Bentok
@bencope.land
Software engineer by day, hobbyist game dev by night, husband, dad, tend to be hanging around F#, Typescript and Swift stacks these days. Love F#, Godot, games, anime, haiku, oolong and kukicha, nature. 🎮🍵🌳🦔
The opinions expressed here are solely my own.
The opinions expressed here are solely my own.
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John Carmack making a eulogy post for Rebecca Heineman and deadnaming and misgendering her throughout, that classic Carmack tact and thoughtfulness
November 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
John Carmack making a eulogy post for Rebecca Heineman and deadnaming and misgendering her throughout, that classic Carmack tact and thoughtfulness
Charlotte is the Hornets’ Nest for a reason. Hornets aren’t malicious, they defend the vulnerable and protect the nest. I hope our city shows ICE what that kind of solidarity looks like.
And I pray that I’m nothing but an ally and encouragement to those who need it most. Kyrie, eleison.
And I pray that I’m nothing but an ally and encouragement to those who need it most. Kyrie, eleison.
November 20, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Charlotte is the Hornets’ Nest for a reason. Hornets aren’t malicious, they defend the vulnerable and protect the nest. I hope our city shows ICE what that kind of solidarity looks like.
And I pray that I’m nothing but an ally and encouragement to those who need it most. Kyrie, eleison.
And I pray that I’m nothing but an ally and encouragement to those who need it most. Kyrie, eleison.
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This thing took so much work, from so many people - RPGs have so many little working parts, and we did so much to try to make this world feel alive. The team is just vibrating right now, seeing how this all goes, but for now it's great to just have it out there, in people's hands.
Demonschool: Is OUT. It's out. Finally it is out. We hope you enjoy it.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This thing took so much work, from so many people - RPGs have so many little working parts, and we did so much to try to make this world feel alive. The team is just vibrating right now, seeing how this all goes, but for now it's great to just have it out there, in people's hands.
When your mature server-side mono-repo is 100% F#, it’s easy to for it to start feel normal.
But all it takes is a glimpse of C# code to remember just how amazing F# is - love at first sight all over again.
#fsharp
But all it takes is a glimpse of C# code to remember just how amazing F# is - love at first sight all over again.
#fsharp
November 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
When your mature server-side mono-repo is 100% F#, it’s easy to for it to start feel normal.
But all it takes is a glimpse of C# code to remember just how amazing F# is - love at first sight all over again.
#fsharp
But all it takes is a glimpse of C# code to remember just how amazing F# is - love at first sight all over again.
#fsharp
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This isn’t news. Heritage foundation is a known white supremacist operation it always has been. It’s literally been a white power reactionary (read anti women, anti minorities, anti democratic) think tank since its inception.
In this new essay on the internal culture of the right, I report on something big: allegations by a Heritage Foundation insider that the organization has allowed a toxic culture of "open misogyny and racism" to grow among a segment of the staff
www.vox.com/on-the-right...
www.vox.com/on-the-right...
The toxic culture behind the right’s civil war
A Heritage insider alleging “openly misogynistic and racist” conduct shines a light on the right’s inner workings.
www.vox.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This isn’t news. Heritage foundation is a known white supremacist operation it always has been. It’s literally been a white power reactionary (read anti women, anti minorities, anti democratic) think tank since its inception.
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This is a really remarkable video essay on contemporary film and the theories of Laura Marks. It's making me think about movies in a new way.
Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore
YouTube video by Like Stories of Old
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This is a really remarkable video essay on contemporary film and the theories of Laura Marks. It's making me think about movies in a new way.
I noticed the other day: Apple Music gives you these year to year breakdowns of your most listened to music and turns it into a playlist. I noticed that from 2020 to 2025 my listening went from a mix of many things hip-hop, metal, all sorts of stuff to where in 2024 and 2025. It was nearly all Lofi.
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I noticed the other day: Apple Music gives you these year to year breakdowns of your most listened to music and turns it into a playlist. I noticed that from 2020 to 2025 my listening went from a mix of many things hip-hop, metal, all sorts of stuff to where in 2024 and 2025. It was nearly all Lofi.
I love labeler services in Bluesky. I like that I can choose not to see content from platforms I choose not to be on.
November 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I love labeler services in Bluesky. I like that I can choose not to see content from platforms I choose not to be on.
Quote with 5 games in your back log!
5 games from my backlog:
Ghost of Yotei
Tales of Arise
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
To a T
Once Upon a Katamari
5 games from my backlog:
Ghost of Yotei
Tales of Arise
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
To a T
Once Upon a Katamari
Quote with 5 games in your back log!
5 games from my backlog:
1000x Resist
Keeper
Until Then
The Midnight Walk
Silent Hill f
5 games from my backlog:
1000x Resist
Keeper
Until Then
The Midnight Walk
Silent Hill f
Quote with 5 games in your back log!
5 games from my backlog:
The Witcher series
Nier Replicant
Final Fantasy XVI
Sea of Stars
Octopath Traveler II
5 games from my backlog:
The Witcher series
Nier Replicant
Final Fantasy XVI
Sea of Stars
Octopath Traveler II
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Quote with 5 games in your back log!
5 games from my backlog:
Ghost of Yotei
Tales of Arise
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
To a T
Once Upon a Katamari
5 games from my backlog:
Ghost of Yotei
Tales of Arise
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
To a T
Once Upon a Katamari
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That item list is so cool.
