Background paintings by Shuichi Kusamori for Ghost in the Shell (1995), dir. Mamoru Oshii, Production I.G
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What I'm listening to today: "verZion", Syphus I like how this track works around the monophonic limitations of the tracker by arranging successive long-tail notes in a staircase pattern. The tracker playback display itself becomes a form of accompanying visual art www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKhU...
Syphus - verZion
YouTube video by zilouge
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I think England is in more trouble playing Mexico in the round of 16 than they quite realize. I doubt they've had a match at 7,000 feet any time recently. The second half will be hard for them.
Londoners, there is a webpage for you to see where your nearest "cool spaces" are when the extreme heat hits - places with water, air-conditioning & shade. Have a look and spread the word, especially to those who may need this but might not think to look for it: apps.london.gov.uk/cool-spaces/
You're right—I shouldn't have flipped the turtle onto its back. That's on me.
Released 40 years ago today. Still the greatest day off.
do not skip the link in last post (and this) if you like pogs. scroll to the bottom for an insane list of scanned caps www.milkcapmania.co.uk/272-Dungeons...
YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK
Off to London and I have no idea if I need my coat or not. Lousy Smarch weather
Preacher #12. Written by Garth Ennis, drawn by Steve Dillon (RIP), and colored by me. Vertigo. 1995ish. This is a color guide, and is how most comics were colored then. Dyes & gouache. #comics #colors #vertigocomics #preacher #colorguide
We lost Douglas Adams 25 years ago today. This has made a lot of people very sad and has been widely regarded as a bad move.
This is one of the best things I have ever seen on Bluesky. Brings a tear to the eye!
Tilt Araiza@tiltaraiza.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe ever brilliant Mark McMillan (of APFS) has launched a website that should be catnip to TV presentation fans. 182 reconstructed TV clocks!!! www.mcmweb.co.uk
Usborne released a bunch of their old 80s programming books for free a while back, and they're all just a gem: usborne.com/us/books/com...
Computer and coding books from Usborne | Usborne | Be Curious
Usborne children's coding books for a new generation
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The part of "everyone becomes a manager" in AI that I didn't really think about until now was the mental fatigue of context switching and keeping many tasks going at once, which of course is one of the hardest parts of being a manager and now you all get to enjoy it too
Sunset in Tyrone. What a beautiful day… these are the good days these are the best days.
I was delighted to be a guest on the latest episode of the @hbgameclub.bsky.social podcast! Listen to @dvertov.bsky.social, @conornash.bsky.social, @mhughson.bsky.social, @jordigh.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy, and me discuss SAM'S JOURNEY, an indie C64 and NES game from @knightsofbytes.bsky.social.
Game Club 23: Sam's Journey
Listen to the episode here, or wherever you get podcasts! Nick and Conor welcome an all-star panel of guests for an episode 10 months in the making. Can @ecmyers, @JordiGH, and @matthughson (cue fanfa...
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My guess: the BOM got taken for a ride by Accenture, who turned a $20M contract into a $62M contract, because BOM didn't have empowered technologists who knew better. I've got no special knowledge here—this is just how these projects tend to go.
Every Televised and Filmed Joy Division Performance. “One hour and twenty-five minutes. That’s apparently all of the footage that exists of Joy Division playing their music on TV and in concert.” [kottke.org]
Every Televised and Filmed Joy Division Performance
One hour and twenty-five minutes. That’s apparently all of the footage that exists of Joy Division playing their music on TV and in concert. Open Culture’s Colin Marshall writes: Brian Eno once said of the Velvet Un
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Royal Family is a daily game where you have to position six chess pieces on a board so that none of the pieces attack each other and there’s only a single piece in each marked zone. [coffeefirst.games]
Royal Family: Daily Chess Logic Puzzle
Place all six chess pieces so each cage has exactly one and no piece attacks another.
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PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
The news that Jeffrey Dahmer ate people stood out as a bold departure from culinary norms.
Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser.bsky.social · last yr.I am going to have an aneurysm
the thing about Claude Code is that i'm not sure if its effectiveness is more of a testament to the power of LLMs or to the power of the Unix environment