Uncle Frank
@bittersativa.bsky.social
Programmer, gamer, and lover of all things pumpkin spiced.
#FreePalestine
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Terminator 2D: No Fate and Neon Inferno reviewed: two games where the retro modern 90s-style side-scrolling shooter reaches new heights: youtu.be/1oX6AlGDdsc
Terminator 2D: No Fate & Neon Inferno - Supreme Quality Retro-Modern Shooters Reviewed
YouTube video by Digital Foundry
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December 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Terminator 2D: No Fate and Neon Inferno reviewed: two games where the retro modern 90s-style side-scrolling shooter reaches new heights: youtu.be/1oX6AlGDdsc
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We've played the first PS3 game running under emulation on PS5 - and it's not what you might have expected: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/12...
We've Played The First PS3-Emulated Game For PS5
Plus, comments from the developer on how it was done.
www.digitalfoundry.net
December 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
We've played the first PS3 game running under emulation on PS5 - and it's not what you might have expected: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/12...
I can't help but think of this when I hear some takes on AI.
December 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I can't help but think of this when I hear some takes on AI.
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Valve has now rejected my complaint, confirming that "I don't like muslims" is a valid reason to leave a negative review on a game on Steam
This is where we're at now.
This is where we're at now.
December 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Valve has now rejected my complaint, confirming that "I don't like muslims" is a valid reason to leave a negative review on a game on Steam
This is where we're at now.
This is where we're at now.
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I put together a detailed collection of useful patterns I've collected after vibe-coding 150 different single-file HTML tools over the past couple of years simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/10/...
Useful patterns for building HTML tools
I’ve started using the term HTML tools to refer to HTML applications that I’ve been building which combine HTML, JavaScript, and CSS in a single file and use them to …
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December 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I put together a detailed collection of useful patterns I've collected after vibe-coding 150 different single-file HTML tools over the past couple of years simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/10/...
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Horniness isn't one of the attributes in my current hardware forecast model but perhaps it should be?
December 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Horniness isn't one of the attributes in my current hardware forecast model but perhaps it should be?
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I approve of this video! It's focused on just one aspect of CRT gaming but it's fun to see filmed versions of these examples. Check it out! Really well done.
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CRTs and Pixel Art
YouTube video by Noodle
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December 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I approve of this video! It's focused on just one aspect of CRT gaming but it's fun to see filmed versions of these examples. Check it out! Really well done.
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a billionaire who sees undermining political sovereignty as an alternative to paying a relatively minor fine is a problem that will have to be dealt with eventually
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
a billionaire who sees undermining political sovereignty as an alternative to paying a relatively minor fine is a problem that will have to be dealt with eventually
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Today, we remember the fourteen young women whose lives were stolen at Polytechnique Montréal 36 years ago.
Their names are a solemn reminder of the devastating toll of gender-based violence — and the responsibility that comes with our remembrance.
Their names are a solemn reminder of the devastating toll of gender-based violence — and the responsibility that comes with our remembrance.
December 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Today, we remember the fourteen young women whose lives were stolen at Polytechnique Montréal 36 years ago.
Their names are a solemn reminder of the devastating toll of gender-based violence — and the responsibility that comes with our remembrance.
Their names are a solemn reminder of the devastating toll of gender-based violence — and the responsibility that comes with our remembrance.
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Helldivers 2: a new "slim" PC beta drops the game's storage requirement from 152GB to 22GB! Are there any downsides? We put it to the test: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/12...
Hands-on: Helldivers 2's "Slim" PC Beta Does Wonders - Even on HDD
85 percent smaller install, with only slight issues.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Helldivers 2: a new "slim" PC beta drops the game's storage requirement from 152GB to 22GB! Are there any downsides? We put it to the test: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/12...
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The hegemonic transition? That train has left the station, buddy.
December 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The hegemonic transition? That train has left the station, buddy.
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Notes and pelicans for today's pair of DeepSeek v3.2 model releases simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/1/d...
