Etienne de Martel
@piment.gay
🖤🩶🤍💜 | https://piment.gay | (he/they) Principal programmer at Eidos Montreal, specializing in making others fitter, happier and more productive. I think you should care about other people. Trans rights are human rights.
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This survey is an absolute joke on every level. The survey design was bad, their methodology is haphazard, their sample is completely unrepresentative, and the results are worthless
November 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This survey is an absolute joke on every level. The survey design was bad, their methodology is haphazard, their sample is completely unrepresentative, and the results are worthless
I remember reading something about how public opinion on immigration issues in the UK correlated more with tabloid front pages than with reality.
October 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I remember reading something about how public opinion on immigration issues in the UK correlated more with tabloid front pages than with reality.
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First the basics: The vast bulk of physical and sexual violence in our society is *not* perpetrated by strangers, but by people who know each other. Obscuring this fact is a critical feature of copaganda in the news. People are shocked to hear it. Why?
October 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
First the basics: The vast bulk of physical and sexual violence in our society is *not* perpetrated by strangers, but by people who know each other. Obscuring this fact is a critical feature of copaganda in the news. People are shocked to hear it. Why?
We could rethink how we work, have fewer meetings, emails, or silos....
...or slap AI on that and not have to shift any paradigm.
...or slap AI on that and not have to shift any paradigm.
October 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We could rethink how we work, have fewer meetings, emails, or silos....
...or slap AI on that and not have to shift any paradigm.
...or slap AI on that and not have to shift any paradigm.
Sunshine got rushed out the door because Nintendo wanted a GameCube killer app in 2002, so a lot of content was cut.
They wanted 120 shines because Mario 64 had 120 stars, but didn't have the time to actually design 120 interesting challenges, so they padded the totals with blue coins.
They wanted 120 shines because Mario 64 had 120 stars, but didn't have the time to actually design 120 interesting challenges, so they padded the totals with blue coins.
October 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Sunshine got rushed out the door because Nintendo wanted a GameCube killer app in 2002, so a lot of content was cut.
They wanted 120 shines because Mario 64 had 120 stars, but didn't have the time to actually design 120 interesting challenges, so they padded the totals with blue coins.
They wanted 120 shines because Mario 64 had 120 stars, but didn't have the time to actually design 120 interesting challenges, so they padded the totals with blue coins.
There's always money for highways but never any for rail. Curious!
September 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
There's always money for highways but never any for rail. Curious!
Games should just ship with their debug menus.
September 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Games should just ship with their debug menus.
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I have 3 axioms that help me decide when to talk to people I disagree with:
1. To debate a subject is to concede that the subject is debatable.
2. To reason with a person is to concede that the person is reasonable.
3. To ask for evidence of a claim is to concede that the claim might be true.
1. To debate a subject is to concede that the subject is debatable.
2. To reason with a person is to concede that the person is reasonable.
3. To ask for evidence of a claim is to concede that the claim might be true.
May 5, 2023 at 1:45 PM
I have 3 axioms that help me decide when to talk to people I disagree with:
1. To debate a subject is to concede that the subject is debatable.
2. To reason with a person is to concede that the person is reasonable.
3. To ask for evidence of a claim is to concede that the claim might be true.
1. To debate a subject is to concede that the subject is debatable.
2. To reason with a person is to concede that the person is reasonable.
3. To ask for evidence of a claim is to concede that the claim might be true.
PHP indeed borrows from both: Python for the syntax and C++ for the safety!
September 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
PHP indeed borrows from both: Python for the syntax and C++ for the safety!