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RT @chrissywilliams: This is an exquisitely well-written open letter outlining the issues around the Southbank Centre’s proposed cuts. You…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @kchironis: one of the hardest diplomatic skills i think game designers should learn is how to ask your team for assets to support a pro…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Mindyleedoodles: Succulent Succubus.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@timoni @Spotify imo, there are two reasons Spotify is successful: - well made software - getting the major labels on board (via sweetheart equity deals early on, which made them invested in Spotify's success rather than primarily seeing it as a threat to royalty rates)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@timoni @Spotify ofc, royalty rates are shared with artists, equity isn't. that's the foundation Spotify operates from: maybe it was the inevitable route that some streaming service would take to success, but I don't think you can portray Spotify as a neutral party in that shift.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nicolehe was streaming recently & totally failed to remember an irl pals actual name while staring at their usernamePermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @inform_dreams: Test me with "seed / draw / g / g / g / g / i / discard seven of spades / draw / discard six / draw / i / discard hearts…Permalink Look on archive.org
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re this thread: I definitely ask for things to be done worse than my teammates' instincts would naturally take them more often than I ask for them to do things especially well. @kchironis/1289589630489128965?s=19Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @everestpipkin: here's a space fact that messed me up : apparently its just a coincidence that the moon and the sun are perceptually the…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @haraiva: alright folks, here's the thread about the visual identity i created for Freeplay 2020! this thread is going to be somewhat o…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @mjt273: Public health messages occasionally recognising that trans men and non-binary people might exist and need gynae care is nice, b…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@drkatedevlin @thesundaytimes love a piece that dismisses fantasy as being not worth bothering with because they make it up as they go along, unlike the rigorous SF - and then praises Roadside Picnic (which is great, but explicitly rejects scientific explainability)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @dscovr_epic: 05:02 on Saturday August 1st, over the Bay Of BengalPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @kGolid: Quite lovely even without the symmetries.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@catacalypto @six6jiang Isn't the first scene called "Porch.unity" (and then contains most of the house)?Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @youngvulgarian: apologies for the World War Dad tweet but check out this amazing issue of the Telegraph from 1939 I found in a charity…Permalink Look on archive.org
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this but indie games @premeesaurus/1290012562428268544Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @dedouze_: My brain keeps seeing things, i had to draw it again... #sailormoonredrawPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Horse_ebooks: Avoid situationsPermalink Look on archive.org
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i'm unhappy with the current results of this poll @notquitereal/1290049416959844353Permalink Look on archive.org
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"The history of AI, then, can be seen as a prolonged deconstruction of our concept of intelligence." togelius.blogspot.com/2020/08/a-very-short-history-of-some-times-we.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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this text file woke up some old memories for me: atarihq.com/danb/files/VidKidz/telefun.txt T E L E F U N (tm) Telefun is a technique that allows television viewers, through their telephones, to play videogames on broadcast television.Permalink Look on archive.org
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it's like Twitch, but for the 90sPermalink Look on archive.org
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great set of threads for job lookers & offerers @JennSandercock/1290351458869624832Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @alienmelon: a piece of media can be very interactive and not be a game, similarly a game can hardly be interactive and still be a game.…Permalink Look on archive.org
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like 50% of the value provided by Glitch is in making deploying a Node.js app in 2020 as simple as deploying a PHP script was in 2000.Permalink Look on archive.org
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patting myself on the back for not making Beasts of Balance only run if it can connect to a server @Foone/1290376671120392192Permalink Look on archive.org
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I mean, also a large motivating factor here was not wanting to have to maintain a server.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Ninfa_dp I always think about it as just trying to do what seems sensible, given the brief in front of me. So then theoretically the design process should be very different for different projects. But of course, you look back and see a consistent approach, a consistent style...Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @burningxjeff: Thankful to this unknown man for striking a pose and for not messing with my camera set up after he stumbled upon it. Als…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lauraehall ohhh, interesting... I liked Unfriended, somehow hadn't twigged that lockdown would produce more films like that.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @omershapira: there are so many COVID deaths right now that making a twitter bot announcing them at the average rate will get you rate-l…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @fireh9lly: I owe my health in this pandemic to the fact I've changed my computer password to a cryptomantick hash that, whenever typed,…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @sashageffen: lot of critics attribute millennial musical omnivorousness to the internet which isn't wrong but it's an analysis that ski…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @janeruffino: Whenever I work on a design project I try to add user scenarios for abuse. No one ever listens because they think it’s an…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@MacTuitui i find often the work can succeed when it invites the viewer to try to decompose it, see the systems underlying it. which then naturally leads to "how" questions. which is not to say that those are the more interesting questions!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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i've been called out @LethalityJane/1290391808065671168Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jrcwest #1 ref for this for me will always be the Opies: Children's Games in Street & Playground, especiallyPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @everestpipkin: I sat down last night and wrote an entire tabletop game? It's... finished? _The Cloister_ is a two player storytelling…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tinysubversions but Darius... *you're* a podcast hostPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @GalaxyKate: I've been making games since I was 10. Wait, did I say games? I meant dollhouses. I've been making dollhouses since I was…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@johnnemann @lauraehall this is great - funny pseudonyms, but also I read the HSM one and the thoughtfulness with which they reflected in Prof Troy's racism!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@omarieclaire obligationPermalink Look on archive.org
