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Coder Johan

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https://github.com/KaiyuanChao programmer into math, algorithms, graphics, A.I., A-life, optimization, opensource, Python, Rust, and assembly coding. 10 y AAA studio experience
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Coder Johan @johncoder.bsky.social · Jun 6

Proudly presenting Ollister:
github.com/KaiyuanChao/...

An intuitive Ollama LLM listing app with a speedy GUI.
Dive deeply inside all models on your system. Expose all the system prompts and more. An experimental pillow plot shows tensors colored according to quantization, grouped by layers.

Coder Johan

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June 6, 2025 at 7:49 AM

Coder Johan

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Time to (re)play an all-time cerebral 2D favorite on Steam: The Swapper! facepalmgames.com/the-swapper/
A patch with new graphics glow-ups just came out 😀👍

May 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM

Coder Johan

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Soooo happy to see these three goobers on my screen #hacks

April 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM

Coder Johan

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wzk...
The song is amazing, and the joyful bits of choreography in this make me smile so big.

Rae Khalil - IS IT WORTH IT (Live Video Performance)

YouTube video by RaeKhalilVEVO

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March 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM

Coder Johan

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No matter what you want to achieve in life, don't forget, you gotta get a gimmick.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgCk...

Gypsy - You Gotta Get A Gimmick (HD)

YouTube video by DiffrentDrumr

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March 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM

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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her)

@moudhy.bsky.social

The opening of this essay really says it all.

“The complete dismissal of entire populations as sub-human…is a stark reminder that the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade and colonial genocide of indigenous populations by Western Empires have never left us” mondoweiss.net/2024/11/pale...

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Gaza is currently experiencing the largest slaughter of men, women and children in decades and a destruction rate that has
produced over 40 million tonnes of rubble that will take over a decade to clear. The near 100,000 tonnes of bombs dropped on the Gaza Strip since October 2023 surpasses the World War II bombings of London, Dresden, and Hamburg combined. Gaza is the site of one of the largest engineered mass starvations this century. For over a year, a day has not passed by in which a child has not been dismembered by the US-backed Israeli army. Gaza has seen its hos-pitals, universities, markets, and essential services blown to pieces, and its waterways, air, and soils polluted to highly toxic levels by chemical residues from carpet-bombing.
The destructive force with which the Gaza Strip has been bombarded is equivalent to several times that of the nuclear bomb that the United States dropped on Hiroshima.

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And yet, the tens of thousands of Palestinian children dying due to mutilation and incineration, and from infection resulting from amputation, count for absolutely nothing in the eyes of the West, in stark contrast to how it reacts when an Israeli is
held hostage, or an ultra-wealthy American is trapped in an undersea submersible on a
pleasure trip to view the Titanic. It is breathtakingly clear that Palestinian lives do not matter to Imperial powers and their interests.

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The complete dismissal of entire populations as sub-human, or not equivalent to European or Euro-American bodies, is a stark reminder that the horrors of the
transatlantic slave trade and colonial genocide of indigenous populations by Western empires have never left us. It is also a frightening reflection of the priorities of the world's rulers as we watch the planet's life-support systems erode due to ecological collapse. The ruling class's desire to

December 30, 2024 at 7:00 AM

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Rami Ismail (رامي)

@ramiismail.com

As January 1st 2025 ends, know that Israel has already murdered dozens of Palestinians in Gaza directly, and as always, and an unaccounted for number indirectly. By now, 10% of Gaza's total population is gone - and that's not considering how many mass graves are yet to be found.

January 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM

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Brad Chacos

@bradchacos.bsky.social

With the heaviest of hearts, PCWorld pays tribute to Gordon Mah Ung, our hardware guru, host of The Full Nerd, exemplary tech journalist, and very good friend. www.pcworld.com/article/2564...

Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld editor and renowned hardware journalist, dies at 58

With the heaviest of hearts, PCWorld pays tribute to Gordon Mah Ung. He was our executive editor in charge of hardware coverage, host of The Full Nerd, an exemplary tech journalist, and a great friend...

www.pcworld.com

December 24, 2024 at 12:22 AM

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Amnesty International

@amnesty.org

Peaceful protest is NOT a crime.
Peaceful protest is NOT a crime.
Peaceful protest is NOT a crime.
Peaceful protest is NOT a crime.

December 10, 2024 at 6:39 PM

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Amnesty International

@amnesty.org

Amnesty International’s new landmark report concludes that Israeli authorities have committed – and still are committing - genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.

Full report, out now.

www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Amnesty International concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza

Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.

www.amnesty.org

December 5, 2024 at 3:08 PM

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Rex Chapman

@rexchapman.bsky.social

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December 6, 2024 at 4:31 AM

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Prem Thakker ツ

@premthakker.bsky.social

NEW: Human rights organization Amnesty International has released a 296-page report concluding that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

The group joins Holocaust historians, United Nations experts, and a growing number of nations worldwide in doing so.

BREAKING: Amnesty Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide

“We will look back and say, ‘Why did we not do more earlier?” Amnesty's director tells Zeteo.

zeteo.com

December 5, 2024 at 12:04 AM

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Dylan O'Sullivan

@dylanoa4.bsky.social

There are whole books on psychology that don't get anywhere near this paragraph from Dostoevsky

November 27, 2024 at 1:40 PM

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Alfred Twu

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United we stand, divided we fall.

Political cartoon showing a line of dominos. The first one is labeled Trans Rights and has a blue-pink-white trans flag painted on it and is tilting. Three people (representing a trans man, trans woman, and person wearing rainbow colors) are pushing back to keep it from falling. Behind it the second domino is labeled "Gay Rights" and "Freedom of Expression" and has a couple, one member of who is pulling the other from behind the domino and walking towards the first domino. The 3rd one "Women's Rights" and "Free Love", a woman is pointing and shouting to rally others behind the domino to come forwards, the 4th one " Free Speech" and "Democracy" and has people peering out from behind it as well as two people running forwards with a piece of lumber, the 5th one "Freedom of Religion" and "Modernity", and has a few people nervously peeking out from behind it, the 6th one is "Literacy". Dominos 7-10 are unlabeled and faded out in the background.

Text on bottom: "United we stand, Divided we fall"

November 18, 2024 at 8:05 AM

Coder Johan

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As a quantum-computing skeptic whose first computer at home was a C64, this made me smile so big:
hackaday.com/2024/04/20/t...

Trolling IBM’s Quantum Processor Advantage With A Commodore 64

There’s been a lot of fuss about the ‘quantum advantage’ that would arise from the use of quantum processors and quantum systems in general. Yet in this high-noise, high-uncertain…

hackaday.com

November 20, 2024 at 12:54 AM

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LeVar Burton

@levarburton.bsky.social

Okay, y’all… I have finally decided that retreat is the better part of valor. Bringing some rainbow energy over to these blue skies.
#bydhttmwdi

a pixel art of a man standing under a rainbow on a blue background

Alt: a pixel art of Levar standing under a rainbow on a blue background

media.tenor.com

November 18, 2024 at 7:43 PM

Coder Johan

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The open-source Quite OK Image (QOI) format offers a simple, efficient solution for image compression.
qoiformat.org
With just 300 lines of C code it is easy to integrate and maintain. Optimized PNG libraries can match performance but aren't as simple.
1 page spec at qoiformat.org/qoi-specific...

November 17, 2024 at 9:01 PM

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MwahahahahahadScientist

@mads100tist.bsky.social

The Onion should buy Elsevier next

November 14, 2024 at 8:28 PM

Coder Johan

@johncoder.bsky.social

Now that Bsky is becoming the main positive, town-square-like place worthy of spending our time on, I'd like to highlight some of the most inspiring gems from the world of math, computer science, and (graphics) programming.
From Inigo Quilez on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJDz...