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Kamaroyl

@kamaroyl.bsky.social
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I'm Benjamin Straub, I live in CO, USA, I have a background in biomedical physics and computer science and I have 3 adorable cats.

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA. Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10/11/2025
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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Kate @katef.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
hellooo i wrote a blog post about some compiler stuff i helped work on. it's stuff you might take for granted in other ... normal languages. i'm extremely proud of the work we did! PLEASE LIKE IT www.fastly.com/blog/vcl-sup...
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VCL Support for Parameters in Custom Subs | Fastly
Learn about Fastly's VCL syntax updates, including return values and parameters for custom subroutines, enabling better code reuse and abstraction.
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
They really keep messing with their own arguments to continue paying for Game Pass.
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Squiddo
A mackerel tabby curled up on a fluffy white blanket. His peets are not visible, just his white neck bib. He gazes down, avoiding the camera.
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
The weird desperation from the agentic ai crowd is off-putting.
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Rice cooker meals. Put in (washed) rice, soy, mirin, fish sauce, and whatever protein I have (usually chicken). Cook for an hour, come back to a delicious meal.
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
I tried jiu jitsu and I am covered in bruises today. I think I am doing it wrong
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
lol, I just realized the government shutdown. I had forgotten that was a possible thing
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
gizmodo.com/cracker-barr... So, do we have any good studies on the amount of content that is not created by humans out there? Vice versa, do we have any studies on the number of real viewers?
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Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say
Doesn't that make more sense than lots of people caring about Cracker Barrel?
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
So, I haven't actually seen any data that showed a population increase for autism, but, it would be funny if there was and it was mostly just epigenetics from all the weird toxins and smog.
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
I kept finding cuts on my fingers and I couldn't figure out where from. Turns out this Levi's belt I bought in Japan has a razor sharp thin edge where the buckle is undone, which was cutting me every time I interacted with it
belt buckle from levis that apparently is now razor sharp on the inside
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
It may just be that I'm not the target market, but multiview video doesn't make any sense to me unless you are 1) Gambling 2) Amazingly ADHD
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
So, I understand that the deployment of the Nat Guard to DC is a terrible break from the norm and that it is not a good thing. But also, I really like the idea of a civilian core doing the beautification and such? Like having govt service that picks up trash and spreads mulch sounds rad af
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
I wish github would show you how many files were changed in each commit. Or let you dig into each of them. Jr dev did a lint application after a feature, 500 files are changed. Time to dig through 40 commits
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Cloud services (aws, gcp, azure) scare me like this.
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CODE-CWA @codecwa.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
BREAKING: Over 450 game developers behind hit video-game series Diablo have joined CWA, joining the historic fight for a better video game industry. Hail to you, union champions 💪
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Hundreds of Diablo Game Developers Join Communications Workers of America
Today, over 450 game developers behind the popular video game series Diablo have voted strongly in favor of union representation with CWA.
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
I really think we need to have better training for SW Architects. There's a lot of Arch folks who are not suited for the role.
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
The farther I move away from the chromium ecosystem the more I realize no one develops for any other browser.
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
The comments on this post are amazing in that it seems to be people yelling about how NPR is both too leftist and too right leaning.
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
. . . Do people think the articles with the title "I asked ChatGPT..." are actually compelling? Like even if I thought ChatGPT was a reliable source I can ask ChatGPT myself???
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
lmao
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
My voice is hoarse from 4 hours of talking. How do people do this professionally
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
But I am le tired
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Interviews give me such anxiety
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Hey, so, if you aren't doing well mentally, please reach out to someone and seek professional help. I know suicide is a very personal choice, but it's also very permanent.
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Layoffs today. My team got passed over but lots of folks I've worked with for 5-7 years are gone. Folks with intimate knowledge of systems they worked on. I'm both sad and angry.
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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 04/07/2025
They literally federally indicted a guy for his Bluesky threats 21 days ago. He's in federal custody right now. They'd been tracking him for years. Feds don't even need to pay for API access to Bluesky it's freaking free. You're all on a Palantir dashboard right goddamn now. Simply shut the fuck up.
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STINSON purports to own firearms. On March 4, 2025, STINSON posted on
BLUESKY ACCOUNT 1, "Target practice tonight. I set some [orange emoticon'] on the railing. Let's shoot some oranges! Plink. Plunk. Boom. Bop."
