Martin Dubuque
@martindubu.bsky.social
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February 18, 2026 at 3:23 AM
You know the idea that "back then", being 30 is equivalent to 80 today?
Not true. The average life expectancy age was around 30 or so, but only because so many kids died young bringing the average down.
If you survived your childhood, you could live into your 60s/70s.
Not true. The average life expectancy age was around 30 or so, but only because so many kids died young bringing the average down.
If you survived your childhood, you could live into your 60s/70s.
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 18, 2026 at 2:08 AM
You know the idea that "back then", being 30 is equivalent to 80 today?
Not true. The average life expectancy age was around 30 or so, but only because so many kids died young bringing the average down.
If you survived your childhood, you could live into your 60s/70s.
Not true. The average life expectancy age was around 30 or so, but only because so many kids died young bringing the average down.
If you survived your childhood, you could live into your 60s/70s.
I'm over any attempts at discussing AI, from either "side". It's useless, let's wait and see if this bullshit even survives the next two years, because right now the financial math isn't math'ing.
February 18, 2026 at 12:35 AM
I'm over any attempts at discussing AI, from either "side". It's useless, let's wait and see if this bullshit even survives the next two years, because right now the financial math isn't math'ing.
The discord link on the site goes to a totally different, unrelated, Discord server.
Highguard's website - "This site is currently unavailable." playhighguard.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
The discord link on the site goes to a totally different, unrelated, Discord server.
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I used to use detectors before realizing they are also basically LLMs and hallucinate answers just like any other LLM
Just because I keep seeing those "I checked this piece and it's written by AI" - this is an old article of mine, before AI was available. So could we not?
February 16, 2026 at 4:24 PM
I used to use detectors before realizing they are also basically LLMs and hallucinate answers just like any other LLM
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OMIOS URES update: just finished all artwork for the RITES OF MAGIC chapter! behold the final result. aesthetically this is probably my favorite chapter in the book!
#ttrpg #omiosures
#ttrpg #omiosures
February 15, 2026 at 11:13 PM
OMIOS URES update: just finished all artwork for the RITES OF MAGIC chapter! behold the final result. aesthetically this is probably my favorite chapter in the book!
#ttrpg #omiosures
#ttrpg #omiosures
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Unless you are in the neopets ttrpg, then it's full of guts and organ trafficking. And torches.
February 15, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Unless you are in the neopets ttrpg, then it's full of guts and organ trafficking. And torches.
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A place I have been building with Scythe is beginning to look like anything
February 15, 2026 at 10:21 AM
A place I have been building with Scythe is beginning to look like anything
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Nile croc head, currently on display at Vancouver aquarium
February 15, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Nile croc head, currently on display at Vancouver aquarium
More scifi needs telepathic robots who can read minds and be read by telepaths.
And if anyone whines, remind them Star Trek and Asimov did it.
And if anyone whines, remind them Star Trek and Asimov did it.
February 14, 2026 at 6:39 PM
More scifi needs telepathic robots who can read minds and be read by telepaths.
And if anyone whines, remind them Star Trek and Asimov did it.
And if anyone whines, remind them Star Trek and Asimov did it.
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In this week's monologue, @edzitron.com walks you through why Matt Shumer’s “Something Big Is Coming” is deceptive misinformation peddled by a guy who tried to defraud the AI community, and why everybody who boosted or republished it should be ashamed of themselves.
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
February 13, 2026 at 7:57 PM
In this week's monologue, @edzitron.com walks you through why Matt Shumer’s “Something Big Is Coming” is deceptive misinformation peddled by a guy who tried to defraud the AI community, and why everybody who boosted or republished it should be ashamed of themselves.
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
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Bless this mess!
Voice acting by Shoko Plambeck
The layout of this apartment is very similar to the one I had as a student in Kyoto 25 years ago (though this one's about 4 times bigger for gameplay purposes!)
