Tweets from 2023/05
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RT @emilystjams: The trans panic is newer and less natural than trans people. The default for cis people seems to be a natural curiosity th…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@doougle i agree! (unsurprisingly, i like it when people give me money to make this kind of thing, given i like making it)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@doougle one thing i would say is that this is the kind of thing that totally makes sense outside of any kind of games framing and just in an arts context. of course, that doesn't actually help much with the funding part because there's a lot more money in games than art.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @AtsukoComedy: Husband & I learned last week we aren’t actually marriedPermalink Look on archive.org
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@t_rieper22 @jduffyrice so, if the police are good at their jobs, they should be rewarded with praise and more budget, and if the police are bad at their jobs they should be rewarded with praise and more budget?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@dannybirchall love this book so muchPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @dannybirchall: It's The SloganPermalink Look on archive.org
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It's happening again @SlurricaneH/1652764012000468993Permalink Look on archive.org
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I mean, okay, this is more of a "deliberate troll" than a joke. same difference, thoPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @IcePerspectives: A thread: Glimpse into a new project with Olympic medalists @MadiHubbell & @GabriellaPks, working together to show tha…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@catacalypto fuck yes!Permalink Look on archive.org
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nobody: me:Permalink Look on archive.org
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i had missed that Activision's head of PR (you know, the one who was like "fuck the UK, they hate tech & we hate them") is Lulu Cheng Meservey, who really leaned into the right-wing dogwhistles when she was head of PR at Substack.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @policefala:Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @epicyclesbot: ⟳ 1 | 𝑣 -1 | ⌀ 0.7964 | ϕ 0.003259 ⟳ 234 | 𝑣 3 | ⌀ 0.9930 | ϕ 0.1258 ⟳ 296 | 𝑣 4 | ⌀ 0.7964 | ϕ 0.7116 ○ 30 + ● 0 https:…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jesslynnrose i withstood the initial attack, but this reply snuck under my defenses and finished me offPermalink Look on archive.org
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@DarrenMaskell @20thcenturymarc we absolutely do not have the best produce (American produce is often worse, but they have the climate to have some really good stuff too)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@clarered same here...Permalink Look on archive.org
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thinking about the way that UIs can be simple enough that you know what they do before using them, or simple enough you know what they do after using them & maybe getting it (harmlessly) wrong once. both are very easy to learn, but the feeling is different.Permalink Look on archive.org
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this is i guess also more apparent to me as someone who moves between games & tools. the idea that a game would give you a tool with a slightly unclear purpose, set up so you figure it out by yourself... people love that. the idea that serious software would do that... terrible!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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i guess this is that "delight" thing people talk about, only sharpened so it's not just a platitude?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lorenschmidt how fixed is the text format? if you topped it with var story =Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lorenschmidt this is what i do for DownpourPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @calmingsphere:Permalink Look on archive.org
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i continue to post articles i enjoyed reading & which i think are worth reading here: cohost.org/things-to-readPermalink Look on archive.org
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the transfer of power is a fragile time, so the normal tolerance for dissent is reduced @metpoliceuk/1653745710724968448Permalink Look on archive.org
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couldn't you feel it when the Queen died? all those plans that seemed so quirky and charming suddenly swinging into action and you realised how needed all of that preparation was. all the work required to maintain the status quo is revealed, and you see how fragile it must be.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @nanaju_ko: 面影を追うPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @epicyclesbot: ⟳ 1 | 𝑣 -2 | ⌀ 0.2500 | ϕ 0.9883 ⟲ 123 | 𝑣 4 | ⌀ 1.000 | ϕ 0.3996 ⟳ 233 | 𝑣 1 | ⌀ 0.2500 | ϕ 0.1756 ○ 0 + ● 60 https://t…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @simonw: Leaked Google document: “We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI” The most interesting thing I've read recently about LLMs -…Permalink Look on archive.org
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BeReal keeps adding features and personally I think it's bad.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I mean, I get that they have Instagram adding their features, that must light a bit of a fire under them. But still, if I wanted to be on Instagram I'd be on Instagram (I am, also, on Instagram)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SilverZefalcon @Pentadact sounds like a completely reasonable minimap implementation to mePermalink Look on archive.org
