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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 15h

RE: hachyderm.io/@samhenrigold/11737841… some more iOS dev pro tips: - if a method is deprecated, that means apple finished working on it. it's actually more stable. - if the main thread becomes slow, create a second main thread. - if a view isn't appearing, set its zPosition […]

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Quinn Norton @quinn.social.circl.lu.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Roko's basilisk is never more than one incompetent backhoe driver away from being defeated for all eternity.

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 29/09/2026

Kit the fox never fails to delight me :neofox_drake_like: m.youtube.com/watch?v=l7tQ1v4TCeY

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Paul @plwt.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

It is a big day for #Firefox with the release of Firefox 157. I have been involved in a small part of this update for quite a few months now and I am really pleased it is available for more people to use. This update brings some subtle interface changes as well as bringing back compact mode and […]

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D.W.A.P. (Ben) @andwap.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

When your gamedev friend shows you progress on their new engine.

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 23/09/2026

'May contain **molluscs** ' don't threaten me with a good time

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 22/09/2026

what did we do for lunch before Ms Kim Chi invented her eponymous fermented cabbage side dish

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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

please look at this old Tomb Raider promotional footage that was clearly mocapped, but only from the waist up and also they didn't calibrate it properly or fix it in post at all www.twitch.tv/retropals/clip/Crepus…

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Lara "worst mocapping I've ever seen" Croft - RetroPals on Twitch

Watch RetroPals's Retro clip titled "Lara "worst mocapping I've ever seen" Croft" on Twitch.

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 22/09/2026

Back on my No Man's Sky bullshit and spending way too long building my beautiful son, the good ship _Asterion Swims in Starlight_ #nms #nomanssky

A spaceship flies in front of a planet surrounded by astroid debris and a teal blue dust cloud

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 20/09/2026

tfw you check out a Discworld book from the library just to make sure you've got Adobe Digital Editions (shudder) working and immediately read the whole thing in a single day

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 20/09/2026

yer MUM is processing Vulkan shaders (39)

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 20/09/2026

they should make a version of autumn that has good tomatoes

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 20/09/2026

eInk Carta 1300 is stunning. 300 dpi and no colour filter layer makes my eyes happy

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 15/09/2026

I wasn't expecting much, but it does sound like Valve really nailed it with the Steam Frame

Screenshot of a Wired article headlined 'A New Headset to Help With Depression is Now Available in the US'.

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 10/09/2026

I think a youth misspent mucking around with console emulators has left me without the pathological fear of 'black bars' around video content. I just don't get it at all – they're literally not illuminated; you can just not look at them. Plus it's a good place to put subtitles and playback controls.

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 07/09/2026

Does anybody have recommendations for a team level @1password replacement? In light of their backing DHH and his repulsive views I'd like to be able to recommend a replacement for my company. We need shared vaults, TOTP, and centralised user management and vault recovery as a minimum. #1password

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 04/09/2026

#Audacity 4 is a really cool case study in how to do a comprehensive UI overhaul that people are actually really excited for (which is vanishingly rare in this industry). If you haven't seen it, @tantacrul's video from last year on the astonishing amount of work this was is fascinating […]

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 04/09/2026

nobody ever tells you about the foam rollers as a kid

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 01/09/2026

Why is ebook self-hosting such a disaster? Basically every other medium has more or less turnkey solutions, while ebooks seem to suffer from being the hobby of people who adore USB cables and never impulse buy a book while away from their bespoke DRM removal pipeline

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 21/08/2026

Went to the Ulster Museum's last night and coloured in a dress to look like a bumblebee. I can fully recommend going to a museum and doing this

Photo of three identical colouring sheets of a woman wearing a ruffled dress. On the left is a gold and dark brown one with blue accents, lipstick, and a necklace that says 'save the bees'. In the middle is one with green and yellow teardrop shapes, and on the right is a vibrant peach-coloured ombré

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 21/08/2026

RE: tech.lgbt/@alex/117123845543160909 Thanks for all the votes! Interesting to see that using an off-the-shelf identity provider (whether self hosted or not) is roughly as common as relying on a framework, which might be a reflection of how complex auth is, now, with MFA, Passkeys, SSO […]

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 20/08/2026

I tracked these down out of curiosity. Here's the proposed packaging and receptacle labels to be used EU-wide (and in Northern Ireland) from 2028. Apparently everybody agrees that colour is useful, but nobody wants the same colours, so this is the current […] [Original post on tech.lgbt]

