Don Silvio
@omichron.bsky.social
Gameplay Programmer currently at Double Fine Productions. This is not a work account but people seem to like to know what I do for a living
What I need now is for Valve to release a simple app that does one simple thing: SteamMachineCompare. Just let me know how WHATEVER I RUN THAT APP ON compares to the Steam Machine.
#steammachine #valve #steam #gabecube #valvebox
#steammachine #valve #steam #gabecube #valvebox
November 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
What I need now is for Valve to release a simple app that does one simple thing: SteamMachineCompare. Just let me know how WHATEVER I RUN THAT APP ON compares to the Steam Machine.
#steammachine #valve #steam #gabecube #valvebox
#steammachine #valve #steam #gabecube #valvebox
I recommend reading this to get an idea of just how insidiously misinformation can spread into even the 'old' internet; the web pages that existed prior to the rise of LLM (or even automated) content
hallofdreams.org/posts/physic...
hallofdreams.org/posts/physic...
PhysicsForums and the Dead Internet Theory
An exposé no one will read, about the widespread falsification of user posts in PhysicsForums, a scientific community founded in 2001. This is a microcosm of the death of the human-written Internet.
hallofdreams.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I recommend reading this to get an idea of just how insidiously misinformation can spread into even the 'old' internet; the web pages that existed prior to the rise of LLM (or even automated) content
hallofdreams.org/posts/physic...
hallofdreams.org/posts/physic...
Years ago (2017 or prior) I saw a post (I gotta assume Twitter) that consisted of someone writing English as if it was Korean. Not using Hangul to write English words, but arranging Latin alphabet letters in blocks following rules similar to Hangul. Anyone have ANY clue about it?
November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Years ago (2017 or prior) I saw a post (I gotta assume Twitter) that consisted of someone writing English as if it was Korean. Not using Hangul to write English words, but arranging Latin alphabet letters in blocks following rules similar to Hangul. Anyone have ANY clue about it?
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Me, randomly, once a year:
November 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Me, randomly, once a year:
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tapping the sign
The evergreen wisdom of Ursula K Le Guin
![“A writer sets out to write science fiction but isn’t familiar with the genre, hasn’t read what’s been written. This is a fairly common situation, because science fiction is known to sell well but, as a subliterary genre, is not supposed to be worth study—what’s to learn? It doesn’t occur to the novice that a genre is a genre because it has a field and focus of its own; its appropriate and particular tools, rules, and techniques for handling the material; its traditions; and its experienced, appreciative readers—that it is, in fact, a literature. Ignoring all this, our novice is just about to reinvent the wheel, the space ship, the space alien, and the mad scientist, with cries of innocent wonder. The cries will not be echoed by the readers. Readers familiar with that genre have met the space ship, the alien, and the mad scientist before. They know more about them than the writer does.
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![In the same way, critics who set out to talk about a fantasy novel without having read any fantasy since they were eight, and in ignorance of the history and extensive theory of fantasy literature, will make fools of themselves because they don’t know how to read the book. They have no contextual information to tell them what its tradition is, where it’s coming from, what it’s trying to do, what it does. This was liberally proved when the first Harry Potter book came out and a lot of literary reviewers ran around shrieking about the incredible originality of the book. This originality was an artifact of the reviewers’ blank ignorance of its genres (children’s fantasy and the British boarding-school story), plus the fact that they hadn’t read a fantasy since they were eight. It was pitiful. It was like watching some TV gourmet chef eat a piece of buttered toast and squeal, “But this is delicious! Unheard of! Where has it been all my life?”
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September 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
tapping the sign
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Hey Firefox users.
August 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Hey Firefox users.
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Goodness, if the President has a serious health problem I certainly hope he follows the expert medical advice of his Secretary of Health and Human Services
August 30, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Goodness, if the President has a serious health problem I certainly hope he follows the expert medical advice of his Secretary of Health and Human Services
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To honor Ozzy's larger-than-life rock and roll legacy, we're making Brütal Legend *FREE* on itch.io: doublefine.itch.io/brutal-legend
But this incredible deal will only last for 666 minutes, as the prophecy foretold. So get yourself clicking, before it disappears like a demon in the night...
🤘 🖤
But this incredible deal will only last for 666 minutes, as the prophecy foretold. So get yourself clicking, before it disappears like a demon in the night...
🤘 🖤
July 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
To honor Ozzy's larger-than-life rock and roll legacy, we're making Brütal Legend *FREE* on itch.io: doublefine.itch.io/brutal-legend
But this incredible deal will only last for 666 minutes, as the prophecy foretold. So get yourself clicking, before it disappears like a demon in the night...
🤘 🖤
But this incredible deal will only last for 666 minutes, as the prophecy foretold. So get yourself clicking, before it disappears like a demon in the night...
🤘 🖤
In the name of Ozzy - Brütal Legend is FREE on Itch.io for the next 666 Minutes (11.1 hours)
itch.io/s/157468/-br...
itch.io/s/157468/-br...
