Tweets from 2015/12
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@Cyarron like, the base state of NaNoGenMo entries is to be about their own failure, and yet within failure produce something interesting.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @royaltheartist: This story about an anacho-capitalist visiting an anarchist enclave in greece is the best thing you'll read tonight htt…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin it's, uh, too wishy-washy for them, i think.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin i'm sorry for making you sad. if it helps, try to imagine him pulling a yellow and black bowtie from a fanny pack?Permalink Look on archive.org
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why would you put code in your official documentation in an image? I'm looking at you, Twitter.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe oh, that's where that indiepocalypse guff panel is.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @ammonite if you photoshop it, i'll "accidentally" send it to the next person who wants a headshot.Permalink Look on archive.org
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fuck but 868-HACK is really well designedPermalink Look on archive.org
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new olia lialina essay: Not Art & Tech on what "Technology" hides contemporary-home-computing.org/art-and-tech/not/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@alicemazzy faced a similar problem receiving JSON in C# (with LitJSON, specifically). I don't really have a good answer.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@alicemazzy i'd try to avoid nested ternaries, but nah, it's pretty legit. casting everything you pull from the result seems a pain, tho?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@alicemazzy I would think that the "object" return type would upcast them again?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@alicemazzy Me too - Unity has given me weird habits from working round it's serialization.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@alicemazzy yeah, the two ways I could see is either hardcoding objects to cast to, or a mess of runtime reflection?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@alicemazzy I get that. (but C# is nicer, if only because it's Java with the missteps sidestepped)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@alicemazzy and Mono/Xamarin! Yeah, I'm not convinced either.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bjorn I kinda bounced off it, but I've heard great things about the metagame structure!Permalink Look on archive.org
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The geometry of innocent flesh on the bone: Return-into-libc without function calls (on x86)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @q_dork: POOL PARTY PUMMEL!!! 💥💪🐻💪🐦💦 #unity #gamedev #lowpoly #maya cc @aarondancesbad https://t.co/B9vVHaSV27Permalink Look on archive.org
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Thinking about the performance of game development (as distinct from the practice of game development)Permalink Look on archive.org
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I just had one of those thoughts that's incredibly exciting now, but will be a bit rubbish tomorrow. Ahh! What a great idea!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Think I need to buy myself a (late) advent calendar tomorrow.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @PlanetQuest: In animated color, every #Kepler multi-planet system on the same scale as the Solar System! youtu.be/_DnDeBa0KFc https:…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@NoraReed I'm behind this rant generally, but self-care is a low bar to hit with time off. I don't just wanna be restored to productivity.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@NoraReed I want that and I want to achieve things and I want to fail at things and I want to fuck up and I want to live a full life.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@NoraReed yes. And also a churro.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @hannahnicklin: In the 5 minute break in my workshop for 11-21 year olds on the Teviot Estate yesterday I had a flapjack. An 11 year old…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @hannahnicklin: "Miss, I know you're not a teacher because you're eating in front of us, even though you don't know if we were able to e…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @hollygramazio: These Christmas-themed folk games from @dr_d_king are lovely: practicetheoryplay.wordpress.com/2014/12/18/12-games-for-christmas/Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @robotduck: The multi-scene editing coming in Unity 5.3 is rather exciting! @unity3d (see next tweet for sneak 5.3 #unitytips !) https:/…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @stu_bot3000: Client: What if no one gets it? Agency: We'll explain the gag in subhead C: Won't that ruin it? A: We'll use brackets http…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@caraellison my friend got tickets I'm going in March aaaaaahPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @whoisaldeka: Imagine a tradition of ethics and political engagement in computer programming instead of techno-optimism. https://t.co/ZC…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@partytimeHXLNT from scratch it's hard... I think I remember reading a C++ book as a kid that started with a bunch of theory.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@partytimeHXLNT and I dug that, but I also had no referents for what any of it actually meant. It didn't connect, just abstract concepts.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@partytimeHXLNT ofc a bunch of this is also just being 14 and carting home a big book about C++ with a compiler on the CD in the cover.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@partytimeHXLNT thinking of intros to Rust. The borrow checker in that is almost always explained conceptually before concretely.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@partytimeHXLNT and git is often explained abstractly rather than by example (if only because the interface is terrible...)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@TimothyFitz @partytimeHXLNT ugh, that article is great. @rich_lem wisdom, math education and a monad tutorial all on one topic?!Permalink Look on archive.org
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UI design is either my favourite thing or my least favourite thing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hoskingc he rarely sticks around to watch the torture - he just acts like a petulant 10 yr old and doesn't care about the consequences.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@srules ah, okay. then it must be implementing the design that's the worst thing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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this is a beautiful and horrific image (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime)Permalink Look on archive.org
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The Ko-Lab programme is one of the best things happening in games right now. @KOOPMode/672431427447865345Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin @rossgsutherland me too, Imaginary Advice is p much the only podcast I listen to.Permalink Look on archive.org
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shrieking (lorenschmidt.itch.io/cartography-of-known-spaces, v much recommended)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@FabBeasts having a good evening, then?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@krisgraft @raiganburns I got a job! But more seriously, making custom hardware has matured - needs more than novelty to get attention.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@krisgraft @raiganburns and it also feels like cultural institutions are treating games a bit more seriously, and again less like a novelty.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@krisgraft and it seems like festivals and events are making more conscious choices to either cater for the travelling indie caravan or not.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@krisgraft ie GameCity has chosen to focus on local kids, Inis Spraoi is for hangouts, Indiecade I wasn't at, but that John Sharp post.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@JFriedhoff I don't feel like I know you well enough to yell at you to rest, but I wantPermalink Look on archive.org