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I'll post out the link when it's live, but tune in in about an hour to hear me recap the entire past and future of the web! @PMStudioUK/1654434041439846400Permalink Look on archive.org
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Live in 10 minutes, so here's the link: youtube.com/live/SZijxscJCoQ?feature=sharePermalink Look on archive.org
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@derekahmedzai oh, thank you! and thanks for tuning inPermalink Look on archive.org
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honestly the most astonishing part of that recent Ted Chiang article is the last line of the bio, where it mentions he still works as a technical writerPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Nifflas I found the thing I was constantly fucking up with that jump was poor speed control - always going too fast into it. But also I agree with your criticism, I only got through it because I wasn't trying to beat it, and had enough messing around energy to get enough tries on it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Nifflas oh, I don't know the number, I just ended up getting a feel for it. but yeah, it's bad design - and so easily fixable! just add the jump as a practice track once you've had a couple of shots at itPermalink Look on archive.org
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breeches and stockings is such a good look, it's such a shame they're constrained to costume @XiranJayZhao/1654770276700246017Permalink Look on archive.org
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thinking about how British broadcasters will be prohibited from showing this clip @StephSpyro/1654824435738636290Permalink Look on archive.org
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@katopodis_phd I'm not an academic, but I can say: this is a very real phenomenon for videogame developers as well.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @xoxogossipgita: Fanfiction is good because playing is good and essential to our happiness as a societyPermalink Look on archive.org
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Christopher Nolan is the mirror universe John M HarrisonPermalink Look on archive.org
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i was gonna tweet a reply to this that went something like "and i refuse to explain why". but then instead i wrote a post explaining exactly why cohost.org/v21/post/1463429-stop-thinking-starPermalink Look on archive.org
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anyway, thanks for the prompt to watch Tenet this evening, @xoxogossipgita! @xoxogossipgita/1655024136270299136Permalink Look on archive.org
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@dinosaurrparty oh my god how incredibly annoying!!!!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@torpordust love the purple patches!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @conchitinabot: The lilt in your voice betrays you as you pretend to sell me potato peelers and non-stick frying pans.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @DeusEx_Ebooks: No student of recent history can fail to miss the irony that the greatest enemy mankind has faced in the 21st century wa…Permalink Look on archive.org
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this is what healthcare is often like, in my experience. and this is why being an advocate for yourself is so important @_Diplopia_/1655606974514380800Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AustinKelmore it feels like going down this route ends up just reinventing the GP??Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AustinKelmore like, what's needed is to fund everyone enough & trust them enough, put enough slack (aka inefficiency) in the system, so they can actually take time to do research for particular patients, follow up with them, see the same patient repeatedly...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp like, *I* would but also I reckon you gotta do the Play Store. if you're going to all that work to make to run on Android.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@danhett i mean, i agree, tactical voting is a sign that our electoral process should change, we should definitely introduce proportional representationPermalink Look on archive.org
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@designCaitlin ah shit, my sympathies, I've had a fatigue flare and been measuring how bad it is by how slowly I walk up the stairs. take it easy!!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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I'm all for cycling, but I can't help but compare: if Turkmenistan stopped venting methane from two gas fields, we'd save the equivalent of 366 million tons of CO2 a year. theguardian.com/world/2023/may/09/mind-boggling-methane-emissions-from-turkmenistan-revealed @_dmoser/1562434544183128066Permalink Look on archive.org
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"ok, yeah, but it's Turkmenistan. what can we do about them?" the US's oil & gas infrastructure had the second worst record for methane leaks. and gas fields planned for development are projected to leak the equivalent of a billion tons of CO2. theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/06/revealed-1000-super-emitting-methane-leaks-risk-triggering-climate-tipping-pointsPermalink Look on archive.org
