More developer friends are starting to get these emails. Google is trying to buy codebases to train AI to replace us. The email itself only mentions "tools" - until you click the links and see AI mentioned casually here and there. Very sneaky and predatory in a time when folks are low on cash.

Has anyone ( @fenriswolfretro.bsky.social , @mousebitelabs.bsky.social looking at you two 🧐) tried to make infidelity_nes's Super Mario All Stars NES cart with save functionality? Seems like an amazing romhack but not sure if it's even doable in cart form 🤔

Jurassic Park is one of the most important films of our time as it speaks on the subject of the responsibility that must go hand in hand with technology. Even just the lines "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should" and...

I don't want to work. I want to play video games and make art.

Hay que promover el videojuego patrio. Yo qué sé, pillad el @denshattack.bsky.social, comprad la revista de @devuego.es para conocer mejor el sector, seguid a creadores, ved charlas de eventos como @guadalindie.bsky.social... El tejido empresarial es mucho humo y espejos. Rememos para cambiar eso.

We have a big win! #StopKillingGames and #StopKillingInternet signed a joint letter opposing the UK government’s proposed VPN ban and we succeeded! Proud to stand alongside @mozilla.org , @proton.me @amnesty.org , Reporters Without Borders, and leading VPNs to defend a free and open internet. ...

New arrivals yesterday: a Creator Crosspoint Matrix RGB switch (looks like a knock-off Extron?) and some games to cross off the list. Now to figure out how to get @chrisdeleon.bsky.social to sign my Boom Blox without traveling to the US or paying €200+ in shipping/customs 🤔

It’s huge. I’ve already lost too many people to this cancer. Let’s hope more funding goes into science in the future.

“.. I asked a few AI researchers whether they could name any other real-world software that scales so poorly. None of them could think of any. “.. By economic and engineering measures, generative AI might be the worst technology ever deployed.” @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

This Final Fantasy VII and VIII Twin Pack for the Switch has been sitting all alone in my old everything store for at least two years now, taunting me every time I'd go there. Passed by again yesterday and figured "why not?", haven't played either in decades and really liked VIII back in the day.

Most engineering orgs - and I flatter them using that word - measure productivity by how much *stuff* teams ship. This is to fundamentally mis-characterise software development. It's not a delivery process. We're not Uber Eats. It's a *learning* process. And the biggest factor is feedback latency

IT'S HAPPENING!💥 Die-cut stickers are finally available at @inprnt.com! You can now purchase these highly requested stickers of Donna Bright at my print store from anywhere in the world!🌐 www.inprnt.com/stickers/pep... Thank you fo your support!💜

game workers should make residuals like movies and tv shows. You can't make bank on a game selling billions of units and then fire everyone.

HEY i need a lil HELP- is anybody out there really familiar with Affinity Publisher? As I'm wrapping up art book files I'm running into a few small questions I have no one I can ask, and I need a kind of Cool Cousin Who Knows The Software type to get this over the finish line

Not sure if anyone local (Valencia, Spain) follows me, but there is a nice looking 14" Loewe Xelos M37 VT (with a 50Hz Phillips Black Matrix tube!) at my local charity shop if anyone is in the market for a CRT. I have no need/space for it, but hope it ends up in a nice home.

Sam Neill on tackling depression and imposter syndrome when you’re between jobs.

Great job 👏

Buenos días gente! Si os picó la curiosidad por ver como se pueden fabricar estos cartuchos... He escrito un post hablando del proceso de creación además de como fabricarlos usando los archivos que he publicado. Podéis leer el post aquí: blog.gerardgascon.com/posts/making...

this is a total long shot but does Anyone have the Amplitude PS4 theme on their PSN account? it was given out exclusively to people who went to a physical event and this is the only video of it www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtKl... if you do, please reply! trying to preserve this piece of history

The complete elimination of Meta would yield unambiguous, far reaching benefits for global society.