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@aphyr this seems normal for freelancing. Either you're shitting yourself because of no work, or because of too much work.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Either okcupid should just give up on profiles and let people just link to their tumblrs instead, or tumblr should become... no, bad idea.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Hi_Im_Rover what's going wrong?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Hi_Im_Rover are those smart quotes? (Did you copy from an editor elsewhere?)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Hi_Im_Rover ah, okay. So, there are different quote characters, curly ones (which you're using) and straight ones (").Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Hi_Im_Rover wordpad will automatically convert straight ones into curly ones, but CBDQ only accepts straight ones.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Hi_Im_Rover (there's a setting in wordpad for this, I am pretty sure it's called "smart quotes")Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Hi_Im_Rover if you're doing much messing with code-like text, then it might be worth using a specialised text editor, like Sublime Text.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @digital_henge: 🌗Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 that's what I've always done, and it's always been fine. (Setting anti-aliasing took some browser prefixes, but *shrug*)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 yesPermalink Look on archive.org
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hey, remember when i had a podcast? gameswehaveknownandloved.tumblr.com/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KittByrne @HilariousCow ugh BORING (i have been really bad at this recently -_-)Permalink Look on archive.org
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three years ago, i don't recall saying "hey, maybe i should make an effort to have less white dudes on this podcast". things move forwards.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@dreamfeeel i've been thinking about it! i think i'd only do them in person, tho... less editing afterwards. that's the time consuming part.Permalink Look on archive.org
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fucking spelunky imgur.com/a/cRvI8 @KayinNasaki/672627919500525568Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SK_Louie @hollygramazio ahhh, this is so cute!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SK_Louie @hollygramazio genuine squawk of laughter at thatPermalink Look on archive.org
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@mink_ette @marie_ebooks taped tampons and bottle caps - that's what Rumpus is built on.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Christmas dinner with friends, some of whom I've known since school. Everyone's such a them version of themselves, and it makes me so happy.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@dreamfeeel @alphachar ah! I just now read Roadside Picnic.Permalink Look on archive.org
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big ups to @streamofstars, who is very patient with me on Fabulous Beasts playfabulousbeasts.com/getting-style-the-story-of-fabulous-beasts-art-design/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Pinboard I mean, I get your point, but... mainly my reaction to this was "personalised bunting?! That's great, I want that!"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@john_brindle nah, i reckon it's only about 10 years, not a lifetime. i mean, i'm also a massive advocate for doing a lot of things, so...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@john_brindle (I think I'm maybe just not a very goal-oriented person. It's worked out okay for me, so far)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@john_brindle it is totally okay to be goal oriented! you should own that, imho.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@john_brindle lotta people leave games writing after not too long (or find a comfortable niche and work it)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@john_brindle p sure you could make making a living in games writing work, but it'll be constant effort to maintain itPermalink Look on archive.org
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@KittByrne @HarryGiles ah! i played the previous version and that has really captured itPermalink Look on archive.org
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@katierosepipkin i found this article planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/news/story.aspx?id=1149&cookieConsent=A via a review of one of @HarryGiles poems, and it feels like Exactly Your Shit.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @NewStatesman: From teen pop sensation to hipsters’ darling: @annaleszkie on Carly Rae Jepsen newstatesman.com/culture/music-theatre/2015/12/teen-pop-sensation-hipsters-darling-carly-rae-jepsen-s-emotion https://t.co/GbeOg…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ADAMATOMIC yeah, I hear this loudly. Feels like there's a powerful wave of things halfway between games and tools riding up.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Unity 5.3 allows you to set all the particle settings from script! Yass!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ProbablyTez multi-scene editing is the headline featurePermalink Look on archive.org
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@jmickle_ it's true!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ivansafrin oooh! I wonder about the creative possibilities inherent in nesting for and ifs, some with braces, some without...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@MammonMachine Quick request: I'm giving a talk this weekend, and I'm wondering how you feel about Edge giving Doom a 7/10?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@5point9billion 7 Mar 1987Permalink Look on archive.org
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@genmon super excited for this - I absolutely love lightcone. And super excited to see you continue to tinker with bots.Permalink Look on archive.org
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bot of the day: @wa_k (via @mrwasteland) disgorge, vomit, confess things so rarely break the way you'd want them toPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @mcclure111: It's cool how many design decisions in git and mercurial are made on the basis of "well, but nobody will *actually* create …Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario I feel like this update, delivered to me in bed, was day - savingPermalink Look on archive.org
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giving projects names that procedurally generate each time you load them (and unpronounceable unicode URLs) sounds like a good idea, but...Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @mrwasteland: This Japanese vocabulary Twitter bot has been broken for literally YEARS and it's still the funniest bot in the world to m…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HarryGiles don't make me textually emote threats in a way that conveys deep sympathy for finding this a hard thing to do! cuz I will!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Brendy_C in case you haven't seen it yet: suggesting aitch-giles.itch.io/raik for the IF section of yer weekly roundup.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @screeny: That's why I'm very proud today to announce the launch of a new web product: ellipsis.helpPermalink Look on archive.org
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@HarryGiles and nothing bad happened, and maybe a good thing will happen in the future!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HarryGiles <3Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oopsohno I see that photo, and I hear you in my head: "It's like-- come on, guys!"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@polclarissou @inconvergent might be worth chatting to @jonbro about his recent LEGO construction...Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @neauoire: Adding easter egg to Noirca.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @YearlyAwards: It's time for the 2015 Yearly Awards! Just follow this account (or unfollow, then refollow) to get your custom award... a…Permalink Look on archive.org
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my transparent avatar pays off! thanks @YearlyAwards! @YearlyAwards/674672507606183936Permalink Look on archive.org
