Peter Mackay
@petmac.bsky.social
Staff Engineer at FanDuel, game dev in past life (Ruffian Games, VIS) and spare time, Mac-using snob
https://petmac.dev
https://petmac.dev
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🚨BOOM! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 80,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000 this weekend. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
🚨BOOM! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 80,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000 this weekend. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Sometimes I see reviews that use strong slang that sound insulting at first, but actually mean something positive. If I don’t know the slang, I get confused about whether they’re praising or criticizing the game.
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Sometimes I see reviews that use strong slang that sound insulting at first, but actually mean something positive. If I don’t know the slang, I get confused about whether they’re praising or criticizing the game.
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Just credit fed the Mikado Star Blade cabinet until I beat it and, presentationally, god damn, it might still just be the coolest fucking video game Namco ever developed. It cost me all of 400 yen to hit the end; if you ever see one of these yourself, just pony up and play it all the way through.
September 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Just credit fed the Mikado Star Blade cabinet until I beat it and, presentationally, god damn, it might still just be the coolest fucking video game Namco ever developed. It cost me all of 400 yen to hit the end; if you ever see one of these yourself, just pony up and play it all the way through.
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i could actually kind of respect if AI boosters said that one of their biggest issues in 2025 was to demonstrate or prove the worthiness of all of the apparent costs and harms of LLMs and of "AI", but this derision for people not knowing enough is really contemptible shit.
October 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
i could actually kind of respect if AI boosters said that one of their biggest issues in 2025 was to demonstrate or prove the worthiness of all of the apparent costs and harms of LLMs and of "AI", but this derision for people not knowing enough is really contemptible shit.
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Over 50,000 cis women have signed the @nionwomen.bsky.social open letter rejecting the narrative that trans women are a danger to women.
The real threat to women has never been trans women. The real threat to women is male violence.
Add your name today: notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
The real threat to women has never been trans women. The real threat to women is male violence.
Add your name today: notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
October 17, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Over 50,000 cis women have signed the @nionwomen.bsky.social open letter rejecting the narrative that trans women are a danger to women.
The real threat to women has never been trans women. The real threat to women is male violence.
Add your name today: notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
The real threat to women has never been trans women. The real threat to women is male violence.
Add your name today: notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
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Optimal Phonetic Alphabet:
Aye
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Cue
Double
Ewe
Faze
Gnome
Heir
Isle
Jalapeno
Know
Lieu
Mnemonic
Noel
One
Phase
Queue
Right
See
Trite
UFO
View
Write
Xanadu
You
Zsa-Zsa
Aye
Bee
Cue
Double
Ewe
Faze
Gnome
Heir
Isle
Jalapeno
Know
Lieu
Mnemonic
Noel
One
Phase
Queue
Right
See
Trite
UFO
View
Write
Xanadu
You
Zsa-Zsa
October 13, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Optimal Phonetic Alphabet:
Aye
Bee
Cue
Double
Ewe
Faze
Gnome
Heir
Isle
Jalapeno
Know
Lieu
Mnemonic
Noel
One
Phase
Queue
Right
See
Trite
UFO
View
Write
Xanadu
You
Zsa-Zsa
Aye
Bee
Cue
Double
Ewe
Faze
Gnome
Heir
Isle
Jalapeno
Know
Lieu
Mnemonic
Noel
One
Phase
Queue
Right
See
Trite
UFO
View
Write
Xanadu
You
Zsa-Zsa
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25 years in, we are NOT allowing genAI music onto OC ReMix, full stop.
We're 100% against genAI music and are a community geared toward authentic creativity and artistic development. You don't get that by doing text prompts.
ocremix.org/remix/OCR04918
youtube.com/watch?v=fUsg...
We're 100% against genAI music and are a community geared toward authentic creativity and artistic development. You don't get that by doing text prompts.
ocremix.org/remix/OCR04918
youtube.com/watch?v=fUsg...
October 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
25 years in, we are NOT allowing genAI music onto OC ReMix, full stop.
We're 100% against genAI music and are a community geared toward authentic creativity and artistic development. You don't get that by doing text prompts.
ocremix.org/remix/OCR04918
youtube.com/watch?v=fUsg...
