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Do you have a thing you really want to do while on this planet? Have a story that goes with it? Or maybe you already checked off an item and found it to be different than expected? Share your bucket list item and the story behind it (or in front of it) here!
Write an NES game... — I've done a bit of 6502 programming, and as a teen, wrote some game code snippets on an Atari800 and an Apple ][... By the time the NES came out I was busy dropping out of high school, hanging out with the wrong people, etc. Eventually jumped back into coding 68K machines, and entirely missed the NES until my kids started gaming. I've always looked at it enviously, as the NES represented the high point of 8-bit game machines, possibly all game machines, beautifully...
💬 12 comments · 6 likes · Oct 27 · 7 weeks ago
A Book On Cavitation — When I was around ten, I became obsessed with a book called "Cavitation". It was a very dry, scientific book, with in-depth information on the subject, which involves tiny bubbles which form and collapse around things like boat propellers, causing damage. I don't know why I was attracted to that book so much, but I think I was interested in ultrasound, and there was some overlap with cavitation. It was a collection of studies and observations, complete with a bunch of...
💬 2 comments · Feb 05 · 10 months ago