mintpilo
@mintpilo.bsky.social
I'm a internet amatuer computer person, and amatuer [other hobbies I may or may not be partaking in at the moment].
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it honestly really annoys me that muddying the term "AI" has been really successful because things like AI upscaling textures, while usually ugly, are not the same as gen AI
December 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM
it honestly really annoys me that muddying the term "AI" has been really successful because things like AI upscaling textures, while usually ugly, are not the same as gen AI
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Hey, I bet you didn't hear that Zork 1, 2, and 3 were open-sourced today!
…Oh, you have heard. Yeah. Way ahead of me. :)
Here's my comments, and some details that you might not have seen.
blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork...
…Oh, you have heard. Yeah. Way ahead of me. :)
Here's my comments, and some details that you might not have seen.
blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork...
Zork is now open source
Two years ago, I wrote: Microsoft-the-company does not care about Infocom. But a lot of people in Microsoft must care. Microsoft is heavily populated by greying GenX nerds just like me. Folks who grew...
blog.zarfhome.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Hey, I bet you didn't hear that Zork 1, 2, and 3 were open-sourced today!
…Oh, you have heard. Yeah. Way ahead of me. :)
Here's my comments, and some details that you might not have seen.
blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork...
…Oh, you have heard. Yeah. Way ahead of me. :)
Here's my comments, and some details that you might not have seen.
blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork...
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he swam so fast and furious
December 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
he swam so fast and furious
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BS Fire Emblem
December 7, 2025 at 11:47 PM
BS Fire Emblem
Thank you Discord for letting me know that I'm doing things properly, I guess.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Thank you Discord for letting me know that I'm doing things properly, I guess.
Mildly annoys me that the bluesky app doesn't support modern Android SAF properly, just save the images, you don't need a permission for that
November 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Mildly annoys me that the bluesky app doesn't support modern Android SAF properly, just save the images, you don't need a permission for that
The French are the worst thing to happen to coffee in general.
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The French are the worst thing to happen to coffee in general.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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ABOUT FUCKING TIME TO THINK ABOUT THE OBVIOUS
The EU Commission wants browsers to manage cookie preferences instead of annoying and unavoidable pop-ups on every website.
www.theverge.com/news/823788/...
www.theverge.com/news/823788/...
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
ABOUT FUCKING TIME TO THINK ABOUT THE OBVIOUS
It's going to be really funny after this wave of Windows 11 hate where Win11 ends up becoming the one that was always good, (and imo it refines a lot over Windows 10) and Windows 12 is the worst one
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It's going to be really funny after this wave of Windows 11 hate where Win11 ends up becoming the one that was always good, (and imo it refines a lot over Windows 10) and Windows 12 is the worst one
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Still need more baseball?
We found a CD in our archives containing dozens of unused voice lines from MLB Slugfest 20-03 rejected by the MLB. Here's some of our favorites.
We found a CD in our archives containing dozens of unused voice lines from MLB Slugfest 20-03 rejected by the MLB. Here's some of our favorites.
November 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Still need more baseball?
We found a CD in our archives containing dozens of unused voice lines from MLB Slugfest 20-03 rejected by the MLB. Here's some of our favorites.
We found a CD in our archives containing dozens of unused voice lines from MLB Slugfest 20-03 rejected by the MLB. Here's some of our favorites.
It is a great day to not be the kind of person who irrationally hates software updates
November 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It is a great day to not be the kind of person who irrationally hates software updates
In my dream, I saw him, the man without a hat
November 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
In my dream, I saw him, the man without a hat
Games are definitely art, but I feel like there's very few games that are actually good art and have interesting things to say.
November 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Games are definitely art, but I feel like there's very few games that are actually good art and have interesting things to say.
The internet was so much better when people weren't complaining about how it used to be so much better, instead of just having fun with it.
November 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The internet was so much better when people weren't complaining about how it used to be so much better, instead of just having fun with it.
Last QRT is all I post about lately but the world is just flooded with it lately and I feel like I can't avoid it, and it's driving me insane.
November 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Last QRT is all I post about lately but the world is just flooded with it lately and I feel like I can't avoid it, and it's driving me insane.
I hope people move on from this specific brand of nostalgia for rainbow vomit gaudy plastic and consumerism (but 1990s-2000s therefore ✨ aesthetic ✨) because honestly what are we doing here.
Social media and the parallel evolution of “cringe” has robbed the world of whimsy and color.
There were times not long ago when the absurd and outlandish could fire our imaginations.
Never forget what they took from you!
There were times not long ago when the absurd and outlandish could fire our imaginations.
Never forget what they took from you!
November 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I hope people move on from this specific brand of nostalgia for rainbow vomit gaudy plastic and consumerism (but 1990s-2000s therefore ✨ aesthetic ✨) because honestly what are we doing here.
Not a big fan of how my generation is going into the "new thing bad, old thing good" and "oh it was so much better back in the day" about literally anything, in a way that completely lacks nuance or critical thinking, I get it... people are fatigued, but come on. You can't return to those days.
November 2, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Not a big fan of how my generation is going into the "new thing bad, old thing good" and "oh it was so much better back in the day" about literally anything, in a way that completely lacks nuance or critical thinking, I get it... people are fatigued, but come on. You can't return to those days.
There's a lot of people that just don't get it about whatever the thing you like is, isn't that kind of frustrating?
November 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
There's a lot of people that just don't get it about whatever the thing you like is, isn't that kind of frustrating?
I know I said the last point before but I've been thinking about trying to phrase my exact issue with this trend and I don't really think I'm getting closer.
October 21, 2025 at 7:34 AM
I know I said the last point before but I've been thinking about trying to phrase my exact issue with this trend and I don't really think I'm getting closer.
People romanticizing physical media (read, a copy that is basically a symbolic representation of "ownership" as dubious as that is) over meaningful preservation (digital copies, and means to play back those copies) is the one way capitalism has obtained a grip over people's relationship with art.
October 21, 2025 at 7:28 AM
People romanticizing physical media (read, a copy that is basically a symbolic representation of "ownership" as dubious as that is) over meaningful preservation (digital copies, and means to play back those copies) is the one way capitalism has obtained a grip over people's relationship with art.
If you're playing a video game never look up anyone's opinions on it because you'll quickly realize how much none of these mfs have any media literacy (this is specifically a problem with video games, especially if it's retro video games and it's just a bunch of boomers that do nothing else)
October 20, 2025 at 7:46 AM
If you're playing a video game never look up anyone's opinions on it because you'll quickly realize how much none of these mfs have any media literacy (this is specifically a problem with video games, especially if it's retro video games and it's just a bunch of boomers that do nothing else)
It's so weird how I don't hear much about syd or sydbox, it seems really robust and easy to use. I've messed with tools like bubblejail before, (bubblewrap with some seccomp filters and other things) but this applies a multi-layer approach, without suid, heightened privileges, etc...
October 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
It's so weird how I don't hear much about syd or sydbox, it seems really robust and easy to use. I've messed with tools like bubblejail before, (bubblewrap with some seccomp filters and other things) but this applies a multi-layer approach, without suid, heightened privileges, etc...
Not big on how the average Desktop Linux user just uses it just in spite of the other things and not because of genuine interest, and I do wonder if that will lead to more pushback against change/improvement because they got burnt out on Mac OS or Windows changing in ways they don't like.
October 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Not big on how the average Desktop Linux user just uses it just in spite of the other things and not because of genuine interest, and I do wonder if that will lead to more pushback against change/improvement because they got burnt out on Mac OS or Windows changing in ways they don't like.