It's pretty funny that a game with "Final" in the title has so many sequels. Guess that fantasy wasn't so final after all

This list is pretty good, but I'll never understand why people like Revenge of the Sith. It has the least Jar-Jar, but the core of the story is a tragic fall that fundamentally does not work. Anakin is not likable enough and they didn't really sell the escalation to child massacre.

Sonic CD US Metallic Madness is mostly just riffing on top of this sequence preset from Korg Wavestation

So it is possible to do 60fps 3d on the sega megadrive by using a very exotic indexing method to simulate 2 colors + alternating lines + fast DMA. Totally interlaced my brain 🙃

Hmm, it's tough for me to distinguish my original Genesis collection from games I picked up in early adulthood before getting serious about collecting. I'm sure about these: Sonic 1-2, S&K, Sonic Spinball Fire Shark Virtual Pinball Super Monaco GP Less sure: Revenge of Shinobi & Eternal Champions

What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?

I don't know how I feel about the fee portion of this, but the fire department saying you can't close off the northern part of Telegraph for street fairs is awful. Telegraph is vibrant with foot traffic and so much more pedestrian friendly than the vicinity of Ashby Bart

Ever wonder why a Supergun has such a stupid (but cool) name? It was just a name used by Taiwanese firm Gamesgroup Corp, similar to later products like Super Wildcard & SuperUFO game copiers Raven Games (London) got their own version made to UK spec & called it Supergun Deluxe. It stuck 1/4

He beat the wrap.

The thing that's going to be really weird is that the cost of electricity is going to be highly variable. A grid that is mostly renewables and storage is one that has tons of extra power during times of high production, but is drawing down reserves when there's a string of low-production days

Chords: - SEGA CD Snatcher-inspired adventure - Energy-filled OST by @superjetspade.bsky.social - Gorgeous pixel art by @108stars-pixelart.bsky.social - A storyline with more twists than SEGA OutRun - A @hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp indie love letter #MegaDrive #SegaGenesis #IndieDev

AP has already called Prop 50. Surprised given how slow CA is to count, but I guess the early results are just that lopsided. apnews.com/article/cali...

Virtual Lab for Mega Drive www.plutiedev.com/blog/20251103

Remember to be considerate tonight while trick-or-treating!

I'm back from Greece. It has both given me a new appreciation for historical preservation and also made what is done here in Berkeley in the name of historical preservation seem all the more ridiculous.

In his whining after the fact he says he writes all the headlines and now literally so much makes sense.

I have to say, it's been "interesting" how many of the cultural/historical resources in Thessaloniki seem conspicuously uninterested in what happened to the large Jewish population of the city in the 1940s...

I'm currently in Thessaloniki, Greece which has ~71% of the land area of Berkeley, but about 2.5X the population. It's a dense walkable city with a robust bus system and a small, but very modern (fully automated) and high frequency (3 minute headways) metro.

Found a very chill cat outside a supermarket in Thessaloniki

No sign of the Kristi Noem Hatch Act violation at the SFO international terminal. Not sure if they're only playing it at some airports, only in the domestic terminals or if they already stopped playing it.

Initial look into whether National Weather Service skycover forecasts would be helpful for predicting my solar production for the day is not looking too promising so far. Doesn't look like much correlation between the forecast and how good my production is compared to the ideal

This one highway is projected to cost 85% of what CA has spent on high-speed rail over 15 years and hundreds of miles. If we can afford this, we can afford high-speed rail.

Another batch of California bill signings - nothing significant, no new vetoes either. www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/07/g... Keep making those calls for SB 79 and the LGBTQ rights bills! 9am-5pm, or message anytime at www.gov.ca.gov/contact/ 1/

I haven't touched anything BlastEm related in over a month and so far I don't really miss it. I've had longer gaps before and this is probably just a short break, but I do sometimes wonder if I would be happier if I abandoned the project altogether.

