Ben
@gilderbean.bsky.social
Hi! I'm Ben
I write code for a living - mostly web-related, and I keep telling myself I'm gonna make a video game one day. I'm a big fan of ttrpgs as well. Don't be surprised if I end up just getting on here to like posts 😄
I write code for a living - mostly web-related, and I keep telling myself I'm gonna make a video game one day. I'm a big fan of ttrpgs as well. Don't be surprised if I end up just getting on here to like posts 😄
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Tetris theme edm version in Strudel let's go ✨
November 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Tetris theme edm version in Strudel let's go ✨
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What if color harmonies were a continuum? Not fixed rules, and you could glide through them just by interpolating?
November 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
What if color harmonies were a continuum? Not fixed rules, and you could glide through them just by interpolating?
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Wish I'd taken the time to figure out @oskarstalberg.bsky.social's dual grid concept earlier. It simplifies everything so much while also enabling nicer tile shapes.
In short: instead of designing tiles, design the boundary slices between them.
In short: instead of designing tiles, design the boundary slices between them.
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Wish I'd taken the time to figure out @oskarstalberg.bsky.social's dual grid concept earlier. It simplifies everything so much while also enabling nicer tile shapes.
In short: instead of designing tiles, design the boundary slices between them.
In short: instead of designing tiles, design the boundary slices between them.
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I've finally finished drawing all 30 NPCs for my Ofanim series.
November 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I've finally finished drawing all 30 NPCs for my Ofanim series.
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oh hey look it's 39 free cc0 chiptunes for your projects
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November 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
oh hey look it's 39 free cc0 chiptunes for your projects
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every time i’m about to respond to someone online with a terrible opinion i have to remind myself that Europol just exposed a SIM farm platform that powered 49 million fake social media accounts. engagement farming is real. don’t raise your cortisol over bots, oomfies
November 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
every time i’m about to respond to someone online with a terrible opinion i have to remind myself that Europol just exposed a SIM farm platform that powered 49 million fake social media accounts. engagement farming is real. don’t raise your cortisol over bots, oomfies
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cuomo found dead in miami
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
cuomo found dead in miami
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Mamdani: "I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life but let tonight be the final time I utter his name."
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Mamdani: "I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life but let tonight be the final time I utter his name."
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The failure of the “blue no matter who” crowd to rally behind Mamdani really just lays the reality of that position bare, doesn’t it?
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The failure of the “blue no matter who” crowd to rally behind Mamdani really just lays the reality of that position bare, doesn’t it?
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centrists will tell you to your face that we all need to abandon identity issues, and focus on kitchen table issues instead and yet when a leftist candidate runs a generational campaign based on kitchen table issues, it's the centrists weaponizing identity politics to smear the leftist.
October 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
centrists will tell you to your face that we all need to abandon identity issues, and focus on kitchen table issues instead and yet when a leftist candidate runs a generational campaign based on kitchen table issues, it's the centrists weaponizing identity politics to smear the leftist.
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Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
Please read our statement, share it with your networks, and support us if you can. www.python.org/sponsors/app... psfmember.org/civicrm/cont...
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
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DST is why most Americans wake by alarm in darkness. Permanent Standard Time would let us sleep longer and awaken naturally to sunlight, for health!
October 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
DST is why most Americans wake by alarm in darkness. Permanent Standard Time would let us sleep longer and awaken naturally to sunlight, for health!
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White men...the story you were taught about yourselves was never true.
It promised power, but stole your humanity. It gave you control, but robbed you of connection.
It’s time to unlearn the lies.
It promised power, but stole your humanity. It gave you control, but robbed you of connection.
It’s time to unlearn the lies.
October 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
White men...the story you were taught about yourselves was never true.
It promised power, but stole your humanity. It gave you control, but robbed you of connection.
It’s time to unlearn the lies.
It promised power, but stole your humanity. It gave you control, but robbed you of connection.
It’s time to unlearn the lies.
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Cicada Posthuman
October 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Cicada Posthuman
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every friend group has a Coıdemt, a Lergevhtiepsappe, a Guwht dade, and a Jalvodnre... if u don't know which one is the Jalvodnre... it's u 😂😂😂🤣
October 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
every friend group has a Coıdemt, a Lergevhtiepsappe, a Guwht dade, and a Jalvodnre... if u don't know which one is the Jalvodnre... it's u 😂😂😂🤣
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Good article by @im.giovanh.com about a "cozy" airport security game.
Wholesome games tend to reimagine labor -and reality as a whole- as we'd like it to be: beautiful, tidy, meaningful, social... but why would there be terrorist threats in this utopia?
blog.giovanh.com/blog/2025/10...
Wholesome games tend to reimagine labor -and reality as a whole- as we'd like it to be: beautiful, tidy, meaningful, social... but why would there be terrorist threats in this utopia?
blog.giovanh.com/blog/2025/10...
October 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Good article by @im.giovanh.com about a "cozy" airport security game.
Wholesome games tend to reimagine labor -and reality as a whole- as we'd like it to be: beautiful, tidy, meaningful, social... but why would there be terrorist threats in this utopia?
blog.giovanh.com/blog/2025/10...
Wholesome games tend to reimagine labor -and reality as a whole- as we'd like it to be: beautiful, tidy, meaningful, social... but why would there be terrorist threats in this utopia?
blog.giovanh.com/blog/2025/10...
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y'all gotta see this clip where ESPN abruptly deleted the EPSN Bet promo by ripping off the whole bottom bar live because of what they're talking about
October 24, 2025 at 1:42 AM
y'all gotta see this clip where ESPN abruptly deleted the EPSN Bet promo by ripping off the whole bottom bar live because of what they're talking about
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"I don't want to drop $100 on a video game" and "gamers are entitled whiners who are everything wrong with the modern consumer" are actually both reasonable positions. Reasonable to hold at once even!
October 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"I don't want to drop $100 on a video game" and "gamers are entitled whiners who are everything wrong with the modern consumer" are actually both reasonable positions. Reasonable to hold at once even!
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Oh, I never posted the animated version of this one, did I?
October 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Oh, I never posted the animated version of this one, did I?
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So, I made a hair shader that doesn't require any specially made meshes or textures.
Initially I made this work by sampling many normal directions rotated around the hair strand direction, but I eventually got an approximation working that doesn't rely on multi-sampling.
github.com/runevision/H...
Initially I made this work by sampling many normal directions rotated around the hair strand direction, but I eventually got an approximation working that doesn't rely on multi-sampling.
github.com/runevision/H...
October 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
So, I made a hair shader that doesn't require any specially made meshes or textures.
Initially I made this work by sampling many normal directions rotated around the hair strand direction, but I eventually got an approximation working that doesn't rely on multi-sampling.
github.com/runevision/H...
Initially I made this work by sampling many normal directions rotated around the hair strand direction, but I eventually got an approximation working that doesn't rely on multi-sampling.
github.com/runevision/H...
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