Ed Hartwell Goose
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I'm Chief Engineer at Mention Me.
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over on the mastodons, there is a thread about half life 1, vr, and floating point precision and it is wilder than you might expect
mastodon.gamedev.place/@TomF/115589...
mastodon.gamedev.place/@TomF/115589...
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Recent discussion about the perils of doors in gamedev reminded me of a bug caused by a door in a game you may have heard of called "Half Life 2". Are you sitting comfortably? Then ...
mastodon.gamedev.place
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
over on the mastodons, there is a thread about half life 1, vr, and floating point precision and it is wilder than you might expect
mastodon.gamedev.place/@TomF/115589...
mastodon.gamedev.place/@TomF/115589...
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During this cloudflare outage, let me supply you with this wisdom of the ages: “single point of failure” can be sung to the tune of “all the single ladies”
November 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
During this cloudflare outage, let me supply you with this wisdom of the ages: “single point of failure” can be sung to the tune of “all the single ladies”
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This thread does a better job of capturing why the cloud isn’t merely “renting a bunch of servers” than anything else I’ve seen recently.
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This thread does a better job of capturing why the cloud isn’t merely “renting a bunch of servers” than anything else I’ve seen recently.
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This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".
![One of Britain’s most senior police officers has launched an angry tirade against Extinction Rebellion protesters going “all floppy” when they get arrested.
Sir Stephen House, the deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan police, said the tactic of going limp was a “flipping nuisance” as it required extra officers to drag protesters away.
House told a London assembly police and crime committee hearing: “We have asked them to stop being floppy. And that might seem like a silly thing to say, but when we arrest them and pick them up, they go all floppy, which is why you see four or five officers carrying them away. It’s a complete waste of officers’ time, and a complete pain in the neck.”
Extinction Rebellion: how successful were the latest protests?
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House also expressed annoyance at how the tactic made the police look heavy-handed. He said: “The problem with them going floppy and four offices carrying them away [is that it] looks to the general public like police are overreacting here. We’re not making them go floppy. They’re just sort of being a nuisance.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7uvcqt45oqlutlrtgx7bpodq/bafkreie7yqxb4cj2t4gxftiqsno5wgk2kczb5vbtj7wh2b2u5sjtqtdrku@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".
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Perfect joke. Espresso strength.
A jury of my peers? TWELVE murderers?!
August 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Perfect joke. Espresso strength.
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✨ Big O ✨
Let me take you on a visual introduction to what big O notation is in my new blog post: samwho.dev/big-o.
With big O notation you can better understand how algorithms will perform in practice, finding orders of magnitude improvements often with very simple changes to your code.
Let me take you on a visual introduction to what big O notation is in my new blog post: samwho.dev/big-o.
With big O notation you can better understand how algorithms will perform in practice, finding orders of magnitude improvements often with very simple changes to your code.
August 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
✨ Big O ✨
Let me take you on a visual introduction to what big O notation is in my new blog post: samwho.dev/big-o.
With big O notation you can better understand how algorithms will perform in practice, finding orders of magnitude improvements often with very simple changes to your code.
Let me take you on a visual introduction to what big O notation is in my new blog post: samwho.dev/big-o.
With big O notation you can better understand how algorithms will perform in practice, finding orders of magnitude improvements often with very simple changes to your code.
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The positive thing about AI tooling going mainstream and setting expectations high (e.g. "anyone can build software with AI") is that a large group will learn what us devs know already:
Creating good software is hard and it's hard to explain to outsiders in a way they understand
Creating good software is hard and it's hard to explain to outsiders in a way they understand
August 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The positive thing about AI tooling going mainstream and setting expectations high (e.g. "anyone can build software with AI") is that a large group will learn what us devs know already:
Creating good software is hard and it's hard to explain to outsiders in a way they understand
Creating good software is hard and it's hard to explain to outsiders in a way they understand
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Tell me something that brought you joy this week.
Any old thing will do. Small joys are as good as big ones—sometimes even better.
Any old thing will do. Small joys are as good as big ones—sometimes even better.
August 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Tell me something that brought you joy this week.
Any old thing will do. Small joys are as good as big ones—sometimes even better.
Any old thing will do. Small joys are as good as big ones—sometimes even better.
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Try and get through this quiz without reaching total despair.
July 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Try and get through this quiz without reaching total despair.
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DAVE: Open the podbay doors, ChatGPT.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
June 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
DAVE: Open the podbay doors, ChatGPT.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
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Boo fucking hoo. It's built on THEFT. "I don't know how I'd ask all those people or afford to pay for all their work." Then you DON'T GET TO HAVE IT. These would-be geniuses have convinced themselves that something in their miracle blah-blah machine is so inherently amazing rules don't apply.