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

There's a week left for the Governor to sign bills. Phone lines open at 9am on Monday, make those calls to ask him to sign SB 79 to bring more housing near transit in California. In the meantime you can also send a message at www.gov.ca.gov/contact/

My custom home automation dashboard is coming along nicely. I guess at the moment the dashboard itself is more of a solar/battery system dashboard, but the backend part does some automation tasks like controlling EV charging and lights

Embedding GPS coordinates in EXIF is one of those technologies that has some cool uses, but creates a bunch of problems. Every online service that supports user-uploaded images needs to strip some, but not all (because some stuff like color profiles can be needed) EXIF

I don't think @gavinnewsom.bsky.social understands he'll be writing his legacy with how he decides on SB 79. He entered office promising millions of new homes and he's close to leaving without having gotten anywhere near that goal. Signing SB 79 is the one serious step he can take.

This is generating intrusive thoughts for me like: Has Governor Gavin Newsom ever teabagged someone?

Moderation in the small sucks. Moderation for a large platform with a somewhat diverse userbase is basically impossible, but you have to do it anyway. Basically no one ends up happy with the end result, but the alternatives are worse

Do I want to know why people are mad at the CEO of Bluesky for posting about waffles?

I don't really have a strong opinion on gifted and talented programs, but my personal experience does fit with this being ridiculous for kindergartners. I was originally not in the program (scored slightly below the threshold). Then in middle school I took the SATs for some extracurricular program

The deadline to sign SB 79 and legalize more housing near transit in California is coming up. This is a hugely important bill both for ending the state's housing crisis and for securing its climate future. Please join me in urging @gavinnewsom.bsky.social to sign!

Are you or someone you know skipping GDC (or considering doing so) because of worries about coming to the US/San Francisco in the current environment? If so, I want to hear from you for a piece. DM me here or kyle DOT orland AT arstechnica DOT com. Please spread the word

CHOTINER: So your son is 14, is that right? IKARI: It's complex, Isaac. If— CHOTINER: And the “robot” he pilots, that’s actually the child of an alien you keep crucified in the basement, which is possessed by the spirit of his dead mother? IKARI: Look, let me answer the question. CHOTINER: Sure.

Well, there it is. Sinclair is digging in for a fight, so please help push back -- find stations in your area, watch their local news to see what ads they run, then write those advertisers to tell them you're boycotting as long as they're on a Sinclair station. List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/

To the extent that any protest involves some risk (and I think these Indivisible ones are relatively low risk), the primary risk is from your physical presence at the protest where they can conveniently arrest (or beat or whatever) a bunch of protestors all at once without bothering with a subpoena

Here's some advice from a criminal defense lawyer who actually has successfully defended Occupy and Portland protestors.

ah, well

Key factor in Trump's election is that people thought it would be a repeat of Trump I not realizing that the reason why Trump I was the way it was, was because it was constrained from the get-go! Congress would reject absurd nominees, admin would fire incompetents, civil society was going bananas

Excited to showcase Chords at the Cambridge Centre for Computing History Retro Computer Festival 2025 (15–16 Nov)! 🎮 A visual novel style adventure for the Sega Mega Drive, inspired by classics like Konami Snatcher. #SegaMegaDrive #SegaGenesis #IndieDev #RetroDev

They failed to secure an indictment against a guy who was literally caught on camera throwing a sandwich at an ICE goon and freely admitted he had done so. You're not going to get thrown in the gulag by registering online for a normie protest.

Current prime minister of Nepal was chosen by Discord poll

Anyone know why this helicopter is circling around the Elmwood neighborhood?

November 17, 2021 www.mypanhandle.com/news/local-n...

Here's a wild stat. The cost of continuing to operate Diablo Canyon (a fully depreciated plant, so no construction costs involved) is apparently about 7 cents per kilowatt hour. The LCOE (levelized cost of energy) for new-build solar in the US is about 4-8 cents per kilowatt hour.