Hugo Dictus
@themightyhug.bsky.social
I'm a computational neuroscientist and blogger. I also develop games as a hobby, and enjoy combat sports.
@dimension20.bsky.social
My partner watches #CloudwardHo. I consider it imperative that Murph, playing the "gentleman fister", is informed that in classical english pugilism a fighter's courage and ability to take punishment is called their "bottom".
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My partner watches #CloudwardHo. I consider it imperative that Murph, playing the "gentleman fister", is informed that in classical english pugilism a fighter's courage and ability to take punishment is called their "bottom".
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Stories of Greatness - Tom Molyneux, the man who should have been the first ever World Champion
YouTube video by EnglishMartialArts
youtu.be
July 7, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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My partner watches #CloudwardHo. I consider it imperative that Murph, playing the "gentleman fister", is informed that in classical english pugilism a fighter's courage and ability to take punishment is called their "bottom".
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My partner watches #CloudwardHo. I consider it imperative that Murph, playing the "gentleman fister", is informed that in classical english pugilism a fighter's courage and ability to take punishment is called their "bottom".
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How Galileo Broke the Scientific Method
YouTube video by Dr. Fatima
youtube.com
June 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The white knight is dead. Good riddance, I guess? Or not?
Playing Hitman Absolution from 2012 I had to reflect on my feelings about certain tropes of the time. Have a look. #gaming #videogames #gamewriting #gamedev
Playing Hitman Absolution from 2012 I had to reflect on my feelings about certain tropes of the time. Have a look. #gaming #videogames #gamewriting #gamedev
Grieving the white knight
hdictus.github.io
May 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The white knight is dead. Good riddance, I guess? Or not?
Playing Hitman Absolution from 2012 I had to reflect on my feelings about certain tropes of the time. Have a look. #gaming #videogames #gamewriting #gamedev
Playing Hitman Absolution from 2012 I had to reflect on my feelings about certain tropes of the time. Have a look. #gaming #videogames #gamewriting #gamedev
It isn't light that your eyes speak to you about, it is darkness.
Like an audience awaiting the performance, photoreceptors chatter happily into the silence.
hdictus.github.io/202504291946...
#writing #neuroscience
Like an audience awaiting the performance, photoreceptors chatter happily into the silence.
hdictus.github.io/202504291946...
#writing #neuroscience
in-the-eye
hdictus.github.io
April 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
It isn't light that your eyes speak to you about, it is darkness.
Like an audience awaiting the performance, photoreceptors chatter happily into the silence.
hdictus.github.io/202504291946...
#writing #neuroscience
Like an audience awaiting the performance, photoreceptors chatter happily into the silence.
hdictus.github.io/202504291946...
#writing #neuroscience
Games have unrealized potential for science communication. To think a little more about why realizing that potential is so hard, I made a simple prototype of a game about neurons. I wrote some thoughts about it. Take a look on my blog. hdictus.github.io/202504211328...
#gamedev #neuroscience #blog
#gamedev #neuroscience #blog
Forging Foraging: a little neuroscience game
hdictus.github.io
April 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Games have unrealized potential for science communication. To think a little more about why realizing that potential is so hard, I made a simple prototype of a game about neurons. I wrote some thoughts about it. Take a look on my blog. hdictus.github.io/202504211328...
#gamedev #neuroscience #blog
#gamedev #neuroscience #blog
The step-through lunge punch is a widespread technique in martial arts, but generally agreed to be pretty useless. Why is it so widespread then?
I discuss a few possibilities in my latest blog post, I hope you find it interesting.
hdictus.github.io/202501060935...
#MartialArts #Karate
I discuss a few possibilities in my latest blog post, I hope you find it interesting.
hdictus.github.io/202501060935...
#MartialArts #Karate
Why does the lunge punch exist?
hdictus.github.io
March 26, 2025 at 6:56 AM
The step-through lunge punch is a widespread technique in martial arts, but generally agreed to be pretty useless. Why is it so widespread then?
I discuss a few possibilities in my latest blog post, I hope you find it interesting.
hdictus.github.io/202501060935...
#MartialArts #Karate
I discuss a few possibilities in my latest blog post, I hope you find it interesting.
hdictus.github.io/202501060935...
#MartialArts #Karate