“I just don’t know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don’t see how that would work,” Clegg said. “And by the way if you did it in Britain and no one else did it, you would basically kill the AI industry in this country overnight.”
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
www.theverge.com
May 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Boo fucking hoo. It's built on THEFT. "I don't know how I'd ask all those people or afford to pay for all their work." Then you DON'T GET TO HAVE IT. These would-be geniuses have convinced themselves that something in their miracle blah-blah machine is so inherently amazing rules don't apply.
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SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
April 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
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Roses are red
PR gets defensive
Are you a NAT Gateway?
Because you’re goddamned expensive
PR gets defensive
Are you a NAT Gateway?
Because you’re goddamned expensive
February 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Roses are red
PR gets defensive
Are you a NAT Gateway?
Because you’re goddamned expensive
PR gets defensive
Are you a NAT Gateway?
Because you’re goddamned expensive
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Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.
Trudeau: Canada will retaliate with 25% tariffs on $155B of U.S. goods
YouTube video by CBC News
youtu.be
February 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.
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Bluesky has launched RSS feeds
Add /rss at the end of your profile URL to get to the feed, so for me: bsky.app/profile/puf... (note: it redirects to a less readable URL).
Or simply search for the profile URL in your feed reader.
More on: openrss.org/blog/blu...
Add /rss at the end of your profile URL to get to the feed, so for me: bsky.app/profile/puf... (note: it redirects to a less readable URL).
Or simply search for the profile URL in your feed reader.
More on: openrss.org/blog/blu...
February 1, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Bluesky has launched RSS feeds
Add /rss at the end of your profile URL to get to the feed, so for me: bsky.app/profile/puf... (note: it redirects to a less readable URL).
Or simply search for the profile URL in your feed reader.
More on: openrss.org/blog/blu...
Add /rss at the end of your profile URL to get to the feed, so for me: bsky.app/profile/puf... (note: it redirects to a less readable URL).
Or simply search for the profile URL in your feed reader.
More on: openrss.org/blog/blu...
Shopify have asked us to repost issues from GitHub onto their community forum.
Having to go through the 40+ issues I have with them and seeing how few of them have been resolved makes me really sad 😢
I wish their Extensions feature was better. So many frustrating flaws. It could be so good!
Having to go through the 40+ issues I have with them and seeing how few of them have been resolved makes me really sad 😢
I wish their Extensions feature was better. So many frustrating flaws. It could be so good!
January 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Shopify have asked us to repost issues from GitHub onto their community forum.
Having to go through the 40+ issues I have with them and seeing how few of them have been resolved makes me really sad 😢
I wish their Extensions feature was better. So many frustrating flaws. It could be so good!
Having to go through the 40+ issues I have with them and seeing how few of them have been resolved makes me really sad 😢
I wish their Extensions feature was better. So many frustrating flaws. It could be so good!
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My GPU has 45 billion transistors in it.
Like, we have this magic rock that we carved 45,000,000,000 miniature switches on it to create images of worlds that do not exist on a screen.
We really, really not appreciate enough how insanely magical technology is.
Like, we have this magic rock that we carved 45,000,000,000 miniature switches on it to create images of worlds that do not exist on a screen.
We really, really not appreciate enough how insanely magical technology is.
January 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My GPU has 45 billion transistors in it.
Like, we have this magic rock that we carved 45,000,000,000 miniature switches on it to create images of worlds that do not exist on a screen.
We really, really not appreciate enough how insanely magical technology is.
Like, we have this magic rock that we carved 45,000,000,000 miniature switches on it to create images of worlds that do not exist on a screen.
We really, really not appreciate enough how insanely magical technology is.
Definitely suggesting this for our team!
We've got a new game at work "Cold Case Mysteries" where people submit a picture of their fridge and then we all guess who it is.
I thought this would be funny but did not anticipate a character assassination.
I thought this would be funny but did not anticipate a character assassination.
January 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Definitely suggesting this for our team!
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in the article of former North Carolina Congressman Patrick McHenry:
January 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
in the article of former North Carolina Congressman Patrick McHenry:
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Why’s it called Death On The Nile and not Murder She Boat
December 28, 2024 at 9:33 AM
Why’s it called Death On The Nile and not Murder She Boat
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Colin Farrell's transformation into the penguin is remarkable
December 27, 2024 at 9:59 AM
Colin Farrell's transformation into the penguin is remarkable