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@omarieclaire & with difficulty - something I'm trying to work onPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @docsquiddy: A lot of bad sci fi and fantasy proposes a world where disaster "reveals" people suck. But time and time again, in the real…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@alphachar makes me think of Andi McClure's tweet @mcclure111/1273710342384898048?s=19 smaller scaled, but same principlePermalink Look on archive.org
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@vivschwarz now you're getting onboard with my plan to have a cupboard with an integrated drying rack above the sink/drainage area!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@vivschwarz & maybe get one of those rubber bar mats for the cupboard with the glasses...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@vivschwarz @JohannesEvans I mean, there is a semi permanent water leak on our roadPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @YORIYUKIII: Please be careful not to get heat stroke~!Permalink Look on archive.org
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goddamnit (from Harrow The Ninth, a perfectly serious novel about space necromancers)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@BanditoJuan that's certainly what i read, yesPermalink Look on archive.org
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@pixelyunicorn @Thene_tho @mcclure111 my Mi A3 is white BUT it's a pearlescent white, so you see a rainbow where it catches the lightPermalink Look on archive.org
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there was a none pizza with left beef referencePermalink Look on archive.org
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but - and I have not finished this book yet - what a book to demonstrate that you can be silly and grimdark and also very real about human feelings at the same timePermalink Look on archive.org
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@musebloom I would! It's inventive fantasy, it's got a lot of bickering and people having feelings for each other, and it's also about people being genuinely quite fucked up. If that sounds appealing???Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PowerLeca @musebloom definitely focuses on "traumatised", but doesn't shy away from the fact that trauma comes from somewhere and doesn't generally make you a nice personPermalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe looking forwards to adding your Yakuza podcast to an app & then never getting round to actually listening to itPermalink Look on archive.org
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@increpare @unity3d I can't remember the reason we'll enough to explain it, but it is a weirdness that leads to a better understanding of stack vs heap memory in C#, so... maybe?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@increpare @unity3d or maybe not that, maybe pass by value vs pass by ref etc etc. that kind of understanding, any wayPermalink Look on archive.org
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@eddiecameron did that make you hit the desk?Permalink Look on archive.org
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i was really into autonomous robotics at university, but i'm glad i went into games instead t.co/TckTCTuONcPermalink Look on archive.org
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@nicolehe love this game, love being a terrible idiot teenPermalink Look on archive.org
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@ellaguro depressingly true. indie games would be better with some robust criticism, or at least they'd be more egalitarian if you didn't have to already be in the Scene in order to gain access to the spaces where people actually criticize shit.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ellaguro wish i hadn't entirely internalised this lesson :)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@artcollisions folding laundry is great to do during meetings you're mainly listening to. honestly find it helps me pay attention.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ellaguro in the spirit of disagreement we're summoning here: no, i don't think this is capitalism's fault, really. like, it definitely doesn't make it better - but the pressures here are largely social, not economic, i thinkPermalink Look on archive.org
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@ellaguro yes, some indies have become wealthy through this, and there is an economic stake to this - but being respected by the indie scene & surviving making games are v different thingsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@ellaguro i guess i am thinking this especially because this is reminding me of this em reed piece: emreed.net/flappyrevenge.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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this is... surprisingly catchy? @MeanAnimals/1291450220203716609Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @netgal_emi: Good morning! I wrote about the Weather Factory public arts grant announcement yesterday, and how it's both obviously bad i…Permalink Look on archive.org
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i often think about the balance of: number of applications * avg time spent on each application * reasonable day rate vs total money granted because i am not sure that the 2nd number is always largerPermalink Look on archive.org
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the skills & approach needed to successfully get funding and the skills & approach needed to do a good art can be quite different! & that that's often a shame?Permalink Look on archive.org
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here's two takes on grant funding (prompted by that good @netgal_emi post, here it is: emreed.net/VGArtsFunding.html)Permalink Look on archive.org
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neither of these are games specific, really. to be honest, they're mainly about designing good processes & thinking carefully about what the form looks like. maybe this is the game designer in me...Permalink Look on archive.org
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what i am saying is that maybe a better way to give grants is: - quick form - panel filters out stuff that doesn't meet a baseline standard of competence - money is randomly allocated to projects beyond thatPermalink Look on archive.org
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(& just think how nice it would be to be able to blame a RNG for not getting a grant approved!)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@EMadalengoitia @piesaac yeah: not saying spread the money evenly, but funders trying to fund only the absolute best things leads to an arms race in terms of time spent on applications, and disincentivizes innovation (harder to explain weird new shit on the form)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@EMadalengoitia @piesaac and yes, continuing funding is also valuable! every fund has a different situation and different objectives, and it makes sense that the design would change. but I still think that there's room for improvement.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @ex_aItiora: 2831.Permalink Look on archive.org
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retweeting this PSA: had a coworker who was hospitalised due to exposure to chemicals while mixing resin, it's serious stuff @FRIDAKHALIFA/1291533805484830720Permalink Look on archive.org
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I love... deducing things about how I'm feeling by observing my own actions.Permalink Look on archive.org