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i still feel like the point at which we know we are making actual progress on climate change is the point at which the rights to undeveloped fossil fuel fields stop being worth trillions.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@obtusatum i guess the thing here is that one would require a lot of reorganising of society, people pushing back against it, a lot of new infrastructure (which i would personally love, don't get me wrong). and the other would require... one gas company to do more maintenance.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@obtusatum not even to stop extracting gas, just to not leak methane while doing it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@obtusatum i'm not saying that's enough by itself, just that... well, the climate crisis is an emergency. so let's do the stuff that makes the most impact, quickly. not just the stuff that feels best.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@obtusatum it's true, it's true. and i do want the future where there is good cycle infrastructure & public transportation & heatpumps rather than gas boilers, and all of that. and big shifts are necessary. but still i can't help but compare those numbers.Permalink Look on archive.org
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posted up the talk i gave last week, on the past and the future of "finding things out". it's about AI & generosity & the waterfall puzzle in Monkey Island 2 v21.io/blog/how-to-find-things-onlinePermalink Look on archive.org
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@SomeHats god i have definitely gotten irritated by bad highlighter implementations before, this looks like a good way of handling it! (tho: what happens if the background is set to a dark colour?)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@alan_hook the monkey wrench one, yeah. but don't worry, it's mainly about having fond memories of looking up stuff on walkthroughs.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SomeHats this definitely has "Crayola has some exciting novelty felt tips to sell you" vibesPermalink Look on archive.org
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here is my Zelda opinion: i liked the first one a decent amount & this next one looks like more of it. seems good! but also i don't own a Switch & feel pretty at peace with the idea of not buying onePermalink Look on archive.org
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I worked with Aosheng last summer & they're shit hot. Read the thread for some good shit on multiplayer interaction patterns, or get in touch to hire them. @aoshengran/1656723105438654464Permalink Look on archive.org
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i wrote up my talk from last week: on the utopian past & the uncertain future of the web (as told by GameFAQs walkthroughs) v21.io/blog/how-to-find-things-onlinePermalink Look on archive.org
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is there a way to clear Twitter's cache for a card preview, now that the validator has stopped working? and does anyone know how long that cache sticks around for?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@designCaitlin I like: Imaginary Advice: well produced fiction by Ross Sutherland, showcase ep is probably the one where a man goes to an immense immersive theatre show based on the sitcom Friends Cooking With Silk: Thu Tran cooks something in a kind of chaotic fashion while talking to her catPermalink Look on archive.org
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on the flipside, I've had a fatigue flare up & finding it newly amazing how incredibly tiring going to the supermarket is. partly because, upright, outside the house. but mainly because of the sheer mental load of identifying products, weighing up choices, making decisions. @InternetH0F/1656982695778418688Permalink Look on archive.org
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this sounds dumb, but... going to Lidl definitely feels more mentally tiring than doing some programming.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @KaufmanRoni: 🌈 Truchet experimentsPermalink Look on archive.org
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just watched Woman At War (2018). incredible film.Permalink Look on archive.org
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i want them to make a film of The Hard Tomorrow by Eleanor Davis, now.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @HansonOHaver: Starving migrants who've been trapped for days between border walls at the U.S.–Mexico border are using their dwindling c…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@youngvulgarian 60s ex-council maisonette here, and agreed!! tho i know someone in a council-maintained concrete block & the building is alright but the hot water goes out far too often. but that's not the fault of the building, just the maintenance.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SzMarsupial mammals, kind of by definition, have at least twoPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @MIRAI_MIZUE: Do you know what is going on inside the pupa?Permalink Look on archive.org
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so my question is... how did he get a NHS appointment on a TV show production schedule timeline? bbc.co.uk/news/health-65534449Permalink Look on archive.org
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because if it was by saying "hey, i'm doing a show for Panorama about dodgy ADHD diagnoses", then...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@gracebruxner i'm sorry, but... i see itPermalink Look on archive.org
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fundamentally we have to decide if the job of a doctor is trust patients and work with them to improve quality of life, or if it's to stop patients from getting access to medicine they don't qualify for.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@gracebruxner maybe you'd feel better if you tattooed him somewhere? really own it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @innesmck: i understand the desire to believe that diagnoses are authoritative, concrete and objective but when it comes to brain stuff…Permalink Look on archive.org
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4 days later: i think i'm gonna buy a SwitchPermalink Look on archive.org