Just saw Jean-Michel Jarre live (something I never expected when buying his Oxygen vinyl 20 years ago) with my son (another unexpected thing) and it was great. Loved that he played Oxygen pt.2 on the synth live 🤩 He was bouncing up and down the whole time, which is no small feat for a 77 year old.

Today’s free newsletter has a very simple message: The AI industry can not (and will not) be bailed out - AI is not too big to fail, OpenAI is not AIG, this is not 2008, and all of this is nothing like the Dot Com Bubble. And when it fails, we must let AI burn. www.wheresyoured.at/let-ai-burn/

(A very much needed) Timeline cleanser:

I really enjoy woodworking, but man oh man is the sun not playing along today (should pass 40°C in the shade 🥵). Maybe one day I'll find a workshop to do this in and not just out in the open like now 😅

Activision Blizzard

Tried several computers but none detected this card. The main chip feels cold and dead despite good power and clock🤷🏻‍♂️ Anyone with experience with this card? Am I missing something?🤔

LAST COUPLE OF DAYS! 70% OFF on Switch / Steam and Itchio! 🖤Steam: bit.ly/Castaway-Steam ❤️Switch: bit.ly/Castaway-Swi... 🧡itchio: bit.ly/Castaway-Itch

You don't need to be the number one product/service in a category in order to be profitable and successful.

Hello all, Looks like I have setup Ko-Fi for anyone that wants to donate (Its like pateron) Here is the link: ko-fi.com/igspgm

Went to a very special place for dinner last night for a special day. Did not love every course, but overall was an amazing experience. Highly recommend going to a Michelin star restaurant (with an open mind) if you can. Also, I think I'm in love with this €153, thin as an eggshell coffee cup 🤤

I'm just yapping now, but I feel like I should mention that ConsoleMods and the PlayStaton Devwiki are editable, wikis are easier to edit than you think, and we have a Discord to help you or just chat!

Proud to announce our HARDSHIP FUND: uvw-cwa.org/hardship-fun... If you've been recently laid off and need support, we got you.

thinking about this today!

Hey all. As well as working on the indie game ive been chipping away at my first art book. It features a collection of art you will have seen me post online and a big batch of new stuff made specifically for this book. Check out my pre launch page for more info. www.kickstarter.com/projects/din...

it's finally time to reveal my birthday gift to the community! I present to you the RGR ezBuff. A disc polishing and resurfacing machine, which can restore your scratched discs back to work.

So where's a good place to sell the cool game trinkets and utilities I design? I just sold a five dollar item on ebay that - between the tariffs, shipping charges, packaging and fees, ended up with a negative profit of like two bucks. Any suggestions are welcomed!

First cut of the day vs the dry fit after the 3rd. Gaming closet build coming along nicely

HAPPY FRIDAY TO EVERYONE WHO HATES SLOP

Authorising and building Earth-destroying data centres is genocide. Everyone involved / enabling them should be prosecuted Nuremberg style. @zackpolanski.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov & Co. should make this #1. Or they, too, are part of the problem.

Let's see if I can get something done before it gets really hot (currently 28°C /66% humidity) 🤞

Our games industry is people. Our studios are people. Our teams people, our games by people for people. Our games are made by people, in groups of people, in teams of people, making people things for people. The magic is people, and the people deserve so much better than all this. I am so sorry.

So far I've found a Kovac k-80m (rebranded Teak?), but not the style I was hoping for. Also an "untested" Sanyo icc-82d for €100. Lol, that thing is 100% green from battery acid on the inside and dead as a doornail. No way I'm paying that much for a fixer-upper of unknown status 🤣 Search continues

more of this real journalism pls #SciArt #comic

Is there anyone who follows me who works @kickstarter.com or knows somebody who does? Im trying to set something up and seem to have hit a road block. Re shares appreciated.

Reblogging for all my unemployed/struggling Bsky friendos too!

Sitting here with a bag of chips watching paint dry. It's not boring if you are actively watching for the old paint to bubble up and lift off the wall 😬 The top layer of this wall is at least 50% new plaster now (it's concrete underneath), I've been at this for days...