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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 26/05/2026

Straight up forgot to post anything because of how hectic things ended up being, did the main stream for Albion Arena over the weekend! Amazing event, annoying tech issues & the too-hot weather aside. Nice to see a lot of people in person for the first time in ages as well!

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 10/05/2026

Neat bottom of a drawer nostalgia find for the month, not even sure if any of these people work at Jagex still though oops Cannot remember the context at all for getting signed ones, maybe Runefest? I think there was something where you could buy a pack with bonds as well...

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 29/03/2026

Thank you OSRS Player "Rowlet Sucks", very cool

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 27/03/2026

It's that time of year again

A manga panel with a character looking down in despair, the text bubbles read "It's my birthday. I'm 30... Already..."

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 25/02/2026

Never a dull moment in #OSRS quests

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Jole【wishlist Valerie!】 @jole-says-hi.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Valerie is participating in Steam #Nextfest! 🥳 Jump, slide, bounce and boost your way through dense forests and dreamscapes using her bubble powers! A main focus is the fluid and nuanced platforming physics, letting you to find your own creative ways to explore. Link: s.team/a/3591070 #gamedev

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Mug eSports @mugesports.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

We're live with Cambridge's Smash Ultimate weekly - Tea Time #228! ft. JAM, Darangi, HAFZ, Feathers McRaw, MayBeFin, White & more! twitch.tv/datteamlive

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Lucy James @lucyjames.games · 12/12/2025

spot the Expedition 33 team

The Game Awards crowd, multiple people in red berets

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 03/10/2025

The demo for my brother's #indiegame Valerie is (finally) out on Steam! Obviously gonna be a little biased in recommending this, but if you want a mostly-chill 2d platformer with some fun movement and mechanics then give it a try :~) store.steampowered.com/app/3591070/...

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Valerie Demo on Steam

Guided by her curiosity, join Valerie in a bubbly 2D adventure through valley forests and esoteric dreams to encounter unusual characters, hidden secrets, and maybe even some feline friends! But as th...

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Jole【wishlist Valerie!】 @jole-says-hi.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

It is out!!! You can play the ✨free✨ demo here 👇 store.steampowered.com/app/3568960/... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #ValerieGame

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Palette Swap @paletteswap.site · 25/09/2025

Following the departure of Doug Bowser, a suspiciously familiar figure is reportedly stepping into the role of President of Nintendo of America. paletteswap.site/dif...

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 01/09/2025

The level of trust in this stuff is kinda absurd, but if it sounds right etc... I do wonder if you can "fix" it with some very specific text on your website or something, but doing that for the sake of an AI that'll probably make extra stuff up anyway probably ain't worth the effort.

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 01/09/2025

They'd at least get the facts about their own platform correct, right? 🙃

A screenshot of Google Bard (2.5 Flash's) output to the prompt "Can you give me a summary of the youtuber Jeff Geerling's career?" reading as follows:

Jeff Geerling is a developer and content creator known for his work in programming, DevOps, and open-source communities, particularly with Ansible, Linux, Raspberry Pi, and Drupal. He has a popular YouTube channel and has authored several books.

Geerling's career includes working in programming and DevOps for companies with thousands of servers. He also manages infrastructure for Midwestern Mac, LLC. His work specializes in application scalability and performance, and he is deeply involved in open-source projects.

His YouTube career started in the late 1990s, but he didn't dedicate significant effort to the platform until the global pandemic. He gained popularity with his live-stream series "Ansible 101" and videos about building a Kubernetes cluster with Raspberry Pi computers. His content often focuses on topics like home servers, Raspberry Pi projects (including building clusters), and self-hosting.

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Jole【wishlist Valerie!】 @jole-says-hi.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

I'm almost ready to release the Steam demo for my #indiegame, Valerie. Here's the trailer! It's a 2D adventure that mixes lively retro-inspired platforming with a personal story. #gamedev #indiedev Wishlist now: store.steampowered.com/app/3568960/... Itchio: jole-says-hi.itch.io/valerie

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 14/07/2025

Cerb pet #7... Starting to doubt the alleged 1/3000 droprate ngl #OSRS

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 11/07/2025

Going full circle... First pet after maxing is a duplicate of the first ever one I got ~10 years back #OSRS

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 11/07/2025

Actually ran into Ash at a local pub a couple months back and the state of That Site came up, didn't sound like he had much reason to use stuff outside of Discord these days. Monkey's paw on getting "the whole osrs community" as well... :')

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 24/06/2025

Now I can do other stuff (in runescape) at Tea Time :)

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 24/06/2025

Almost a decade on from maxing in RS3, finally done it in #OSRS as well. But this time I got to keep my untrimmed hp cape :)

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 20/06/2025

Not done an #OSRS update in a bit oops, basically just chipping away at the last few skills for max at this point...

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 20/06/2025

Oh yeah, that was a good one. Was gonna rewatch it a while back but just... Didn't for some reason?