An array of colourful rectangles with black and white pictograms, depicting waste material categories. Cardboard and paper are dark blue, glass is green, plastic is yellow, composite materials are orange, metal is dark grey, compostable materials brown, textiles magenta, ceramics light blue, wood and cork tan, hazardous waste red and residual waste purple

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highly praised and little read @hannah.posts.rat.pictures.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

The most popular pattern on ravelry right now is simply called The Garment

It’s a hilarious massive floor length circular cape thing

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 19/08/2026

Once again for those in the back: 'enshittification' does not mean 'UI change I don't like'

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 18/08/2026

I would do unspeakable things for a `:first-in-row`/`:last-in-row` selector in CSS #WebDev #CSS

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 18/08/2026

[Talking about dreams] Still wondering what my brain meant by last night's final dream, in which Linus from Linus Tech Tips came to town to film a video about gene editing. Due to a miscalculation by the production team, he accidentally CRISPR'd himself into a human/monkey hybrid a la Jumanji […]

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 18/08/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@Mastodon/117117221… Big wins here, especially getting rid of the current multiple sidebar design. People struggle enough to use (or even notice) a single sidebar IME, so two was really pushing it

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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The fired Rockstar workers are asking supporters not to boycott GTA 6, but instead, to directly support the union's legal costs as it approaches next month's employment tribunal.

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 14/08/2026

I wish I loved anything as much as Safari loves ignoring `.focus()` for the VoiceOver cursor #a11y

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 12/08/2026

while my colander gently weeps

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Aires @aires.tiggi.es.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

[30+ year old nerds click here] *twaaaaang* :blobfoxhyper: *click* :blobfox: There, I degaussed your monitor for you

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 09/08/2026

An oíche deireanach na Fleidhe!

Antaine agus mé le an focail 'Fleadh' sa culra

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Liam Proven @lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026

help wanted lake.computer/blog/help-wanted « I am very sorry that the software that I created & put online for free, without any warranty, explicit or implied, has not met your expectations. You are entitled to a full refund. I have taken the liberty to initiate it. You should already […]

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 07/08/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@aboutsignal/117054… I guarantee that the Fediverse Anti Signal Squad will find another thing to endlessly gripe about in people's mentions

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taber @kvetch.gay · 06/08/2026

am in receipt of a targeted ad suggesting "NE MINNESOTA IS FILLED WITH PICTURE-WORTHY VIEWS" which demonstrates this with an aerial photo of a decommissioned iron mine

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 04/08/2026

My cancellable take is that `curl whatever | bash` isn't meaningfully worse than all the other awful ways of installing software that are deemed okay by the greybeards

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Derek Jarman’s “Stu” @stuartgipp.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

This was mentioned on the most recent Retronauts community podcast but I'll announce it here in formal text mode: I will return to the Retronauts site in August with a new project! The Sega Master System Directory begins August 4th 2026 and CONTINUES WEEKLY UNTIL IT'S DONE. Every. Goddamn. Game!

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 03/08/2026

RE: post.lurk.org/@sean_ae/117031646713… okay fellas but the robot hellbeast centaur does look pretty damn dangerous as it is

A nightmarish black robot centaur stands in a doorway, ominously, next to text that says 'this robot is more dangerous than it looks'

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 02/08/2026

Craic ar dóigh sa Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann le @antainemacaoidh #mastodaoine

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 30/07/2026

it's called bisexuality (by ShaneValShane on YouTube)

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 28/07/2026

people fear she may be ricing again #niri #noctalia

Screenshot of a desktop showing with a vertical combined taskbar and dock on the left. The wallpaper shows Tokyo tower reaching up into blue skies with wispy clouds. The UI elements are using shades of blue from the wallpaper as accent colours. A terminal window shows that the computer is running Bluefin 44.

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Alex R @alexreid.org · 28/07/2026

@gamemakerstoolkit.com I'd already given up dashes, and now it's coming for my teal??

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Owlor 🦋 @owlor.meow.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026

The thing about a lot of modern fandom theorizing is they tend to proceed from the assumption that everything except the music is diegetic (sometimes even the music), and that can easily be thrown off by what's honestly pretty basic 4th wall breaking and metafictional shenanigans. Like, for […]

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Mastodon Engineering @mastodonengineering.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026

We are planning to release new Mastodon security updates for versions 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 and nightly this Monday, Jul 27, at around 14:00 UTC. It solves two major security issues. We encourage server administrators to plan for an update in the hours following the release to ensure their instance is […]

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