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is this good?Permalink Look on archive.org
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(i didn't draw it)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@everestpipkin it is! good eye! i went looking for it cuz of the comments on this @3liza/1291537850635149313 - i saw it and was like "that's bad" and then "wait, maybe i like it" and then "it's hard to look at without already knowing the context i'm seeing it in"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hollygramazio I feel okay about those things - or, I guess I recognize that kind of composition from his paintings, which I have unresolved feelings about, but do definitely respect.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@everestpipkin yeah - I have had this journey with a few artists, initially ambivalent or actively dislike them, then understanding the thing that they're interested in & pursuing and it's like oh! yes. and then their stuff is very compelling.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@everestpipkin (this happened to me with Bridget Riley & she's now one of my favourite artists)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@everestpipkin actually the other thing this makes me think of is Oikospiel. which was so good in part because it was so raw & My First Unity Project, not hiding the nature of the medium at all but also done by someone with such a clear command of interactivity & such strong aims.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe thank you, good fact, this contribution has brightened my dayPermalink Look on archive.org
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i'm going to miss the foxes when we movePermalink Look on archive.org
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@everestpipkin no, these are real good thoughts, thank you. i still come from the indie game designer mindset of "do lots of things badly, grab whatever is to hand in order to solve the problem". some similarities wrt craft, but not the same.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@TomNullpointer @everestpipkin yeah - later ones about colour relationships will fare a bit better, but i think there's something very necessary about their scalePermalink Look on archive.org
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@NotBrunoAgain i was gonna say that that would lock you out of shipping on iOS... (as all the fast runtimes use JIT, and that's locked down) but it looks like it's just about allowed.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @queercarenet: On March 11th, two weeks before the UK government announced a volunteering service for people shielding(let alone impleme…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry @patrickashe and also I can draw like Hockney. i'm happy to live there tooPermalink Look on archive.org
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I have to confess that I like this & desire to own it (I do not in any way $8000 desire to own it) @pcgamer/1291766274775822336Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Z0L0FTT @heysavnac huh! thanks both for letting me know. nothing has changed on my side, must be the Twitter image settings changing. Will have a look into it in a few days, most likely...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@maxbittker @amasad oh! what a cool class. i'd love to look over the syllabus (when you have it, ofc)Permalink Look on archive.org
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check the replies if you want to see a lot of facist imagery currently available for purchase on Teespring @spring4creators/1291855415320420353Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @dylanbeattie: Danish orthography says that place names starting with Aa should be sorted as if they start with Å - but ONLY IF THEY ARE…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @LyonsMatthew: Terrace with a sea viewPermalink Look on archive.org
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@oopsohno okay, so actually some clarification is helpful for me. I'm British, so I'd BBQ because it's nice to get drunk in a garden together and have a project going on that occasionally provides food. But I have also visited Texas.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Q: does the homepage for laka.co give the impression that it is: - a co-op, run for the benefit of it's members - a startup, running on venture capital funding & logic @adrianhon/1292017469301895173Permalink Look on archive.org
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the answer is found in their most recent blogpost, about a $4.7m funding round it mentions they have 5000 customers - so, about £500k-£1m revenue a year, about £100k-£200k of which doesn't immediately flow out to pay claims. 21 members of staff. (laka.co/gb/blog/all/announcing-our-recent-funding-round/)Permalink Look on archive.org
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i find it actively fun to do the maths on this stuff & try to figure out burn rates & business models.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@adrianhon i mean, the fact that i posed the question was probably the biggest giveaway. but sometimes people who are shithot designers & copywriters start co-ops!Permalink Look on archive.org
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i was curious if these references would twig to anyone who didn't already know them & i found my answer: @NiallEM/1292029997075619840 i don't know homestarrunner enough to recognise the reference, so i just accepted it as normal wordsPermalink Look on archive.org
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this is, by the way, why it's okay for Tamsyn Muir to put in stupid references but i can still look down on Ready Player One - they're fun if you recognise them, but are just bits of interesting phasing if you don'tPermalink Look on archive.org
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@adrianhon yeah, a weird thing where if i was starting a co-op to compete with Laka, I'd maybe be... deliberately less slick to signal actual co-op cred? gets very quadruple bluff very quicklyPermalink Look on archive.org
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me, reading a novel that references this tweet: @tricialockwood/1108102037072433153?lang=en oh yeah, i should finish PriestdaddyPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Nikhilv95: Dances For PowerPoint is now live @siobhandavies - have a wee go here + hit me with your thoughts+ share if u enjoy! https:…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LiaSae @RaygunGoth I don't especially have anything against it as a game design framing, but I would recommend the book Debt: the First 5000 Years, which argues quite convincingly against the idea that money developed out of barter (and that that idea is itself ideological)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @aaronzlewis: Until recently I had no idea that game engines are basically eating the world. Urban planning, architecture, automotive en…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tambourine i love itPermalink Look on archive.org
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@jst_tiga "it will be none empire, with left grief" from memory.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @BretDevereaux: Appreciate this being called a shield wall rather than a phalanx or testudo or some more specific term. I should note t…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LeeShangLun ok!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @isislovecruft: i sent my anonymous friend at atlassian this tweet and i’ve been informed that the jira team uses post-it walls to organ…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@pillowfort you look like a cardboard cutout of yourself?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@pillowfort perfectPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @mogwai_poet: I wrote a blog post about the technical process of porting Frog Fractions to Unity. It goes into detail about the specific…Permalink Look on archive.org
