{"home_page_url":"https://www.taskboy.com","items":[{"url":"https://www.taskboy.com/notes/til_chatgpt_can_read_atari2600_roms.html","id":"https://www.taskboy.com/notes/til_chatgpt_can_read_atari2600_roms.html","title":"til chatgpt can read atari2600 roms","content_html":"ChatGPT can read atari2600 ROMs.  I uploaded Adventure, told it that I think there is bug<br>\nin 3rd variant of the game where items get put into inaccessible places, and the LLM<br>\nconfirmed the bug!<br>\n<br>\nThis variant distributes items by using the table the statically placed items in<br>\nvarious location in variant 2.  It takes that table and simply shuffles the locations<br>\nassigned to those items.  So one set of locations have a fixed place where item will<br>\noccur.  It's just that items get distributed differently to those location when you<br>\nreset a variant three game.  Super-slick hack!<br>\n<br>\nThere is no validation logic, however, that prevents the gold key from starting<br>\nin the gold castle.  Wump, wump.  Start again.<br>\n<br>\nAnyway, I don't think Warren Robinett is accepting patches.","date_published":"2026-10-05T20:24:52+00:00"},{"id":"https://www.taskboy.com/notes/I_would_buy_that_for_a_dollar.html","url":"https://www.taskboy.com/notes/I_would_buy_that_for_a_dollar.html","date_published":"2026-07-25T20:05:52+00:00","content_html":"I just started seeing my first ads in ChatGPT. This is an ugly sign of things to come.","title":"I would buy that for a dollar"},{"title":"The ProspectBoy 3000","content_html":"I have a love for the awkward teenage years of the Internet (circa 1995 - 2005).  I wanted to recreate an echo of that time for those who missed it.  That was the period before \"content\" and \"monetization\" were words that ordinary users cared about.  People made stuff of the web that they hoped people might like or find useful or did it just because they could.<br>\n<br>\nIn that spirit, I have built a BBS door-like game called ProspectBoy 3000:<br>\n<br>\n    <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https://games.taskboy.com/pb3k/\">https://games.taskboy.com/pb3k/</a><br>\n<br>\nIt takes place centuries after our world has been forgotten.  You are one of many prospectors who have gathered around a strange object called the Magic Mountain.  It's not a natural mountain, but an enormous structure that contains mysterious artifacts that can be made useful by your cunning skills.  Sell your wares to agents of the five factions vying to rule.  Your actions help shape the world.  Hurry!  The mountain disappears every 30 days only to reappear miles away for the whole process to start again.<br>\n<br>\nThe game is free to play and open source.  This isn't a revenue play.  It isn't a resume builder.  It's a labor of love.  I hope you enjoy it.","date_published":"2026-07-19T14:25:18+00:00","url":"https://www.taskboy.com/notes/The_ProspectBoy_3000.html","id":"https://www.taskboy.com/notes/The_ProspectBoy_3000.html"},{"content_html":"I watched Sheep Detective.  This is a way, way better written film than the subject matter deserved.<br>\n<br>\n<br>\nIf you don't like good films, do not watch this.<br>\n","date_published":"2026-07-04T02:45:46+00:00","title":"counting sheep","id":"https://www.taskboy.com/notes/counting_sheep.html","url":"https://www.taskboy.com/notes/counting_sheep.html"},{"id":"https://www.taskboy.com/notes/wait-you-can-update-old-webpages.html","url":"https://www.taskboy.com/notes/wait-you-can-update-old-webpages.html","date_published":"2026-06-30T01:39:52+00:00","content_html":"<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https://games.taskboy.com/\">https://games.taskboy.com/</a> got an LLM-assisted facelift.  It looks better.<br>\nIt reads better. Don't @ me.","title":"wait you can update old webpages"}],"feed_url":"https://www.taskboy.com/recent_notes.json","title":"Taskboy","version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1"}