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@AnnetteMees the end of that book sums up a lot of how i think about making change within the worldPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @NotBrunoAgain: It's pretty obvious that the Zelda team can achieve such an absurd level of polish because they have institutional conti…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@pketh ironically the best (and worst) part of Jira is how you are able to (need to) customise it so that the workflows fit your specific team's way of working.Permalink Look on archive.org
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this is one of those tweets that is 100% embedded in my vernacular @shutupmikeginn/403359911481839617Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @derekbeaulieu: 4 excerpts from "memory jog" (2023, dry-transfer lettering on paper with photocopier manipulation) #poetry #poetrytwitte…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @sakrafka: sketchbook page of queer boy and playful fox tattoo desingsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@fishybot_two yeah! if you emailed me, sorry for the delay, will get through the backlog some time this week. if you haven't... email me, my address is on the website.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @KommanderKlobb: this talk is both fun and interestingPermalink Look on archive.org
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this essay is great? all of the essays Jaime has put out on this newsletter have been great? Just, like, excellently argued essays, looking at the future of music in a way that is very grounded in the long context of how music got the way it did. @elite_gz/1658451908305244162Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @v21: the thing i love about it most is that the remarkable thing about the tweet is not what it says but the process by which it came t…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@cocteautriplets it's the kids i feel sorry forPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @tfswebb: found out my friend’s wife runs a croissant influencer account so when meeting her for the first time said “oh you must be ‘th…Permalink Look on archive.org
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i've been dizzy this morning & so refraining from work... but instead i've been replaying the *fantastic* Twine game Magical Makeover philome.la/Citrushistrix/magical-makeover-v2/play/index.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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i just love S Woodson's take on fantasy! just so inventive & fresh, layering on modern takes on fantasy & playing around with the formulas.Permalink Look on archive.org
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A Frog In The Fall is a masterpiece @peowstudio/1658896759832313856Permalink Look on archive.org
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@RowanKaiser c'mon, it still depicts AI, people still use publicity photos of it next to their articles about AI, it's still in that conversationPermalink Look on archive.org
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i love this @LukePlunkett/1659139438809870336Permalink Look on archive.org
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lately, i've been thinking a lot about the fact that the aspect ratio of an rectangular image changes when you add borders to it. i wish it didn't.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jacobmcarthur i'm putting my borders on the inside, so this fact unfortunately does not help mePermalink Look on archive.org
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@redlamp the tidy part of me wants to do a set distance, but the part of me that is thinking about how overscan actually happens wants to do a percentage.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@redlamp but mainly i am hoping the distinction never becomes crucial within my workPermalink Look on archive.org
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i guess this shows that Larp really is something that only makes financial sense to put on if you're not looking to make money from it. and honestly, that's kind of beautiful? @BrookeGMcDonald/1659276465802715138Permalink Look on archive.org
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disagree with this tweet, but it's a gorgeous picture @dobraszczyk/1658905183382904847Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @epicyclesbot: ⟲ 165 | 𝑣 -3 | ⌀ 0.4813 | ϕ 0.1794 ⟲ 229 | 𝑣 2 | ⌀ 1.000 | ϕ 0.9974 ⟳ 259 | 𝑣 -6 | ⌀ 0.4813 | ϕ 0.4274 ○ 0 + ● 360 https…Permalink Look on archive.org
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Witcher 3 Long COVID mod readme: tumblr.com/readmedottxt/717572268381913088/long-covid-mode-the-witcher-3-may-2023?source=sharePermalink Look on archive.org
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@JohnRentoul i prefer clean rivers to water companies paying out dividends. just my personal preference, tho.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ParleChai @strconvuser @brickroad7 view source on the page - I try not to minify stuff for this reasonPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @PickardJE: this can’t possibly be realPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @CheerfulGoth: https://t.co/F8ZLYY7rknPermalink Look on archive.org
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@freezydorito once WebGPU rolls out it's all overPermalink Look on archive.org
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@ParleChai @strconvuser @brickroad7 (but I also like Typescript, so that doesn't apply to everything)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@CheerfulGoth this is the best short story I've read in a whilePermalink Look on archive.org
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this is true, though @poondonkus/1659345646879404035Permalink Look on archive.org
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is ToTK... an immersive sim?Permalink Look on archive.org
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sometimes you tweet something but actually you realise it's intended for a single person. hey @catacalypto what do you think?Permalink Look on archive.org