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I'm going to call this "stone soup narrative design" @catacalypto/1292566935851286528Permalink Look on archive.org
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@catacalypto copyright v buckenham do not steal etcPermalink Look on archive.org
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@omarieclaire if I'm designing & implementing I have to consciously switch between the two modes. or I'll get stuck just implementing, and won't step out to do the hard/scary thinking.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@omarieclaire but I did make the transition from coder to designer - I was always engaged by the design, and often worked on projects where there was an absence of clear & detailed design. so I would do it because it needed doing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@omarieclaire but making the transition to being mainly a game designer has been a whole journey. and mainly not about the actual design part : the bigger part of the job is communication & getting people aligned.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin the foot thing was so good! still sad that it didn't catch on herePermalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin ahhh, good pointPermalink Look on archive.org
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@stcymsn top of my head: rat chaos Horse Master Fallen London 80 Days Galatea Photopia Lily's GardenPermalink Look on archive.org
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discovered a new found videogame called "booking a blood test with the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Community Phlebotomy Services"Permalink Look on archive.org
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a found videogame is a system in the world that fulfils the formal properties of a videogame but was not designed to be a videogamePermalink Look on archive.org
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after playing this morning, turns out the winning strat was ringing the number that was crossed out with thick black marker.Permalink Look on archive.org
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(but only the second time I called - the first time I called I got through to an answering machine where they asked you to leave a number, and said they would call you back, but only if you were calling about something other than a blood test)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@sarahlongthorne makes me think of Disco Elysium, as others have said - but also Over The Alps. you don't start by creating a personality blueprint - but your choices in the game are more about defining the character you're playing as than about branching the storyPermalink Look on archive.org
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(should also say: everyone i have interacted with has been friendly & helpful, and it is currently 3 and a half hours after starting the process and some vials of my blood are currently on their way to get tested)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@designCaitlin "seemed like fun at the time"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@JastenI @RollDiceBot @SUEtheTrex @ToadKingStudios you mean make "\w" in the regex include "ü"? sorry, but i'm just using the JS regex syntax. you can add a catchall : "*":"#whatever#" . or replace \w with [A-Za-zü (and other letters with diacritics)]Permalink Look on archive.org
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@moreelen about £5k per annum?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@marmaladegirl @moreelen oh, it's a joke about the relatively lower salaries in games versus the same skillet outside of gamesPermalink Look on archive.org
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@marmaladegirl @moreelen yeah, that has changed, actually - also that tweet was influenced by the fact that I think I'm quite a "UX-y" designer, so I probably think of them as a more similar role than some other game designers would.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@EmmIdiota ah, yeah - you need to put #characters#etc inside some quote characters, like this: "origin":["#characters#blah blah other words"]Permalink Look on archive.org
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a story about Kamala Harris @mcclure111/1087503212503056391Permalink Look on archive.org
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@keefstuart @jericawebber timing based around Christmas makes that trickier, tooPermalink Look on archive.org
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@jericawebber @keefstuart well yeah. but when won't it be? 😔Permalink Look on archive.org
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@VinylJack @jericawebber videogames are traditionally counter-cyclical?? and people just had 6 months indoors... not that that's speaking to the actual value proposition, but it's a more favourable time that it might be.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@WritNelson i feel like the main motivation behind this thread is jealousy that you don't have creative control over the Mr. Peanut character??Permalink Look on archive.org
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@martinpi I would either do JS/Canvas, or something running on HaxePermalink Look on archive.org
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@martinpi look at the source for this for a barebones Canvas setup v21.io/cicadas2.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @everestpipkin: thinkin about how nazi cultural propaganda not just militarized ""traditional aesthetics"" but also made antifascist art…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@designCaitlin sweatPermalink Look on archive.org
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@SeaSylphGames @moreelen honestly doing this stuff online/async can make it much more accessible. adding ideas to a shared doc/sheet/board means you can see other people's ideas & riff off them, but don't have to deal with a realtime social situation while also thinkingPermalink Look on archive.org
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@SeaSylphGames @moreelen one pitfall can be that people go into lots of detail/only share stuff that's well thought through - if you're in a position of influence, you can try to counteract this by putting in half-formed blobs of thoughts yourself, to keep the bar lowPermalink Look on archive.org
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@SeaSylphGames @moreelen (and also because they might not be viable ideas in themselves, but might spark something in someone else)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SeaSylphGames @moreelen this is basically Rosa's 100 ideas - the focus is on quantity, and it's nice to have a specific number like that to keep people squeezing their brains for more ideas, rather than stopping once they have a good onePermalink Look on archive.org
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@SeaSylphGames @moreelen the slightly more controversial thing is that, personally, i hate the "no criticism" rules of many brainstorming processes. understand not wanting to put up a high bar & keep it open & welcoming - but i find that critical process very generative for new ideas.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SeaSylphGames @moreelen (rules about "yes, and" can be productive - but often i get excited by "your idea, but focusing in on this one aspect, dropping the rest" & it's frustrating to have that shut down)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SeaSylphGames @moreelen but luckily this *also* works well in async collaboration. commenting on other people's ideas, discussing them etc can drive out design insights & shared understanding, and because it happens to the side, doesn't block new ideas from being formed, or lead to that idea happeningPermalink Look on archive.org
