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Cornering you at a party and explaining this while never breaking eye contact
Experimental post: Mode 7? What About Modes 1-6?
Some games on the SNES, such as Super Mario Kart, boasted "Mode 7" technology. However, this raises the question of what happened to the previous modes. This post explains them and gives examples of their usage in Mario games.
Some games on the SNES, such as Super Mario Kart, boasted "Mode 7" technology. However, this raises the question of what happened to the previous modes. This post explains them and gives examples of their usage in Mario games.
October 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Cornering you at a party and explaining this while never breaking eye contact
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Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
October 22, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
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I agree that STEM, the social sciences, humanities and all the rest need to stand together against anti-intellectualism.
I am also aware that when humanities funding was being collapsed, there was not a lot of STEM solidarity and there are STEM folks *now* still suggesting under-bussing humanities.
I am also aware that when humanities funding was being collapsed, there was not a lot of STEM solidarity and there are STEM folks *now* still suggesting under-bussing humanities.
I’m so tired of this, man. We’re dealing with an all out war on intelligence and higher education. STEM and the social sciences and the liberal arts need to all stand together instead of this absurd petty squabbling.
October 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I agree that STEM, the social sciences, humanities and all the rest need to stand together against anti-intellectualism.
I am also aware that when humanities funding was being collapsed, there was not a lot of STEM solidarity and there are STEM folks *now* still suggesting under-bussing humanities.
I am also aware that when humanities funding was being collapsed, there was not a lot of STEM solidarity and there are STEM folks *now* still suggesting under-bussing humanities.
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Maybe 90% of your userbase want AI, but those who don't REALLY don't. And don't tell me that JetBrains trained their own model on "permissive" licence data, cause that's not true.
It's trained on a super-shady TheStack codebase, despite the claims, further eroding trust
bsky.app/profile/soso...
It's trained on a super-shady TheStack codebase, despite the claims, further eroding trust
bsky.app/profile/soso...
Hope you have some vitriol left, cause "TheStack" training data they used is super shady
They use an automated tool to determine "most likely licence" in case none was provided (WTF?)
And apparently they take forever, if at all, to remove your code if you opt out.
Also, the security warning.
They use an automated tool to determine "most likely licence" in case none was provided (WTF?)
And apparently they take forever, if at all, to remove your code if you opt out.
Also, the security warning.
October 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Maybe 90% of your userbase want AI, but those who don't REALLY don't. And don't tell me that JetBrains trained their own model on "permissive" licence data, cause that's not true.
It's trained on a super-shady TheStack codebase, despite the claims, further eroding trust
bsky.app/profile/soso...
It's trained on a super-shady TheStack codebase, despite the claims, further eroding trust
bsky.app/profile/soso...
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Absolutely not. Give #Linux a try :)
This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...
Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it
Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.
www.theverge.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Absolutely not. Give #Linux a try :)
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Still think Antifa isn't violent? Here's bodycam footage of Antifa founder B.J. Blazkowicz shooting a heroic member of ICE who was just trying to protect this great nation. Thank God we have Blazkowicz's girlfriend in custody.
October 9, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Still think Antifa isn't violent? Here's bodycam footage of Antifa founder B.J. Blazkowicz shooting a heroic member of ICE who was just trying to protect this great nation. Thank God we have Blazkowicz's girlfriend in custody.
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I'll be hosting another Fund Raisers session, with a new game that changes every time you play it!
Tune in this Saturday to help support a great cause. Fund Raisers bit will be at 1pm PST :)
#WOTCstaff
Tune in this Saturday to help support a great cause. Fund Raisers bit will be at 1pm PST :)
#WOTCstaff
Wizards of the Coast is hosting a Twitch stream to support Trans Lifeline, a hotline and non-profit organization offering direct support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.
Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Oct 4th at 10am PT to play games with us and support!
Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Oct 4th at 10am PT to play games with us and support!
October 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I'll be hosting another Fund Raisers session, with a new game that changes every time you play it!
Tune in this Saturday to help support a great cause. Fund Raisers bit will be at 1pm PST :)
#WOTCstaff
Tune in this Saturday to help support a great cause. Fund Raisers bit will be at 1pm PST :)
#WOTCstaff
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I really hate the term "sideloading". I preferred the original term, which was "installing software on a computer that you own"
August 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I really hate the term "sideloading". I preferred the original term, which was "installing software on a computer that you own"
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i really like ultimate guard boulders and katana sleeves. too bad i'm never buying any of them ever again.
August 3, 2025 at 4:12 AM
i really like ultimate guard boulders and katana sleeves. too bad i'm never buying any of them ever again.
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'Vibe physics' may be utterly useless - but 'vibe history' wasn't any more useful and it still took over bookstore shelves and is used to justify stripping funding from history departments and hostility towards actual good-faith trained historians.
I fear the same coming to the STEM fields. 15/
I fear the same coming to the STEM fields. 15/
July 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
'Vibe physics' may be utterly useless - but 'vibe history' wasn't any more useful and it still took over bookstore shelves and is used to justify stripping funding from history departments and hostility towards actual good-faith trained historians.
I fear the same coming to the STEM fields. 15/
I fear the same coming to the STEM fields. 15/
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If "AI" was as valuable as they say it is, they wouldn't be selling it to you. They'd be using it themselves in secret to make the next Minecraft, the next Avatar, the next Hello Kitty and then they'd sell that to you.
They're trying to sell you a sick goose, while pretending it lays golden eggs.
They're trying to sell you a sick goose, while pretending it lays golden eggs.
July 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
If "AI" was as valuable as they say it is, they wouldn't be selling it to you. They'd be using it themselves in secret to make the next Minecraft, the next Avatar, the next Hello Kitty and then they'd sell that to you.
They're trying to sell you a sick goose, while pretending it lays golden eggs.
They're trying to sell you a sick goose, while pretending it lays golden eggs.
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Happy Pride, Everyone.
June 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Happy Pride, Everyone.
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I don’t know. I love this Joseph Fasano poem and have it pinned on my office door but I don’t know what to actually do about any of this.
June 4, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I don’t know. I love this Joseph Fasano poem and have it pinned on my office door but I don’t know what to actually do about any of this.
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Writing can be time-consuming and unpleasant, it's true, but it's important not to skip that part because it's a crucial element of thinking through an actual idea. The part of writing that's difficult is the formalization of proto-ideas into actual thought. You can't fob that off onto Clippy 2.0
“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”
Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College
ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.
nymag.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Writing can be time-consuming and unpleasant, it's true, but it's important not to skip that part because it's a crucial element of thinking through an actual idea. The part of writing that's difficult is the formalization of proto-ideas into actual thought. You can't fob that off onto Clippy 2.0
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The video is about a neat protective device in common household objects but its message is about understanding dangers rather than being afraid of anything and everything which is dangerous.
That message feels important right now.
That message feels important right now.
January 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The video is about a neat protective device in common household objects but its message is about understanding dangers rather than being afraid of anything and everything which is dangerous.
That message feels important right now.
That message feels important right now.
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