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@thestarboretum these are some great treesPermalink Look on archive.org
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@alexhern i absolutely adore midlandladdersPermalink Look on archive.org
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@whatisian depending on how much lookahead planning you want/not being tricked you want - try a sum of weighted vectors approach?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@whatisian or, for more depth/planning, i would maybe think along the lines of: for a grid of samples, how advantageous is each?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@whatisian (this could account for blue's velocity etc). add that as yr higher level goal, mixed in with lower level steering behavioursPermalink Look on archive.org
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@whatisian ccg.doc.gold.ac.uk/teaching/ludic_computing/ludic9.pdf seems like a good overviewPermalink Look on archive.org
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@whatisian specifically p12, "Blend"Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @hannahnicklin: Also, at the heart of the exchange between professionalism and amateur is kind of a conversation of relevance to 'should…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@caraellison @hannahnicklin New York trains run all night, and that's amazing - but in pretty much every other aspect the tube wins.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ADAMATOMIC @deathmtn aw, and I thought you were in it for the long haul and were going to form a monopoly through predatory pricing!Permalink Look on archive.org
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discovered that searching for a phrase will show people linking to the twitter search that searches for that phrasePermalink Look on archive.org
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@hoskingc I got an advent calendar like that as a kid, and I remember being a bit pissed off I hadn't got cheap chocolate to eat instead.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hoskingc advent calendars aren't about chocolate, they're about not having chocolate. and stealing from your brothers.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hoskingc oh okay, fair enough, thenPermalink Look on archive.org
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@TomNullpointer i hadn't, but i love itPermalink Look on archive.org
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bot of the day:@MinusEveryone built up, not cut down when making art from possibilities, it's good to leave many possibilities in the resultPermalink Look on archive.org
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if you're writing a talk and you feel like a useful section is "why this talk was a good idea", that's a bad sign, right?Permalink Look on archive.org
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i'm really not the best person to give this talk. that's made worse by knowing that one of the best people to give this talk is on the bill.Permalink Look on archive.org
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really good writeup of it here: medium.com/@revdancatt/why-minus-everyone-b3278319d8ff#.wem85x1y6Permalink Look on archive.org
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okay, i wrote the talk. maybe it's okay? hopefully. still tempted to just scrap the whole thing and talk about nekoatsume cat butts instead.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Thairyn i gave that talk already... it was about 45 seconds long. probably my best talk, tbh.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Upgraded my browser visuals for the GLEEETCH show on Saturday vine.co/v/iZhYAFEZ7mXPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Thairyn and I'm pretty sure I pitched that one to Jake as well... It's probably more of a game dev talk, tbhPermalink Look on archive.org
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@AdrielCastor this one has... nothing as good, tbh. I did the catbutt talk in 45 secs with @klondk , tho.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Great thread under this tweet. On obvious ideas, timing, and what does well. @ibogost/675091652185337857Permalink Look on archive.org
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All of this stuff is hard, but what's really hard is thinking about this while making a game, being part of a team and living a life.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@GreyAlien the bulk of the money I've lived off for the past few years has come indirectly through arts/grant funding.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@GreyAlien find multiple people who are good at accessing that money and want to work with you doing an interesting thing?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LichLike thinking of all the people all over the world with Inechi stickers.Permalink Look on archive.org
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A tool is a failure unless you can make something in it that will surprise it's creator.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@EltonsKuns I'm honking more of a "axe-maker moved to tears at the sight of a wooden sculpture made with an axe he made"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@raiganburns @maxmare yus, that's a distinction I hadn't thought about. But people have done some pretty surprising things with forks.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@GreyAlien I'm based in London, but until about a year ago I was working with Die Gute Fabrik on Mutazione.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@GreyAlien which got grants from Nordic Game and the Danish Film Institute.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@GreyAlien Fabulous Beasts (current project) came from React Hub's Play Sandbox, and has since become a proper company with investors etc.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@GreyAlien and Now Play This, the festival I helped put on this summer, had Arts Council funding.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Kalonica_: 🙃 a self portrait 🙃Permalink Look on archive.org
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@polclarissou @mousefountain this is gorgeousPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @polclarissou: i don't know where the sounds here come from, the scene is silent but the software still recorded something? FINE OK http…Permalink Look on archive.org
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fuck i love all the stuff i've been doing with convolution so much, i'm so happy about this.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@v21 like, i just now tried adding colour... same tiny tool can make a thing that looks like a rothko, a wave tank and cellular automata.Permalink Look on archive.org
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i should probably do screenshots instead of descriptions, but this (temp) computer sucks and I don't have time to wrangle.Permalink Look on archive.org
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but if you wanna see, come along tonight and i'll be showing it off someone else's computer: facebook.com/events/927809737299043/Permalink Look on archive.org
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holy shit, @powerlunches is closing? i'm doing visuals at @powerlunches tonight, come see before the place closes.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@5point9billion 7 Mar 1987Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HonestWilliam I want to know what happened to the tiger box after the partyPermalink Look on archive.org
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@whatisian @mooonmagic I'd sign up for a blocklist of bots that tweet at you without you initiating contact.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @cornusammonis: Diamond with anomalous dispersion—the refractive index does not decrease monotonically with increasing wavelength. https…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@whatisian @mooonmagic yeah, me too. But it never is, is it?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@fussybabybitch my first gay experience was way tied up in Chronotrigger and perving on girls in DoA.Permalink Look on archive.org
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transitively walkablePermalink Look on archive.org
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always cheers me up to see a foxPermalink Look on archive.org
