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Dr. Mel
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one of us since 10:58 PM on 01.31.2012
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"The future offers very little hope for those who expect that our new mechanical slaves will offer us a world in which we may rest from thinking. Help us they may, but at the cost of supreme demands upon our honesty and our intelligence." [Norbert Wiener, "God and Golem, Inc.," 1964] via etymonline.
November 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
dr-mel.bsky.social
I don't think i posted this here before, but if i did whatever. I'm posting it again.

youtu.be/puMBpccmGBA?...

#blutoid
Bålder Quartet - La Folia (Vivaldi)
YouTube video by Bålder Quartet
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November 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
dr-mel.bsky.social
I saw The Chair Company on HBO and yikes. It's like someone thought the funny part of Curb Your Enthusiasm was the plot and not the skilled comedian improv.

#blutoid
November 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
dr-mel.bsky.social
Reading up on the supercontinents like Pangea. Some are noted as having formed "3 ga" ago. Ok, what's a "ga" in this context?

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#blutoid
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
dr-mel.bsky.social
"Hi, it's me, generational workforce seminar man. For the next hour we'll reinforce ageist stereotypes, mostly about young people. We'll learn to directly violate our EEO policies by profiling people by their perceived age and generally dog whistle about how boomers are burdened by being better."
November 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
dr-mel.bsky.social
I don't know if this was the intent, but Miquella from Elden Ring's name might have been taken from the very obscure word Mickle meaning (ironically) Big. More accurately it's a surviving (barely) Old English form of the word Much.

#wordtoid
#blutoid
November 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
dr-mel.bsky.social
This is the good stuff right here

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ33...

#blutoid
The Weird, Wild, and Unforecastable Games Data of 2025 w/ Mat Piscatella
YouTube video by Kyle Bosman
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November 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
dr-mel.bsky.social
I try not to be antisocial but when i catch myself saying things like "'Go away, I'm busy' is gonna be on my tombstone" it calls into question the sincerity of my efforts, you know?

#blutoid
November 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
dr-mel.bsky.social
How long do you think it would be before someone told me to stop if i opened every email with "My Fellow Americans,"

#blutoid
November 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
dr-mel.bsky.social
This has got to be up there with some of the most remixable hold music of all time

#blutoid
November 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
dr-mel.bsky.social
Thank you for listening to my advice. It's hard being such an influence but I do what I can.
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Please vote.
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Please vote.
November 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
dr-mel.bsky.social
I really did learn how daylight savings works from a rocko's modern life episode.

#blutoid
November 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
dr-mel.bsky.social
Oh this has my attention. A creative-focused factory game with a nice low poly esthetic. It's closer to Shapez than Satisfactory, but it blends the two in several ways. It's only a demo and I've only played for a little bit, but seems neat!

store.steampowered.com/app/3465000/...

#blutoid
Modulus Demo on Steam
Modulus is a creative factory automation game where you design not just the systems, but construct the very building blocks themselves. No enemies, no timers, just you, your machines, and the quiet sa...
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November 2, 2025 at 2:58 AM
dr-mel.bsky.social
A lovely indie horror-adjacent title no one is talking about this year (because it's kinda old)

I still think about this game from time to time.

#blutoid

store.steampowered.com/app/963450/T...
The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED] on Steam
The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED] is a remake of the original "ETERNAL CASTLE" from 1987, with additional game mechanics, sophisticated sound design, polished 2-bit CGA animated graphics, and ...
store.steampowered.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
dr-mel.bsky.social
I added this to my wishlist on the power of its cover art alone. That font treatment, lordy me.
store.steampowered.com/app/3741860/...
Vital Shell on Steam
Vital Shell is a single player top-down arena shooter that puts you in control of mechs inspired by classic fantasy archetypes. Unlock powerful synergies with unique weapons, traits, and abilities as ...
store.steampowered.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Can't believe that once I again I have to remind you all you're not supposed to fuck pokemon. That's what digimon are for.
October 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
dr-mel.bsky.social
Many people are asking... why finance?

#blutoid
October 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
dr-mel.bsky.social
Cult and Occult are not related. The first is related to Culture, extended to mean those obsessed with a particular kind of culture.

And the second is from Latin meaning to conceal or cover or be unknowable, related to cellar or ceiling.

#blutoid
#wordtoid
October 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
dr-mel.bsky.social
I had some of these saved from years ago from qtoid, looking through them again, they're still interesting.

#blutoid #wordtoid
October 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
dr-mel.bsky.social
lol wow

#blutoid
October 25, 2025 at 5:37 AM
dr-mel.bsky.social
Groom the husband-to-be and Groom the action are completely unrelated. The first comes from the only surviving relative of the Old English word for Human, Guma (itself from an older word for Earth). The second comes from German meaning servant and later the actions of a servant.

#blutoid
#wordtoid
October 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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The game itself doesn't appeal to me, but the everything else very much does. Even the name, damn. Such a good choice lol. #blutoid
youtu.be/MjftBfkIktg?...
Dogpile - A suika-like deck builder about merging cute dogs into bigger dogs!
YouTube video by itch.io
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October 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
dr-mel.bsky.social
Alright, i work in this field and i hate all of the terms that got invented off of phishing. None of them are intuitive and are guaranteed to make the exact people in your workplace who NEED to know about this stuff tune out of it.

Call it QR Code Fraud. Done. Not quishing, fuck sake. #blutoid
October 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
dr-mel.bsky.social
I have given Clair Obscur time enough to sit in my subconscious and I find it is only after some time I can feel comfortable judging my opinion on a thing. Well, after enough time and revisiting the themes: this is now one of my favorite games, not just a game I enjoyed at the time. #blutoid
October 16, 2025 at 12:07 AM