Richard Matthias
@richardmatthias.bsky.social
Games industry programmer
I bet all of these 7000+ comments are well thought out and completely reasonable and nuanced.
Seriously why does the BBC have comments on some stories? Why invite Daily Mail readers into your home?
Seriously why does the BBC have comments on some stories? Why invite Daily Mail readers into your home?
November 19, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I bet all of these 7000+ comments are well thought out and completely reasonable and nuanced.
Seriously why does the BBC have comments on some stories? Why invite Daily Mail readers into your home?
Seriously why does the BBC have comments on some stories? Why invite Daily Mail readers into your home?
When you have no idea what you're selling...
[or more likely the software they use to create ebay listings can't communicate Chinese characters to ebay's API]
[or more likely the software they use to create ebay listings can't communicate Chinese characters to ebay's API]
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
When you have no idea what you're selling...
[or more likely the software they use to create ebay listings can't communicate Chinese characters to ebay's API]
[or more likely the software they use to create ebay listings can't communicate Chinese characters to ebay's API]
How the heck is the Xbox 360 20 years old?
And why haven't Microsoft released any other consoles since?
And why haven't Microsoft released any other consoles since?
Xbox 360 at 20: The Xbox 360 car crash that didn't foretell the generation… or did it? www.eurogamer.net/the-xbox-360...
November 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
How the heck is the Xbox 360 20 years old?
And why haven't Microsoft released any other consoles since?
And why haven't Microsoft released any other consoles since?
Man in his 50s, referring to the participants in his Teams meeting as "chat".
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Man in his 50s, referring to the participants in his Teams meeting as "chat".
Sheesh. I literally just bought a DM42n from them a few weeks ago 😭
The R47: A new physical RPN calculator released today in 2025 | Discussion
SwissMicros Model R47 RPN Calculator
www.swissmicros.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Sheesh. I literally just bought a DM42n from them a few weeks ago 😭
I need the German word for when you have 67 unread books in your Audible library and you don't feel like listening to any of them.
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I need the German word for when you have 67 unread books in your Audible library and you don't feel like listening to any of them.
Are juries allowed to return a verdict of "oh, come on....."
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Are juries allowed to return a verdict of "oh, come on....."
Anthropic could make Claude 100% better by removing "Perfect!" from the start all responses.
November 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Anthropic could make Claude 100% better by removing "Perfect!" from the start all responses.
You’ve got to wonder about the mentality of people who come into an empty lecture theatre and sit right on the end of a row so that everyone else needs to get past them to use the rest of the seats.
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
You’ve got to wonder about the mentality of people who come into an empty lecture theatre and sit right on the end of a row so that everyone else needs to get past them to use the rest of the seats.
Reposted by Richard Matthias
She runs an event management company. The story even mentions that it was her job skills that prompted her to jump in and help manage a difficult crowd situation. Her job is not 'mum'. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Devon mum steps in to help control crowds at Corfu Airport
Faye Williams says she was given a tannoy at the departure desk in Corfu.
www.bbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
She runs an event management company. The story even mentions that it was her job skills that prompted her to jump in and help manage a difficult crowd situation. Her job is not 'mum'. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Got a new PC at work because of Windows 11. Still think it's really idiotic that they removed the ability to reposition the task bar on the side - something you could do since it existed. I have all this monitor width, but no, the task bar has to take up some of the much more precious height.
October 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Got a new PC at work because of Windows 11. Still think it's really idiotic that they removed the ability to reposition the task bar on the side - something you could do since it existed. I have all this monitor width, but no, the task bar has to take up some of the much more precious height.
Why do audiobook narrators speak so goddam slowly. I'm not one for speeding through these things, but I have to speed most of them up to 1.3x or 1.4 just so the narrator is speaking at normal coversational speed. If I slow it down to 1x it really sounds like they are drunk or doing a funny voice.
October 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Why do audiobook narrators speak so goddam slowly. I'm not one for speeding through these things, but I have to speed most of them up to 1.3x or 1.4 just so the narrator is speaking at normal coversational speed. If I slow it down to 1x it really sounds like they are drunk or doing a funny voice.
An absolute legend has re-implemented notoriously difficult puzzle game Stephen's Sausage Roll, charted the entire state-space of levels and made a 3d visualization of the state space where you can zoom in on nodes and see the game in that state.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK8O...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK8O...
