tech(-adjacent)
I wld fucking kill it w a gun
— holybible.bsky.social (@holybible.bsky.social) Aug 16, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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The Moral Implications of Being a Moderately Successful Computer Scientist and a Woman
I recently reached a few high points in my career that coincided, not coincidentally, with some of the worst harassment of my life. It made me reflect on how my career has been defined as much in terms of misogyny as technical excellence (I’ve garnered quite a CV in both), and how I have struggled t…
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misc
Greetings, traveler...
— Manning Krull (@manningkrull.bsky.social) Aug 8, 2023 at 3:58 PM
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The miraculous task of living
— Steenz! (@oheysteenz.bsky.social) Sep 2, 2024 at 1:05 PM
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the most annoying thing about living here is tourists asking to meet She Who Slumbers in the Lake. buddy, we all want to meet her. that’s why we lure the tourists
— ceej (@ceej.online) Mar 26, 2024 at 12:32 PM
@non_regulars I AM FRYING PAN #macsabbath #blacksabbath #fryingpan #ironman #concert #music #2024 #livemusic #heavymetal #mcdonalds #parody #funny #comedy ♬ original sound - adam
gaming
I like to describe my job in terms of “The Door Problem”.
Premise: You are making a game.
- Are there doors in your game?
- Can the player open them?
- Can the player open every door in the game?
- Or are some doors for decoration?
- How does the player know the difference?
- Are doors you can open green and ones you can’t red? Is there trash piled up in front of doors you can’t use? Did you just remove the doorknobs and call it a day?
- Can doors be locked and unlocked?
- What tells a player a door is locked and will open, as opposed to a door that they will never open?
- Does a player know how to unlock a door? Do they need a key? To hack a console? To solve a puzzle? To wait until a story moment passes?
- Are there doors that can open but the player can never enter them?
- Where do enemies come from? Do they run in from doors? Do those doors lock afterwards?
- How does the player open a door? Do they just walk up to it and it slides open? Does it swing open? Does the player have to press a button to open it?
- Do doors lock behind the player?
- What happens if there are two players? Does it only lock after both players pass through the door?
- What if the level is REALLY BIG and can’t all exist at the same time? If one player stays behind, the floor might disappear from under them. What do you do?
- Do you stop one player from progressing any further until both are together in the same room?
- Do you teleport the player that stayed behind?
- What size is a door?
- Does it have to be big enough for a player to get through? […]
my favorite joke
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politics
Los Angeles gave families $1,000 a month in the biggest basic income pilot in the country. Now the results are in.
A basic income pilot in Los Angeles saw increases in the quality of life for participants and their families. Some even left abusive situations.
SHOCKING NEWS THAT WILL SHOCK YOU!
— Pank 🦑 (@pankraru.bsky.social) Aug 29, 2024 at 1:25 PM
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The Dogs Of The Oligarchs Snarl at Springfield's Haitians
J.D. Vance acknowledges he was lying. For the fascist, the truth is never the point—usefulness is. But solidarity is stronger than its enemies
Very good essay by Ackerman, as usual — worth your time.