We're 100% against genAI music and are a community geared toward authentic creativity and artistic development. You don't get that by doing text prompts.
ocremix.org/remix/OCR04918
youtube.com/watch?v=fUsg...
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Farcade Friday! Longplay Auditions - Part 3. Come along and suggest a game with substance. This is the final stream before I pick a couple to play through in depth.
8pm UK today twitch.tv/charliefar
8pm UK today twitch.tv/charliefar
October 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Farcade Friday! Longplay Auditions - Part 3. Come along and suggest a game with substance. This is the final stream before I pick a couple to play through in depth.
8pm UK today twitch.tv/charliefar
8pm UK today twitch.tv/charliefar
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actually our AI programs are like people so its racist to say you don't like them. anyway would you like to buy one
October 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
actually our AI programs are like people so its racist to say you don't like them. anyway would you like to buy one
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Just noticed that the Seventia Collection - a duo of top notch shmups - is down to £1.50/$2 again.
If you have enjoyed a side or vertically scrolling shooter ever before, this is a no-brainer. Pocket change goodness.
If you have enjoyed a side or vertically scrolling shooter ever before, this is a no-brainer. Pocket change goodness.
Save 95% on The Seventia Collection on Steam
store.steampowered.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Just noticed that the Seventia Collection - a duo of top notch shmups - is down to £1.50/$2 again.
If you have enjoyed a side or vertically scrolling shooter ever before, this is a no-brainer. Pocket change goodness.
If you have enjoyed a side or vertically scrolling shooter ever before, this is a no-brainer. Pocket change goodness.
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We are looking for a Godot consultant to help us investigate and fix an issue with long load times on iOS. It seems like Godot 4.5's shader baker might not be working on iOS only.
If you're interested, please email hello@draknek.org with your experience and rates.
#godot #madewithgodot
If you're interested, please email hello@draknek.org with your experience and rates.
#godot #madewithgodot
September 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
We are looking for a Godot consultant to help us investigate and fix an issue with long load times on iOS. It seems like Godot 4.5's shader baker might not be working on iOS only.
If you're interested, please email hello@draknek.org with your experience and rates.
#godot #madewithgodot
If you're interested, please email hello@draknek.org with your experience and rates.
#godot #madewithgodot
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I am honored to support the UK Together for Palestine concert
September 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I am honored to support the UK Together for Palestine concert
@retroreversing.bsky.social Hi, some of the pages on the site appear to display source code, such as www.retroreversing.com/games/
September 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
@retroreversing.bsky.social Hi, some of the pages on the site appear to display source code, such as www.retroreversing.com/games/
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We're at the point where it is a news story that a company which sells articles of clothing is not refusing to cater to certain categories of people who need those articles of clothing. The transphobic moral panic not just evil, it is objectively insane.
Ann Summers ‘proudly’ confirms that trans women are welcome to use its bra fitting services
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Ann Summers confirms trans women are welcome to use its bra fitting services
Lingerie chain Ann Summers has 'proudly' confirmed trans women are still very welcome to have bra fittings and use its services.
www.thepinknews.com
August 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
We're at the point where it is a news story that a company which sells articles of clothing is not refusing to cater to certain categories of people who need those articles of clothing. The transphobic moral panic not just evil, it is objectively insane.
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If you're like me and can't remember if it's RCX or R8 for the fourth parameter... Get the Compiler Explorer ABI Mug: actual calling conventions for x86-64 System V, Windows, and ARM64. Support @godbolt.org: grab yours here -> shop.compiler-explorer.com/collections/...
August 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
If you're like me and can't remember if it's RCX or R8 for the fourth parameter... Get the Compiler Explorer ABI Mug: actual calling conventions for x86-64 System V, Windows, and ARM64. Support @godbolt.org: grab yours here -> shop.compiler-explorer.com/collections/...
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gAI art is bad because it's stealing labor.
stealing labor from art is easy because no one sees art as labor, they see it as talent.
they see it as talent because it's easier to believe they have a right to hate you because they can't stand they gave up and you didn't.
fuck them, pay labor.
stealing labor from art is easy because no one sees art as labor, they see it as talent.
they see it as talent because it's easier to believe they have a right to hate you because they can't stand they gave up and you didn't.
fuck them, pay labor.