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@mousefountain Grandville?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mousefountain ah, just saw the responses! Fun fact: I used samples of their work in my Panoramical scene.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mrgnptts @powerlunches @diyspace4london I was there tonight, and it was so good, and so friendly, and so... to be missed.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mrgnptts @powerlunches @diyspace4london the good things that must have happened out of conversations in the toilet queue...Permalink Look on archive.org
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real glad i can be scrolling twitter, and without context or warning, watch a video of a man diePermalink Look on archive.org
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@hoskingc i'm not mad, but i wish you hadn't RTed this autoplaying video.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 that's... a saving of like $15 dollars over buying a cheap printer/scanner?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@unfortunatalie can i send jealousy instead?Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @mink_ette: "Just want to make clear that there is only one joke in this whole 15 minute talk" #videobrainsPermalink Look on archive.org
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wise words @whichlight/675481053314854912Permalink Look on archive.org
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@unfortunatalie same, but i haven't done it yet. -_-Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jawsew didn't end up doing visuals in the end, but did some good dancing, saw some rad performances, met new people & old friends. 7/10Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jawsew that'd be nice! Let me know when you're around. Have a good night at Loading?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin I forgot to say : I used post-its & associated method preparing for my talk Saturday, and it made it better. Thank you!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin I mean, it would have been even better if I'd managed to muster up the strength to explicitly practice it. :PPermalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin but you can catch it on the YT in a bit...Permalink Look on archive.org
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(from an article from 1919 entitled "Lights All Askew In The Heavens", via @sarnesjo)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AdrielCastor @sarnesjo there's some great other quotes from the article, tho spacequotations.com/NYTimes10101919.pdfPermalink Look on archive.org
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this looks great! finally the low-poly unfiltered texture aesthetic trend is paying out some actual games! rockpapershotgun.com/2015/12/14/devil-daggers-gameplay-trailer/Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @rottytooth: "Programming is usually focused on linguistic symbols, involving bodily movement turns it into a whole experience." https:/…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@vectorpoem isn't this why ballots are secret?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@helvetica @craigperko if the sprites are referenced in the scene, they'll be loaded into memory when the scene loads.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@helvetica @craigperko You can do manual management using a Resources folder and loading from path, or via AssetBundles or multiple scenes..Permalink Look on archive.org
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@craigperko @helvetica yep yep, agree with all of this. I'd end up doing docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Resources.LoadAsync.html in the backgroundPermalink Look on archive.org
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The Sims 4 Get Together: Run Away With Me (Carly Rae Jepsen) Simlish Soundtrack youtu.be/i6AgO-5ebXcPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @dosnostalgic: I never knew what Rogue looked like on other platforms. Fuck. (Spectrum, Atari something, Amiga, Atari ST) https://t.co/R…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiatoryang it's what, noon there? Be a shark. Just keep moving, never stop.Permalink Look on archive.org
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fuuuck. hit by waves of inspiration for things i don't have time to work on.Permalink Look on archive.org
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wrote something quick on a few #nanogenmo entries I happened across v21.io/blog/nanogenmo-entries/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AdrielCastor definitely recommend Em Short's... well, it's not actually an entry, but emshort.wordpress.com/tag/the-annals-of-the-parrigues/Permalink Look on archive.org
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GAME DESIGN @alexhern/676462631742513152Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HarryGiles No fix for you, but one could be made using Greasemonkey, finding the relevant CSS selector using "Inspect" and "display:none"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HarryGiles as a bonus, there are many other parts of Twitter's UI that you could turn off while you're at it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @hollygramazio: Since everyone's busily announcing their games festival dates for next summer, A REMINDER: @nowplaythese will be running…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HarryGiles coincidentally, I seem to have acquired a "Moments" tab...Permalink Look on archive.org
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Electron Dance back on fine form with this piece about collectibles. @ElectronDance/676691931703869440Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @aparrish: reading this mathesonmarcault.com/index.php/2015/12/15/randomly-generated-title-goes-here/ (by @hollygramazio) makes me wonder if generative text might be better studied as a folk…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hollygramazio holly that is essay is really good and I have lots of ideas for things I want to make now and I blame you.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jawsew I dunno, but it changes your attitude to working hard on a thing to realize it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jawsew i think it makes you more careful about what's worth working hard on - choosing the right projects over just doing this one rightPermalink Look on archive.org
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@jawsew deciding what things are better done as burst of experimentation, and what's worth going deep on. getting feedback earlier.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jawsew right, i mean, me too (or it's an itch I want to scratch, or something new I want to try). But the results can be surprising.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jawsew the thing you make for £50 as part of your friend's cool event ends up getting taught in universities, etc.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jawsew and like, in retrospect, I should have probably made the wiring a bit neater.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hollygramazio yes! though most of my ideas are digital...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hollygramazio yeah, cutting and pasting and drawing on bits of paper sounds really good.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin ahh! squee!Permalink Look on archive.org
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this is some brave career advicePermalink Look on archive.org
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@HudsAri_Fact hi - I've deactivated this account on cheapbotsdonequick.com, because I believe you're impersonating another person.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AhiAyaseFact hi - I've deactivated this account on cheapbotsdonequick.com, because I believe you're impersonating another person.Permalink Look on archive.org
