Brian Swetland
@swetland.frotz.net
Writes the codes. Recovering OS Engineer (BeOS, HiptopOS, Android, LK, Fuchsia). Embedded systems hacker. Hobbyist Digital Designer. Player of video games, tabletop games, D&D, etc.
fediverse: @swetland@chaos.social
fediverse: @swetland@chaos.social
Having not experienced any Metroid property since Super Metroid, I am apparently out of the loop on this week's Metroid Discourse.
Though apparently Samus was Raised by Birds? (Not something new, just a Metroid thing I only learned of today).
Though apparently Samus was Raised by Birds? (Not something new, just a Metroid thing I only learned of today).
November 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Having not experienced any Metroid property since Super Metroid, I am apparently out of the loop on this week's Metroid Discourse.
Though apparently Samus was Raised by Birds? (Not something new, just a Metroid thing I only learned of today).
Though apparently Samus was Raised by Birds? (Not something new, just a Metroid thing I only learned of today).
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this isn't a joke. in my 25 years of experience with online gaming/MMOs, this is precisely how it works. again. and again.
"i'm going to go make my OWN community! with blackjack! and hookers!"
*3 days later*
"banned banned banned every single one of you are banned none of you are without sin"
"i'm going to go make my OWN community! with blackjack! and hookers!"
*3 days later*
"banned banned banned every single one of you are banned none of you are without sin"
Decades of experience have proven that posters can only win by leaving to start new forums where they’re the mods and inevitably lose the next war to posters who leave to create their own forum etc.
a man is holding a can of soda in front of his mouth and says `` time is a flat circle '' .
Alt: a man is holding a can of soda in front of his mouth and says `` time is a flat circle ''
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November 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
this isn't a joke. in my 25 years of experience with online gaming/MMOs, this is precisely how it works. again. and again.
"i'm going to go make my OWN community! with blackjack! and hookers!"
*3 days later*
"banned banned banned every single one of you are banned none of you are without sin"
"i'm going to go make my OWN community! with blackjack! and hookers!"
*3 days later*
"banned banned banned every single one of you are banned none of you are without sin"
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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New excuse from my kanji learning app just dropped.
October 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
New excuse from my kanji learning app just dropped.
Wanted: some kind of corporate vehicle (maybe some sort of co-op thing?) that enables me to get functional health insurance, maybe share other resources like a bit of office/work space, etc, but without signing up to do any work other than my own personal projects. Surely doable somehow, no?
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Wanted: some kind of corporate vehicle (maybe some sort of co-op thing?) that enables me to get functional health insurance, maybe share other resources like a bit of office/work space, etc, but without signing up to do any work other than my own personal projects. Surely doable somehow, no?
Trying out Whiskerwood (in Early Access), which is very much a Colony Builder, emphasis on Colony, down to colonists and supplies being dropped off by ship and regular ships to collect oppressive taxes on everything...
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Trying out Whiskerwood (in Early Access), which is very much a Colony Builder, emphasis on Colony, down to colonists and supplies being dropped off by ship and regular ships to collect oppressive taxes on everything...
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Did the New York Times ruin journalism?
November 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Did the New York Times ruin journalism?
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This was a good speech and Mamdani is an excellent speaker. Nice to hear something both coherent and positive.
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 5:08 AM
This was a good speech and Mamdani is an excellent speaker. Nice to hear something both coherent and positive.
Today's been pretty encouraging. Hoping we'll see some good results on prop 50 to wrap it up nicely.
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Today's been pretty encouraging. Hoping we'll see some good results on prop 50 to wrap it up nicely.
Congratulations.
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Congratulations.
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Sketches from Tokyo and Osaka
November 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Sketches from Tokyo and Osaka
With the new season of Fionna and Cake airing, I've found myself watching some old Adventure Time episodes, first to refresh myself on Huntress Wizard lore, then just to revisit some old favorites. Wow, "I Remember You" (S04E25) still hits so hard. What a show. #AdventureTime #FionnaAndCake #TV
November 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
With the new season of Fionna and Cake airing, I've found myself watching some old Adventure Time episodes, first to refresh myself on Huntress Wizard lore, then just to revisit some old favorites. Wow, "I Remember You" (S04E25) still hits so hard. What a show. #AdventureTime #FionnaAndCake #TV
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My book comes out today! And it's reasonably priced! Whoooooooooooo! It's about linguistics! It's about extreme metal! It's about the Asia Pacific and flows of global subcultures! I'm really proud of it and I hope you all enjoy.
November 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
My book comes out today! And it's reasonably priced! Whoooooooooooo! It's about linguistics! It's about extreme metal! It's about the Asia Pacific and flows of global subcultures! I'm really proud of it and I hope you all enjoy.
