url would do the same thing. Then secret text records could be stored securely for later retrieval or revelation.

#NewsCard #Pastebin #Usenet #NNTP #NetworkNews #Encryption #Cryptography #Messaging #Anonymity #Protocols #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #BlackHackJack #Censorship #Retro #InfoSec #Ciphers #Codes #FOSS

@infostorm@a.gup.pe @crypto@a.gup.pe @infosec@a.gup.pe @selfhosting@a.gup.pe

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Playing card of the Jack of Clubs. The Jack is a moustached man in a black top hat and suit in a oval center cameo. The colors are inverted so that everything on the face is black except the lines which are white, like a charcoal cutout picture., giving it a retro digital appearance mixed with retro handicraft vibes.

https://rocksolid-us.pugleaf.net/

#NNTP #Usenet #RocksolidLight #Retro #PugLeaf

NEWSCARD Publish and fetch permanent named records via Network News

Newscard creates a decentralized, encrypted, named record paste bin.

[git repo] https://codeberg.org/OCTADE/newscard (use most recent version only)

With a single command, name the card, snarf the file and encrypt it.

With another command, push the encrypted file to the public network.

With another short command, snarf a file from the network.

Only users knowing the name [key] of the record will be able to decrypt it.

If a strong passphrase is used to name the file, it will be very secure.

This is useful for quickly snarfing, encrypting, and publishing a text file:

$~: card enc [passphrase] [file]
$~: card put [passphrase]

It is useful for retrieving a text file with just a key:

$~: card get [passphrase]
$~: card show [passphrase]

If and when you want the general public to access the record just share the keyword.

Newscard uses nine (9) (NINE) layers of encryption with OpenSSL chacha20 cipher.

Newscard generates 9 each of: cipher keys, salts, key iteration parameters.

It would be nice if something like this were added to the ActivityPub protocol, such that keyword[@]host.url would do the same thing. Then secret text records could be stored securely for later retrieval or revelation.

#NewsCard #Pastebin #Usenet #NNTP #NetworkNews #Encryption #Cryptography #Messaging #Anonymity #Protocols #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #BlackHackJack #Censorship #Retro #InfoSec #Ciphers #Codes #FOSS

@infostorm@a.gup.pe @crypto@a.gup.pe @infosec@a.gup.pe

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Playing card of the Jack of Clubs. The Jack is a moustached man in a black top hat and suit in a oval center cameo. The colors are inverted so that everything on the face is black except the lines which are white, like a charcoal cutout picture., giving it a retro digital appearance mixed with retro handicraft vibes.

https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/

#BBS #telnet #retro #networking