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We review and discuss media, especially video games and music! https://youtube.com/@ilovethisblank?si=Px3DwA5RQdJ0DfP-

Upcoming composition stream on Sunday evening, from 7-9pm Eastern US time! I’ll be working on a cover of “Bonds of Sea and Fire” from Xenogears. Come hang out, give suggestions, ask questions, or just get me off topic! I don’t mind!

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Ok I usually don’t do things like this, because I’d over-stress. Like, how could I possibly pick favorites (especially when my followers are pretty few)? I’ve decided to pick one song I love from each year, going backwards, starting with 2025

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Back for more Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones, live right now! I’m at least live on YouTube. Hopefully on Twitch as well, if the stream will work. Probably a short one tonight, just Chapter 12. But I plan to stream again on Thursday!

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I’ve been wrestling with my streaming setup each day after work this week, but I finally got it working late last night. Look forward to one or two Sacred Stones streams next week! But first: DND tonight, a lazy river float tomorrow, and recording a new video on Sunday

Your computer crashing? Your RAM and CPU overloaded to do the most basic stuff? Your financial details leaked by cybercriminals? Your electrical and water systems at the mercy of a digital killswitch somewhere? Well, that's just Software Engineering for you!

I love seeing folks shrug and say "well, AI is an inevitable part of software now so you better get used to it". If I said "salmonella is an inevitable part of produce now" you would probably reply "that's unacceptable, we should fix that", but nobody expects anything from software developers.

If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:

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