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shaping the possibility space of an output is an incredible creative practice, I love it a lot. sharing that with more people is a reason I set up CBDQ. but that's shaping the space, whether by hand coding the algorithm with Tracery, or being careful with the corpus. @catacalypto/1659739906216980480Permalink Look on archive.org
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I mean, aside from the ethical issues, and the structural way it benefits capital over labour, I just don't think AI is going to be widely useful until people have more control over the models themselves. even if that's just heavy fine tuning. prompting is a clumsy stopgap!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Nifflas my phone browser claims to have 755 tabs openPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Nifflas it's because I don't use the tab functionality there, other than opening a tab when I need to use itPermalink Look on archive.org
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@metasynthie yeah, there's stuff in that space that starts to look like genuinely interesting work. and a lot bad, and a lot that's still hustle-oriented, but also some stuff that starts to look interesting again in a way "prompt engineering" never has.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jessefuchs @metasynthie I wrote this, which isn't about that specifically, but does get into the nature of big AI models : v21.io/blog/how-to-find-things-onlinePermalink Look on archive.org
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@jessefuchs @metasynthie as a tweeted answer: roguelikes & such rely on manual rules to put a world together. randomness, but the weights & possibilities are chosen by hand. AI models have weights, but they're learned from training data - and the training data is "everything they can find".Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jessefuchs @metasynthie so the flavour of those models is... the flavour of the internet, with all its biases & grossness & SEO-ness. that's the difference - aesthetically, anyway (lots more to get into on ethics & feedback loops & security) (okay, two tweets)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jessefuchs @metasynthie if it's trained specifically, then it's like, do an extra layer of training on top of the Internet-training to skew towards the stuff they've written before. and that stuff can be more interesting, tbh! still got a lot of the other concerns, tho.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jessefuchs @metasynthie but also a lot of stuff that promises that kind of thing just cues it within the prompt. given this, what's likely to come next.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jessefuchs @metasynthie I'd also say that it is a lot less dangerous in this scenario than when you plug an end user directly into the LLM. especially if you wanna accomplish a task with it, not just... make some text of variable quality.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@catacalypto @HapaxLegoman there was a bit by Everest Pipkin that always stuck with me - it might've been this, or it might've been something similar (from furtherfield.org/about-a-bot-interview-with-everest-pipkin/)Permalink Look on archive.org
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that feeling of edging closer and closer to joining a social network. it's been growing in me for a while, but i think it's time. i'm gonna join Letterboxd.Permalink Look on archive.org
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ok i did it. hey this is a pretty nice page to land on just after signing up, it is a lot of info but also it's a time people are probably receptive to getting a lot of info, it's nice to have an overview of what's possible. letterboxd.com/welcome/Permalink Look on archive.org
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[totk small spoiler] i liked the bit where you find a huge ball in the sky, and as you get closer you realise that it is spinning in place and then as you get even closer you realise there's a little hole you can thread your way throughPermalink Look on archive.org
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this game sometimes gives me real vertigo. just little judders as i realise i am jumping over a small gap over void. but then so much of it is about joyful falling & feeling clever about gaining some height.Permalink Look on archive.org
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says so much that this game reduced the stamina drain for climbing & increased the stamina drain for gliding (i think, it feels that way to me)Permalink Look on archive.org
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was just thinking about how the scope & being able to pin something you see in the distance. one of those things that feels so natural but no doubt took a bunch of sweat to get to. mainly because it is not a common feature but also says so much about the way the game operates.Permalink Look on archive.org
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you see something in the distance & you wanna go check it out. the map is not full of markers the game put there, it has a gentle scattering of things *you* put there. it's a game about setting goals for yourself. and it's a game about getting distracted on the way.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @catacalypto: to riff on this, I think we’re afraid of the idea that there is no future—that corporate inaction on climate has foreclose…Permalink Look on archive.org
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the main page being full of popular recent reviews, etc when you don't follow anyone is good too. the cold-start problem, or what happens when you sign up but don't follow anyone yet is one of the defining problems of making a social network.Permalink Look on archive.org