Why Stephen’s Sausage Roll is Brutal: A State-Space Walkthrough of the Opening Levels
YouTube video by Stephen's State Space
www.youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
An absolute legend has re-implemented notoriously difficult puzzle game Stephen's Sausage Roll, charted the entire state-space of levels and made a 3d visualization of the state space where you can zoom in on nodes and see the game in that state.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK8O...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK8O...
Everyone laughed at the crew in Prometheus for not taking precautions, but I'm rewatching The X-Files and Mulder and Scully are at least as bad. A scientist just got blasted in the face with a highly infectious disease because Scully decide she had to examine a corpse without biohazard gear.
October 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Everyone laughed at the crew in Prometheus for not taking precautions, but I'm rewatching The X-Files and Mulder and Scully are at least as bad. A scientist just got blasted in the face with a highly infectious disease because Scully decide she had to examine a corpse without biohazard gear.
I confidently predict that obtaining "V-levels" will be extremely popular with teenagers and not attract any giggles or stigma at all.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New V-level courses to be brought in for students after GCSEs
Ministers say new vocational courses will simplify the
www.bbc.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I confidently predict that obtaining "V-levels" will be extremely popular with teenagers and not attract any giggles or stigma at all.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I'm old enough now that I really need Amazon to show a scan of one page from any paperback they sell, along with a scale, so I can tell if it's too small to read. Multiple times I've bought a paperback, then had to buy a used hardback copy just because the paperback type to too small to read.
October 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'm old enough now that I really need Amazon to show a scan of one page from any paperback they sell, along with a scale, so I can tell if it's too small to read. Multiple times I've bought a paperback, then had to buy a used hardback copy just because the paperback type to too small to read.
Calm down Marx and Engels. No one has time for this.
October 16, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Calm down Marx and Engels. No one has time for this.
Reposted by Richard Matthias
When your graphics programmer tells you to stop simulating off-screen cloth, show them this video.
October 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
When your graphics programmer tells you to stop simulating off-screen cloth, show them this video.
October 4th in Tesco. Absolute disgrace.
October 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
October 4th in Tesco. Absolute disgrace.
AI Coding tools be like: We support all the IDEs you know and love*!
* as long as they are forks of VS Code
* as long as they are forks of VS Code
October 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
AI Coding tools be like: We support all the IDEs you know and love*!
* as long as they are forks of VS Code
* as long as they are forks of VS Code
One for @andrewfray.dev regarding the impact of no testing (or even CI?). Though it seems like they had many other problems. A lot of staff who just weren't very good; a general lack of caring about quality; poor decision making by leadership and an unwillingness to hear about it or revise.
Avalanche Studios NYC Retrospective – An Ambitious Company Ruined | Discussion
Avalanche Studios NYC Retrospective – An Ambitious Company Ruined by Bad Development Practices
I’ve wanted to write about this since the studio closed a year ago. Now that Contraband is also canceled I think it’s time, especially since Contraband was one of the big reasons why I …
probablydance.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
One for @andrewfray.dev regarding the impact of no testing (or even CI?). Though it seems like they had many other problems. A lot of staff who just weren't very good; a general lack of caring about quality; poor decision making by leadership and an unwillingness to hear about it or revise.
This craps on the difference engine. Babbage must be shitting himself.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=89sP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=89sP...
mechanical computer - Kickstarter preview (roons)
YouTube video by whomtech
www.youtube.com
September 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This craps on the difference engine. Babbage must be shitting himself.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=89sP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=89sP...
Just finished watching all 11 original seasons of Frasier. I feel like I deserve a medal.
September 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Just finished watching all 11 original seasons of Frasier. I feel like I deserve a medal.
If you tell someone the whole web used to look like this, they won't believe you...
thick-coins.net/gold.html
thick-coins.net/gold.html
Gold Thnickels - Thick Coins by Theodore Nichols
thick-coins.net
September 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
If you tell someone the whole web used to look like this, they won't believe you...
thick-coins.net/gold.html
thick-coins.net/gold.html
Just took off one hoodie because it was very loose fitting and the way it sat on me was annoying. So I put on another which fits well but the cuffs are a bit tight and touch my wrists in a way I find annoying. Am I autistic?
September 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Just took off one hoodie because it was very loose fitting and the way it sat on me was annoying. So I put on another which fits well but the cuffs are a bit tight and touch my wrists in a way I find annoying. Am I autistic?