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lotta cool stuff happening next year: zo-ii.com/events/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@erbridge @Twitter Google Voice is often used, but maybe it's just for US folk. Dunno if you'll get caught by it if you try to re-register.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@erbridge @Twitter Often they don't require phone confirmation, it's a heuristic process (I assume based off IPs)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@erbridge @Twitter might be worth texting STOP to the twitter shortcode (frees your number from any previous account)?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HonestWilliam @joonturbo I could teach you, but I'd have to charge.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@3liza I used to do a daily stand-up Skype every morning. Was really good for waking you up, getting going for the day.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HonestWilliam @unity3d you can decompile it, to produce something like github.com/MattRix/UnityDecompiled/blob/master/UnityEngine/UnityEngine.Events/UnityEvent.cs, but that might not be much help.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@united is it possible to add a SAS EuroBonus number to a trip? Always says the number is invalid.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @PeteOlympian: Good Nikon #IPSO has made in drafting a new code of practice. Must be dab hands at find/replace IPSO/PCC. https://t.co/bu…Permalink Look on archive.org
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Discovered there was a new Go! Team record out cuz I saw a man clutching it coming back from a gig last night. It sounds good! Noisy fun.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@NotInventedHere the album that came out this yearPermalink Look on archive.org
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Do google calendar events at Babycastles just naturally show a picture of Tenya Wanya Teens?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AdrielCastor oh, i'm sorry. but take care of your hands, you'll need them laterPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @HonestWilliam: Looking for a coder with super Unity experience & a strong understanding of maths/curves/2D physics combined with UX. UK…Permalink Look on archive.org
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I triumped over airline ticketing! I'm going to America to show people @FabBeasts! LHR✈️LAX✈️SFO✈️NYC✈️LHR, 11-19th Jan.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @ojahnn: My new bot @denckring was inspired on a recent blog post by @hollygramazio and is based on previous work by @florian_cramer. En…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tommchenry you're reminding me of issendai.livejournal.com/572510.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitterPermalink Look on archive.org
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@AdrielCastor haha, glad to have that reputationPermalink Look on archive.org
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"This Multi Media Message was sent wirefree from an MMS phone."Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hoskingc yeah. tho, i think both trends are true right now.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hoskingc give it a few years, people will be lamenting the end of 50 hr games - everything'll be endless or 2-10 hrs.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @BuckleyWilliams: What if you could see GPS satellites? We’ve made a thing to find out what it might look like words.buckleywilliams.com/temporary-constellations-439a59d6cf59 h…Permalink Look on archive.org
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A new word I keep seeing: volvelle.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@aanand wait... don't you work for a company that does... VMey stuff? Does that not get you some hosting?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edjeff @aanand I was actually about to suggest that. other suggestions: "imgur, 500px, wikimedia commons, and pixabay"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edjeff @aanand I mean, also, make a thing, let it break, make a new thing instead of fixing the old thing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@iamdanw @ntlk OKAY FINE, I'll make a volvelle over the Christmas break. (other mention was @hollygramazio's generative text history post)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AdrielCastor It's a spinny paper thing, a kind of paper calculator or generator.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @auriea: my first etching. playing with different states and ways of printing. it's a mess but i like it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @VectorFestival: Our 2016 call for submissions is live! Calling all new media artists, deadline: March 1, 2016 j.mp/1OB2Q4NPermalink Look on archive.org
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just ordered this @TillieWalden/669321581420634112Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @RavenKwok: Code for octree-based 3D Bézier curve subdivision applied in Build the Cities and Stickup. openprocessing.org/sketch/256649 https://t…Permalink Look on archive.org
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📹 3D Bézier curve subdivision demo by Raven Kwok (aka Guo, Ruiwen) tmblr.co/Zo3lZy1_CdkDUPermalink Look on archive.org
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📹 Build the Cities by Raven Kwok (music video) tmblr.co/Zo3lZy1_CeLJDPermalink Look on archive.org
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@tef hah. took me a moment, then i realized which one you meant.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tef picturing the whole tech community, in unison, going outside at noon on Xmas Day.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ksheely i mean, this was a really stupid thing to write, but p sure LKD is way more financially precarious than DW.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ksheely yeah :< i didn't take any malice from your tweet.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Last night @NoraReed dropped her new bot, and the results will astound you: @BuzzFiendNewsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@PeteOlympian that bottle has your name on itPermalink Look on archive.org
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@NoraReed hahah, perfPermalink Look on archive.org
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@NoraReed no, thank you. i get the thrill of having made a great thing, only directly after waking up, and without doing work beforehand.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @hendopolis: Brilliant story in @thetimes by @Dannythefink about William Hague's Christmas Card operation.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @tinysubversions: Facts: 1) I hate gendered AI assistants 2) @jomc is really smart. Recommendation: 1) read her article on this topic. h…Permalink Look on archive.org
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.@tinysubversions I'm thinking about the Cortana example. Something about the way we build tech to mimic fake future tech.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Because that's the way that future tech looks! But the fake future tech was designed with very different constraints and motivations.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Like, Minority Report UIs, which look great on a movie screen, and feature big expressive, tiring, gestures.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I mean, all technology is explained via metaphor to the previous generation. But you've really got to be careful what sneaks through.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I mean, fuck building our future workplace tools in the image of a fake 50s secretary.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@cluxmoore @danlockton yeah! there's also a great article upthread that sparked all of this: mobile.nytimes.com/2015/12/20/opinion/sunday/why-do-i-have-to-call-this-app-julie.html?smid=tw-share&referer=https://t.co/Fm8MVqnBYaPermalink Look on archive.org
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"This is what a great bug report looks like" <attached screenshot threatens violence, exaggerates anger for comic effect>Permalink Look on archive.org
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oh, and mild ableism ("insane"), too!Permalink Look on archive.org
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"Layered cakes would be fun. I’d love to feel it give underneath my face and then just push all the way through!" munchies.vice.com/articles/we-spoke-to-a-woman-whos-addicted-to-smashing-her-face-into-breadPermalink Look on archive.org
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@musngikd ah, but i think that can be misleading - success within other spheres can just be less visible for people within an indie sphere.Permalink Look on archive.org