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see: BeReal's desperation for you to give them your address book, Bluesky's invitation setup, Twitter's sign-up flow being incomprehensible to people who've had accounts for decades, Meta cramming all the new ideas into Instagram, etc.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @callyyeatman: North Uist tractor rally - something to brighten up a damp overcast day. #uist #northuist #tractors https://t.co/Ni9Uh870…Permalink Look on archive.org
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building Downpour is tiring. feeling the itch to do one thing & get better at it. or, I guess, the stuff that is now most important to focus on is the stuff I'm less naturally suited to. because I know I can do the other stuff well enough already.Permalink Look on archive.org
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but that means I'm running out of nice soothing programming tasks to fix. and the other focus is just a lot of playtesting and tweaking in response to that. the first is satisfying and the second I feel confident about (although it's always a bit scary & bumpy)Permalink Look on archive.org
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did that tweet make sense? anyway, the priorities now are a little bit visual design, and mainly actually beginning to invite people in and build a community and steady energy about it. it's getting close!Permalink Look on archive.org
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anyway, if you're in London & I know you in person, hit me up if you're up for playtesting Downpour some time (once my current bout of ill health has passed)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @christapeterso: If you’re far more invested in your Rational Guy self image than you are curious about the world you will fall for some…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hauntologies you do! I am both interested in what you'll make with it & appreciate the excuse to hang out!Permalink Look on archive.org
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look at this! gorgeous! the work you would have to do to have this hand-lettered charm in an actual game! @tofumaabo/1659928371411980288Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @maxkriegers:Permalink Look on archive.org
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@maxkriegers yeah, I like Computer computers, but if you wanna make a computer you can use while being in your body...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@maxkriegers the fact that one of the core affordances is "take a picture of the thing you're looking at, wherever you are" is so powerfulPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @MayaCPopa: “The world is not simple. / Anyone will tell you.” Jenny George:Permalink Look on archive.org
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patient choices! magical technology! root-and-branch reform! no money tho @LabourList/1660589675143127041Permalink Look on archive.org
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i mean, don't get me wrong, i'll take it over actively dismantling it. but. not really a vision that fills me with hope.Permalink Look on archive.org
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yeah, like... one of the problems that NHS has is that technology keeps getting better at keeping people alive? so there's more people to keep doing medicine on, and more medicine you can buy to treat them with @NotInventedHere/1660599225686667267?s=20Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garaboldin @SzMarsupial what could go wrong?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SzMarsupial @garaboldin if i was going to build a dam in the mountains, i would make it out of a mixed-use complexPermalink Look on archive.org
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still surprised & a bit smug that i managed to get 500 likes for this bone-dry tweet @v21/1435174607846264836Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Mappletons: Looking for a new London location for hosting the Future of Coding (futureofcoding.org/) meetup. Need somewhere that c…Permalink Look on archive.org
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perfect character name: "Loresman Harpocrates manages an unlockable library of lore snippets" (from polygon.com/23729201/final-fantasy-16-active-time-lore-naoki-yoshida)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@JustinWhang T4TPermalink Look on archive.org
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@ablwr @artefactualsys same throw! same throw!Permalink Look on archive.org
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to reiterate the quoted tweet but in a less funny way: graphic design as a profession was irrevocably changed (and diminished) with the introduction of user friendly desktop publishing software. AI just won't have as significant an impact. @banditloaf/1660775029800419328Permalink Look on archive.org
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ever wasted a bit too much time trying to make a slideshow look nice & feeling frustrated because it still looks a bit crap but also why does your job involve, like, caring about fonts and colours and trawling through stock images? well, it *did* used to be someone else's jobPermalink Look on archive.org
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but of course the fact that it was a specialised job meant you had to argue about the budget and time for getting someone to make the slides, and that meant you used slides less, and less casually when you didPermalink Look on archive.org
