Magpie
@magpiemcgraw.bsky.social
I do a bit of hobby programming in C and Odin.
I regret to inform you that I've gotten into a new podcast: Dwarkesh Patel. He interviewed Zuck, he's one of those. But he's also got some episodes with historians. And Patrick McKenzie.
December 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I regret to inform you that I've gotten into a new podcast: Dwarkesh Patel. He interviewed Zuck, he's one of those. But he's also got some episodes with historians. And Patrick McKenzie.
If you want to get into games, you have to make a game. It doesn't matter if you are friends with people. They're not gonna make your game for you. You have to make your game.
Just gonna say this again for games sphere cus we get the same question:
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 AM
If you want to get into games, you have to make a game. It doesn't matter if you are friends with people. They're not gonna make your game for you. You have to make your game.
What's the most amount of code you've ever compiled? 100k lines? 500k? A million? And how long did it take? @enikofox.com @nothings.bsky.social
I think for me it was about 80k or so. A little bit of my own code, and several header only libs. This was C code and it took a couple seconds to compile.
I think for me it was about 80k or so. A little bit of my own code, and several header only libs. This was C code and it took a couple seconds to compile.
December 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM
What's the most amount of code you've ever compiled? 100k lines? 500k? A million? And how long did it take? @enikofox.com @nothings.bsky.social
I think for me it was about 80k or so. A little bit of my own code, and several header only libs. This was C code and it took a couple seconds to compile.
I think for me it was about 80k or so. A little bit of my own code, and several header only libs. This was C code and it took a couple seconds to compile.
Asking as a european: what the fuck is a hospital chain?
For all Universal HC/Single Payer/M4A advocates.
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
December 25, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Asking as a european: what the fuck is a hospital chain?
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It's a whole genre it's beautiful
December 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
It's a whole genre it's beautiful
Tried to make abomination pizza today using my Gastronomicon. The bottom wasn't crispy at all, but it tasted good.
December 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Tried to make abomination pizza today using my Gastronomicon. The bottom wasn't crispy at all, but it tasted good.
I bought a Gastronomicon to use as a baking tray. It's a Pujadas GN 1/2 40mm. Only used it once, but it's perfect so far. Perfect size, perfect depth, perfectly stainless steel. No more "non-stick" cookware for me.
December 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I bought a Gastronomicon to use as a baking tray. It's a Pujadas GN 1/2 40mm. Only used it once, but it's perfect so far. Perfect size, perfect depth, perfectly stainless steel. No more "non-stick" cookware for me.
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NUDITY will be OBSCENITY now! we are in Afghanistan in 1977 and most people don’t realize
Heritage Foundation, backers of Project 2025, have issued a call to criminalize porn by detailing specific types of imagery that should be illegal, including "deviate sexual intercourse," "female genitals," and "nudity."
Only "civilizing" images that point to "marital sex" should be allowed.
Only "civilizing" images that point to "marital sex" should be allowed.
The Problem of Online Porn: It's Already Illegal
United States Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously said in a 1964 opinion that he could not define pornography but “I know it when I see it.” Perhaps such a sentiment was permissible then, wh...
www.heritage.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:15 AM
NUDITY will be OBSCENITY now! we are in Afghanistan in 1977 and most people don’t realize
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Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
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it's 2025 and you still can't mention using light mode in any app without some fucking clown going "WOW MY EYES ARE BLEEDING EAIIGHGH THE SUN OWWCH OWIE I'M GONNA DIE LMAO HOW DO YOU LIVE"
December 2, 2025 at 4:43 AM
it's 2025 and you still can't mention using light mode in any app without some fucking clown going "WOW MY EYES ARE BLEEDING EAIIGHGH THE SUN OWWCH OWIE I'M GONNA DIE LMAO HOW DO YOU LIVE"
@icculus.icculus.org Diablo 2 and Throne of Darkness are two games from the early 2000s. The mouse pointer in D2 is sluggish and bad on modern PCs. In Throne it's mostly fine. What could be the difference between then two? I'm trying to understand what APIs people used to handle the mouse back then.
November 18, 2025 at 9:12 AM
@icculus.icculus.org Diablo 2 and Throne of Darkness are two games from the early 2000s. The mouse pointer in D2 is sluggish and bad on modern PCs. In Throne it's mostly fine. What could be the difference between then two? I'm trying to understand what APIs people used to handle the mouse back then.
My favorite martial arts channel delivers again! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcKO...
Humans Are Tougher Than Kangaroos
YouTube video by Armchair Violence
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October 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
My favorite martial arts channel delivers again! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcKO...