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stephen thecatamites updated his frog page! o happy day! harmonyzone.org/frog.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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the frog trend in videogames is probably my favourite. long may it continue! 🐸2016: Year of the Frog🐸Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mooonmagic I would enjoy that. what music will you be listening to?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mooonmagic I haven't heard Shonen Knife before, I'll do that.(I have been on a lot of CRJ recently, after her amazing gig a few weeks back)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LichLike oh my god vint cerf is such a nerd. also that is really cheesy, IBM.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LichLike also, congrats, that's super coolPermalink Look on archive.org
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@jmickle_ Oh, you are a scamp, Jazz!Permalink Look on archive.org
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I am reading about Gamma Leporis stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/gammalep.html @5point9billion/678911623449452544Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @mousefountain: sprout friends of pink treePermalink Look on archive.org
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@mousefountain @KommanderKlobb gorgeous grainPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @JohnBoyega: Two unsuspecting SW fans watching the trailer before the movie. Had to interrupt.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edjeff I still remember the time we went to SF and found a radio station that just played Hot In Here all day every day.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@sheilamu we use it at work, and I assume it works? I got expenses paid today, anywayPermalink Look on archive.org
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@lifewinning I was remembering that article the other day. It's a good article.Permalink Look on archive.org
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bot of the day:theydontwantyouto.win (via @sheilamu) if it seems as though people are laughing at DJ Khaled actually they think he's greatPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @NatHasQuestions: I am running into a new year by Lucille Clifton for #twitterpoetryclubPermalink Look on archive.org
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"the one movie with the cowboy and his wound", by Katie Rose Pipkin and a computer program #twitterpoetryclubPermalink Look on archive.org
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@notquitereal me too. i did a reading of it one time v21.tumblr.com/post/100172068401/a-reading-of-katie-rose-pipkins-generated-poemPermalink Look on archive.org
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@notquitereal yeah - I think best would be a audible glitch or noise in the recording, but doing that right was out of scope.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AdrielCastor @notquitereal thank you!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@notquitereal I want to do more readings of generated text. The challenge of honestly conveying the meaning not present.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@acccent personally, i would be extremely unconcerned, disable the anti-virus and try again. but i haven't ran that and can't vouch for it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@acccent (very small scale indie software very often trips anti-viruses, just because it's unfamiliar, and executable)Permalink Look on archive.org
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Ruby port of Tracery, by @elibrody github.com/elib/tracery/tree/feature/rubyPort/ruby (cc @GalaxyKate)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry yeah, me tooPermalink Look on archive.org
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@jonty so @mink_ette's escape the room game has a vault in the basement...Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @robotduck: Just found you can now get your ScriptableObject into the create menu with just a single attribute! #unitytips \o/ https://t…Permalink Look on archive.org
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"vintage TLDs"! @nice_tips_bot/679633335832850432Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @mathewkumar: I only take offence at @CAH's Picasso stunt because it's a pale imitation of Bill Drummond's "How To Be An Artist": https:…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@chrisamaphone @alicemazzy @b0rk I'm not sure that's a good example - people over-estimate crime, and thus support some messed-up policies.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Yesterday, I spent the day making the instructions for and testing a papercraft model of our bear! Look at him!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PeteOlympian haha, nope, this was work for me.Permalink Look on archive.org
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(look, but don't touch. or the back leg might fall off)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AdrielCastor we made it as a xmas present for our mailing list subscribers - but i'll send you the pdfPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @mink_ette: We are delighted to announce that we will be opening the Oubliette Escape Room on 10th Jan 2016! Booking now open! https://t…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge big sympathy. I finally had my teeth looked at the other week - he was surprised I didn't need a root canal.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I am totally going to try to wrestle this onto the TV tonight @scottygb/679950993384157184Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HonestWilliam it's like saying something you think might be taken the wrong way, then adding a ":)".Permalink Look on archive.org
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@retroremakes @HonestWilliam should this be a bot?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@retroremakes @HonestWilliam it might be a bit too tweePermalink Look on archive.org
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Heading to my mum's for Christmas, and feeling generally full of cheer for humanity.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edjeff if it helps, I was thinking in part of your last tweet when I tweeted that.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@retroremakes @HonestWilliam yeah, but this particular brand of twee is also used by the gentle reminder people...Permalink Look on archive.org
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I wrote a blog post about the feeling of writing generative text v21.io/blog/literature-of-totality/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mrgnptts that's one of my favorite jokesPermalink Look on archive.org
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I wanted to fold @Dick_Hogg's wonderful Feral Vector talk about Art into it, but I didn't manage. Except "Hot balls".Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mrgnptts I wish I knew a version of it that wasn't ethnic, but: it's an Irish knock-knock joke. You start.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mrgnptts I love any joke where the punchline is an awkward silence on behalf of the person being told the joke.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mrgnptts and telling it is this beautiful leap of faith that you can trick someone into saying "Knock Knock", even though that's wrong.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin maybe i'll start a podcast, asking people about their apocalypses.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin yeah, i mean, obviously. it's who else is the question.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin also, oh! you should read that rebecca solnit book, i can't wait to talk about it with you.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin i know, i'm sorry. "a paradise built in hell". but don't stress about it!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin but it is about common feeling and altruism in extreme situations! also it made me angry at the selfish actions of elites!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@shahidkamal ah! that's really sweet of you to say.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@awesommelier it's very youPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @WarrenIsDead: The children love the small snowman who ignorantly craves deathPermalink Look on archive.org