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Here's a handy guide to some electronic components.
October 30, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Here's a handy guide to some electronic components.
Just watched One Cut of the Dead for, I think, the 5th time. This is such a fantastic film. Tis the season!
Last October I was introduced to One Cut of the Dead, a 2017 indie zombie comedy from Japan. Highly recommend going in as cold as possible and just trusting the film. You will not regret it.
October 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Just watched One Cut of the Dead for, I think, the 5th time. This is such a fantastic film. Tis the season!
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in the 90s I used to be like "the idea of digital drugs is kind of a dumb sci-fi conceit" and now in the 2020s I'm like "everyones high on GPT and its giving tehm severe brain damage"
October 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
in the 90s I used to be like "the idea of digital drugs is kind of a dumb sci-fi conceit" and now in the 2020s I'm like "everyones high on GPT and its giving tehm severe brain damage"
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[X] the Ancient Japanese Art of [Y]: The Mobilization of #Japanese Metalinguistic Fantasies in Self-Help Literature
Recording of a lecture I gave at JSAA2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TElW...
Recording of a lecture I gave at JSAA2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TElW...
X the Ancient Japanese Art of Y: The Mobilization of Linguistic Fantasies in Self-Help Books
YouTube video by Scripting Japan
www.youtube.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:49 AM
[X] the Ancient Japanese Art of [Y]: The Mobilization of #Japanese Metalinguistic Fantasies in Self-Help Literature
Recording of a lecture I gave at JSAA2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TElW...
Recording of a lecture I gave at JSAA2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TElW...
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I have blocked
the discourse
in my timeline
That you should probably
have saved for X
Forgive me
the vibes
were so
rancid
the discourse
in my timeline
That you should probably
have saved for X
Forgive me
the vibes
were so
rancid
October 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I have blocked
the discourse
in my timeline
That you should probably
have saved for X
Forgive me
the vibes
were so
rancid
the discourse
in my timeline
That you should probably
have saved for X
Forgive me
the vibes
were so
rancid
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Democrats should be drawing up legislation right now, this very minute, to bar Trump from helping himself to $230 million in taxpayer funds from DOJ. Challenge Republicans to hold a vote on it. Push this so hard in the media that every GOP Senate and House candidate is pressed to comment on it.
October 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Democrats should be drawing up legislation right now, this very minute, to bar Trump from helping himself to $230 million in taxpayer funds from DOJ. Challenge Republicans to hold a vote on it. Push this so hard in the media that every GOP Senate and House candidate is pressed to comment on it.
I am realizing that I will probably be dropping two spaces after sentence-ending punctuation until the day I die. I am an incurable product of learning-to-type-on-a-manual-typewriter (and early personal computers), I guess.
October 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I am realizing that I will probably be dropping two spaces after sentence-ending punctuation until the day I die. I am an incurable product of learning-to-type-on-a-manual-typewriter (and early personal computers), I guess.
Bluesky's lack of edit really annoys me. It's the *only* place I regularly communicate with people these days where I can't just push a button and fix a typo. Come on, it's 2025, this should not be a difficult thing. Decades-old web forums can do this. Discord can do this. Mastodon can do this.
October 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Bluesky's lack of edit really annoys me. It's the *only* place I regularly communicate with people these days where I can't just push a button and fix a typo. Come on, it's 2025, this should not be a difficult thing. Decades-old web forums can do this. Discord can do this. Mastodon can do this.
Okay, if I want to put a set of users I follow here into a list such that I only see their posts in a specific feed (like "news" or "politics", say), and not in my default following feed, is there a *straightfoward*, *low friction* way to do that these days?
October 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Okay, if I want to put a set of users I follow here into a list such that I only see their posts in a specific feed (like "news" or "politics", say), and not in my default following feed, is there a *straightfoward*, *low friction* way to do that these days?
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Folks on AtariAge made a 3D model of the dissolving character belt of doom in the 1027 printer
3D printed a rigid master and made a mold, so I could cast in durable urethane. Should outlast the rest of the printer now
I can make a few more, so DM me if you need one. Easy to toss in an envelope.
3D printed a rigid master and made a mold, so I could cast in durable urethane. Should outlast the rest of the printer now
I can make a few more, so DM me if you need one. Easy to toss in an envelope.
October 21, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Folks on AtariAge made a 3D model of the dissolving character belt of doom in the 1027 printer
3D printed a rigid master and made a mold, so I could cast in durable urethane. Should outlast the rest of the printer now
I can make a few more, so DM me if you need one. Easy to toss in an envelope.
3D printed a rigid master and made a mold, so I could cast in durable urethane. Should outlast the rest of the printer now
I can make a few more, so DM me if you need one. Easy to toss in an envelope.