Mike Ferraro
@mferraro.bsky.social
Game developer, mostly. Started in animation on Reboot and Beast Wars back in 95. TD on Unity's Adam shorts. Cinematics on Gears and Call Of Duty.
We had the same "cigarettes do something" theory at first just because they accidentally make it feel significant when the only 2 people smoking seem to get affected differently than everyone else.
December 8, 2025 at 2:05 AM
We had the same "cigarettes do something" theory at first just because they accidentally make it feel significant when the only 2 people smoking seem to get affected differently than everyone else.
Yep, she DID get hooked in (so they can get her memories and intimate knowledge of Carol for plot reasons) but died of a brain bleed shortly after. On a rewatch you can see they try to make that clear but kinda fail.
December 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Yep, she DID get hooked in (so they can get her memories and intimate knowledge of Carol for plot reasons) but died of a brain bleed shortly after. On a rewatch you can see they try to make that clear but kinda fail.
But yeah Helen's brain bleed wasn't well told, you have to understand the racoon eyes symptom or have heard a story of someone who was killed just by a fall from standing position.
It was a solve for getting her memories: she had to be merged while unconscious and then die.
It was a solve for getting her memories: she had to be merged while unconscious and then die.
December 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
But yeah Helen's brain bleed wasn't well told, you have to understand the racoon eyes symptom or have heard a story of someone who was killed just by a fall from standing position.
It was a solve for getting her memories: she had to be merged while unconscious and then die.
It was a solve for getting her memories: she had to be merged while unconscious and then die.
They tried to illustrate that everyone who died was driving or fell down the stairs etc when frozen, as shown with the crashed cars and Helen hitting her head and eventually dying of a brain bleed.
Then millions more died in accidents when Carol caused another pause, also with reliable witnesses
Then millions more died in accidents when Carol caused another pause, also with reliable witnesses
December 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
They tried to illustrate that everyone who died was driving or fell down the stairs etc when frozen, as shown with the crashed cars and Helen hitting her head and eventually dying of a brain bleed.
Then millions more died in accidents when Carol caused another pause, also with reliable witnesses
Then millions more died in accidents when Carol caused another pause, also with reliable witnesses
It's true, LLMs proved the endless free marketing you get for "we shouldn't be doing this, won't anyone stop us?"
We've gone from the sales pitch needing "disruptive" to "potentially world-destroying and an affront to god"
We've gone from the sales pitch needing "disruptive" to "potentially world-destroying and an affront to god"
December 7, 2025 at 6:17 AM
It's true, LLMs proved the endless free marketing you get for "we shouldn't be doing this, won't anyone stop us?"
We've gone from the sales pitch needing "disruptive" to "potentially world-destroying and an affront to god"
We've gone from the sales pitch needing "disruptive" to "potentially world-destroying and an affront to god"
Can't wait for the wave of "experts" explaining it (like blockchain had) where you can tell they 1. Don't know what they're talking about and 2. Can't think of a single use case that makes a lick of sense
December 7, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Can't wait for the wave of "experts" explaining it (like blockchain had) where you can tell they 1. Don't know what they're talking about and 2. Can't think of a single use case that makes a lick of sense
It's kind of incredible how we actually got there. The Kohler employees must be referencing it constantly. Half of them doing Jim looks to camera, the other half exasperated about how that's not how it works and it's not funny
December 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
It's kind of incredible how we actually got there. The Kohler employees must be referencing it constantly. Half of them doing Jim looks to camera, the other half exasperated about how that's not how it works and it's not funny
11 years ago Adult Swim did a "Smart Pipe" infomercial predicting this. It starts as social media satire but then addresses the implications of transmitting toilet photos of children across state lines.
December 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
11 years ago Adult Swim did a "Smart Pipe" infomercial predicting this. It starts as social media satire but then addresses the implications of transmitting toilet photos of children across state lines.
We put Busta Rhymes in Def Jam Fight For NY (2004). No Ninja Turtles but you could make him fight other popular characters like Def Jam's co-founder's wife.
