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Pretty sure this is where my career is going in not too many more years. I have both cynical takes and optimistic takes. Both sets are largely memes, ngl. #millennial #lifeismemes #software #ai #llm

The "no X only Y" meme dog asks "Make new software?" When the hand reaches for the ball in the dog's mouth, it growls and says "NO CODE!!" Then, "Only architect!!"

Eurogamer@eurogamer.bsky.social · last mo.

It’s easy for me not to buy a digital game on principle when I haven’t jived with the series in two decades. But it makes me sad that enough people don’t share my opinion here to convey that this isn’t okay. Staring down games I DO want that only have key-card releases… I’m part of the problem.

GTA 6 has no plans for a post-launch physical release, "not at launch, and not months later", insists new report www.eurogamer.net/gta-6-no-phy...

Official GTA 6 image showing Jason and Lucia back to back in sunglasses and slick clothing, against a deep sunset gold sky and palm trees

I’ve gotten 3 or 4 spam emails about my new Chrome extension… so I guess that means it passed review and is available now? 😅 No email from Google either way, but I’m sure the spammers can’t watch for in-review extensions, right?

Everyone always says “flash cards is a great way to learn things!” No one ever says “printing and separating 150 flash cards is gonna take you over an hour!” #flashcards #learning #sysiphus

Bevy @bevy.org · 2mo ago

Bevy 0.19 is out now! It features Next Generation Scenes, Render Bigger Scenes Faster, Contact Shadows, More Feathers Widgets, Text Input, Richer Text, App Settings, Post Processing Effects, Improved Skinned Mesh Culling, and more! bevy.org/news/bevy-0-19

Bevy 0.19

Thanks to 261 contributors, 1185 pull requests, community reviewers, and our generous donors, we're happy to announce the Bevy 0.19 release on crates.…

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This random day-off tax prep is made possible by contributions from Tatsuro Yamashita…

A (new!) record player playing Tatsuro Yamashita’s album “Pocket Music”, featuring a soft blue background and two cute clay images of a boy and girl looking at some pastel art on a wall behind them.

What, me? Oh, nothing, just kitting out my fish shell to greet me with a pelican. #pelican #fish #shell ...I feel like these tags might be misleading somehow.

Who needs AI when your cat is perfectly willing to do your work for you?

Photo of my cat sitting a my keyboard like a person, looking at the screen. He’s a brown-and white tabby, long-haired (Siberian).

Yoshi seems more okay with My Neighbor Totoro. Seen here demonstrating why I JUST HAD to buy a newer turntable with a cover. Nevermind that it’s also a nicer one. #vinyl #cats #totoro #music

A brown and black long hair tabby cat sitting on a (now covered) record player, looking over his shoulder. A teal, translucent record plays. In the background is the folder with a watercolor of the cat is — it is the vinyl album for the Japanese version of “My Neighbor Totoro”

Yoshi isn’t sure how he feels about Pink Floyd, but it’s important for him to exposed to the greats. #vinyl #music #cat #raisingthenextgeneration

Vertical photo. Close up behind a brown-and-black tabby cat’s head. The cat is looking away from the camera at a turntable, behind which is the sleeve for Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon”.

Trying to balance out being too modern by listening to Styx; but they come along with a LASER ETCHED vinyl. Art microscopically engraved on the surface. What magic is this?! #vinyl #music #technology #lasers

A vinyl record on a turntable, showing rainbow reflections more characteristic of CDs than vinyl records. Behind the turntable is the slip folder for Styx”s album “Paradise” showing an ornate illustrated old-timey theater entrance, fitted with the latest in electric light technology.

Close-up of a laser-etched vinyl record revealing visible swirl patterns along the edge, reflecting prism rainbows like a CD. Vinyl records don’t usually do this. Holy cow.

c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 2mo ago

TIL there are “true frogs” as a classification. Which raises the question… …is Kermit a “true frog”…?!

Odorrana is a genus of true frogs famous for one thing: they stink. Let's meet the ODOROUS FROGS. When stressed or handled, most emit a smell described variously as rotten-garlic, angry-skunk or dead-fish like. This thread brought to you with SMELL-O-VISION™. 👃🐸 (📷: Po-Wei Chi, iNat)

Swinhoe's Frog (Odorrana swinhoana)

This is largely green frog with bright green stippling on darker olive green base. On the back and between the large eyes is a blue stippled streak that is really distinctive, and sort of blends in the sides. The froggy sits on a ball of dirt in front of some rocks and a soggy log.