B. STINSON Operates BLUESKY ACCOUNT 1 and X ACCOUNTS.
Your affiant has confirmed X ACCOUNT 1 and X account @peter_partisan ("X
ACCOUNT 2"), together the "X ACCOUNTS" belong to STINSON, based on subscriber information details provided through legal process returns by X Corp. and T-Mobile.?
According to records provided by X Corp., X ACCOUNT 1 was created on December 31, 2016,
' In postings across his various accounts, STINSON has consistently used a group of code names to refer to President Trump including: "the orange", "orange mf", "orange thug", "Krasnov", "tfg", "one ear", or an orange emoticon. These code names are directly explained by STINSON, or implied through context, to be references to President Donald Trump.
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Sean Barrett @nothings.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
I'll be getting interviewed by @gameengineering.bsky.social‬ in a few days. On Twitter he requested people to reply with any questions they'd like to see asked. If you're not on Twitter, you can suggest here, and he'll either see them or I'll forward them to him.
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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Hey folks, it's Steam Sale time! Who wants me to run through what's on my Curator page, and pick out a few neat things that are on sale. Who's excited for another Casey recommendation thread? Not your backlog, probably. 😊 store.steampowered.com/curator/2834...
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Steam Curator: Casey Explosion
Focusing primarily on indie and mid-tier games, I present a list of games I find exceptional, underappreciated, or have something interesting and unique about them.
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
This, it's Calvin Ball. I don't know what's going through their minds, but clearly they do not see a future in which these new expanded powers are used against them.
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Interacting with martial arts folks is always so weird.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
theonion.com/this-war-wil...
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This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t
George W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more.
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 20/06/2025
this is an actual request, i have meshes i want to swap onto the default UE5 mannequin. ideally you could walk me through the process from blender to UE5.4.
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John Scary Name Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Have just become aware that an online store have sold a couple of pieces of clothing with this design on them. When I made the print-ready files available for free, it was so people could print them out (on stickers, tees, whatever) for their own personal use. Not (NOT!) for profit.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
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404 Media @404media.co · 04/06/2025
The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced 🔗 www.404media.co/directfile-o...
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The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced
Direct File has been open sourced, and its creators have left government to continue working on the "future of tax filing."
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
What is an everything app and who is asking for it??? Maybe I want small, very targeted apps that don't try and surveillance capitalism me.
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Weird, just realized I am the only state side dev on my team, everyone else is in India (various) or London
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Once again, a new Doom game just makes me want to play Doom 2016. Rad l, anticapitalist game
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Nicholas Karpuk @thekarpuk.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
I'm going to try posting more video game reviews the way I post book reviews. BECAUSE I ALWAYS HAVE AN OPINION!
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TheKarpuk's review of South of Midnight | Backloggd
Some elements of South of Midnight are so old fashioned it almost feels like a retro game. Every environment, if you reduce it down to a wireframe, could have existed on a PS2. It's mostly composed of...
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
The Free Speech Administration throwing down arguably the biggest sledgehammer against free thought and association in my lifetime.
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
I can't complain too much about my job, but I really miss dedicated blocks of time for coding. Team lead life 😭
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Darya @daryam.com · 26/05/2025
Meme in the style of "you wouldn't steal a car" anti-piracy campaign that says "you wouldn't overscope a project"
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
"Then die" I do not understand why training is somehow falling under fair use in these cases. See so cut and dried that all this AI training is theft with the intent of circumventing artists and craftsmen.
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
I've had the Tim Plvnk "Anne Kaffekanne" remix on repeat for like a week. I groove to it as I make my coffee 😂
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Amazing that so many companies don't understand that if there isn't a choice in ecosystem, there is the choice to leave the ecosystem.
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
I think the biggest thing that annoys me about the current "AI" craze is that, as my friend @thekarpuk.bsky.social pointed out, it's incredibly misanthropic; it's not about a better world with more approachable tools, it's about stripping creatives of their meaning in service of Mammon. Just shitty.
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Might not make sense, but is there a way (besides compiling my own Android flavor) to get rid of the Google bar/app recommendations for pixel phones in the US? Just kinda tired of the Google search experience in general.
Google Search widget on a pixel 8 screen with recommended apps, zoomed in but usually at the bottom of the screen. Apparently not part of the widgets? Anything to keep you in the ecosystem I guess.
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Kamaroyl @kamaroyl.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
You know what Dragon Age story I always wanted? One where you are a Gray Warden and you are at the end of your journey, fighting in the deep roads, slowly losing your mind.
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