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@tef I'm sorry, I know this is a sucky time of year for you. Hope you're getting through regardless.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ncasenmare even thoughPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @janhopis: You know in Toy Story 3 when Mr Potato Head puts his face bits on a pancake and escapes? Really bothers me.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @janhopis: Where is Mr Potato Head's consciousness located? Is he an assortment of bits? A swarm?Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @janhopis: Is he incorporeal? And the face bits are just the ritual objects which summon him into a host shell?Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @janhopis: What if....oh my god...what if we pressed his face bits into a person? Does he possess them?Permalink Look on archive.org
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.@lyyyndseyyy Oh my god, I am imagining Potato Head sex rn (there's a Mr & Mrs in Toy Story, right?)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lyyyndseyyy like, they just swap their bits with each and form a shared consciousness?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lyyyndseyyy or else they mix and match body parts, including mid-act?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lyyyndseyyy what's the mechanism by which parts share a consciousness?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lyyyndseyyy Assuming that doesn't violate causality, what does it feel like to have parts on opposite sides of the Earth?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SimoRoth ah! i remember that cover!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir fuck. stay safe, David.Permalink Look on archive.org
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love the Times headline Muslims "silent on terror", when the article explains they're not engaging with Prevent cuz they think it's racistPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @polm23: Working on a bot #botally double-exposes Internet Archive images.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I wish, in XCode, pressing Cmd-C with nothing selected copied the current line.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@banjoses ah, interesting! I assumed it was a thing you'd never notice unless you used it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mink_ette I shoulda taught people this the other night. Couldn't manage the energy after Skull.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mink_ette the people playing were fine. The person who wasn't was asking a question a turn, and criticising everyone's play.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mink_ette they are... not super self aware in general.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mink_ette it's about bread!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @LizHackett: "The best family secrets are never told; they're implied," my mother says.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@pippinbarr what will you do when time comes to move beyond Breakout? Just fool yourself the extra complications are necessary?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LichLike every medium apes it's ancestors til it learns it's own form.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LichLike I mean, also people still watch episode by episode, and "addicting" is still a positive quality.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LichLike buuuuut... increasingly I'm seeing shows doing interesting stuff with pacing and structure. ie Sense8, Top Of The Lake.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@danbruno nah - new Nintendo fans are people who played Mario Kart at a friend's house. Sometimes it takes years for them to convert.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @dril: i have never condoned "rumpus"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow stop pretending you have any idea what your contributions will be ahead of time.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow the things I've brought, I've brought by accident, by virtue of being me in places where me or me-like things weren't already.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @beggie_smalls: Urgent: does anyone in York have a van? My brother and friends are trying to move entire food bank supplies out of flood…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow I am also drunk, but I'm not angry. I know it's not useful to say "don't worry about that thing you worry about".Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow but still sometimes I want to say it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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style goals, tho @annaleszkie/680898966163197952Permalink Look on archive.org
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@legobutts I could not get through that barrier :(Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Thairyn open Mommy's pouch and find out!Permalink Look on archive.org
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this year was all right @_Qrion_/681219776518070272Permalink Look on archive.org
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@sheilamu are you saying you wish she bought you sex toys?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ra @ivansafrin yeah, the most important part is making a decision, not what the decision isPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Cyarron: BREAKING STYLE NEWS: Capitalism set to ruin another 'new trend' that makes living under capitalism vaguely tolerable https://t…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Cyarron: And like all other trends, this one relies on sincerity. Sincerity carefully kindled over years which rich jerks will now suck…Permalink Look on archive.org
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Staring at my own face for hours, working on some shader shit again.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I guess I'm finally doing something with the aesthetics and organic feel of Floyd-Steinberg dithering in shaders/realtime.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LichLike that jacket looks lushPermalink Look on archive.org
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@mousefountain they're stable patterns, that usually drift.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mousefountain blotting out the webcam feed entirely resets them (thus the thumb)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@alexhern there's a copy error: "have emailed alex RA: have added “there” and “so” to make sense of this: "Permalink Look on archive.org
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Do i know anyone who can give me a hand with some OpenFrameworks FBO type stuff? I'm fighting through, but lots of stuff I'm bodging.Permalink Look on archive.org
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& it'd be nice to be able to do [things I can do in Unity] properly, rather than keep inflating this shader with stuff like texture wrappingPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @mechapoetic: Required reading @roqchams/681246714657898496Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @mrchrisadams: After reading this, I am *so* glad I live in the EU, with EU privacy laws: how would you opt out of stuff like this? http…Permalink Look on archive.org
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I played through like half of TIS-1000 yesterday and I'm not going back to it today. Still echoes of MOV UP ACC in my head.Permalink Look on archive.org
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gave up trying to get the achievement for doing Sequence Reverser without stacks. I get the principle, but there's so much signalling neededPermalink Look on archive.org
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this is one of the few games where friend leaderboards feel great - if you're playing, add me on Steam (vtwentyone)Permalink Look on archive.org
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nice post on the NaNoGenMo novel "A Time for Destiny: The Illustrious Career of ..." procedural-generation.tumblr.com/post/136137412320/a-time-for-destiny-the-illustrious-career-ofPermalink Look on archive.org