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@SeaSylphGames @moreelen easy with a team with a shared context & high level of trust... but anything can work in that environment. worth being careful about framing it etc... but the most important thing is setting norms in practice & rewarding the right things. be vulnerable if you want the team to be!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SeaSylphGames @moreelen oh, the other thing (which steps outside of this a little) - is trying to stop individual people from "owning" an idea. they should be credited, they can have opinions about what idea is best. but try not to say "Ziz's idea" but rather "the swimming idea" or whateverPermalink Look on archive.org
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Ziz asked an innocent question about brainstorming techniques and it turned out I had Opinions @v21/1293534973430042625Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @TimothyDeLaG: People saying #WAP is gonna be a bad influence on young girls, but “My Neck My Back” dropped in 2002 and my generation d…Permalink Look on archive.org
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update: the entire team behind MDN were just made redundantPermalink Look on archive.org
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@dinosaurrparty welcome to the UK :)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@dinosaurrparty i hear they have aircon in LAPermalink Look on archive.org
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watching the thunderstorms approach map.blitzortung.org/#9.61/51.5191/-0.0542Permalink Look on archive.org
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@six6jiang it'll want to be an exe file, but people have wrapped Twine up into a standalone executable before! twinery.org/forum/discussion/2624/how-to-turn-your-twine-games-into-windows-executables is the first I found, i think other tools existPermalink Look on archive.org
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@vivschwarz it's moving awayPermalink Look on archive.org
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@SFBTom my take: - it is cheating - but that's fine, it's your game, you can cheat if you wantPermalink Look on archive.org
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Was only vaguely aware of Gatsby before this, but there's a lot to learn from this war story. On internal culture, expectations, being a contractor. @tesseralis/1293649007739191296Permalink Look on archive.org
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worth pointing out: this is for a first appointment, not for actually getting any treatment @vicparsons_/1293835268903120897Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hautepop i can't stop thinking about them doing a reprint of the Robert Galbraith novelsPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @mikarv: So, section 14 of the Data Protection Act 2018? (Art 22 of GDPR, for decisions authorised by law). Students could ask Ofqual to…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tburrellsaward @SeaSylphGames @moreelen yeah - i think you can get to shared ownership even with async - see @v21/1293539641208057856?s=20 and the stuff leading up to it for more thoughts that i think touch on your concerns therePermalink Look on archive.org
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@tburrellsaward @SeaSylphGames @moreelen definitely want to discourage super thought-through stuff when you're in that early ideation phase, and want to make sure you're moving through stages of firming stuff up with a group involved at each stage, not just shortcircuiting on the first viable ideaPermalink Look on archive.org
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@tburrellsaward @SeaSylphGames @moreelen but it's also worth considering the reason you want different people involved at different stages: - to generate more/more divergent ideas - to make everyone feel like they have ownership of the idea it can also be fine for the person who's specific field it is to make a callPermalink Look on archive.org
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(i went private & just booked in for an appointment with an endocrinologist... hopefully in April 2021? but it cut the waiting time for the first appointment to about 6 months, so £600 well spent)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tburrellsaward @SeaSylphGames @moreelen believe it or not, i have also worked with people who say "stop asking us for design input! you figure it out & we'll make it" always comes down to the people & trying to understand what they need & how they work best. never any one magic answer...Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @pangmeli: you have got to be kidding me that this is how poppy seeds workPermalink Look on archive.org
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@RaxKingIsDead he seems nice!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KiraArghy i love SVGs, but have you considered that they are... too cool? - has a lot of arcane features - including embedding arbitrary HTML - which means everything except browsers supports an arbitrary subset of SVG features - at least they didn't add raw socket connections to the spec?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KiraArghy as a user, PDFs are great. as a developer, i hope i never have to touch them.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ms_s_ashcroft i am about 6 months ahead of you - got an offer accepted on a place & going through all that faff now. happy to answer qs: used Habito as a mortgage broker, had a good experience with them & they're well designed for online people who don't like to use the phonePermalink Look on archive.org
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@ms_s_ashcroft sounds like your best next step is to talk to a broker and get a mortgage in principle - will give you an idea of what you can borrow (& can then get rough idea of how much deposit you'd need & how much the mortgage would be a month)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ms_s_ashcroft (fwiw, it seems like the minimum deposit you need atm is 15% - only a few 10% mortgages available rn)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @dril: Keep an eye on "Apps", in 2013 and beyond.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lazerwalker is it even aimed at the players, tho? I mean, literally it is.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @softdetours: HP 9845C Color Graphics Demo (1980) → hp9845.net/9845/software/screenart/9845cdemo/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lazerwalker hahPermalink Look on archive.org
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a quality of life improvement I've wanted for a decade @unitygames/1293927382747881473Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @terebifunhouse: if you're interested in how anime fans shared data on their favorite "Japanimations" back in the 1980s, this Let's Anim…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @colleentie: what we are seeing is something v interesting. capital always co-opts revolutionary words, movements and aesthetics for pro…Permalink Look on archive.org
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here's a table where Ofqual attempts to test their grade-estimation algorithm by applying it to the 2019 results. accuracy ranges from 68% to 27% across subjects. that's... clearly not good enough? @xtophercook/1294038710519037952Permalink Look on archive.org