CREDIT: Po-Wei Chi, iNaturalist photo 20930477

Winding down the week with Tatsuro Yamashita. #vinyl #japan #citypop? #tgif

A turntable with a record playing, slightly out of focus. Behind it is the cover for Tatsuro Yamashita’s “For You” album—a flat royal blue sky featuring a cartoony, tropical located radio broadcast station. There are two Kurtzgesagt figurines propped up on something behind the record folder.

Trying to wrap up my adulting for this week; like my friend Celeste, nearing the summit of their journey. #vinyl #adulting #indiegames #music

Close-up of a record turning, reflecting the folder, the soundtrack to the popular indie hit, “Celeste”

This evening’s slog through responsibility is brought to you by Final Fantasy VII Remake and Cloud Strife. #vinyl #ff7 #gamemusic

A turntable playing a record showing Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy 7 looking up at a mako reactor. The machine-looking case is propped up against the wall behind the turntable.

YuzuDrink @fatchocobo.net · 5mo ago

This evening’s melancholy is brought to you by Emerson, Lake, & Palmer. #vinyl #japanese #progrock

An elevated view of a turntable playing a record. Behind is the slip case for the record. It’s Emerson, Lake & Palmer; “Poctures at an Exhibition”. There is a band on the slip case that says “Emerson, Lake & Palmer” in Japanese.

#ADHD Calisthenics — n. the regular, unintended exercise you get by going up or down a flight of stairs when what you actually wanted was on the floor you just left. #sadbod

YuzuDrink @fatchocobo.net · 11mo ago

I feel like any company with a good internal engine could probably license it with similar terms and just eat Epic’s lunch right now. Zenimax? Activision? Anyone? #unrealengine #gamedev

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 11mo ago

#Recall: URMYWO Baby Loungers Sold on Amazon by Pomona. Multiple violations of the mandatory standard for Infant Sleep Products. These violations create an unsafe sleeping environment for infants, posing a risk of serious injury or death. Get full refund. Full notice: www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025...

So the thing about AI is that it’s a probability machine. All of LLM is just a statistical regurgitation of whatever it was trained on. Things like prompts will certainly sway it more towards certain kinds of responses; but the training data determines what it’s capable or outputting.

Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · last yr.

I finally discovered some of those toxic caterpillars I’ve heard so much about here in Japan. I just got a small grazing, but definitely not recommended in general.

An orange caterpillar with long hairs originating from black dots; climbing a smooth concrete wall

it finally happened after almost two years, someone finally got us mixed up with dre's record label and sent us a demo

Polygon@polygon.com · last yr.

This is the future we need right now.

Mario Kart World matches are being overrun entirely by Cow players

Finally watched John Carpenter’s “Escape from New York”. God I miss movies that were just simple and weird and a bit silly.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is a fantastic modernization of an iconic open-world RPG, even if it maintains some of the jank and rough edges of the original. https://bit.ly/3Yjh8ox

I have been playing this game in much the same way that I watch films like The Super Mario Bros. Movie from the 90s—not because it’s super good, but because around every corner is something hilariously janky, yet familiar. It’s such a laugh, and I’ve been thoroughly enjoying the horse hijinx.

IGN@ign.com · last yr.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered Review The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is a nostalgic adventure that recaptures the magic of the original while sanding down many of its roughest edges. The result is a fantastic open-world RPG that’s aged quite well. Not enough has been done to make it less buggy, and some choices have not been improved, but it remains a fantastic modernization of an iconic game. Score: 8

Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · last yr.

Y'know, I'd been considering grabbing this game right up until someone compared it to Outer Wilds. I really did not get on with the repetitive parts of that game. Bored me too much, made me too motion sick, and at some point I just gave up trying to be interested in it. So I dunno, maybe I'll pass.

For the last month I have done very little but think about, talk about, and play Blue Prince. It's sort of like a cross between Slay the Spire and Outer Wilds — you progress by gaining knowledge — but it's also much more than that. It is one of the most incredible games I have played in my life.

Aftermath @aftermath.site · last yr.

Tariffs are going to kill board gaming as we know it: aftermath.site/trump-tariffs-...