Damian Yerrick
@pineight.com
I programmed Full Quiet for Retrotainment Games. Retro video game programmer (NES and GB) and Weebles collector.
he/him, autistic, opinions mine, expect puns
Other SNS links: https://pineight.com/social/
he/him, autistic, opinions mine, expect puns
Other SNS links: https://pineight.com/social/
There's a division of labor among people with a round bottom. Some wobble; others fall down.
Legless stunt actor Matthew DeMeritt played the alien in the 1982 film E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL in scenes where the other performers (both little people) could have broken their bones. Interviewed in 2024
Legless stunt actor Matthew DeMeritt played the alien in the 1982 film E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL in scenes where the other performers (both little people) could have broken their bones. Interviewed in 2024
I’m not joking
Apparently there were two other actors of small stature who had fragile bones, so he volunteered to be the stunt E.T. and did any scene where E.T. falls down or gets hit
youtu.be/Q_EfGcvx16U
Apparently there were two other actors of small stature who had fragile bones, so he volunteered to be the stunt E.T. and did any scene where E.T. falls down or gets hit
youtu.be/Q_EfGcvx16U
Interviewing - Matthew DeMeritt ET The Extra-Terrestrial - Adventures Access 2025 !!!
YouTube video by ☆Adventures Access☆
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 3:47 PM
There's a division of labor among people with a round bottom. Some wobble; others fall down.
Legless stunt actor Matthew DeMeritt played the alien in the 1982 film E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL in scenes where the other performers (both little people) could have broken their bones. Interviewed in 2024
Legless stunt actor Matthew DeMeritt played the alien in the 1982 film E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL in scenes where the other performers (both little people) could have broken their bones. Interviewed in 2024
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With that winter storm rollin' along, it never gets old to chace the icy blues away with board games! Just don't waste batteries on the electronic features in case of power outages.
With that winter storm rollin' along, it never gets old to chace the icy blues away with board games! Just don't waste batteries on the electronic features in case of power outages.
January 25, 2026 at 1:46 AM
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With that winter storm rollin' along, it never gets old to chace the icy blues away with board games! Just don't waste batteries on the electronic features in case of power outages.
With that winter storm rollin' along, it never gets old to chace the icy blues away with board games! Just don't waste batteries on the electronic features in case of power outages.
Based on current events in the United States, personal injury and wrongful death lawyers familiar with the Federal Tort Claims Act 1946 will see increased demand for services. If you or a loved one has been hurt by ICE, ask your lawyer if a tort claim is right for you.
January 25, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Based on current events in the United States, personal injury and wrongful death lawyers familiar with the Federal Tort Claims Act 1946 will see increased demand for services. If you or a loved one has been hurt by ICE, ask your lawyer if a tort claim is right for you.
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Happy Birthday, @juliancastillo138.bsky.social & @blueskunkguy.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Happy Birthday, @juliancastillo138.bsky.social & @blueskunkguy.bsky.social
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Birthday gift for @juliancastillo138.bsky.social featuring his Weeble wolf OC, Julian Wolfster.
Happy Birthday, mate! Hope you like it.
#birthday #giftart #wolf #Weeble
Happy Birthday, mate! Hope you like it.
#birthday #giftart #wolf #Weeble
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Birthday gift for @juliancastillo138.bsky.social featuring his Weeble wolf OC, Julian Wolfster.
Happy Birthday, mate! Hope you like it.
#birthday #giftart #wolf #Weeble
Happy Birthday, mate! Hope you like it.
#birthday #giftart #wolf #Weeble
Bored of AI Slop? Watch the real Slop! ASMR
YouTube video by Pig is eating slop
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish have a word for "toe". Most other languages of Europe and North Africa periphrastically use "fingers of the feet".
Yet Danish, Dutch, and German call gloves "hand shoes".
Yet Danish, Dutch, and German call gloves "hand shoes".
January 20, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish have a word for "toe". Most other languages of Europe and North Africa periphrastically use "fingers of the feet".
Yet Danish, Dutch, and German call gloves "hand shoes".
Yet Danish, Dutch, and German call gloves "hand shoes".
