Public Domain Day 2026: works from 1930 and sound recordings from 1925 open to everyone on January 1, including Betty Boop, Blondie and Dagwood, Animal Crackers, and so much more https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/...

Garden is doing garden things and it's great 😁🌱

Lily for(float i,z,d;i++<6e1;o+=vec4(z,9,1,1)/d/d){vec3 p=round(z*normalize(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyy)/.1)*.1;p.z-=9.; for(d=0.;d++<9.;p+=.2*sin(p*d-t+z).yzx);z+=d=length(cos(p)-1.)/20.;} o=tanh(o/3e5);

It's the weekend, baby

I am so, so sorry.

no shade to NIN or daft punk, but this is what the tron soundtrack should be like. intensely digital/mechanical, something that sounds like the computer woke up and tried to make tunes of its own www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEeC...

VS2026 default editor font is giving Topaz 8

Whirl for(float i,z,d,h;i++<8e1;o+=vec4(9,5,h+t,1)/d) {vec3 p=z*normalize(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyy),a;p.z+=9.;a=mix(dot(a+=.5,p)*a,p,sin(h=dot(p,p/p)-t))+cos(h)*cross(a,p); for(d=0.;d++<9.;a+=.3*sin(a*d).zxy);z+=d=length(a.xz)/15.;} o=tanh(o/1e4);

content: attr(data-scary);

Was just surprised (and not in a bad way) by a visit from one of the locals.

Merge vec3 p;for(float d,i,z;i++<5e1;o+=(cos(z+vec4(2,1,0,0))+1.)/d/z) p=z*normalize(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyy),p.z+=t,d=abs(.04*z-.4),z+=d=.4*max(d,length(min(p=cos(p+z),p.yzx))-d);o=tanh(o*o/6e3);

what’s this then www.deadstaticdrive.com/releases remember remember the 5th of november 👀

Pushed a change, tests started failing. Investigated to discover that my change did not add a bug today. Rather, it revealed two bugs I added six weeks ago. 🙃

Pulse vec3 p,v;for(float i,z,d;i++<5e1;o+=vec4(3,z,6,1)/d/z) p=z*normalize(2.*FC.rgb-r.xyy),p.z+=9.,p=dot(v=normalize(cos((t+i)/2.+vec3(6,1,4))),p)*v+cross(v,p),z+=d=.2*length(p.xy/vec2(1,9)); o=tanh(o/2e2);

every time i read “silent hill f” i hear it like this

just added the MEGA TERMINAL CHEAT SHEET from "The Secret Rules of the Terminal" to our list of posters at wizardzines.com#posters

One of my favourite talks to have seen in person just got published: youtube.com/watch?v=sIZU... go check out Walter's brilliant presentation!

Neat article on code golfing. Many techniques that I use: blog.pkh.me/p/45-code-go...

🔻 Update Control: Ultimate Edition on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S now to get: Three previously locked outfits Unlocked frame rate HDR support PSSR support (PS5 Pro) And more! Update notes: https://controlgame.com/control-ultimate-edition-october-2025-update-notes-console/ 📸 hellacoreshots

I'm a registered voter again 🥹

Game idea: You fund development and I make a game.

meet the terminal emulator wizardzines.com/comics/meet-... (from The Secret Rules of the Terminal, out now! (wizardzines.com/zines/termin...)

Hey! Need 3D character art for your project? I'm opening up for freelance and commissions in October! With almost 15 years of experience across over a dozen games, I'm comfortable in both stylized and realistic work, as well as mobile and VR Drop me a line! 🎨 xavierck.com 💌 [email protected]

What if every TNG character had a signature maneuver? (thread)

Saved posts (bookmarking) is great and all, but several posts I bookmarked were subsequently deleted and all I have are anonymous tombstones in my saved posts :(

After 3D printing my first file handle, I realized my missed opportunity and bought a second file so that I could correct my error

"Turbine" for(float i,z,d,s;i++<1e2;o+=vec4(z,1,s,1)/s/d){vec3 p=z*normalize(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyy),a;p.z+=5.;a.x--;a=mix(dot(a,p)*a,p,sin(s-=t-z))+cos(s)*cross(a,p);for(d=1.;d++<9.;a+=sin(ceil(a*d)-t).yzx/d);s=sqrt(length(a.yz));z+=d=length(sin(a))*s/2e1;}o=tanh(o/5e3);

im going to develop it in public! the repo is here github.com/plinkysynth/... i dont yet know where this will go but let's see. thanks to @boggo.bsky.social and @todepond.com for inspiring me to fall into this particular rabbit hole.

i started to make a live coding environment for myself! its currently basically shadertoy but on my mac with compiled c for the audio. its not a particularly unique wheel, but it's *my* wheel, so I am mostly experimenting with the details to see what makes me feel productive & creative.

First entirely new pc in a very long time, up and running for weeks, no apparent problems. Installed some updates, rebooted, system is unstable. Uninstalled some updates, system is still unstable. Run memtest for a few hours, memory faults galore. 😞.

stty wizardzines.com/comics/stty/ (from The Secret Rules of the Terminal, out now! wizardzines.com/zines/termin...)

I shared this earlier because I think it is so funny but then I also thought to myself, what advice would I (a learning scientist by background, married to someone who teaches programming) actually give a developer who feels bad reading this? How can you avoid writing this? A few tips:

Oh. blog.jetbrains.com/clion/2025/0...

Why does Yoda use -fno-exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Because there is no try 🥁 #Cplusplus

"Quasar" for(float i,z,d,s;i++<1e2;o+=vec4(z,4,1,1)/d) {vec3 p=z*normalize(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyy),a;p.z+=9.;s=length(a=mix(dot(a+=.57,p)*a,p,cos(s-=t))-sin(s)*cross(a,p)); for(d=1.;d++<9.;a+=sin(a*d-t).yzx/d); z+=d=length(sin(a-t)+.7)*length(p.xy-p.z)/4e1;} o=tanh(o/2e4);

Everyone knows that the x86 ISA is big.
 Modern CPUs have ~1000+ mnemonics. Guess how many make up 90% of compiled C/C++ code? TWELVE. I'm not kidding. The question is…what if we shrank it?

"Storm" in 238 bytes: for(float i,z,d,s;i++<1e2;o+=vec4(.2/d,9,2,1)/d){vec3 p=z*normalize(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyy),a=p;p.z+=7.;s=length(p); for(d=0.;d++<9.;a+=sin(a*d-t).yzx/d); z+=d=length(vec4(sin(s+s-t/.1+a*sin(a.yzx/3.+t))+.9,min(s-=4.,-s/.1)*.4))*.1;} o=tanh(o/8e3);

Late to the party? Our first little tomatoes are ripening. 🌱

It's very nice to have bookmarks again.

Would you believe I installed a new Visual Studio and it has the same intellisense problems.

Fun fact I learned when I visited the Capitol one time, California's original constitution was written in both Spanish and English. www.sos.ca.gov/archives/col...

Interesting perspective on measuring productivity: look at expected side effects. If AI were truly boosting productivity by the claimed amount, we'd expect to see a significant increase in software releases. We don't. mikelovesrobots.substack.com/p/wheres-the...

Some days I learn new things about C++. First I learned that nested structs can be defined out-of-line. class A // enclosing { class B; // nested }; class A::B { ... }; Then I realized that a nested class can inherit from its enclosing class: class A::B : A { ... }; 🤔

Updating my thoughts here... "vNext" has been announced* - but we've already hit copilot-only changes in the endless 17.14.