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from Wikipedia: "They wrote a number of passionate love poems to each other, and their name Michael Field was their way of declaring their inseparable oneness. Friends referred to them as the Fields, the Michaels or the Michael Fields." @D_Libris/1293618515375730689Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @boring_cactus: like a lot of people, i have Thoughts about the death of Mozilla and what it means for programming as a whole. unlike a…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @catacalypto: @everestpipkin what always catches me is how they've managed to recruit us, even for a moment, into wishing actively for h…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Nick_Pettigrew: The focus has been on A* students losing their Oxbridge places, but from personal experience, I feel most sorry for the…Permalink Look on archive.org
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to simplify wildly: Disco Elysium: make money by collecting bottles Pathologic: make money by trading bottles else Heart.Break(): make money by selling soda cansPermalink Look on archive.org
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free idea for an article: exploring the systemic & thematic use of beverage containers within Disco Elysium, else Heart.Break() and PathologicPermalink Look on archive.org
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@lomekian @rhiannonlucyc with either a linebreak or a new messagePermalink Look on archive.org
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@lomekian @rhiannonlucyc (if you've got multiple sentences within a line/message, then a full stop between is fine)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@shalev_moran never played it!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@briecode thanks for this threadPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @TheJedReport: Oops.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @carolecadwalla: This is Roger Taylor, chair of Ofqual and also the Centre for Data Ethics & Innovation. I wonder if he’s still keen to…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@vivschwarz not 20th C, but thinking about the Coppola Marie Antoinette filmPermalink Look on archive.org
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@maxkreminski @catacalypto @tsawac gotta say, I did not predict the beginning of this thread from this tweetPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @abstractsunday: Vacation Sketching in Cadiz Rohrer drawing ink on paperPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @conomirobamimi: みっちり何かが入ってると安心するよねPermalink Look on archive.org
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@hollygramazio hey, you get to switch up all the patterns!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ka_bradley The Love Witch!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tambourine YOU would have opinions about the romance (this thread is fantastic)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @EricStoller: “Making Your Zoom Look More Professorial” by @ishak is a must watch. Here's the link to the full video to be enjoyed whils…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @patrickklepek: Epic now says Apple will be terminating its developer accounts, effectively ending ongoing development of Unreal Engine…Permalink Look on archive.org
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this is why you cut early @_SteveThornton/1295400039766949888Permalink Look on archive.org
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(obv isn't as simple as that, but still... luv 2 cut)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @pangmeli: I think it's possible that for some of us during some phases of life, 'I suck' can be an important form of self-knowledge. th…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @folmerkelly: i’ve been at this for 10 years and i’ve seen everything from “art game approach makes millions” to “business approach make…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @everestpipkin: i've wanted an anticapitalist software license for a long time. not the permissive usage of open source and free license…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@unormal they move at walking speed!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@vivschwarz not dancing, but... @stephpeppery/1295725454247309313Permalink Look on archive.org
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@glagolista KS & Patreon are how you turn those fanbases into moneyPermalink Look on archive.org
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@dvsch @glagolista my understanding (a few years old, from boardgames) is that about a third of your KS backers will find you through KS, the rest are people you'd drive to the platform yourself (and KS will push more people to you if you drive more people to the platform, obv)Permalink Look on archive.org
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"oops, [something suboptimal for this run has happened], but that's okay"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@glagolista @dvsch @craigmod yeah, I agree with all of this. I was on Patreon, and it was good for me - but whenever you build on someone else's platform, you're making yourself vulnerable. to their community, to their software, to thier business model...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SuperviseurB is it a bot that uses images?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SuperviseurB then the issue is it is failing to retrieve the images - first, check that they're still there, and still able to be hotlinkedPermalink Look on archive.org
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here's a funding scheme run by people who have had to apply for a lot of funding schemes: @thewhitepube/1296377632691564545?s=20 - no deadline - v quick application process - mix of self-applications & them finding people - no reports or "outcomes", just trust & supportPermalink Look on archive.org
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@ok_remi_ok you can't walk into the hole UNLESS elsewhere in the game pleasure is derived from avoiding walking into holesPermalink Look on archive.org
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@ok_remi_ok okay, yes, I see your point. new answer: you walk into the the hole and start falling. you fall indefinitely. quitting the game and restarting just shows you still falling. the game uses cloud saves so any device you play it on in the future: just Hole.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @moynibell: Real good thread about critiquing others’ work - focussed on code reviews but applies to all kinds of feedback on draft writ…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smooth_gourd let's have dinner togetherPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @rossgsutherland: OK! Time to launch this. In September I'm releasing an audio miniseries with puzzle elements. Solving puzzles = bonus…Permalink Look on archive.org
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but how do you drive it? are we going to get video standards where you pass along RGBA signals? will this mean more video formats will start including alpha? @hackaday/1296725263217197057Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @GlitchLogos: earth's biggest ally™Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @andreeavr: Can't get the symbolism of this image off my mind.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @G2_1112: 暴風圏内Permalink Look on archive.org
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@TomNullpointer @KommanderKlobb you can see it here - skip to near the end twitch.tv/videos/716723322Permalink Look on archive.org
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@TomNullpointer @KommanderKlobb one of the best runs for blurring between the dev showing off & the community showing offPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @snacklesbian: Some of it is just way too specific. Who remembers these? Haha hey everyone, remember these plates? Remember the way my m…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@adrianhon I agree, but would go even further @v21/1276580508894445569?s=19Permalink Look on archive.org