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COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:06 PM
COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
"Separate the art from the artist"? That's hard while the artist still earns a royalty and spends it on harassing critics in court or promoting intolerance.
"The Death of the Author"? The author's heirs aren't dead and can keep a biography from being published. Copyright encourages intentionalism.
"The Death of the Author"? The author's heirs aren't dead and can keep a biography from being published. Copyright encourages intentionalism.
January 18, 2026 at 4:01 PM
"Separate the art from the artist"? That's hard while the artist still earns a royalty and spends it on harassing critics in court or promoting intolerance.
"The Death of the Author"? The author's heirs aren't dead and can keep a biography from being published. Copyright encourages intentionalism.
"The Death of the Author"? The author's heirs aren't dead and can keep a biography from being published. Copyright encourages intentionalism.
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why are so many people okay with outsourcing coding efforts to what is a pretty expensive (and despite that, a loss leader) subscription to a remote machine. it feels like the entire ideal of self-hosting/computing sovereignty has been completely forgotten in the sea of LLM technology discourse
January 17, 2026 at 7:09 AM
why are so many people okay with outsourcing coding efforts to what is a pretty expensive (and despite that, a loss leader) subscription to a remote machine. it feels like the entire ideal of self-hosting/computing sovereignty has been completely forgotten in the sea of LLM technology discourse
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this is genuinely incredible
January 15, 2026 at 1:31 PM
this is genuinely incredible
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DAVE MATTHEWS: “I don’t want my taxes to pay for masked thugs to roam our streets & terrorize our communities... She was trying to get away. He shot her 3x in the head. Murdered in cold blood. They’re trying to tell us not to believe what we see. FUCK ICE.”
(H/T @marcofoster.bsky.social )
(H/T @marcofoster.bsky.social )
January 10, 2026 at 6:11 PM
DAVE MATTHEWS: “I don’t want my taxes to pay for masked thugs to roam our streets & terrorize our communities... She was trying to get away. He shot her 3x in the head. Murdered in cold blood. They’re trying to tell us not to believe what we see. FUCK ICE.”
(H/T @marcofoster.bsky.social )
(H/T @marcofoster.bsky.social )
USA bans flammable fabrics in children's #sleepwear (16 CFR 1615-1616). Polyester is the common substitute. Yet washing synthetic fabric produces 35% of all #microplastics. Choi et al. found in 2021 that washing and drying knit polyester released 4 to 5 times as much as woven.
Rock vs. hard place.
Rock vs. hard place.
January 14, 2026 at 1:25 AM
USA bans flammable fabrics in children's #sleepwear (16 CFR 1615-1616). Polyester is the common substitute. Yet washing synthetic fabric produces 35% of all #microplastics. Choi et al. found in 2021 that washing and drying knit polyester released 4 to 5 times as much as woven.
Rock vs. hard place.
Rock vs. hard place.
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Do your part and tell discord to pound sand
No AI, ever
No AI, ever
Discord wants to know how you feel about AI.
Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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January 10, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Do your part and tell discord to pound sand
No AI, ever
No AI, ever
How Hiro's soundtrack for the arcade game AFTER BURNER could have sounded on the 3 1/2-voice Digital Complex Sound Generator in the Sega Master System, if ROM size weren't as tight as it was back in 1987.
("Before Burner" is a blank CD.)
#VGM #MasterSystem #SN76489
youtu.be/GyO7EaJFKLA
("Before Burner" is a blank CD.)
#VGM #MasterSystem #SN76489
youtu.be/GyO7EaJFKLA
Hiro - After Burner (Re-arrange for Master System)
YouTube video by Damian Yerrick
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 3:00 AM
How Hiro's soundtrack for the arcade game AFTER BURNER could have sounded on the 3 1/2-voice Digital Complex Sound Generator in the Sega Master System, if ROM size weren't as tight as it was back in 1987.
("Before Burner" is a blank CD.)
#VGM #MasterSystem #SN76489
youtu.be/GyO7EaJFKLA
("Before Burner" is a blank CD.)