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in many ways the whole Comic Sans thing is about exactly this. the transfer of power from graphic designers, paid in part to have taste, to random users who want a friendly looking sign. hating Comic Sans is saying: designers brought value before, and this is what you're missing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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yet again, jobs are never just automated away. instead the attempt to automate them changes the nature of the job, the labour involved slips away and pops up on someone else's plate.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LiaSae I wasn't on 4chan much, but I totally get why someone would be a teenager twenty years ago & spend a lot of time on edgy websites, and then grow up to care about other people.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @DilettanteryPod: An anonymous report from the field/cave! https://t.co/le88xCeQTPPermalink Look on archive.org
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@djmicrobeads @isosteph sometimes "to have in or take away"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@alexbozikovic they should! supply and demand, you know?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tambourine big question, big JengaPermalink Look on archive.org
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looks good! an actual useful, non-bullshit use of AI! @scottbelsky/1660992735040663553Permalink Look on archive.org
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worthy of entering into the pantheon of Photoshop effects that get over-used for a few years and so end up defining the look of an eraPermalink Look on archive.org
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@balmut_ yeah, they claim all the train data is properly licensed (some details in the thread). which, I've not looked into it, but... seems fine.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@balmut_ the alley is not something I'd wanna use in final output. but for mockups or photobashing... sure, seems fine.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PavelASamsonov in my experience as a game designer, making good decisions is actually often secondary to making sure people agree on what the decisions actually arePermalink Look on archive.org
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@PavelASamsonov like, yes, of course you wanna make good decisions & validate them & understand the problem & all that. but a bad decision everyone's driving towards is often better than a good decision that no-one agrees on.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @t3xtm0de: Yarn Drawing No. 16 by Sonya Rapoport and Charles Simmonds, 1976. Rapoport imposed what she called a “feminist art language…Permalink Look on archive.org
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i was on a podcast!! talking about clay & making things that there are only one of and not infinity copies of. here's a butter dish i made: @gutefabrik/1661024202445701120Permalink Look on archive.org
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@dreamfeelx @hannahnicklin it was totally an influence, and I do still love the stuff that was made as part of flatgames. but yeah, it's seeing that bit, where the cultural force comes up against some technological problem... it's rare but exciting if you think you can maybe help with the tech bit.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@dreamfeelx @hannahnicklin anyway, yeah, poke me if you want a build of Downpour, it's getting to that stage!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hoskingc thank you <3Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AustinKelmore @0Balaam I was looking this up after seeing yr first tweet! And I *think* it's not actually illegal as long as everyone participating is striking. So secondary action is illegal, but eg lecturers refusing to mark isn't.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@eleanorturney I once read a very long piece about a woman's quest to identify Marilyn Monroe's classic red lipstick, which it turned out to hinge on film technology reproducing something distinctly orange into that red.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @v21: posted up the talk i gave last week, on the past and the future of "finding things out". it's about AI & generosity & the waterfal…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @b0rk: We built a new playground called Memory Spy where you can spy on a program's memory! It's at memory-spy.wizardzines.com. I made th…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @epicyclesbot: ⟲ 84 | 𝑣 1 | ⌀ 0.8095 | ϕ 0.5345 ⟲ 189 | 𝑣 -5 | ⌀ 1.000 | ϕ 0.09819 ⟲ 209 | 𝑣 -4 | ⌀ 0.8095 | ϕ 0.5355 ○ 360 + ● 0 https…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @MrPrudence: An untitled catalogue of French Textile samples [1863] via @PublicDomainRev ⇢ Messages sent to the future (past): Anni Alb…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nielsen_holly who says they hate "procgen"??? like, I very much get disliking AI & blockchain stuff poisoned the well for simple component based combinatorics... but by the point you're savvy enough to use the word "procgen" surely you're savvy enough to distinguish what's cursed & what isn'tPermalink Look on archive.org
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it's funny to be around a group of people who've only known me as "v" and then also there's someone who has my old name there @LLBroadwell/1662387668741677056Permalink Look on archive.org
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about the internet: there is a thisisnotmybeautiful.horse but not a thisisnotmybeautiful.housePermalink Look on archive.org
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i wonder if people i have known since being known as "v" have had those little flashes of <oop, forbidden knowledge, i don't want to know but also that *is* interesting> upon stumbling over my old name.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Willeth hahaha. relatedly, my new housemate (moving in in a week's time) has exactly the same name as someone i know professionally.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @epicyclesbot: ⟳ 1 | 𝑣 -4 | ⌀ 0.3868 | ϕ 0.9560 ⟳ 72 | 𝑣 -6 | ⌀ 0.8094 | ϕ 0.7707 ⟳ 297 | 𝑣 1 | ⌀ 0.3868 | ϕ 0.4482 ○ 360 + ● 0 https:/…Permalink Look on archive.org
