David Doughty

@sleepypenguin.bsky.social

Indie game, web & VR/AR/MR developer, TTRPG DM and author. Maine, USA

B.C.'ers make sure to pack a grab & go bag for everyone in your family in case of wildfires & pack N95s in that bag because the indoor air in shelters will come with viruses

NO, ADOBE, I DON'T NEED A FUCKING AI SUMMARY OF A CV. FUCK OFF. LITERALLY FUCK DIRECTLY OFF. I CANNOT KEEP SPENDING MY TIME DIP DODGING AROUND FORCED AI BOLLOCKS IN EVERY FUCKING APP I USE, EVERY DOCUMENT I READ, EVERY SITE I VISIT, EVERY APPLIANCE I TURN ON, FUCK OFF, FUCK OFF, FUUUUCKKK OFFFFFF

Let’s be clear here, when scientists say mistakes were made at the start of the pandemic, we DO NOT mean that we did too much. We mean not socially distancing quickly enough, not making tests widely available, and not acknowledging COVID is airborne and distributing N95 masks to everyone.

We don't talk enough about the grief of losing career opportunities because of long COVID - or because taking precautions like masking can make work networking more challenging

“You’re not fun anymore” This was one of the last things a friend said to me before ghosting me over my disabilities & covid caution. My wearing a mask? Not fun My being bedbound? Not fun My inability to travel? Not fun She then said “I don’t know how you can live this way”

I mask in public still because no one has given me any convincing scientific evidence that getting repeat COVID infections is safe or sustainable for health, especially brain health 🧠

A friend of mine's father died Sunday. They live in another city so I called a restaurant there to ask for food to be delivered to the family. I explained the circumstances. They delivered my order -- AND added more food. It touched me. There are people out there doing good things without headlines.

OpenAI has confirmed that sometimes GPT 5.6 could make "an honest mistake" and delete your home directory. It's recommended to enable sandboxing protections including auto review to protect against this problem while OpenAI works on mitigations. 😬

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Please check on the disabled, elderly and vulnerable people in your lives. We are the canaries in the coal mine. Adverse weather events, supply chain issues, political unrest and climate change hit us harder and faster than “healthy” people.

In two weeks, my home game will hit 50 sessions and have been going for just over two years! My players have made this stellar for me, and I'm excited to see where these Space Pirates go!

Most engineering orgs - and I flatter them using that word - measure productivity by how much *stuff* teams ship. This is to fundamentally mis-characterise software development. It's not a delivery process. We're not Uber Eats. It's a *learning* process. And the biggest factor is feedback latency

It's PortfolioDay tomorrow! 🎨 If you ever plan to commission an art - browse the posts and save your favourites. If you fancy yourself an art connoisseur - repost your favourites. It's like going to a very very big museum without having to put on pants and leaving the house!

People were talking about having me over for cake for my bday this week, but said testing for Covid beforehand would be "a lot of work." Maybe I could just mask, they suggested I pointed out: how do I eat my own birthday cake? It hadn't occurred to them. Feels pretty symbolic

I saw someone having very mild angst about liking me as a person and online presence but not really enjoying my books, so let me make it clear that as far as I'm concerned this is absolutely totally fine, my books are not everyone's cup of tea, and if they're not yours, cool. We can still be pals.