#VGM #MasterSystem #SN76489
youtu.be/GyO7EaJFKLA
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I'm an adult convert Catholic and I just assumed that the Pope being "infallible" meant he couldn't fall down, like a Weeble Wobble
January 7, 2026 at 4:24 AM
I'm an adult convert Catholic and I just assumed that the Pope being "infallible" meant he couldn't fall down, like a Weeble Wobble
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ANIMAL CRACKERS (1930) just entered the public domain and it's already on Tubi (and elsewhere).
I remember its 1979 TV premiere on CBS, after decades of unavailability due to rights issues.
I hope a new generation discovers the Marx Bros. now, just like I did then. #FilmSky #PublicDomain
I remember its 1979 TV premiere on CBS, after decades of unavailability due to rights issues.
I hope a new generation discovers the Marx Bros. now, just like I did then. #FilmSky #PublicDomain
January 3, 2026 at 3:22 AM
ANIMAL CRACKERS (1930) just entered the public domain and it's already on Tubi (and elsewhere).
I remember its 1979 TV premiere on CBS, after decades of unavailability due to rights issues.
I hope a new generation discovers the Marx Bros. now, just like I did then. #FilmSky #PublicDomain
I remember its 1979 TV premiere on CBS, after decades of unavailability due to rights issues.
I hope a new generation discovers the Marx Bros. now, just like I did then. #FilmSky #PublicDomain
I am an ex-user.
From 2014 through 2022, I was a Twitter user. Over three years under Elon Musk, I tapered down my use of the platform. Grok's deepfake of a 14-year-old with her clothes off was the last straw. I do not see a point in continuing to interact there.
Mr. Musk, you're fired.
From 2014 through 2022, I was a Twitter user. Over three years under Elon Musk, I tapered down my use of the platform. Grok's deepfake of a 14-year-old with her clothes off was the last straw. I do not see a point in continuing to interact there.
Mr. Musk, you're fired.
January 3, 2026 at 4:31 AM
I am an ex-user.
From 2014 through 2022, I was a Twitter user. Over three years under Elon Musk, I tapered down my use of the platform. Grok's deepfake of a 14-year-old with her clothes off was the last straw. I do not see a point in continuing to interact there.
Mr. Musk, you're fired.
From 2014 through 2022, I was a Twitter user. Over three years under Elon Musk, I tapered down my use of the platform. Grok's deepfake of a 14-year-old with her clothes off was the last straw. I do not see a point in continuing to interact there.
Mr. Musk, you're fired.
They say you're supposed to say "rabbit rabbit" at the start of a new month. 🐇️🐇️
Swift Heart, Nethil, and Pawlette say hi
#RabbitRabbit #plushies #BuildABear
Swift Heart, Nethil, and Pawlette say hi
#RabbitRabbit #plushies #BuildABear
January 1, 2026 at 3:39 PM
They say you're supposed to say "rabbit rabbit" at the start of a new month. 🐇️🐇️
Swift Heart, Nethil, and Pawlette say hi
#RabbitRabbit #plushies #BuildABear
Swift Heart, Nethil, and Pawlette say hi
#RabbitRabbit #plushies #BuildABear
In December, I set out to write an NES emulator from scratch, working on it an hour a day every day, recording every minute. I've built the CPU, PPU, and a handful of mappers. I added MMC3 without IRQ yesterday, and the end of the session's time lapse shows the first area of Full Quiet.
#emudev
#emudev
December 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
In December, I set out to write an NES emulator from scratch, working on it an hour a day every day, recording every minute. I've built the CPU, PPU, and a handful of mappers. I added MMC3 without IRQ yesterday, and the end of the session's time lapse shows the first area of Full Quiet.
#emudev
#emudev
Outdoor recess reduces anxiety... IN MICE 🐁
www.sciencealert.com/scientists-r...
www.sciencealert.com/scientists-r...
Scientists Released Caged Mice Into The Wild, And an Incredible Thing Happened
Dozens of laboratory mice allowed to roam a large outdoor enclosure returned to a typical level of mouse anxiety after just one week, researchers observed, suggesting that 'rewilding' may prevent lab-...
www.sciencealert.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Outdoor recess reduces anxiety... IN MICE 🐁
www.sciencealert.com/scientists-r...
www.sciencealert.com/scientists-r...
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
December 27, 1947
December 27, 1947
December 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
December 27, 1947
December 27, 1947