JoeKlemmer
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JoeKlemmer
@joeklemmer.bsky.social
Just an old code munger who is delusionally thinking about game development.
"Strange infrared glow found in archival data from a defunct NASA mission"

Scientists get clearest view ever of star collapsing into a black hole. And they very nearly missed it | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
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Scientists get clearest view ever of star collapsing into a black hole. And they very nearly missed it | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
M31-2014-DS1 is a star in the Andromeda Galaxy that underwent a brightening in infrared. Astronomers say it was a star becoming a black hole.
www.skyatnightmagazine.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:36 PM
[Sometimes I think we'd be better off going back to used lynx]
287 Chrome Extensions Caught Harvesting Browsing Data from 37M Users
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287 Chrome Extensions Caught Harvesting Browsing Data from 37M Users
New investigation by Q Continuum reveals 287 Chrome extensions leaking the private browsing data of 37.4 million users to firms like Similarweb and Alibaba.
hackread.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:48 PM
"One way to get out of the video-game industry funk is to recognize that players aren’t spending $70 on most games"

Video Games Need to Be Cheaper to Buy - Bloomberg
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[From the 'No Sh*t, Sherlock' dept.]
Video Games Need to Be Cheaper to Buy
One way to get out of the video-game industry funk is to recognize that players aren’t spending $70 on most games
www.bloomberg.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Making Video Games in 2025 (without an engine) - Noel Berry
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Making Video Games in 2025 (without an engine)
Thoughts, tools, and libraries I use to make games
noelberry.ca
February 12, 2026 at 10:09 PM
EZ-Tree - Free Procedural Tree Generation Software – GameFromScratch.com
gamefromscratch.com/ez-tree-free... #GameDev
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Game Development News, Tutorials and More
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February 10, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Toyota Create New Game Engine - Fluorite – GameFromScratch.com
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GameFromScratch.com
Game Development News, Tutorials and More
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February 10, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Astronomers detected a strong signal from space lasting seven hours. Now they may have worked out what it was | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
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Astronomers detected a strong signal from space lasting seven hours. Now they may have worked out what it was | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
In 2025, astronomers detected a blast from space lasting seven hours. Now they’re uncovering the processes behind the exceptional outburst.
www.skyatnightmagazine.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Every major galaxy is speeding away from the Milky Way, except one — and we finally know why | Live Science
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Every major galaxy is speeding away from us, except one — and we finally know why
A vast, flat sheet of dark matter may solve the long-standing mystery of why our neighboring galaxy Andromeda is speeding toward us while our other neighbors are moving away from us.
www.livescience.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Microsoft just gave us another great reason to switch to #Linux | Make Use Of
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Microsoft just gave us another great reason to switch to Linux
Handing over BitLocker keys has to be the final straw.
www.makeuseof.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:49 PM
New animal species that survived mass extinction event half a billion years ago found in a quarry in China - CBS News
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New animal species that survived mass extinction event half a billion years ago found in a quarry in China
The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our planet's history.
www.cbsnews.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Mysterious dark matter seen in new high-resolution map of distant galaxies - CBS News
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Mysterious dark matter seen in new high-resolution map of distant galaxies
Dark matter doesn't absorb or give off light so scientists can't study it directly. But they can observe how its gravity warps and bends the star stuff around it.
www.cbsnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Mysterious Giants Could Be a Whole New Kind of Life That No Longer Exists : ScienceAlert
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Mysterious Giants Could Be a Whole New Kind of Life That No Longer Exists
Ever since their discovery more than 165 years ago, massive fossilized structures left by an organism known as Prototaxites have proven impossible to categorize.
www.sciencealert.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Yūgen's Terrain Authoring Toolkit for Godot – GameFromScratch.com
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Game Development News, Tutorials and More
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January 21, 2026 at 9:03 PM
"Guy Ulmer, business development lead at Plarium, outlines how to manage game discoverability in the age of infinite content"
The death and reincarnation of game discoverability | Opinion | GamesIndustry.biz
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GamesIndustry.biz
The resource for people who make and sell games.
GamesIndustry.biz
January 21, 2026 at 8:57 PM
#Linux Rescue and Repair Distros in 2025: Your Safety Net When Things Go Wrong | Linux Journal
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Linux Rescue and Repair Distros in 2025: Your Safety Net When Things Go Wrong | Linux Journal
www.linuxjournal.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:16 PM
How This 23 Year Old Indie Dev Hit The JACKPOT (The Full Story) - YouTube
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How This 23 Year Old Indie Dev Hit The JACKPOT (The Full Story)
YouTube video by Lost Relic Games
m.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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January 20, 2026 at 5:43 PM
"The incredibly interesting C++ powered game engine Hazel Engine just suffered a serious blow today." RIP Hazel Engine? – GameFromScratch.com
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Game Development News, Tutorials and More
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January 19, 2026 at 10:32 PM
What is below Earth, since space is present in every direction? | Space
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What is below Earth, since space is present in every direction?
When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our space neighborhood.
www.space.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Why did Start Wars episodes 4, 5, and 6 come before 1, 2, and 3?

Because in charge of scheduling, Yoda was.
#JustForFun
January 19, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Q: Why is it impossible to eat baklava underground?

A: Because it becomes bakmaga.
#JustForFun
January 17, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Black hole space volcano erupts after 100 million year nap
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Black hole space volcano erupts after 100 million year nap
Spanning 1 million light-years, J1007+3540's plasma jets are nearly 10 times wider than the Milky Way.
www.yahoo.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:23 PM
A Solo Game Developer who uses only Free & Open Source Tools - DEV Community
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A Solo Game Developer who uses only Free & Open Source Tools
I am amazed by the current state of open-source tooling. It came a long way from “just a hobby...
dev.to
January 14, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Why did people take shelter in the Dallas Cowboys stadium during the tornado?

There's wasn't much chance of a touchdown there.
#JustForFun
January 13, 2026 at 2:41 PM