jbreckmckye
jbreckmckye.bsky.social
jbreckmckye
@jbreckmckye.bsky.social
Computer programmer, occasional YouTuber, ND
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ME: [pre-emptively shooing the cat away so it doesn't jump/sit on me]

CAT: he must want me to sit on him in a different, more complicated way
December 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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hey! i don’t remember saying that
August 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Is everyone's printer this rude, or just mine?
August 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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August 8, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Blue Jay: My scientific name is Cyanocitta cristata

American Robin: Oh that's beautiful, I don't know mine, not sure if I have one
August 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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The person who invented the video game joystick has disappeared, they down right up and left.
July 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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July 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Sex is great, but what about the inescapable allure of the inclined elevator.
June 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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I wrote about the origin and uses of giant diagonal lifts in video games for Rock Paper Shotgun. There's a lot to it!

www.rockpapershotgun.com/why-the-myst...
Why the mysterious love affair between video games and giant elevators may begin with Akira
The very big lift level section has been a favourite in video games. But why? Are they hard to make? And do they actually all come from a manga?
www.rockpapershotgun.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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We all do crazy stuff when we’re young. When I was 32, I shot my neighbor with a spear gun
May 31, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Absolutely devastating and affecting a lot of my colleagues here at @scripps.edu who dedicated their whole careers to coming up with a vaccine for HIV.

Which, btw, outside HIV, has led to a whole field of much better vaccines and vaccine platforms.
May 31, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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It’s one of the most bizarre forms of grief. How do you mourn someone that is alive and well? Or something you’ve never experienced? It was a painful process becoming a mother to the inner child I wished had one.
May 31, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Reading articles about how young people (and it is not just young people, clearly) yearn for Internet free world, i can't help thinking that while a slower, information-reduced media might have been more boring it was less *tedious*. It creates work, filtering the constant bullshit. It's relentless.
Why am I filled with nostalgia for a pre-internet age I never knew? | Isabel Brooks
Almost half of young people would prefer a world without the internet. We are haunted by the feeling that it has robbed us of something vital, says writer Isabel Brooks
www.theguardian.com
May 31, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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May 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Fun video if you like tinkering with PCs

youtu.be/Qoy2ztu39es?...
How do you replace the boot screen in every (old) version of Windows?
YouTube video by BerylRose
youtu.be
May 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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April 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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I plugged in an old iPad for the first time in years and had a hit of nostalgia seeing that the Twitter app still works on it. Unfortunately it shows you the current posts
April 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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you should always say “break a leg” to wish performers good luck. except if they’re doing swan lake, then it’s “break an arm”
April 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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I'm reminded of this gem from reddit now
April 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
maybe AI can save us after all
March 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM