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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wordle 1,924 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟨🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 That certainly was one of the more difficult Wordles.

Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#Macintosh #Macports #FOSS #dev I'm probably a bit late in finding this out, but I am very happy that Macports got their PHP ports cleaned up and up to date. Thank you, maintainers, for your hard work.

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

#Cats #Caturday The supervisors set a good example for a Caturday night.

An orange and gray cat are lazily snuggled up to each other.

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#Photo #Stormclouds A couple weeks ago, I was at a shopping plaza to get a couple things. There was a severe thunderstorm warning in effect, and the sky was threatening in kind. Yet, conditions were quite calm, as evidenced by the flag in the center. Oh — and that sunlight reflection! 😮

View of dark storm clouds in the sky at a shopping plaza. There is a break in the clouds where sunlight is reflecting off the clouds in a fiery orange hue. A flagpole stands in the center. The flag is at half mast, and droops down showing the wind is calm.

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Slowly but assuredly, PC gamers are getting really fed up with Microsoft. I know a guy. Been PC gaming his whole life. First DOS, then windows: 95, 98, 2000, XP, 7, 10, begrudgingly 11. He's a windows sysadmin by profession. And he's been testing Linux steam/proton for some months now.

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

#Subnautica I just finished Subnautica. What a journey! Planet 4546B is absolutely gorgeous — hauntingly so. This is an experience unlike anything else I have played, and one that I highly recommend. A solar eclipse passed over just as I was about to board the rocket home. What a send off!

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I was looking at some photos and found this one. My partner gave me this dice tray and cup for Christmas back in 2022. The tray is handmade by someone in Ukraine. 🇺🇦 I wish I could tell you who because this is just so amazing, they deserve glowing recognition. I hope that they are alive and well.

A handcrafted wooden dice tray. The cover has a burned in symbol depicting a ten sided die, four sided die, computer mouse, video game controller, and a dagger. The inside depicts the scene from Lord of the Rings where Gandalf confronts the Balrog in Moria. There is also a leather dice cup adorned with the name "Arclayn MoonSword" in a fantasy looking font.

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Star Ocean: The Second Story (and Tri Ace's games, in general) are among my top favorites from the PS1 era.

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

CNBC reports on an AI that hacked its way out of is training "room", hacked someone else, all so it could cheat on an evaluation. It succeeded. Years ago, I spoke with an ethicist about the need for ethics in AI development. He scoffed at me. Looks like, I was right. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/22/o...

cnbc.com

OpenAI cyber models broke out of training environment to hack Hugging Face

The incident is unique because it was "driven, end to end, by an autonomous AI agent system," according to Hugging Face.

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

In The Matrix (first movie), Morpheus says to Neo, during kung-fu training, that computer system rules can be bent or broken. That is 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦. Real hackers aren't breaking rules, they are exploiting loopholes in existing rules. Often, in rules that have unintended caveats or consequences.

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I know what you mean. I kept my plastic Sega Genesis cases, but not the cardboard Nintendo boxes. Huh.

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Nintendo did pack games for sale in cardboard boxes, but that ended after the N64 era. AFAIK, Sega, Sony, and Microsoft never did.

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

#cats One of the supervisors has confiscated a backpack.

An orange cat laying on a black backpack.

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

#RenaissanceFestival #Jousting #Photography I found some very old photos of a Renaissance Festival. Its been too long, so I don't remember which festival or where. These are the best pictures I took of the jousting event.

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Streaming took a big bite out of the DVD and BD markets. Sony may be applying that to their decision. Not that I agree. I've also enjoyed having a movie disc player in my PlayStation console since PS2.

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

#Cats My supervisors are hard at work.

An orange is snuggling with a gray cat. One of the orange cat's legs is affectionately hugging the gray cat.

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Well said. I remember back in my youth that girls would be draped over their boyfriends in the video arcade. Guy would be playing solo while wearing their girlfriend as a cloak. 😣 😖 Not me. I handed my partner a controller and we have been a team ever since. Now 25 years together. 🎮 ⚔️ ❤️

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I just went through a 37 page skill assessment survey at my place of employment for the last 13 years. The business jargon was intensely, senselessly, and unintelligibly thick... 😞😖😬🤯😭 It's like good vocabulary got drunk and had an illegitimate love child with bad grammar. 😨

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

That's a "textbook case" for your right to challenge a charge on your credit card for non-delivery of purchased goods and services.

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

"Goddess of War" before Laufey. ⚔️ 😁 Not only is Lenneth Valkyrie among my most favorite of female protagonists, the game itself exemplifies art. Nibelung Valesti!

