there's nothing more satisfying than replacing 6 raspberry pi's running different services with a single mini PC running docker that demolishes everything 😎 it's a tiny step for #homelab, but a giant leap for this pretend sysadmin

remember when these were cheap and exciting? its been a long time #raspberrypi

the more I use my switch in handheld mode the stronger the desire for a steam link client gets. my network is strong enough to have close to zero framedrops with link over wifi, and the switch would be the perfect device for a client. too bad nintendo would reject any attempt from valve #switch2

its been nearly 3 months since i was laid off from the games industry, and I've never seen the job market this bad. the amount of "we have gone with a better candidate" emails i have received is unreal. If a senior like me is struggling, i cant imagine what its like for juniors. #gamedev #layoffs

new rabbit hole discovered. video soon.

why am I receiving official looking AEC forms printed on the back of liberal party propaganda? who the fuck am I sending this info too if I fill it out? this can't be above board, right? #auspol

installed #fedora on my main PC this week. I love how snappy everything feels compared to windows 10. there's some issues to deal with for sure (thanks NVIDIA) but overall it's nice to not feel like the product again. my computer now works for me, not for an AI loving advertising agency.

the first time it was a little hilarious to see how wild things got from the outside, but this time that enjoyment is gone. this time it's deep, fearful and just unnerving. this is exactly what the voting majority asked for. it doesn't affect me, but I can't imagine how the affected feel.

mikas first album deserves a relisten

the worst part about being a #maker is that any work whatsoever will ruin your painted nails

going live with some workshop debt and starting the guitar pedal project. come say hi! twitch.tv/shuttah627

a real #christmas tragedy

always practise adequate workshop safety #electronics #workshop

can the melbourne gaymer scene be normal for once. every interaction I've had for the past few years is like 95% honry at all times. it's genuinely hard to meet other gaymers in this place when the bone zone is all anyone can think about. makes those who value the connection (ahem) feel left out.

one of the weirdest parts of #gamedev is what I call the "jank point", where near the end of dev the focus moves away from proper code architecture and efficiency into hacky fixes to get it over the line. might have hit that point this week. the phrase "fuck it" is becoming more common every day.

nothing annoys me in the same way as people using complex versions of words instead of the much simpler word. "you will be remunerated accordingly" is dumb. just said "paid". what are you trying to achieve by using longer complex versions of these concepts. why

I don't want to spread negativity, but at times #gamedev is a miserable experience. it takes gusto to work here. the grath of gamers can completely devalue what you've been working on for years, depending on content. stay strong. that passion is still meaningful. We believe in you. Always.

despite what I just posted, not for broadcast has some brilliant moments in its story. nice work good shit notgames. #notforbroadcast #games

the more I work in this industry the more I notice how little patience I have for games in my spare time. like I get that if i fail a section of a game that i need to redo that section. but I rarely get time to enjoy myself that I cannot be fucked even a little bit to do so. fuck off. #gamedev

have you ever been in an IKEA near closing time on a monday? its a borderline transcendent experience. just an empty void, the only people you see are staff, there's only elevator music. no annoying customers. it's eerie, liminal even. you can sit there with your furniture thoughts. and it's free.

playing garden life and keep saying "oh no". my engineering brain: engaged. there are clearly some optims that must've been backlogged. LODs are seemingly not present. ultra settings looks no different to medium. i feel unreal is partially to blame. 40fps at 1440p on 3080. ouch. #gamedev #unreal

finally got the amd-pstate-epp driver working in fedora. thank you asus for not having the option to enable CPPC in my zen 2 laptop's BIOS, and thank you UniversalAMDFormBrowser for getting around that powersave mode now sits at 700mhz, also nice seeing 4ghz turbo boost speeds again. gotta go fast.

finally ditched windows on my laptop decided to try fedora because I've never tried it before and I like how generally polished the experience is got a new battery for the laptop as well, and it got 2.5hrs pinned to 100% usage with CPU benchmarks while trying to calibrate it. pretty great #linux

thank you handheld legend for sending gbc parts despite me cancelling the order and getting the cost refunded before it was shipped. a nice win for a kinda shit morning #gameboy

If you solder a ~10cm long "antenna" wire to a laptop's DRAM data bus, it makes it extra sensitive to electromagnetic interference. So much so that clicking a piezo-electric arc lighter nearby can induce bit-flips. I wrote an exploit to turn those bitflips into a shell:

i've been slowly falling down the gameboy development rabbit hole. here's an only ok version of breakout that barely works from last weekend. there's so much more to learn about this platform 🦆 #gameboy #gamedev

we are in a weird place where the weather is starting to get consistently sunny, but it's peppered with the occasional storm. i call it "car wash roulette".