#MadeWithUnity #LostInDreams #gamedev #indiedev
Voice acting by Shoko Plambeck
The layout of this apartment is very similar to the one I had as a student in Kyoto 25 years ago (though this one's about 4 times bigger for gameplay purposes!)
#MadeWithUnity #LostInDreams #gamedev #indiedev
February 13, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Bless this mess!
Voice acting by Shoko Plambeck
The layout of this apartment is very similar to the one I had as a student in Kyoto 25 years ago (though this one's about 4 times bigger for gameplay purposes!)
#MadeWithUnity #LostInDreams #gamedev #indiedev
Voice acting by Shoko Plambeck
The layout of this apartment is very similar to the one I had as a student in Kyoto 25 years ago (though this one's about 4 times bigger for gameplay purposes!)
#MadeWithUnity #LostInDreams #gamedev #indiedev
I get the reasoning, but I'll never get over all these hero shooters that have their characters acting all cutesy in cinematics/etc.
Like man they are shooting each other over and over in the actual gameplay.
Like man they are shooting each other over and over in the actual gameplay.
February 13, 2026 at 2:09 PM
I get the reasoning, but I'll never get over all these hero shooters that have their characters acting all cutesy in cinematics/etc.
Like man they are shooting each other over and over in the actual gameplay.
Like man they are shooting each other over and over in the actual gameplay.
One of my favorite media criticisms that I will never forget was someone complaining a game with a Pulp Fiction-style structure was irredeemable because it didn't follow freytag's pyramid.
This was at the very start of a 2 hour long essay.
This was at the very start of a 2 hour long essay.
February 12, 2026 at 6:30 PM
One of my favorite media criticisms that I will never forget was someone complaining a game with a Pulp Fiction-style structure was irredeemable because it didn't follow freytag's pyramid.
This was at the very start of a 2 hour long essay.
This was at the very start of a 2 hour long essay.
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it plays super nice now 🙏 these systemic games take ages to "click", but once they do it's amazing
still on temp anims/sound/graphics though
still on temp anims/sound/graphics though
February 12, 2026 at 5:36 PM
it plays super nice now 🙏 these systemic games take ages to "click", but once they do it's amazing
still on temp anims/sound/graphics though
still on temp anims/sound/graphics though
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Really want to mess around with TTRPG campaigns in an existing story/goal.
Stop Thanos from gathering the stones/Deliver the ring to Mt. Doom/Save Princess Leia from the Empire.
With players bringing in their own unique characters. No set path, not reenacting, just pursuing the goal.
Stop Thanos from gathering the stones/Deliver the ring to Mt. Doom/Save Princess Leia from the Empire.
With players bringing in their own unique characters. No set path, not reenacting, just pursuing the goal.
February 11, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Really want to mess around with TTRPG campaigns in an existing story/goal.
Stop Thanos from gathering the stones/Deliver the ring to Mt. Doom/Save Princess Leia from the Empire.
With players bringing in their own unique characters. No set path, not reenacting, just pursuing the goal.
Stop Thanos from gathering the stones/Deliver the ring to Mt. Doom/Save Princess Leia from the Empire.
With players bringing in their own unique characters. No set path, not reenacting, just pursuing the goal.