🤘 Brütal Legend FREE for 666 Minutes 🤘 by Double Fine Productions
A sale by Double Fine Productions, 100% off Brütal Legend
itch.io
July 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
In the name of Ozzy - Brütal Legend is FREE on Itch.io for the next 666 Minutes (11.1 hours)
itch.io/s/157468/-br...
itch.io/s/157468/-br...
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Game dev is spending 100 hours making a game and 0 hours playing any then wondering why your design feels like it was made by a sleep-deprived robot who’s never felt joy.
#GameDev #IndieDev #DevHumor
www.beccabear.com/just-pick-up...
#GameDev #IndieDev #DevHumor
www.beccabear.com/just-pick-up...
www.beccabear.com
June 14, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Game dev is spending 100 hours making a game and 0 hours playing any then wondering why your design feels like it was made by a sleep-deprived robot who’s never felt joy.
#GameDev #IndieDev #DevHumor
www.beccabear.com/just-pick-up...
#GameDev #IndieDev #DevHumor
www.beccabear.com/just-pick-up...
@unreal-garden.com I don't know if it's an issue with bsky.app or what, but all your previews lately are showing up as 405 Not Allowed. Clicking on the link opens them up fine. This seems to have changed about 4 days ago?
June 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
@unreal-garden.com I don't know if it's an issue with bsky.app or what, but all your previews lately are showing up as 405 Not Allowed. Clicking on the link opens them up fine. This seems to have changed about 4 days ago?
Hard not to feel some great dishonesty at play here. When I'm logged into my work account or incognito, I get one set of ratings for the Battle.net app (2.3 stars too many in my opinion) while in my home account, it shows me much higher ratings (3.7 stars), WHILE CLAIMING THE SAME REVIEWS (139k)
June 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Hard not to feel some great dishonesty at play here. When I'm logged into my work account or incognito, I get one set of ratings for the Battle.net app (2.3 stars too many in my opinion) while in my home account, it shows me much higher ratings (3.7 stars), WHILE CLAIMING THE SAME REVIEWS (139k)
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Have reached the "Fuck it, I'll rewrite the entire animation system" phase of fixing this bug.
April 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Have reached the "Fuck it, I'll rewrite the entire animation system" phase of fixing this bug.
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I'd like to bring this video to your attention.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyco...
It's doing pretty significant numbers for what it is, so while I understand sharing it won't make a difference for those knee-deep in the cult of personality, I'd say it has a better-than-average chance of resonating.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyco...
It's doing pretty significant numbers for what it is, so while I understand sharing it won't make a difference for those knee-deep in the cult of personality, I'd say it has a better-than-average chance of resonating.
Murphy: Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History
YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy
www.youtube.com
March 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I'd like to bring this video to your attention.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyco...
It's doing pretty significant numbers for what it is, so while I understand sharing it won't make a difference for those knee-deep in the cult of personality, I'd say it has a better-than-average chance of resonating.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyco...
It's doing pretty significant numbers for what it is, so while I understand sharing it won't make a difference for those knee-deep in the cult of personality, I'd say it has a better-than-average chance of resonating.
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I wonder if we'll ever be ready for the conversation that the phenomenon of "Not recommended, 759.5 hours played" steam reviews isn't necessarily because gamers are weird, but because a lot of games are designed to be addictive and numbing, but not necessarily very fun.
March 7, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I wonder if we'll ever be ready for the conversation that the phenomenon of "Not recommended, 759.5 hours played" steam reviews isn't necessarily because gamers are weird, but because a lot of games are designed to be addictive and numbing, but not necessarily very fun.
Fun fact of the day: easiest way to see a rainbow is to look at your head's shadow. Technically the bow will be above it.
Try to do it with a lot of mist (a house helps) and on a sufficiently sunny day you can even get to see it form a full circle.
Try to do it with a lot of mist (a house helps) and on a sufficiently sunny day you can even get to see it form a full circle.
February 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Fun fact of the day: easiest way to see a rainbow is to look at your head's shadow. Technically the bow will be above it.
Try to do it with a lot of mist (a house helps) and on a sufficiently sunny day you can even get to see it form a full circle.
Try to do it with a lot of mist (a house helps) and on a sufficiently sunny day you can even get to see it form a full circle.
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“Burn it” 1 of 2
February 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
“Burn it” 1 of 2
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I paid sixty dollars for No Man's Sky nine years ago and they refuse to stop making the video game. I've begged them to go home to their families but they won't stop adding new kinds of weird little guys and like, optimizing the gentle patter of rain on an alien ocean. Please let me pay for a DLC
January 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I paid sixty dollars for No Man's Sky nine years ago and they refuse to stop making the video game. I've begged them to go home to their families but they won't stop adding new kinds of weird little guys and like, optimizing the gentle patter of rain on an alien ocean. Please let me pay for a DLC