Shuffy
@shuffy.bsky.social
Just a random internet denizen. I like technology, video games, anime, and cats.
I NEVER GET THIS LUCKY
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I NEVER GET THIS LUCKY
I want to sit down with a level artist/designer who worked on a pretty extensive 3D game just to pick at their brain on the technical parts.
There's assumptions I can make about why things are the way they are, but it'd be nice to actually know.
There's assumptions I can make about why things are the way they are, but it'd be nice to actually know.
October 19, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I want to sit down with a level artist/designer who worked on a pretty extensive 3D game just to pick at their brain on the technical parts.
There's assumptions I can make about why things are the way they are, but it'd be nice to actually know.
There's assumptions I can make about why things are the way they are, but it'd be nice to actually know.
Doing something at work using one of our web page tools and the first attempt didn't work. So I did it again to see if it'll throw an error. It did! "[object object]"
SIIIIIIIGH
SIIIIIIIGH
October 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Doing something at work using one of our web page tools and the first attempt didn't work. So I did it again to see if it'll throw an error. It did! "[object object]"
SIIIIIIIGH
SIIIIIIIGH
Ran into another comment section about how modern games use TAA to blur the snot out of everything and it looks fugly.
I don't know, I find the shimmering more annoying.
I don't know, I find the shimmering more annoying.
September 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Ran into another comment section about how modern games use TAA to blur the snot out of everything and it looks fugly.
I don't know, I find the shimmering more annoying.
I don't know, I find the shimmering more annoying.
Sometimes I let some of the apps that come with a computer do their thing, just to give it a shot. Maybe it's not as bad as...
Why is this one constantly asking me to approve elevated privileges
Okay I changed my mind, they're being nuked into deep space.
Why is this one constantly asking me to approve elevated privileges
Okay I changed my mind, they're being nuked into deep space.
August 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Sometimes I let some of the apps that come with a computer do their thing, just to give it a shot. Maybe it's not as bad as...
Why is this one constantly asking me to approve elevated privileges
Okay I changed my mind, they're being nuked into deep space.
Why is this one constantly asking me to approve elevated privileges
Okay I changed my mind, they're being nuked into deep space.
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Hey Firefox users.
August 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Hey Firefox users.
The next time a CEO of a company that makes a prominent game engine says it's the developer's fault for not making performant games, maybe they should lead by example and make a AAA game that looks like something top tier from 5 years ago but can run on a potato at 60 FPS.
August 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The next time a CEO of a company that makes a prominent game engine says it's the developer's fault for not making performant games, maybe they should lead by example and make a AAA game that looks like something top tier from 5 years ago but can run on a potato at 60 FPS.
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Enough people said they wanted to see the final slide deck, so I took the time to put it on my non-teacher github so I could share it. I didn't end up getting in trouble. I ended up being encouraged by a colleague to share it with my dept chair, and he liked it
authorblues.github.io/lecture-slid...
authorblues.github.io/lecture-slid...
August 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Enough people said they wanted to see the final slide deck, so I took the time to put it on my non-teacher github so I could share it. I didn't end up getting in trouble. I ended up being encouraged by a colleague to share it with my dept chair, and he liked it
authorblues.github.io/lecture-slid...
authorblues.github.io/lecture-slid...
I may enjoy the company of cats a lot, but it’s #InternationalDogDay so shout outs to these beautiful doggos I got a picture of
August 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I may enjoy the company of cats a lot, but it’s #InternationalDogDay so shout outs to these beautiful doggos I got a picture of
Was playing a game and saw a bin of graphics cards.
Then I find out they're actual graphics cards. One's a Hercules 3D Prophet 4000XT, another a GeForce FX 5500 without its heatsink, and the last one is up in the air.
Then I find out they're actual graphics cards. One's a Hercules 3D Prophet 4000XT, another a GeForce FX 5500 without its heatsink, and the last one is up in the air.
August 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Was playing a game and saw a bin of graphics cards.
Then I find out they're actual graphics cards. One's a Hercules 3D Prophet 4000XT, another a GeForce FX 5500 without its heatsink, and the last one is up in the air.
Then I find out they're actual graphics cards. One's a Hercules 3D Prophet 4000XT, another a GeForce FX 5500 without its heatsink, and the last one is up in the air.
I feel like if anything, relying on AI to write for you means you'll start to lose your skill in articulating your thoughts beyond a prompt that can be interpreted in a bajillion different ways.
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I feel like if anything, relying on AI to write for you means you'll start to lose your skill in articulating your thoughts beyond a prompt that can be interpreted in a bajillion different ways.
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We are outraged and deeply distressed that armed federal agents came onto our campus—making arrests on the very ground where, in 1942, Japanese American families were forced to board buses bound for concentration camps. It was a deliberate act of provocation and intimidation.
August 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We are outraged and deeply distressed that armed federal agents came onto our campus—making arrests on the very ground where, in 1942, Japanese American families were forced to board buses bound for concentration camps. It was a deliberate act of provocation and intimidation.
devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/...