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Increasing autism rates over the last 25 years may just be kids with mild forms getting diagnosed. Rates of moderate to severe impairment due to autism have actually fallen slightly.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
![The autistic community is a large, growing, and heterogeneous population, and there is a need for improved methods to describe their diverse needs. Measures of adaptive functioning collected through public health surveillance may provide valuable information on functioning and support needs at a population level. We aimed to use adaptive behavior and cognitive scores abstracted from health and educational records to describe trends over time in the population prevalence of autism by adaptive level and co-occurrence of intellectual disability (ID). Using data from the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, years 2000 to 2016, we estimated the prevalence of autism per 1000 8-year-old children by four levels of adaptive challenges (moderate to profound, mild, borderline, or none) and by co-occurrence of ID. The prevalence of autism with mild, borderline, or no significant adaptive challenges increased between 2000 and 2016, from 5.1 per 1000 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 4.6–5.5) to 17.6 (95% CI: 17.1–18.1) while the prevalence of autism with moderate to profound challenges decreased slightly, from 1.5 (95% CI: 1.2–1.7) to 1.2 (95% CI: 1.1–1.4). The prevalence increase was greater for autism without co-occurring ID than for autism with co-occurring ID. The increase in autism prevalence between 2000 and 2016 was confined to autism with milder phenotypes. This trend could indicate improved identification of milder forms of autism over time. It is possible that increased access to therapies that improve intellectual and adaptive functioning of children diagnosed with autism also contributed to the trends.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j76trmiofvaxxpvx2vnb2vwf/bafkreibeoudvh2b4ifuiqq7pmnzwg6y6n3caschubukvo6kzqcfn2kdf5i@jpeg)
February 10, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Increasing autism rates over the last 25 years may just be kids with mild forms getting diagnosed. Rates of moderate to severe impairment due to autism have actually fallen slightly.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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BTW, do you have ideas for the title of this game? (Still prototyping ofc)
A few things I've seen around
- Godot Rumble
- FOSS Fighters
- Godown (Godot + Showdown)
A few things I've seen around
- Godot Rumble
- FOSS Fighters
- Godown (Godot + Showdown)
February 10, 2026 at 12:45 PM
BTW, do you have ideas for the title of this game? (Still prototyping ofc)
A few things I've seen around
- Godot Rumble
- FOSS Fighters
- Godown (Godot + Showdown)
A few things I've seen around
- Godot Rumble
- FOSS Fighters
- Godown (Godot + Showdown)
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does anyone else remember when the 2022 Super Bowl had so many crypto ads people were calling it the Crypto Bowl and then crypto just absolutely fucking tanked?
anyway
anyway
![The advertising during the game stood out for a high number of celebrity cameos and advertisements for futuristic technology, particularly for products like electric vehicles, virtual reality and cryptocurrency.[136][137][138][139] There were many cryptocurrency-related ads drawing comparisons to dot-com commercials during Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000,[140][141] leading some to refer to the game as the "Crypto Bowl".[142][143]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:exrxvyu6bpoym6mbnctke5tn/bafkreievce7ps4onya4r7lnkhyunbnuniltxqhynyysdz3ratcfzlsah3a@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 2:27 AM
does anyone else remember when the 2022 Super Bowl had so many crypto ads people were calling it the Crypto Bowl and then crypto just absolutely fucking tanked?
anyway
anyway
A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms continues to be incredible.
February 9, 2026 at 3:17 AM
A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms continues to be incredible.
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makin shitpost ads for my games
February 9, 2026 at 1:53 AM
makin shitpost ads for my games
Searched "chastity" on here because I wanted to see stuff about the Louisiana special election winner.
And you know what? That's on me.
And you know what? That's on me.
February 9, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Searched "chastity" on here because I wanted to see stuff about the Louisiana special election winner.
And you know what? That's on me.
And you know what? That's on me.
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I think i managed to get a good style for Yennefer's portrait, this will be the norm for the rest of witcher portraits.
Basic shapes so it's easy to animate 🐦⬛🐦⬛
Basic shapes so it's easy to animate 🐦⬛🐦⬛
February 8, 2026 at 9:10 PM
I think i managed to get a good style for Yennefer's portrait, this will be the norm for the rest of witcher portraits.
Basic shapes so it's easy to animate 🐦⬛🐦⬛
Basic shapes so it's easy to animate 🐦⬛🐦⬛
Needed a sanding dust collector, so I designed and 3d printed it. Uses an old 92mm PC fan for suction, underneath the mesh screen and dryer sheet filter.
February 8, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Needed a sanding dust collector, so I designed and 3d printed it. Uses an old 92mm PC fan for suction, underneath the mesh screen and dryer sheet filter.