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@adrianhon at the end of a book, I often want to linger, to ease back out of the book, to have more context for what I've just read. at the start... well, most books do a good job of setting their own context.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smooth_gourd 18:30 GMTPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @sofa_sofiaa:Permalink Look on archive.org
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@pillowfort Happy birthday, matePermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @kelechnekoff: chat shit get bangedPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @manygradients:Permalink Look on archive.org
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how arbitrary: a whole ago, Twitter started posting @manygradients images with white backgrounds. now it's stopped. not changed the code on my side either time.Permalink Look on archive.org
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ah. no. just the one...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@BBolander shoutout to the novelisation of E.T. including a whole thing where E.T. gives the mom horny dreams about him.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@demanrisu @manygradients yeah, i noticed that too, it happened quite suddenly: @v21/1284767715903889408?s=20Permalink Look on archive.org
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@thairyn is this the one where the whole series is a single match?Permalink Look on archive.org
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this is a good & thoughtful thread. i'm not sure how much i agree with it, but that's also because i'm new to working at the kind of scale where there are multiple designers working on separate details of the game @krides/1297042161104543745Permalink Look on archive.org
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@weeble i assume that's the case, yeah - have been ill and so not looked into it, but going to do an investigation at some point to make sure they all post as pngsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Coleo_Kin solid design principles too - presumably adding that stuff increases the visible complexity of the tooling, which makes it less friendly for new people. if you've been around for long enough to ask for these specific features, you can probably use the hacks.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @benthompson: I am admittedly puzzled as to why Apple is denying me updates to the open source app for my open source web site because o…Permalink Look on archive.org
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oh, actually, the thing i would add: make your illustrations and diagrams as quick & dirty as possible as your team culture allows. legibility and editability are the priorities, and looking pretty can pull against thatPermalink Look on archive.org
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@derElbi hm. this is a good idea (my docs have been kind of ad-hoc so far, but we're moving towards having a confluence/repo for finalized design docs). will have to think about templates!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @montsichum: a gameplay programmer sent this 😂Permalink Look on archive.org
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@derElbi yep - esp as we're remote, we're thinking with docs, as well as recording outcomes with them. that's a shift we're very aware of, and how we plan to deal with the docs => wiki transition.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@astroblob serious answer: i would smart making spreadsheets, modelling out cashflow in optimistic, pessimistic & middle cases. understanding exactly what the risk is can make it easier to take the risk.Permalink Look on archive.org
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flew along the route of the West Highland Way (which runs from near Glasgow to Fort William) in a Cessna - walked it about a decade ago, which took a week. it's hard to navigate following the terrain!Permalink Look on archive.org
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it's fun to fly a planePermalink Look on archive.org
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@astroblob good luck!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tesseralis hey, thanks, I understand functors nowPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @tesseralis: Is a shipping diagram a mathematical categoryPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @guyshrubsole: *2 weeks to stop the criminalisation of trespass* Ramblers, wild campers, Travellers & protestors aren't criminals - but…Permalink Look on archive.org
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are there plants where you can graft plant species A with plant species B, and you can graft plant species B with plant species C, but you can't graft plant species A with plant species C?Permalink Look on archive.org
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previously @v21/1263363426585391104?s=19Permalink Look on archive.org
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and see also "ring species" en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_species a lovely idea that softens our taxonomic understanding of speciesPermalink Look on archive.org
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@grapefrukt yes! I have been told this is known as a "family tree"Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @LRB: ‘Composing pictures is making things look as though they have been arranged. But if they look too arranged, if they look too much…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@obtusatum ohhhh. that's very cool!Permalink Look on archive.org
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a story about neopets @everestpipkin/1297485937384001537Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @randlechris: got a new shirtPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @conchitinabot: From the recurring dream, one recounts a path to a grave, the trek to it, what wasn't there. The other spends nights kee…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@catacalypto how are you liking the new season?Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @MotleyGrue: “How should we change this event?” becomes “How do we lead up to this event so that it has the impact we desire?”. By looki…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@albertvotto @xArcky well, in this case, it's part of the intro tutorial. it's teaching you what buttons to press to perform an attack & it's making sure you have the controller in your hand and are ready to play after a long cutscenePermalink Look on archive.org
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@hoskingc depends what state he's in?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hoskingc i would vote Biden & be deeply angry? but that's just mePermalink Look on archive.org
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@endocrimes this is the closest thing i can think of sub-q.com/play-human-errors/ (it's very good, but more about closing bugs as WONTFIX & poetry)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SzMarsupial like you said... @SzMarsupial/1297285165455155201?s=20Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tobikyere @catacalypto i have a file called bio.txt and every time i need a bio i write a new one and leave it at the bottom. theoretically i can pull out one that's already in there, but practically speaking i find it's never quite right & needs adapting.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nielsen_holly I mean, that's the critique of the trend in the videogame context, too...Permalink Look on archive.org
