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Hey all, I'm on lexapro now so maybe I'll actually feel like posting here.
My name is Simon. I'm 32 and I like video games and improv comedy (listening to, not performing). I'm interested in programming and computer science but I'm far from an expert.
Feel free to follow me if you like!
My name is Simon. I'm 32 and I like video games and improv comedy (listening to, not performing). I'm interested in programming and computer science but I'm far from an expert.
Feel free to follow me if you like!
YEEESSS
November 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
YEEESSS
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The Palestinian-led BDS movement has updated our priority targets, pressure targets and organic campaign targets.
September 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The Palestinian-led BDS movement has updated our priority targets, pressure targets and organic campaign targets.
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One of the key ways you refuse to comply with fascism is by becoming even louder and more fearless in supporting vulnerable people. You SHOW that you are unwilling to throw the "undesirables" under the bus if only for self-preservation because under fascism you will also become undesirable one day.
September 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
One of the key ways you refuse to comply with fascism is by becoming even louder and more fearless in supporting vulnerable people. You SHOW that you are unwilling to throw the "undesirables" under the bus if only for self-preservation because under fascism you will also become undesirable one day.
"they will immediately begin to plot against Tom Nook" There are literal instructions in this guy's code telling them to do this!! It's kinda irresponsible to frame this as some emergent behavior that came from "giving the villagers a brain". LLMs are not brains!
if you give the villages a brain, they will immediately begin to plot against Tom Nook
AI-Powered Animal Crossing Villagers Begin Organizing Against Tom Nook
An LLM breathed new life into 'Animal Crossing' and made the villagers rise up against their landlord.
www.404media.co
September 17, 2025 at 3:35 AM
"they will immediately begin to plot against Tom Nook" There are literal instructions in this guy's code telling them to do this!! It's kinda irresponsible to frame this as some emergent behavior that came from "giving the villagers a brain". LLMs are not brains!
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In the blurring of memory that comes with time, it will fall on historians to point out that the deployment of the military to cities, the disappearances of student activists and immigrants, and the federal takeovers of policing all *preceeded*, not followed, the death of a demagogue.
September 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
In the blurring of memory that comes with time, it will fall on historians to point out that the deployment of the military to cities, the disappearances of student activists and immigrants, and the federal takeovers of policing all *preceeded*, not followed, the death of a demagogue.
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To be perfectly honest? I don't think any of Nintendo's reveals on Friday are gonna outdo this.
September 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
To be perfectly honest? I don't think any of Nintendo's reveals on Friday are gonna outdo this.
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"I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights" - Charlie Kirk, 2023
www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...
www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...
September 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights" - Charlie Kirk, 2023
www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...
www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...
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In Super Mario Odyssey, kicking things is Mario's highest priority, overriding all other actions. If a kickable object, such as a football, is thrown at Mario while he is asleep, he will momentarily wake up just to kick it before instantly going back to sleep.
September 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
In Super Mario Odyssey, kicking things is Mario's highest priority, overriding all other actions. If a kickable object, such as a football, is thrown at Mario while he is asleep, he will momentarily wake up just to kick it before instantly going back to sleep.
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September 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Fear had spread throughout Hogwarts. A new student was arriving today, a fierce, sullen boy named Graham Terrorist. He furiously insists that female whales are dolphins, and nobody dares disagree. "I've lost everything.. Just because I speak the truth that all cats are girls and all dogs are boys."
September 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Fear had spread throughout Hogwarts. A new student was arriving today, a fierce, sullen boy named Graham Terrorist. He furiously insists that female whales are dolphins, and nobody dares disagree. "I've lost everything.. Just because I speak the truth that all cats are girls and all dogs are boys."
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very direct evidence that video game piracy is important in the preservation of video games
September 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
very direct evidence that video game piracy is important in the preservation of video games
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This is the biggest betrayal in gaming history. 🚨
August 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is the biggest betrayal in gaming history. 🚨
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piracy is a morally correct choice in a world where prices increase in inverse relativity to job prospects. you deserve access to culture no matter what side of the poverty line you're on. buy a used video game console and jailbreak it, learn to torrent, install soulseek. art is for everyone
August 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
piracy is a morally correct choice in a world where prices increase in inverse relativity to job prospects. you deserve access to culture no matter what side of the poverty line you're on. buy a used video game console and jailbreak it, learn to torrent, install soulseek. art is for everyone
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Feels like "payment processor Stripe admits to being an anti LGBTQ hate group" should be an actual headline somewhere.
and to be clear, i was very clear in asking "can i use stripe for purchases of LGBT content" and both times, different operators have told me that Stripe does not support such transactions
theyre not even playing the "oh our brand doesnt discriminate!" song and dance
theyre not even playing the "oh our brand doesnt discriminate!" song and dance
August 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Feels like "payment processor Stripe admits to being an anti LGBTQ hate group" should be an actual headline somewhere.
