I'm surprised the BBC didn't pull the feed, what a truth bomb.

Just opened a Sainsbury's bag of potatoes and was greeted by these monsters!

It’s crazy that January was 17 months long and February lasted a week and a half

Where is the lie?

Anyone heard of glitchgaming.fun? Their web site seems broken, and I'm wondering if they're scammers

Criminally funny, but also I'm crying inside Norway comes for the #TechBros www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree vimeo.com/1168468796?f...

Which will happen first? Options in replies - like the one you vote for.

I wonder how long it'll take them to burn through that lot, being as they're currently making losses of $1bn a week.... techcrunch.com/2026/02/27/o...

rushing to the window "young young boy, what day is it?" and hearing "the tories lost their deposit" and cackling

‼️ BREAKING: Greens WIN Gorton and Denton by-election in a landslide victory 🟢 Grn: 41% (+27) ➡️ Ref: 29% (+15) 🔴 Lab: 25% (-25) 🔵 Con: 2% (-6) 🟠 Lib: 2% (-2) Green GAIN from Labour (+/- vs GE2024) ‼️First-ever Green win in an MP by-election

"We'll AI it to 90%, then you finish it off." No. That's not how it works.

Make this an Olympic sport you cowards. youtu.be/evNi4_2qHPY

@greyalien.bsky.social Nice write up on Forbidden Solitaire in this month's PC Gamer :)

"Artists peak at 30", "30 under 30", "by 30 you should" ridiculous. Arts industries capital craves young people to exploit and burn out. It doesn't want older artists thriving and guiding the young. It also doesn't want artists to exist. Stop letting cannibals tell you you only matter on a plate.

Just heard a track from the upcoming Terry Brown mix of Rush's Grace Under Pressure. It's all over the place! Murky, weird echo/reverb on Geddy's voice, overbearing bass...it's a right dog's dinner.

$12 billion loss last QUARTER. That's a billion dollars a WEEK. Oh, I do hope when OpenAI goes down it takes Microsoft down with it too.

Now you'll have that tune going round your head all evening :)

Is anyone on here on Eurosky? I'm @markripley.eurosky.social if you're interested.

Today I bought Rimworld and Mewgenics. Rimworld I just couldn't get on with at all. Too many choices, too many things going on. Didn't even make it through the tutorial. Mewgenics is blummin' brilliant. Obviously from this you can judge my level 😀

I think I'm going to have to retire soon, purely so I can play through all the games I've got before I die.

Attempted to install T2-adapted Ubuntu on my 2019 Intel Macbook Pro. Attempt failed - installer crashed.

Just been reminded of an early game-related episode. I phoned Mel Croucher up once. I was 13 I think. I thought I'd solved Pimania (the Masquerade-style game, revealing the location of the Pi Man, and therefore the prize), so I phoned to share my theory and claim my prize.

Well I'm never eating at those places again. (To be fair, I've had KFC twice in my lifetime, and Nandos once. It's no great sacrifice). www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I had a similar call with a client today: "We'll just use Claude to get 95% there, then get you to finish it off." Me: "Yeah, which'll involve me scrapping the whole thing and starting from scratch." Client: "Oh."

I had to sketch that amazing photo from yesterday, to make sure I never forget it.

2022: game developers tell execs chasing fortnite wont work 2023: game develop tell execs chasing fortnite wont work 2024: game devel tell execs chasing fortnite wont work 2025: game d tell execs chasing fortnite wont work 2026: gam tell execs chasing fortnite wont work

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"My dishwasher is on the internet!" "Why is on the internet?" "To download software updates!" "Why does it need software updates?" "To fix security vulnerabilities!" "Why would it have security vulnerabilities?" "Because it's on the internet!"

'kinell you'd think I'd be good at this shit by now. markripley.com/portfolio.pdf

Goddamnit, bubble, just burst already!

Today is probably a fine day to mention that I've been working on a self-hostable Discordslacklike called Chatto. It's steadily moving towards feature parity with the big kids, with everything crammed into a single compact 50 MB executable that can run off the cheapest VM you can find.

Unity today announced a new AI feature, claiming to almost create an entire casual game in one click. Hmm. Watch as I take you through the press release, whereupon grumpiness and hilarity (thinly disguised as industry comment) ensues. youtu.be/-RtFTiJfHLM

Alright, here's a thought for you: If making games was made illegal tomorrow, meaning no more games could be released, I bet 99% of the gaming public wouldn't notice or care. There's so many games available, via stores or emulation, they'd keep gamers happy for years.

I feel a youtube rant about Unity coming on. 10+ years of frustration, vomited up onto one grumpy video. Could get ugly.

Must...resist...

Well I was going to do a video on how to get MQDH running on Ubuntu, but it can't be done (unless you use a VM, which sorta defeats the object). Not a catastrophe, as everything MQDH does can be achieved using other tools, it's just handy. Ah well.

Now that's what I'm talking about. VSCode can suck it. NeoVIM is dead to me. This is a TUI text editor for this century. getfresh.dev

I really felt for our postie today. I saw him hobbling away having obviously putting his back out carrying all the Valentines Cards I received. Poor sod.

First proper video has shipped - where I mentally fumble a solution to OpenAI et al going bust. youtu.be/XlPFp9T55vI

The Grumpy Oaf YouTube channel is now live, hosting precisely one intro video featuring yours truly. Just had a bout of flu, so now I no longer look like a ghost, the YT sausage machine shall enter full production. www.youtube.com/@grumpyoaf/v...

Can we have this in NI too please :) @niscreen.bsky.social

I wonder how many people googled "IRC client" today.

I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.

Today I've been reviewing grant applications, which I flippantly call "crushing dreams". However, there's so much innovation in the majority of applications I typically end up approving them, providing gushing comments urging them on. It's a great job, spreading happiness into people's lives.

Lots of discord around Discord 😀 So...where's everyone moving to?

Today is AI video recording day. Got to do it today 'cos I fully expect the MS/Oracle/AWS/nVidia/OpenAI bubble to burst tomorrow, so I want to get this out then I can appear all knowledgable and prophetic. Basically the premise is how to make a sustainable, fair business whilst tech bros burn.

Are there any video editors out there that aren't steaming piles of shit? I mean, how hard can it be....