Darryl Wright ๐๐ง
@punksciencens.bsky.social
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Technical Director in video games, software developer, entrepreneur, writer, music fan, DJ.
Tron: Ares was really good. The script should have been run by even a cursory consultation with some programmers, but if you can get by that it was visually stunning and a fun time at the cinema.
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Me, a Gen-X'er who was first in line for the original Tron, and all my homies who are excited about Tron: Ares tonight.
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about 18 hours ago
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Me, a Gen-X'er who was first in line for the original Tron, and all my homies who are excited about Tron: Ares tonight.
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about 18 hours ago
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Me, a Gen-X'er who was first in line for the original Tron, and all my homies who are excited about Tron: Ares tonight.
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about 18 hours ago
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I'm fine with Carney nodding along to Trump's rambling incoherence in front of the cameras, as long as he holds his ground and principles when they go backstage.
1 day ago
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I'm fine with Carney nodding along to Trump's rambling incoherence in front of the cameras, as long as he holds his ground and principles when they go backstage.
1 day ago
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Darryl Wright ๐๐ง
Winnipeg Free Press
6 days ago
Apple and Google blocked downloads of phone apps that flag sightings of U.S. immigration agents, just hours after the Trump administration demanded that one particularly popular iPhone app be taken down.
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Apple and Google block apps that crowdsource ICE sightings. Some warn of chilling effects
Apple and Google blocked downloads of phone apps that flag sightings of U.S. immigration agents, just hours after the Trump administration demanded that one particularly popular iPhone app be taken down.
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/sci-tech/2025/10/03/apple-takes-down-app-that-allows-people-to-track-and-anonymously-report-sightings-of-ice-agents
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Trump has ruined "Thank you for your attention to this matter." and Netflix's "Wayward" has ruined "Thanks for your feedback." -- is nothing sacred?!
7 days ago
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I asked AI and I can confirm that The War on Drugs are not Yacht Rock.
8 days ago
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Paul Giamatti makes me uncomfortable.
8 days ago
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Battlefield: Portland -- coming soon to EA portfolio.
10 days ago
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My heart goes out to my colleagues who still work at EA. ๐คฏ๐คทโโ๏ธ๐ None of this is good news for players or gamedevs.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Gaming giant Electronic Arts bought in unprecedented $55bn deal
EA is known for making best-selling games such as EA FC, The Sims and Mass Effect.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4w3jzx807o#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17592333472681
10 days ago
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I have read a great many books where authors have quoted Malcolm Gladwell's idea that 10,000 hours of practice can make you really good at anything. In every case, the author follows this with, "Unfortunately, I don't think this is correct."
11 days ago
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Thanks to everyone who came out to my talk today at
#DalGamesExpo
. I managed to sway ~80% of the room at least a little toward "We're gonna be just fine."
#ai
19 days ago
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There is always a Chavez in every tv military unit. It's a rule.
21 days ago
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I asked AI to make me thinner in my wedding photo. Interestingly, it refused. But it did not refuse to go all the way.
21 days ago
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On the bright side, watching Trump's comically dystopian self-agrandiIng idols come down in a few years is going to be extremely cathartic for enlightened Americans. Trump-Bitcoin statue installed at Capitol in wake of Fed rate cut | Read full article at
san.com/media-miss/t...
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Trump-Bitcoin statue installed at Capitol in wake of Fed rate cut โ SAN
A giant golden statue of President Donald Trump was unveiled on the National Mall. The monument, funded by crypto investors, is an homage to Trump and his support of digital currency. The group said, in part, the statue is โa tribute to Donald Trumpโs vocal advocacy for cryptocurrency and serves as a provocative statement on...
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21 days ago
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I turned to my wife last night and I said that I feel as though the US is creeping very close to actual civil war. Then this today:
youtu.be/OeSSlpCWGVY...
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Americaโs New Age of Political Violence โ with Barbara F. Walter | Prof G Conversations
https://youtu.be/OeSSlpCWGVY?si=TjrEaMeZAug11ooR
22 days ago
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While I've met people that self-describe as Anti-facist, I don't know if they ever suggested they were part of a group or formal organization. This sounds extremely dangerous. One might even say... facist.
add a skeleton here at some point
22 days ago
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I'm daring to be optimistic about
#ai
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#gamedev
this weekend. Come and hear me make my case. There are great speakers all weekend at Dal Games Expo.
22 days ago
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"I can't figure out why I'm so depressed..." [Turns off Interpol's "Turn on the Bright Lights"]
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26 days ago
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My
#dnb
mix for Dialed In with Lash Larue. Listen to Punk Science - Dialed In Mix 2025 by Punk Science on
#SoundCloud
on.soundcloud.com/QYZDvPVQIEsD...
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Stream Punk Science - Dialed In Mix 2025 by Dialed In with Lash Larue on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.
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26 days ago
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The Eye is the new Baby Yoda.
26 days ago
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Well that was a lot of fun. Shoutout to host Lash Larue Cove FM 88.7 for having me.