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
That item list is so cool.
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Apparently a lot of people online think games aren't as fun anymore, but that could not be farther from the truth. There's more great games than ever now, so where is this coming from? As always, the culprit is capitalism.
#blog #gaming
#blog #gaming
Games aren't fun anymore!?
innerspiral.lol
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Managing long-running, stateful workflows in Swift just got a whole lot easier. The new Temporal SDK brings first-class support for building reliable, fault-tolerant applications. www.swift.org/blog/swift-t... @temporal.io
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Managing long-running, stateful workflows in Swift just got a whole lot easier. The new Temporal SDK brings first-class support for building reliable, fault-tolerant applications. www.swift.org/blog/swift-t... @temporal.io
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Absolutely correct
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Absolutely correct
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Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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if they were going to cave anyway they should’ve done it a week ago to spare SNAP recipients the agony.
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
if they were going to cave anyway they should’ve done it a week ago to spare SNAP recipients the agony.
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seems like today is a good day for this #Frankenstein
November 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
seems like today is a good day for this #Frankenstein
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Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
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Ah well, it's been fun lads. We'll always have Dirge of Cerberus.
Square Enix wants 70% of its QA work to be handled by generative AI by the end of 2027, in partnership with the University of Tokyo's Matsuo-Iwasawa Laboratory. https://bit.ly/4qKdyQR
November 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Ah well, it's been fun lads. We'll always have Dirge of Cerberus.
I hope Dek and Thia get another Predator movie.
November 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I hope Dek and Thia get another Predator movie.
I imagine some people probably think “AI slop” is just clearly poor AI content. It’s still AI slop if it can deceive most people or the person who did the work of clicking the button to generate it convinced themselves it looked good (btw, it didn’t).
Stop sharing AI slop.
It's one thing if you don't know or just made a mistake. No need to breathe down someones neck b/c its harder to tell nowadays.
But if you do know (ESPECIALLY IF YOU DO KNOW) even if you're posting it to make fun of it or sharing it unironically... consider not doing that.
It's one thing if you don't know or just made a mistake. No need to breathe down someones neck b/c its harder to tell nowadays.
But if you do know (ESPECIALLY IF YOU DO KNOW) even if you're posting it to make fun of it or sharing it unironically... consider not doing that.
November 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I imagine some people probably think “AI slop” is just clearly poor AI content. It’s still AI slop if it can deceive most people or the person who did the work of clicking the button to generate it convinced themselves it looked good (btw, it didn’t).
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Stop sharing AI slop.
It's one thing if you don't know or just made a mistake. No need to breathe down someones neck b/c its harder to tell nowadays.
But if you do know (ESPECIALLY IF YOU DO KNOW) even if you're posting it to make fun of it or sharing it unironically... consider not doing that.
It's one thing if you don't know or just made a mistake. No need to breathe down someones neck b/c its harder to tell nowadays.
But if you do know (ESPECIALLY IF YOU DO KNOW) even if you're posting it to make fun of it or sharing it unironically... consider not doing that.
November 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Stop sharing AI slop.
It's one thing if you don't know or just made a mistake. No need to breathe down someones neck b/c its harder to tell nowadays.
But if you do know (ESPECIALLY IF YOU DO KNOW) even if you're posting it to make fun of it or sharing it unironically... consider not doing that.
It's one thing if you don't know or just made a mistake. No need to breathe down someones neck b/c its harder to tell nowadays.
But if you do know (ESPECIALLY IF YOU DO KNOW) even if you're posting it to make fun of it or sharing it unironically... consider not doing that.
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A 34-year-old as a politician: My god he's like a baby. It's like they just elected an infant to be their mayor.
A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.
A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
A 34-year-old as a politician: My god he's like a baby. It's like they just elected an infant to be their mayor.
A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.
A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.
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[dalek voice] EXCOMMUNICATE EXCOMMUNICATE
BREAKING: After ICE refuses to allow detained migrants to receive the Eucharist, Pope Leo calls on Trump and Vance to respect migrants‘ dignity and religious liberty.
“They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”
“They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”
November 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
[dalek voice] EXCOMMUNICATE EXCOMMUNICATE
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Holy shit. @shmuplations.bsky.social translated a massive thread of old tweets from Hideo Yoshizawa that goes deep into the NES Ninja Gaiden's development, including finally confirming the Castlevania influence shmuplations.com/ninjagaiden/
Ninja Gaiden – Developer Commentary (2023) - shmuplations.com
Taken from a string of social media posts shared in 2023, these comments from director Hideo Yoshizawa recount the making of Tecmo's classic side-scrolling action game, Ninja Gaiden.
shmuplations.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Holy shit. @shmuplations.bsky.social translated a massive thread of old tweets from Hideo Yoshizawa that goes deep into the NES Ninja Gaiden's development, including finally confirming the Castlevania influence shmuplations.com/ninjagaiden/
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Awesome #rust and #fsharp comparison for this 2 awesome languages, do you need to handle memory or you can let GC do the magic for you? youtu.be/1sTjWVvp8MQ?...
Rust vs. F# by Johan Olsson
YouTube video by Func Prog Sweden
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November 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Awesome #rust and #fsharp comparison for this 2 awesome languages, do you need to handle memory or you can let GC do the magic for you? youtu.be/1sTjWVvp8MQ?...