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my bio on here used to be "I always liked broken games the best, anyway" and... yeah, I've been loving TOTK @NonTrotski/1662629567478263809Permalink Look on archive.org
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I'm not even doing wonky lateral thinking solutions to these puzzles! But I like that I could. I'm bored of solving puzzles by looking at a corner & going "that wouldn't be there if it wasn't necessary to constrain the solution, therefore".Permalink Look on archive.org
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which is not even bad design, there's often beauty in the way that leads to a feeling of dialogue between designer & player. but also... I like problem solving more than I like puzzle solving.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I guess, from the other side: I like making games where I can't fully understand what the player will do with the tools I give them. Which is ofc a tricky balance, to not have the game break when they do, either in code or in design.Permalink Look on archive.org
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but i also have the mindset, often enough, that "we don't need to cover that case, if the player did that then they're trying to break the system, and we should reward them by letting them see it break"Permalink Look on archive.org
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I should make a game for speedrunnersPermalink Look on archive.org
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i have only seen like 2 episodes, but that won't stop me from having an opinion!!! the problem with Succession is that the characters are written by writers who are funny & sharp. the characters are unnaturally charming because they are given good words to say.Permalink Look on archive.org
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this was also the problem with The Thick Of It, and isn't really a problem, because it makes the show enjoyable to watch. but also it does cause problems.Permalink Look on archive.org
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if Malcolm Tucker wasn't entertaining to watch, he'd just be a bully. and the Tucker analogues in actual power are.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @adelle_98: Poet or no, I think about this one constantly. https://t.co/VLX0TRTEYsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@jseakle @kathmachine yeah! I love band vs band!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@caraellison i don't *love* love it, and never finished it. but the text was the fun part, the boring part was the dude slowly walking everywherePermalink Look on archive.org
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@caraellison I think about the game as one of the most direct translations of the vibe of a TTRPG session. so of course it's going to be long-windedPermalink Look on archive.org
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ok, i think i've got it. so, we've already agreed that videogames are an art form, right? we did that discourse enough that we finally reached a conclusion. therefore: everyone making games is an artist so the general term should be "game artist" solved! @FreyaHolmer/1663438497783455745Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @maleallyman1: Uh-oh! https://t.co/scb8Gr1VqdPermalink Look on archive.org
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@adrielxyz sorryPermalink Look on archive.org
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Dart 3 adds match statements which check for exhaustiveness, my favourite Rust feature. i'm so happy.Permalink Look on archive.org
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now if only other languages would adopt my favourite Dart feature, which is the auto-formatter putting every argument on a new line if there's a trailing comma at the end. it sounds trivial, but it's very nice.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@adrielxyz @innesmck i once worked at a telecoms company where we pronounced SMS as "smuss"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@derElbi @innesmck @adrielxyz actually my favourite is (this is real, i have been in meetings where we have talked about this, all with serious faces on) "arr-pee-poo". which is the pronunciation for ARPPU, or Average Revenue Per Paying User.Permalink Look on archive.org
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this morning I keep thinking of the way the British media at first ignored & then attacked The Trojan Horse Affair podcastPermalink Look on archive.org
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@free_play @madmacsfuryroad @SK_Louie @creatrixtiara oh, perfect, yeah!! congrats to everyone involved!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @benwritesthings: SHE LITERALLY DID IT https://t.co/WnC8anKKDQPermalink Look on archive.org
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@rizpossnett heroicPermalink Look on archive.org
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@christapeterso welcome to the British media! immune to self-criticism. can draw a clear through-line from the response to The Trojan Horse Affair podcast, through Nick Cohen's octopus arms, to this Mumsnet-style transphobia.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@christapeterso the key thing that all of these hinge on is that it is either rude or unwise or both to seriously criticise a professional decision made by someone you're likely to run into at a dinner party (or your boss is)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @billybragg: Watching the Gender Wars doc last night, I was struck by the similarity between the experiences of Kathleen Stock and the t…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AuchNeal youtube.com/watch?v=NB_siXceougPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @videodrome: Finally started work on a project I have wanted to do for years. I'm reverse engineering + modifying a Big Buck Hunter cabi…Permalink Look on archive.org