#dnb
#mix
28 days ago
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Fascinating. LLMs hallucinate for exactly the same reasons that junior programmers sometimes fail interviews -- they'd rather take a wild stab at being accurate than admit they don't know.
openai.com/index/why-la...
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Why language models hallucinate
OpenAIโs new research explains why language models hallucinate. The findings show how improved evaluations can enhance AI reliability, honesty, and safety.
https://openai.com/index/why-language-models-hallucinate/?utm_source=alphasignal&utm_campaign=2025-09-09&asuniq=e6134c50
30 days ago
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I'll be mixing
#drumnbass
on Dialed In with Lash Larue on September 11th on
Cove.fm
. I've got an absolute monster of a set planned.
#dnb
Dialed In with Lash Larue | Cove FM
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Dialed In with Lash Larue | Cove FM
โDialed In with Lash Larueโย โ Each week, Lash Lerue will โdial inโ on a different musical theme or genre.
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about 1 month ago
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Should we bring pelts to trade for books to the Anarchist Book Fair?
about 1 month ago
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Every statement about what AI cannot do should be read with an implicit postfix "yet".
about 1 month ago
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Waiting until at least Sept 1st to get a Pumpkin Spice Latte is a stand against hyper-capitalist exploitation of the middle class. A small one, perhaps. But it's something.
about 2 months ago
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Just Saying
about 2 months ago
@castanet.net
@globalnews.ca
#VancouverBC
#VictoriaBC
#Kelowna
#OliverBC
#OsoyoosBC
#LakeCountryBC
#VernonBC
#Penticton
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Serious question -- is anyone regulating these companies who are building their own reactors? Will they be held to the same safety standards as more dedicated private Nuclear Power companies?
#power
#nuclear
about 2 months ago
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Darryl Wright ๐๐ง
Government of Nova Scotia
about 2 months ago
No change in the status at the Susies Lake fire in Halifax Regional Municipality. There will be a livestream briefing at 3 pm today at
facebook.com/nsgov/and
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He end of episode 2... ๐๐๐ฅ๐ Alien: Earth is already the best show on TV.
about 2 months ago
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TIL that the star of Thrashin' was Josh Brolin.
about 2 months ago
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Songs that heal.
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Mother
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about 2 months ago
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Most of Bukowski's poetry would be failed social media posts in 2025. # facts
2 months ago
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(... But in fairness, cancelling Nova Scotia summer straight through to Fall was never going to over well.) There will be riots.
2 months ago
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NS Gov: Hiking is banned due to the danger of our woodland tinderbox. Comment Sections who haven't seen a tree in a decade: F**k this pandemic-era BS, I'm going hiking, see you in court.
2 months ago
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I hate when restaurants have decorative book shelves because I actually want to go browse the books but I suspect the people who sit at the table you're leaning over would be uncomfortable with that.
3 months ago
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So did the Dartmouth bookstore make it to $20K?
3 months ago
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99% of head injuries go unreported and they are from wearing sunglasses on the top of your head.
#factsimadeupbutareprobablytrue
3 months ago
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You know what you need to do: $20K by Friday and they've marked all the books down by 40%.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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A bookstore that's been a Halifax institution since 1987 is facing closure | CBC News
John W. Doull, Bookseller, will be forced to closeย if the business is unable to raise enough money to catch up on rentย by Friday.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/doull-s-bookstore-institution-halifax-closing-by-end-of-week-1.7591181
3 months ago
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Enjoyed this:
open.substack.com/pub/dblthink...
3 months ago
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My gawd, this was vile and hard to watch. I didn't realize the extremes were this extreme -- especially Mr. "Quite Frankly".
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1 Progressive vs 20 Far-Right Conservatives (ft. Mehdi Hasan)
https://youtu.be/2S-WJN3L5eo?si=IKdBKzkCmtGvIVud
3 months ago
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So, middle-aged women with floppy sausage fingers is "artistic genius" but six realistic fingers is "AI slop". I see how it is.
3 months ago
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Darryl Wright ๐๐ง
Bernie Wick | WISHLIST FADING SERENADES NOW!
3 months ago
Just need to repost this again. Greatest productivity hack you can ever do, and good for peace of mind at the same time. Just Create Everything else will follow. Yes, really.
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Oh dear. I failed to buy the Hal-Con weekend pass in time and now I'm the worst Dad ever. If you know of anyone who wants to unload a weekend pass, hit me up.
3 months ago
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This is a really fascinating and thought provoking talk about the ongoing evolution (metamorphosis?) of software development.
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The New Code โ Sean Grove, OpenAI
https://youtu.be/8rABwKRsec4?si=yrXLy-8AEgEIg1A6
3 months ago
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Seems to me that "I'm going to rent an escooter to get home" has somehow become code for "Darryl is drunk and needs a ride."
3 months ago
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Been talking about doing this and needing this for so long and it's finally fully functional. My own light weight music collection streamer that runs on a ~$30 Raspberry Pi. Introducing Tower of Song -- web app and API. Next step, an Android app.
3 months ago
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