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The generated novel is pretty funny, too. It's great how well computer generated text fits for creating bad fanfic texts.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ElectronDance oh, i love that film so much. I should rewatch it. Have you read Roadside Picnic?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ElectronDance it is. strong recommendation for it, though it's more interesting that they're connected than a necessary companion.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@infovore you knew what you were doing? Did you do the >100,000 cycles for the first level? That was fun.Permalink Look on archive.org
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remembering the fun of making v21.io/games/assembly... maybe if i'd made an actual game out of it, people would have played it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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it's a tiny computer with an abstract interface and a /complete/ lack of memory/code separationPermalink Look on archive.org
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ok ok, i'm finally leaving the house and going for a swimPermalink Look on archive.org
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@bfod @psychicteeth oh, is it texture lookups that's the problem with overdraw on mobile?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jukiokallio thanks, it's a dkmfxr0axh7rumhs3ppv.tumblr.com/ jobbie (i just love the one line that refuses to slide)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bfod @psychicteeth let's hope I never have to learn more about this! (writing a shader for Rasp Pi with a minimum of 10 texture lookups)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @needsref: There is a comic character called Horrible Hole which is a living portable hole.Permalink Look on archive.org
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the pool was closed!Permalink Look on archive.org
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I did test it, and you can definitely generate the fibonacci sequence with itPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @AwlTags: PAUL FORD theawl.com/?p=222183Permalink Look on archive.org
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i'm reading China Mieville's Three Moments of an Explosion and it's great, but pages 210-243 are missing. this hasn't happened to me before.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @mcclure111: When i'm evaluating a technology, a thing that has become increasingly important to me as years wear on is whether I have a…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Nifflas wait... i've not made it yet, do i know i've got the superpower before i do?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Nifflas also, is this some monkey's paw ironic shit, because fuck that either wayPermalink Look on archive.org
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@oh_cripes i am going to write an email to the publisher, and maybe they'll send me a replacement.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I missed the gap and was trying to reconstruct the two stories, but they were very different in tone. If on a winter's night, a travellerPermalink Look on archive.org
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@unfortunatalie i love charity shops but i don't think i've ever found shoes my size there.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rainshapes i enjoyed it! i love that Zachtronics games are a solid thing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rainshapes :D don't tempt me back! but enjoy seeing how i got a better cycle count than you :PPermalink Look on archive.org
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let my work always be awkward to classifyPermalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin i got 5 minutes into the first ep and i had to stop because i cringed 3 times. should i try again, then?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin yeah, that's what i heard - none of the cringes were resolved by the show, but these instincts are ingrained deep.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin @nachimir hm! i rarely cringe from stuff that's happening to me, but constantly do when looking at my past self.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin @nachimir i think the tv-show cringe i have (which is strong!) comes from that same place - i can see myself doing that thingPermalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin @nachimir (previous flatmates have complained about me walking out the room (without realizing) from tv-cringe)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @nice_tips_bot: a cool tip: be honest. if you are raffling off a $10 gift certificate to denny's, don't advertise a glamorous evening ou…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @lifewinning: Hmm but why was IBM building tabulation machines in the 1930s and 1940s? Oh look magnetic tape and the Fortran manualPermalink Look on archive.org
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it's raining at the north polePermalink Look on archive.org
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@sam_cook i was possibly lying, it's hard to tell. it's got to ~0C there, though, and there's rain in the artic. robertscribbler.com/2015/12/29/warm-storm-brings-rain-over-arctic-sea-ice-in-winter/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@steveklabnik thinking about this in terms of surface vs conceptual difference - probably easier to be different deeper?Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @VideoBrains: Our first video from ChristmasBrains 2 is @v21's talk: If Only You Could Talk To The Monsters youtube.com/watch?v=5iHp_l0BvpMPermalink Look on archive.org
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@ADAMATOMIC I wouldn't have any idea of any of these, if only because they're in Fahrenheit.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ADAMATOMIC trying to read up about Arctic temps earlier - raised by 50F! - is that bad?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ADAMATOMIC I'm a postPermalink Look on archive.org
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@ADAMATOMIC finally I found the bit that said it'd reach ??F (or 0C) and oh fucked.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @MichaelPDeacon: When Blair invited him to his Cool Britannia party, Damon Albarn said, "No - I've become a communist." Anyway, congrats…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hellocatfood I know both of those (badly). Feel free to message me if you're stuck on something, I'm happy to help.Permalink Look on archive.org
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We're in the Guardian's "most anticipated" list for 2016! theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/30/video-games-2016-dishonored-2-uncharted-4-xcom-2Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @poem_exe: first stanza everything is in blossom! my face reflected empty mailboxPermalink Look on archive.org
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@polclarissou i think an undercut is just - shorter than the top, and the top goes over it - could be at the back, too, could be not shaved.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@polclarissou but i mean, also *shrug*Permalink Look on archive.org
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look at how beautiful this is! the flickers of birds... (warpdoor.com/2015/12/31/co-untitled/)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @ryangrim: So the Amazon CEO buys the Washington Post and the only labor columnist gets firedPermalink Look on archive.org
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@jawsew I just listened through to mine, and afterwards YoutTube started autoplaying an episode of Degrassi.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jawsew it was pretty good - a teenage couple kissing in bed, him teasing her "what if your parents catch us and think we're doing a sex"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jawsew then the parents see, and she can't explain that they weren't really going to do a sex, but were just being metatextual about it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @webbedspace: "New Year" is the name of the scientist; 640x480 is actually New Year's resolutionPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @thutranthutran: no more risky eating, no matter how funny or weird it is, i learned my lesson 2 food poisonings later, not worth the ga…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry Marie, do I go home and get changed, or go straight to Holly's? Given what time it is now, and that I'm still heading East.Permalink Look on archive.org