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I did not realise (and despite my cynicism, wouldn'tve guessed) that Unity consistently operated at a loss. @reduzio/1297932184892968963Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @sarahjeong: YGR: "With respect to Unreal Engine, that seems like an overreach." Says that the contract with Epic International is not i…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @sarahjeong: Ruling came down tonight! As expected, the TRO is granted with respect to “any affiliate of Epic Games” (in other words, Un…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @KerrieDoodles: I love these Ladybird Books, the illustrations by Charles Tunnicliffe are charming. But if his illustrations were true t…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @youngvulgarian: rereading this incredible and incredibly prescient essay from 2013 gawker.com/on-smarm-1476594977Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @The_ArtOfCode: Needed a color spectrum for a shader. Figured the spectrum function might be useful to others. Rainbows are cool after a…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @r_speer: Almost every article on Scots Wikipedia is written by one American teenager, who does not speak Scots and is just writing Engl…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @fibraquarelle: This makes neither the camera nor image compression algorithms happy.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @tsawac: copies of this zine have been circulating among the blaseball underground. an uncompromising call to action. I don't know how t…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @TartanLlama: I think about this Reddit thread a lotPermalink Look on archive.org
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"My Exercise" is very good & very funny. @mjmcmaster/1298915686069047297Permalink Look on archive.org
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this is my culture vice.com/en_uk/article/bv8a8w/the-top-50-greatest-landfill-indie-songs-of-all-timePermalink Look on archive.org
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Bacchus in Kingston, Liquid Rooms in EdinburghPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @alisonkilling: You can read more about how we found the camps, narrowing down our dataset using urban planning and architectural analys…Permalink Look on archive.org
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i was a big Bromhead's Jacket fanPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @nwilliams030: Not only is the end product aesthetically on brand in terms of deconstructed sportswear looks that are so popular, It's…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@kamibox_ph it is about exactly what it looks like it's about: doing situps with a dogPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @RMac18: It's pretty incredible that Facebook has remained silent on this. Clearview is basically goading them into a lawsuit. If Facebo…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @BraveryNetwork: 🔥🔥 BRAVERY NETWORK FREE WEEKEND 🔥🔥 Come play here: bit.ly/bnosteam ftd. through @IndieArenaBooth & @UbisoftT…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @profcarroll: The biggest digital forensics investigation by a data protection authority ever undertaken, analyzing many terabytes of US…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @jetscott: Facebook Horizon, announced a year ago, is entering invite only beta today. It’s Facebook’s social VR metaverse, game hub, cr…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Collaterly I used to do it but stopped because it gave me bad deja vu. seen some reports of the same thing in Erowid - it's a weird one.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@fromsmiling @bitcommitment I played an hour or so earlier this week, its great. not got my teeth properly into the systems, but I can tell there's a lot there. And such polished UX, and such stylish characters. Good job!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ellaguro did you see the vice "landfill indie" article? definitely curious what all that looks like to someone who cared about indie music at the time but not really british indie musicPermalink Look on archive.org
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@ellaguro this one vice.com/en_uk/article/bv8a8w/the-top-50-greatest-landfill-indie-songs-of-all-timePermalink Look on archive.org
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@ellaguro i was genuinely a big Bromhead's Jacket fan back in the day. so. yeah. no idea what you mean.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 is it a musical instrument of some kind, because for some reason that feels more acceptable to mePermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @genderkit: We've updated our wait time information for NHS and private clinics - see genderkit.org.uk/resources/gender-services/ for full information https…Permalink Look on archive.org
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who do you think will win the next US presidential election?Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @sarahkendzior: Four-page excerpt from HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: "The glue that holds the Trump administration together is nepotism...it fa…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ludictech the last onePermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @FreyaHolmer: my favorite way to see if a point is inside or outside a path, is using its winding number🍥 traverse the path from the pe…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @ditzkoff: My "the military won't have a role in carrying out the presidential election or resolving any disputed vote" T-shirt has peop…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @PeterKagan: This is how MLK was depicted in 1967 to scare white Americans, in case there’s any confusion about what the strategy is. ht…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @ORE_theOfficial: We keep reelin’ ✇ 回し続けます #magnetikpunkPermalink Look on archive.org
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it's exciting to see SDF rendering come into its own @BRobo82/1299788561831677958Permalink Look on archive.org
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@BanditoJuan there are ways that it isn't realistic... but excitingly, they are different ways than the normal ways that realtime rendering doesn't look realisticPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @wolfCatWorkshop: Here is something weird I've been working on lately: a combination of 3D printing on fabric and mechanical movements.…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @pangmeli: without a political vision there's really no way to assess, or even ask, if what you're doing is in the right direction. I fe…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @mousefountain:Permalink Look on archive.org
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imagining a world exactly like this one except for one detail: Valve's game distribution platform is instead called PipesPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @PaintingColleg: The Colombian painter Pedro CovoPermalink Look on archive.org
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"Thick Gatorade" @catacalypto/1300532705105334272Permalink Look on archive.org
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i did think that going from selling gamer bathwater to lying about the contents of a photoset was a bit of a downward turn...Permalink Look on archive.org
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just realised that Bella Thorne is in fact not the same person as Belle DelphinePermalink Look on archive.org
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every time i think of this t shirt i crack up slightly more diskettepress.com/collections/diskette/products/abuse-of-power-shirtPermalink Look on archive.org
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i like this diagram that shows what parts of the moon you can see without going into spacePermalink Look on archive.org