DeepSeek-V3.2
Two new open weight (MIT licensed) models from DeepSeek today: DeepSeek-V3.2 and DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale, both 690GB, 685B parameters. Here's the PDF tech report. DeepSeek-V3.2 is DeepSeek's new flagsh...
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December 2, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Notes and pelicans for today's pair of DeepSeek v3.2 model releases simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/1/d...
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
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Look, if you're not an expert you wouldn't know, but this chart is bullshit. They could not possibly measure this as 1. How can you tell for sure? There's no reliable automated way. 2. You're not counting the many sites that are blocking crawlers now.
But there's an even more important reason...
But there's an even more important reason...
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Look, if you're not an expert you wouldn't know, but this chart is bullshit. They could not possibly measure this as 1. How can you tell for sure? There's no reliable automated way. 2. You're not counting the many sites that are blocking crawlers now.
But there's an even more important reason...
But there's an even more important reason...
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At the risk of starting the flame war to end all flame wars...
Modern LLMs (GPT-5.1, Claude 4.5, Gemini 3) produce excellent code and can be a significant productivity boost to software engineers who take the time to learn how to effectively apply them - especially if used with coding agent tools
Modern LLMs (GPT-5.1, Claude 4.5, Gemini 3) produce excellent code and can be a significant productivity boost to software engineers who take the time to learn how to effectively apply them - especially if used with coding agent tools
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
At the risk of starting the flame war to end all flame wars...
Modern LLMs (GPT-5.1, Claude 4.5, Gemini 3) produce excellent code and can be a significant productivity boost to software engineers who take the time to learn how to effectively apply them - especially if used with coding agent tools
Modern LLMs (GPT-5.1, Claude 4.5, Gemini 3) produce excellent code and can be a significant productivity boost to software engineers who take the time to learn how to effectively apply them - especially if used with coding agent tools
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When America Has Your Back
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Cartoon by Kevin KAL Kallaugher
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Cartoon by Kevin KAL Kallaugher
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
When America Has Your Back
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Cartoon by Kevin KAL Kallaugher
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Cartoon by Kevin KAL Kallaugher
This is the most boring Leafs game I've seen in a long time. Like, dead-puck boring. They're in last place AND unwatchable.
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This is the most boring Leafs game I've seen in a long time. Like, dead-puck boring. They're in last place AND unwatchable.
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Kudos to Hardware Unboxed for looking into the visual disparity issues in Black Ops 7 when running on AMD and Nvidia GPUs. Particularly enjoyed the idea of using Intel Arc as an arbiter to discern what the game is supposed to look like: youtu.be/Ynb4raivIpM
Is AMD Cheating in Call of Duty Benchmarks?
YouTube video by Hardware Unboxed
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November 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Kudos to Hardware Unboxed for looking into the visual disparity issues in Black Ops 7 when running on AMD and Nvidia GPUs. Particularly enjoyed the idea of using Intel Arc as an arbiter to discern what the game is supposed to look like: youtu.be/Ynb4raivIpM
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Tyson is closing a Nebraska plant that employs 3,200 workers in order to “right-size” its business.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Tyson is closing a Nebraska plant that employs 3,200 workers in order to “right-size” its business.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
Somehow I got A/B tested into a version of Youtube without any playlists. Just the homepage, subscriptions, and that's it. Super annoying.
November 25, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Somehow I got A/B tested into a version of Youtube without any playlists. Just the homepage, subscriptions, and that's it. Super annoying.
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DF Direct Weekly #241 is now available, discussing Steam Machine's PC-adjacent pricing news, Proton FSR 4, the return of Red Dead Redemption, the brilliant Sektori, Windows perf issues, Horizon Steel Frontiers and much more: youtu.be/NOEGamg6nf8
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
DF Direct Weekly #241 is now available, discussing Steam Machine's PC-adjacent pricing news, Proton FSR 4, the return of Red Dead Redemption, the brilliant Sektori, Windows perf issues, Horizon Steel Frontiers and much more: youtu.be/NOEGamg6nf8
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Poetry Comics Month, Day 22
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Poetry Comics Month, Day 22