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 20/06/2025

... Anime's kinda neat I guess :) Feels like I've been watching less new stuff recently compared to ~10 years back. And there's more than a few ones that aren't on here of course (How am I supposed to shill Katanagatari smh) Stars for "I will nag you to watch this, probably"

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 16/06/2025

I was nice knowing you(r productivty) o7

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 16/06/2025

Technically an option I guess, but long-term I think just waiting out the possiblity of it being a thing on the 2 might be the way to go 🤔

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 16/06/2025

With how good the Switch 2's screen is I'm hoping and praying for Plex(/alternatives) on the thing one day. Some kind of pc remote desktop functionality would be nice as well but uh, I don't have high hopes on that one :')

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 15/06/2025

Please no, spent the past 8 years building up a collection of those fancy BenQ monitors with HDMI passthrough and they're all only 60hz :')

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 07/06/2025

Gotta wonder why Nintendo decided to use fingerprint magnet plastic on the front of the Switch 2 dock though, especially when the joycons are perfect :')

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 07/06/2025

Yeah, the things I've tried so far have been more than impressive honestly. There's gonna be some very lucky patient people out there who now get to save more than a few hours in load times (and get consistent framerates) for their first BotW/TotK runs either way...

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 06/06/2025

Told myself I was buying it for Mario Kart, but it's definitely more "I don't trust this thing to not get an absurd price increase/stock issues down the line thanks to World Events™" FOMO purchase. Held off on the OLED Switch 1 so it's nice to have a much better handheld experince at least :')

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 06/06/2025

Few hours in on Mario Kart World and yeah, this game's kinda fun I guess

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 05/06/2025

@shindigs.bsky.social Relevant for you maybe? Dunno if you're getting a Switch 2 but I feel like you'd find some way to make use of this for Content™

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 05/06/2025

Update, I'm happy to report that this works! You can send any camera or video feed to the Switch 2 from your pc via a capture card. Also a way to screenshare pc games to your friends over the (crunchy-quality-low-fps) Nintendo call/chat system as well, if you want to do that :) #Vtuber #Switch2

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 05/06/2025

Pretty much as close as it could have been, 30 attempts for the final sigil! Fancy fashionscape armour acquired! (at the cost of like 50-70m in supplies/contracts/death costs but let's just ignore that) #OSRS

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 04/06/2025

Great update. Should be able to have it set up for every vod from here on out, really useful for when I'm uploading them mid-event :) (Obligatory @mugesports.bsky.social shill if you're in the Cambridge-ish area and want a weekly Smash Ultimate/Rivals of Aether tournament)

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 03/06/2025

Kumiko's just neat like that

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 03/06/2025

Firefox: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo... Chrome: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/kumif... (Watch Hibike Euphonium btw)

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 03/06/2025

Finding out that someone made a browser extension to randomly include Kumiko in youtube thumbnails has grealy improved the frontpage browsing expereince these past few days

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 02/06/2025

That's 4/5 sigil pieces from Yama contracts done - ~15 / 1 / 1 / ~40 tries respectively. Gonna have to wait a while to do the last one because 1.5m-2m/attempt is silly. Great challenge, though the one-mistake-and-you-die aspect for bloodied blows was mentally draining - to say the least. #OSRS

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 30/05/2025

If you want a silly theory... Offer 1440p at the bitrate many people use already -> Auto-select the now lower-bitrate 1080p for people who don't have 1440p screens -> Bandwidth (money) saved... On the plus side, streams might look a little better if you go out of your way to select the 1440p option

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 26/05/2025

Here's hoping compression doesn't mess it up, but there is a (very slight) improvement!

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 26/05/2025

For the #OSRS streamers/video makers out there: Check your Scale Filtering setting in OBS - It's subtle but can make things look a bit cleaner for viewers. (Bicubic or Lanczos seem to look best to me but might just be personal preference - Will have an image comparison below as well)

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 24/05/2025

From what I was looking into as well, yeah. Though this is 6a which is apparently even thicker than 6? In theory the shielding's better but really doubt there'll be anything that actually justifies it given even the longest run here isn't gonna be more than 15m or so

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 24/05/2025

Arrived faster than expected, neat. Got a discount because it was someone else's unused stuff, but realising now that this specific one's a bit thicker than other cables I've used before... Probably not the best choice in hindsight but it'll do :')

A picture of a cardboard box containing ethernet cable, with "excel / cat 6a / 4 pair U/FTP" printed on the side.

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 23/05/2025

The real question is how many ports in a room is too many... Definitely not been watching too many tech youtubers or anything :')

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 23/05/2025

Damn, point. I might go from 3 to 4 ping on UK servers 🤔

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 23/05/2025

If your electrics are getting rewired it's only natural to buy a 300m roll of ethernet cable to add a bunch of ports around the house too... Right?

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 19/05/2025

The fact that there's no forward thinking on the "Hey what happens if/when our competitors catch up performance-wise?" side of things is kinda wild. You'd think it'd be kinda smart to make sure the enthusiasts (and general public) actually like them as a company before that point 😅

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DAT | Ambler @ambler.blue · 18/05/2025

200kc in at Yama now, something like 50/50 split between solo/duo - Still fun! (Getting a not-pet drop in my name would be kinda nice though...)

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