November 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
We put Busta Rhymes in Def Jam Fight For NY (2004). No Ninja Turtles but you could make him fight other popular characters like Def Jam's co-founder's wife.
Pacific Northwest was happening! Grunge launched. Logging-adjacent was the fashion.
November 27, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Pacific Northwest was happening! Grunge launched. Logging-adjacent was the fashion.
Every time a new song comes on he'll announce "I made this!"
November 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Every time a new song comes on he'll announce "I made this!"
Wait until this guy discovers the groundbreaking technology called "listening to the radio"
November 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Wait until this guy discovers the groundbreaking technology called "listening to the radio"
Like all GenAI output, it's in the SHAPE of the form it's trained to imitate but lacks any coherent thought.
Perfect ad for the product.
Perfect ad for the product.
November 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Like all GenAI output, it's in the SHAPE of the form it's trained to imitate but lacks any coherent thought.
Perfect ad for the product.
Perfect ad for the product.
It's a perfect fit for the product: agents that have no idea what they're doing, made by companies that have no idea what their business plan is
November 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
It's a perfect fit for the product: agents that have no idea what they're doing, made by companies that have no idea what their business plan is
It's almost like they have to manipulate the price to keep the mining cost-effective (requiring periodic doubling to combat the halving) to prevent it disappearing completely
November 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
It's almost like they have to manipulate the price to keep the mining cost-effective (requiring periodic doubling to combat the halving) to prevent it disappearing completely
Some say he was about to reveal it and shadowy forces couldn't let that happen.
I think simply knowing the secret is what made his head do that
I think simply knowing the secret is what made his head do that
November 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Some say he was about to reveal it and shadowy forces couldn't let that happen.
I think simply knowing the secret is what made his head do that
I think simply knowing the secret is what made his head do that
Ah, so it's not just the website that can't cope with touching any of the video UI
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Ah, so it's not just the website that can't cope with touching any of the video UI
Actual game developers could benefit from it! Far too often I see someone more junior make a video screen material and pipe the image that's 'on the screen' into the "Base Color" channel as well as Emissive (Partly because Unreal named the "Albedo" channel confusingly)
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Actual game developers could benefit from it! Far too often I see someone more junior make a video screen material and pipe the image that's 'on the screen' into the "Base Color" channel as well as Emissive (Partly because Unreal named the "Albedo" channel confusingly)
Finding good deals by searching misspellings that keep listings out of other shoppers' searches?
November 16, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Finding good deals by searching misspellings that keep listings out of other shoppers' searches?
I just saw IGN posted "Why isn't Pennywise in The Running Man"
November 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I just saw IGN posted "Why isn't Pennywise in The Running Man"
Just randomly mixing together Reddit posts about Count Chocula and other posts about counting and lollies, with their custom sauce that makes it reference the lack of samples of that phrase in the dataset but simultaneously assemble authoritative statements out of it
November 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Just randomly mixing together Reddit posts about Count Chocula and other posts about counting and lollies, with their custom sauce that makes it reference the lack of samples of that phrase in the dataset but simultaneously assemble authoritative statements out of it
This one makes it obvious how it works, an autocomplete machine guessing the statistically likely next word based on the previous words, over and over.
November 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This one makes it obvious how it works, an autocomplete machine guessing the statistically likely next word based on the previous words, over and over.
I worked on the pre-release Knuckles for a bit, and heard a rumour of impending simul-release of Index, Knuckles, and Half-Life 3 to play on them.
At least today they finally announce the ideal hardware for that killer app!
At least today they finally announce the ideal hardware for that killer app!
November 13, 2025 at 5:29 AM
I worked on the pre-release Knuckles for a bit, and heard a rumour of impending simul-release of Index, Knuckles, and Half-Life 3 to play on them.
At least today they finally announce the ideal hardware for that killer app!
At least today they finally announce the ideal hardware for that killer app!