The bit about a user modifying a setting and not realizing changing that setting caused issues amuses me more than it should
The bit about a user modifying a setting and not realizing changing that setting caused issues amuses me more than it should
Protecting Windows users from Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation - The Old New Thing
Granting an exception to a system policy.
devblogs.microsoft.com
August 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/...
The bit about a user modifying a setting and not realizing changing that setting caused issues amuses me more than it should
The bit about a user modifying a setting and not realizing changing that setting caused issues amuses me more than it should
A horrible thought I'm thinking about with those scalpers during Pokemon events (or really, anything), is even if people don't ever actually buy from the scalpers, the scalpers are just going to see their stock to be disposed. So it'll be a massive waste of resources.
August 16, 2025 at 6:21 AM
A horrible thought I'm thinking about with those scalpers during Pokemon events (or really, anything), is even if people don't ever actually buy from the scalpers, the scalpers are just going to see their stock to be disposed. So it'll be a massive waste of resources.
I feel like I made a joke in a game I like that has too many layers to unpack.
August 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I feel like I made a joke in a game I like that has too many layers to unpack.
I'm convinced the worst UI anti/dark pattern is sticking a notification icon on everything.
Bonus points if the thing that clears it is obtuse as heck to find.
Bonus points if the thing that clears it is obtuse as heck to find.
August 13, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I'm convinced the worst UI anti/dark pattern is sticking a notification icon on everything.
Bonus points if the thing that clears it is obtuse as heck to find.
Bonus points if the thing that clears it is obtuse as heck to find.
This is why I don't want to use Linux as a daily driver. I've encountered too many instances where the solution was "this is going to be a weekend project."
But no one involved with git, the project, will ever make git usable, because they are of the "user experience is anathema to free software" flavor of FLOSS people who are smugly proud that unless your brain works exactly like theirs, you are gatekept out of the profession!
August 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
This is why I don't want to use Linux as a daily driver. I've encountered too many instances where the solution was "this is going to be a weekend project."
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But no one involved with git, the project, will ever make git usable, because they are of the "user experience is anathema to free software" flavor of FLOSS people who are smugly proud that unless your brain works exactly like theirs, you are gatekept out of the profession!
August 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
But no one involved with git, the project, will ever make git usable, because they are of the "user experience is anathema to free software" flavor of FLOSS people who are smugly proud that unless your brain works exactly like theirs, you are gatekept out of the profession!
What I really miss from PC FPS games with a multiplayer component is the capability to play locally with bots. There are some games I'd love to play because they look fun, but being online-only is a deal breaker.
August 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
What I really miss from PC FPS games with a multiplayer component is the capability to play locally with bots. There are some games I'd love to play because they look fun, but being online-only is a deal breaker.
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Newgrounds' approach to verifying age is interesting and transparent.
July 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Newgrounds' approach to verifying age is interesting and transparent.
Current nagging thought:
On this computer forum I used to visit, and I forget what the user asked, but it led me down this rabbit hole of finding the location of where Windows keeps files for the recycling bin.
A mod kept deleting my posts, saying it was "dangerous" to share this info.
???
On this computer forum I used to visit, and I forget what the user asked, but it led me down this rabbit hole of finding the location of where Windows keeps files for the recycling bin.
A mod kept deleting my posts, saying it was "dangerous" to share this info.
???
July 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Current nagging thought:
On this computer forum I used to visit, and I forget what the user asked, but it led me down this rabbit hole of finding the location of where Windows keeps files for the recycling bin.
A mod kept deleting my posts, saying it was "dangerous" to share this info.
???
On this computer forum I used to visit, and I forget what the user asked, but it led me down this rabbit hole of finding the location of where Windows keeps files for the recycling bin.
A mod kept deleting my posts, saying it was "dangerous" to share this info.
???
People say they want a minimal Windows as the default where you add on just what you need.
To which I ask: do you want to give your technology illiterate friend Ubuntu or Gentoo?
To which I ask: do you want to give your technology illiterate friend Ubuntu or Gentoo?
July 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
People say they want a minimal Windows as the default where you add on just what you need.
To which I ask: do you want to give your technology illiterate friend Ubuntu or Gentoo?
To which I ask: do you want to give your technology illiterate friend Ubuntu or Gentoo?
I saw a review of the RTX 5050 and it was decried as basically a piece of junk. So I had a look at how they tested it. Everything at max settings for the 1080p test and AFIAK, no testing at other settings.
So it's junk because it can't run games at some acceptable performance level at max settings?
So it's junk because it can't run games at some acceptable performance level at max settings?
July 12, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I saw a review of the RTX 5050 and it was decried as basically a piece of junk. So I had a look at how they tested it. Everything at max settings for the 1080p test and AFIAK, no testing at other settings.
So it's junk because it can't run games at some acceptable performance level at max settings?
So it's junk because it can't run games at some acceptable performance level at max settings?
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I have waited at least an entire year for this moment
July 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I have waited at least an entire year for this moment