August 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
gAI art is bad because it's stealing labor.
stealing labor from art is easy because no one sees art as labor, they see it as talent.
they see it as talent because it's easier to believe they have a right to hate you because they can't stand they gave up and you didn't.
fuck them, pay labor.
stealing labor from art is easy because no one sees art as labor, they see it as talent.
they see it as talent because it's easier to believe they have a right to hate you because they can't stand they gave up and you didn't.
fuck them, pay labor.
I run AmigaVision on my MiSTer. Should work fine in FS-UAE
To #amiga fans out there. How far has Amiga emulation come along?
Is it any easier to set up and play games?
I see there is a new version of the FS-UAE Amiga Emulator, but I have not updated my version in like, maybe 7 years.🥴
#retrogaming
Is it any easier to set up and play games?
I see there is a new version of the FS-UAE Amiga Emulator, but I have not updated my version in like, maybe 7 years.🥴
#retrogaming
August 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I run AmigaVision on my MiSTer. Should work fine in FS-UAE
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Reminder: the only number that matters to them is users. Blueberry has seventeen Bs if that makes the metrics go up
August 8, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Reminder: the only number that matters to them is users. Blueberry has seventeen Bs if that makes the metrics go up
AI companies would come in their baggy clown pants if they thought they could sell AI tools to governments, for them to provide it as a tax-funded state benefit.
August 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
AI companies would come in their baggy clown pants if they thought they could sell AI tools to governments, for them to provide it as a tax-funded state benefit.
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Oh my god the PayPal call was SO FUNNY. The guy on the phone was like "We don't allow processing payments for explicit material."
So I hit him with "So if I were to go and purchase a copy of Game of Thrones online, my payment would be blocked?"
I think it clicked for him then.
So I hit him with "So if I were to go and purchase a copy of Game of Thrones online, my payment would be blocked?"
I think it clicked for him then.
July 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Oh my god the PayPal call was SO FUNNY. The guy on the phone was like "We don't allow processing payments for explicit material."
So I hit him with "So if I were to go and purchase a copy of Game of Thrones online, my payment would be blocked?"
I think it clicked for him then.
So I hit him with "So if I were to go and purchase a copy of Game of Thrones online, my payment would be blocked?"
I think it clicked for him then.
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After the media damage is inflicted and seen by millions of eyes,you receive a private email to say there's no evidence and no action,seen by two people only
There's no public apology. They don't send this to media or post it on police accounts
We will continue to fight.
We will continue to win.
There's no public apology. They don't send this to media or post it on police accounts
We will continue to fight.
We will continue to win.
![Email from Avon and Somerset Police to Kneecap legal team: "I am Senior Investigating Officer for Avon and Somerset Police's investigation into Kneecap's performance at the Glastonbury Festival on 28th June 2025. Following a review of the evidence, I have determined there will be no further action.
I would be grateful if you could communicate this to your clients, and/or advise me of an alternative way if contacting them.
Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
Regards,
Detective Superintendent [Name redacted]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gksmwsy2s4gke7dr3msuyytq/bafkreibktbk4klg2aecbjn4yike7cpu27op56pvpkiwvic23ebu2hjq2xi@jpeg)
July 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
After the media damage is inflicted and seen by millions of eyes,you receive a private email to say there's no evidence and no action,seen by two people only
There's no public apology. They don't send this to media or post it on police accounts
We will continue to fight.
We will continue to win.
There's no public apology. They don't send this to media or post it on police accounts
We will continue to fight.
We will continue to win.
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A Borges story about a guy who gets AI to summarize all the world’s information for him, and then summarize the summary, until the AI has the whole world summarized into a single word. He sits alone at his desk, staring at the word, repeating it endlessly, certain he is experiencing everything
July 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A Borges story about a guy who gets AI to summarize all the world’s information for him, and then summarize the summary, until the AI has the whole world summarized into a single word. He sits alone at his desk, staring at the word, repeating it endlessly, certain he is experiencing everything