@quelsolaar.bsky.social How many lines of code have you written? I remember seeing somewhere that MoF is 500k lines. Is that correct? And is that your biggest project? Or just your average project?
September 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
@quelsolaar.bsky.social How many lines of code have you written? I remember seeing somewhere that MoF is 500k lines. Is that correct? And is that your biggest project? Or just your average project?
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Can’t put it more succinctly than @sarahkendzior.bsky.social did.
August 18, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Can’t put it more succinctly than @sarahkendzior.bsky.social did.
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This is kinda based actually when you think about it.
If you're old enough to have a fucking credit card to use then you're likely old enough for the adult side of the Internet anyways. Literally no need for this face scanning/ID privacy invading shit and they clearly know there's not.
If you're old enough to have a fucking credit card to use then you're likely old enough for the adult side of the Internet anyways. Literally no need for this face scanning/ID privacy invading shit and they clearly know there's not.
Newgrounds' approach to verifying age is interesting and transparent.
July 31, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This is kinda based actually when you think about it.
If you're old enough to have a fucking credit card to use then you're likely old enough for the adult side of the Internet anyways. Literally no need for this face scanning/ID privacy invading shit and they clearly know there's not.
If you're old enough to have a fucking credit card to use then you're likely old enough for the adult side of the Internet anyways. Literally no need for this face scanning/ID privacy invading shit and they clearly know there's not.
I signed the Stop Killing Games EU initiative. It was very simple and quick. If you want your games to stay playable in the future, I suggest you sign too.
eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#...
eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#...
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
eci.ec.europa.eu
June 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I signed the Stop Killing Games EU initiative. It was very simple and quick. If you want your games to stay playable in the future, I suggest you sign too.
eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#...
eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#...
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as a gamer, I'm usually looking for games that give me more boosts than other games. or free gems on signup. I dont want to play any games without boosts or gems
June 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
as a gamer, I'm usually looking for games that give me more boosts than other games. or free gems on signup. I dont want to play any games without boosts or gems
Nobody wants an AI to spend their money and spam text their friends. The marketing ghouls are trying to gaslight you into thinking this is cool. It's not. What I want is control over the tech I use.
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Nobody wants an AI to spend their money and spam text their friends. The marketing ghouls are trying to gaslight you into thinking this is cool. It's not. What I want is control over the tech I use.
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the only place i want “discover feed” is in my trough!!
June 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
the only place i want “discover feed” is in my trough!!
I'm trying to make a Morrowind mod. Let me just reiterate that I fucking hate Lua and I fucking hate OOP.
If I could just take a look at the player struct, all laid out in one place, I'd immediately know how to use it. But the information is spread between 15 pages of documentation.
If I could just take a look at the player struct, all laid out in one place, I'd immediately know how to use it. But the information is spread between 15 pages of documentation.
June 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I'm trying to make a Morrowind mod. Let me just reiterate that I fucking hate Lua and I fucking hate OOP.
If I could just take a look at the player struct, all laid out in one place, I'd immediately know how to use it. But the information is spread between 15 pages of documentation.
If I could just take a look at the player struct, all laid out in one place, I'd immediately know how to use it. But the information is spread between 15 pages of documentation.
Ordered 4 kilos of ribeye for 80 euros. Went to the meat website and asked for some ribeye, and they'll just bring it to my house just like that. Payment is after the fact. Kinda wild.
June 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Ordered 4 kilos of ribeye for 80 euros. Went to the meat website and asked for some ribeye, and they'll just bring it to my house just like that. Payment is after the fact. Kinda wild.
Great video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzdL...
Police Violence: Part 2 (TRAINING)
YouTube video by Armchair Violence
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June 15, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Great video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzdL...
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This paragraph is on point. Having known many people whose mental and even physical health issues are CAUSED by work.
June 13, 2025 at 7:43 AM
This paragraph is on point. Having known many people whose mental and even physical health issues are CAUSED by work.
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It's possible she may be guilty of this crime, but it's unreasonable for her to pay too high a price for 20 seconds of action. Think of her future! Girls will be girls.
May 30, 2025 at 11:04 AM
It's possible she may be guilty of this crime, but it's unreasonable for her to pay too high a price for 20 seconds of action. Think of her future! Girls will be girls.
I've been vibe coding a Morrowind mod with Claude, and I rather enjoyed it. Could I have done it myself? Yes. Could I have done it myself in two hours? No.
May 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I've been vibe coding a Morrowind mod with Claude, and I rather enjoyed it. Could I have done it myself? Yes. Could I have done it myself in two hours? No.