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I know a lot of you have already heard or read about BDS Movement's call against Microsoft, and felt weird and bad about it all, but decided to move forward as normal because of some degree of ambiguity.
"What service is Microsoft providing?"
Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.
"What service is Microsoft providing?"
Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.
August 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I know a lot of you have already heard or read about BDS Movement's call against Microsoft, and felt weird and bad about it all, but decided to move forward as normal because of some degree of ambiguity.
"What service is Microsoft providing?"
Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.
"What service is Microsoft providing?"
Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.
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Once again, there is an ACLU petition specifically made to stop Mastercard from unlawfully policing adult content. It’s getting pretty grim for us out there. Please sign and/or spread the word.
action.aclu.org/petition/mas...
action.aclu.org/petition/mas...
Mastercard: Sex Work is Work. End Your Unjust Policy.
Mastercard's new policy unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers more vulnerable, especially Black trans women. It must be stopped.
action.aclu.org
July 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Once again, there is an ACLU petition specifically made to stop Mastercard from unlawfully policing adult content. It’s getting pretty grim for us out there. Please sign and/or spread the word.
action.aclu.org/petition/mas...
action.aclu.org/petition/mas...
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tangentially to the discussions earlier this week about whether "fun" is a necessary design goal in a game, I feel like there are certain questions you can ask a player that only carry weight if they invoke a threat with genuine meaning behind it.
June 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
tangentially to the discussions earlier this week about whether "fun" is a necessary design goal in a game, I feel like there are certain questions you can ask a player that only carry weight if they invoke a threat with genuine meaning behind it.
This game is the main way I've coped with not getting the new Mario Kart. Just an absurd amount of content and the racing feels great!
Also while I'm shouting out ABSURDLY MASSIVE and WILDLY AMBITIOUS fangames that came out last year, Dr Robotnik's Ring Racers remains one of my favourite kart racers ever.
Designed by/for kart-racer sickos. Imagine Mario Kart with fighting game level depth. Also a COLOSSAL solo campaign with bosses
Designed by/for kart-racer sickos. Imagine Mario Kart with fighting game level depth. Also a COLOSSAL solo campaign with bosses
Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers - Promo (2024)
YouTube video by Kart Krew Dev
www.youtube.com
June 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This game is the main way I've coped with not getting the new Mario Kart. Just an absurd amount of content and the racing feels great!
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Jesus dude www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-tria...
Ubisoft trial witnesses testify to "being tied to a chair, forced to do handstands, and subjected to constant comments about sex"
Ubisoft developers have told a French court that former execs Serge Hascoet, Tommy Francois, and Guillaume Patrux alleg…
www.gamesindustry.biz
June 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Jesus dude www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-tria...
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Parents, you are standing at a fork in the road right now.
If you buy your kids the Harry Potter video game, they'll grow up to be big maladjusted losers who only read bad YA fiction as adults, if you buy your kids Yakuza 0 they will grow up to own a cool jacket.
If you buy your kids the Harry Potter video game, they'll grow up to be big maladjusted losers who only read bad YA fiction as adults, if you buy your kids Yakuza 0 they will grow up to own a cool jacket.
June 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Parents, you are standing at a fork in the road right now.
If you buy your kids the Harry Potter video game, they'll grow up to be big maladjusted losers who only read bad YA fiction as adults, if you buy your kids Yakuza 0 they will grow up to own a cool jacket.
If you buy your kids the Harry Potter video game, they'll grow up to be big maladjusted losers who only read bad YA fiction as adults, if you buy your kids Yakuza 0 they will grow up to own a cool jacket.
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Idk gang seems like neighborhoods are in fact perfectly equipped to protect themselves without the need for the people with 40-60% of everyone's budget who are actually the ones they must protect themselves from
June 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Idk gang seems like neighborhoods are in fact perfectly equipped to protect themselves without the need for the people with 40-60% of everyone's budget who are actually the ones they must protect themselves from