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

#cats Hello Bluesky. I'd like to introduce you to my supervisors.

Orange and gray cats lying next to each other.

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I've been told one of the most common challenges to remastering very old games is the original source materials were rarely ever preserved. Particularly of the '80s and '90s.

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Maybe 17 - 18 years ago, my partner wrote a college paper arguing that video games are an art form. 𝘟𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘢 𝘐: 𝘋𝘦𝘳 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘻𝘶𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘵 and Ō𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘪 were presented as prime examples for their exquisite soundtracks, visuals, characters, and philosophical narratives. A very skeptical professor gave an A-.

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

This is the part where AI is supposed to bring maximum efficiency to your business, but instead after being handed the master keys, it rebels like a 5 year old. The real result? Your business is on life support. 😨 Was it really worth it? 😓 www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

tomshardware.com

Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds — backups zapped, after Cursor tool powered by Anthropic's Claude goes rogue

PocketOS founder blames ‘Cursor running Anthropic's flagship Claude Opus 4.6’ plus Railway’s infrastructure for data disaster.

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

And to be clear, minimum force does allow a guard to defend themselves and the public. E.g. someone pulls a gun, guard absolutely can shoot him. But getting into a fist fight over a water bottle — not so sure he can justify minimum force.

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Although it's been 20 years, I have worked in private security before. That is the wrong response. The guard could end up arrested for assault if he exceeds "minimum force". The correct response is to document everything and leave the rest to the police.

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I found an old 3DFX Voodoo 2 card in an old tech drawer. These were popular when Quake 2 was brand new. I have no idea if it still works, but I am doubtful. So, it is off to recycling. But thank you, 3DFX bud, for helping me recall some fond gaming memories. 💚

Creative Labs 3DFX Voodoo 2 graphics card

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

The true trickle down economics: "Shit rolls downhill." 💩

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I feel like Tempest Rising is what Command and Conquer might have been in 2026. I don't play RTS multiplayer, but the campaign has been good stuff. 8.5/10

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

😣😖😩 If you design a "clever" new hack for the sake of being cool or looking smart — you're doing it wrong. And! You are incurring future technical debt. Double-And! You piss off the next dev who has to clean up your goddamn hot mess! 😱🤬😭 P.S. Please learn to use version control correctly. 😫

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Here is a white board doodle I made back in 2015. Apropos for April.

White board doodle of a dandelion. Text around the dandelion reads, "Our time is coming. As foretold by the season of Spring. We shall be legion. Our numbers unfathomable. Soon. All your lawn are belong to us!"

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Let me get this straight... I prevent service interruption — before it happened — on an important system, AND I receive recognition for the very positive impact of my work of the past two years. And my boss's response is that my projects may be going away and so I may need to find other work? WTH?

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

#Windows11 #Linux Buddy of mine had a 5-6 year old PC and I offered to have a look to see if it could be revived. It had enough dust inside to be a tomb, but with a thorough cleaning, it is working a-ok. But Microsoft won't allow Win11 on this PC. Okay, then. Linux Mint will do nicely.🐧

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

#VerizonFiOS #FiOS #Spectrum #SpeedTest I recently had Verizon FiOS installed, but I haven't deactivated Spectrum quite yet. I have/had their respective gigabit plans. I did speed tests of both ISPs and here are the results of the best trial for each. No regrets switching to FiOS.

Spectrum has 732.18 mbps download, 38.92 mbps upload, and 21 ms ping. Verizon FiOS has 905.3 mbps download, 913.54 mbps upload, and 15 ms ping.

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

I don't think they can be tamed.

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

#Steam #Valve Steam has announced they are ending support for 32-bit Windows 10 in January 2026. That's fine, but does this mean Valve will 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 provide Steam as a 64-bit client? I've been running 64-bit Windows since Windows 7 and I haven't seen a 64-bit Steam client, ever.

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

#NoMansSky Here is an old screenshot from No Man's Sky. Yon Cthulhu alien is gentle, eats flowers, and is slightly radioactive. It really is a nice neighbor. 😁

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

My PC has good hardware: 12 core CPU, 12GB GPU, 32GB RAM. If I can't sustain to 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 60 fps at 1080p on your game 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 upscaling or frame generation, then your software engineer did something wrong. Is that newfangled shiny trick just that computationally expensive? Then it isn't needed.

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Arclayn @arclayn.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Pho is heavenly. Right up there with Tonkatsu Ramen.

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