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Brian E.

@leetnightshade.bsky.social
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⌨️ Unreal Engine Tools Programmer at WB Games, previously Senior Gameplay Programmer at Singularity 6, Treyarch, etc. 👾 GameDev is my passion 🐧 Love open platforms, Godot Engine, etc. 😷 37M

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Nithya Raman @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Stay safe out there, LA. Dangerous, rabid super PACs are everywhere.
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Jan Willem Nijman @jwaaaap.com · 23/09/2026
if you’re a games company that wants to survive it has been proven over and over again you need to do whatever it takes to stay away from being publicly traded. you’ll be turned into wood chips the moment it’s convenient.
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Shinobi602 @shinobi602.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Xbox: Ninja Theory is closing down after 26 years as two separate agreements "fell through" ➡️ news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...
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Nick Field @nickfield.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The State AGs were on pace to kill the Paramount/Warner Bros by litigation and delay until Gavin Newsom stepped in and turned the tide. Now the Trump loyalist Ellisons will control CNN and HBO. Don't ever, ever forget that Newsom stabbed us in the back www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Exclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against Paramount
The California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs.
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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
My journey towards true self knowledge (so far) 20s - people suck 30s - I suck 40s - everyone sucks to varying degrees, but that suckage does not validate or justify the suckage of any other party
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Brian E. @leetnightshade.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I have yet another project on my plate that I don't have time for, thanks to the largest #LosAngeles pothole I didn't see in my life at dusk. Luckily I didn't face plant in the middle of the road. #EUC V8S, a little wobbly right now. Miracle it can hold tire pressure. PSI is normally at least 40.
Electronic unicycle V8s model by Inmotion manufacturer, with folded up spiked pedals, on its side on the ground. Seen with a cracked badly dented wheel rim. Zoomed in shot of an electronic unicycle V8s model by Inmotion manufacturer on its side on the ground. Seen with a cracked badly dented wheel rim.
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Brian E. @leetnightshade.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Just like how people assume military spec means it's good, while that's actually a bare minimum standard, not an indicator of high quality.
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Shinobi602 @shinobi602.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
'RESIDENT EVIL' debuts with 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, highest rated video game film adaptation of all time: ▪️"Zach Cregger Gives a Fatigued Franchise an Exhilarating Shot in the Arm" - Hollywood Reporter ▪️'Resident Evil Finally Captures The Breathless Terror Of The Games' - Gamespot #ResidentEvil
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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Heart Machine founder Alx Preston - "nearly everyone at the studio had to be laid off" after a publisher is no longer moving forward with an unannounced game "Right now, I'm not sure yet how or if Heart Machine survives" www.linkedin.com/posts/alx-pr...
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
HUGE: Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and other members of Congress have introduced a bill to push private equity out of healthcare. The Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act would make it illegal for private equity, insurance companies, and for-profit corporations to own or control medical practices.
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Brian E. @leetnightshade.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I was text messaged by this Save American Education Fund (SAEF) asking for money for NPR and PBS. I texted them back asking how can I confirm their PAC isn't a scam, and the text message thread randomly disappeared from Google Messages...
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Nithya Raman @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Want to know LA’s best kept secret? It is the matching funds program! The city will match Angelenos' donations up to six times. This means a $10 donation becomes $70 for our campaign. It is a tool to help grassroots campaigns like mine compete.   Donate today! 🔗 in bio
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MJ Muse @mjmusicinears.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
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Brian E. @leetnightshade.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
My #HomeAssistant RPi4 was locked up for about 30 minutes before I realized it was dead, and manually rebooted it. Man, if only I could have an HA automation where if it detects the box is unresponsive it reboots the machine.
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Brian E. @leetnightshade.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
TIL: #Linux systemd-journald:q :q Ignore that, just trying to quit vim (help me). Anyway, apparently if /var/log/journal directory doesn't exist, according to /etc/systemd/journald.conf, default Storage=auto doesn't actually persist logs. Yikes. Create directory, and set storage to persist!
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Ari Arnbjörnsson @flassari.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We just uploaded a great presentation about UI Performance at Unreal Fest Chicago by @codyjero.me, check it out! #uetips www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxX1...
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UI Performance & Invalidation Debugging | Unreal Fest Chicago 2026
YouTube video by Unreal Engine
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Binbun @binbun3d.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Updated my portal vfx assets very recently with a few new presets! binbun3d.itch.io/godot-portal... #godot #godotengine #vfx #gamedev #indiedev
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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Folks, watch this movie! At the very least watch until the fight scene where they're disqualified if they touch the ground, it's absolutely spectacular.
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Fronkon Games @fronkongames.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Unreal Engine 5.8 Performance Highlights #indiedev #unrealengine #gamedev #hts #gamedevelopment
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Unreal Engine 5.8 Performance Highlights
Discover the most important Unreal Engine 5.8 performance and optimization improvements, including MegaLights, Lumen Lite, shader reductions, and rendering enhancements.
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Andrew Lilley Brinker @alilleybrinker.com · 31/08/2026
Hey @1password.bsky.social, time to change course.
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1Password Supports the Ethnic Cleansing of Europe — Andrew Lilley Brinker
1Password has committed $300,000 to Omarchy. This is unacceptable and must be rescinded.
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GrapheneOS @grapheneos.org · 29/08/2026
We strongly recommend against buying Pixel 11 devices. Pixel 8, 9 and 10 have much better overall security for GrapheneOS. Pixel 10 is cheaper with similar hardware and MTE. Pixel 11's Titan M3 should improve BFU security for users without a strong passphrase, but losing MTE craters AFU security.
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Brian E. @leetnightshade.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Oh this is cool, I just installed this speed test on #HomeAssistant to help monitor the quality of my dual-wan home internet: github.com/soulripper13... Runs either manually or periodic, default periodic is every 24 hours. Next I'll look into hooking up notifications for unexpected values~
HomeAssistant dashboard with 20 different sensor options enabled for Ookla's speed test results, from download, upload, jitter, etc.
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Brian E. @leetnightshade.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Realized my HomeAssistant was on #zigbee2mqtt v1.37.1 (>2 years old). Tried upgrading to v2, after failed fix attempts, can't resolve this: Failed to start EZSP layer with status=HOST_FATAL_ERROR. Thankfully recently setup self hosted ZeroByte backup saved me! I'll wait to update another day.
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Jonathan @itsafeature.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
RIP. Such an amazing actor :-(
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Tim Curry as Girl Scout in Loaded Weapon
ALT: Tim Curry as Girl Scout in Loaded Weapon
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Philip Drobar @philipdrobar.northsky.social · 19/08/2026
Making the viral staircase in COGITO #CogitoForGodot
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Superluminal @superluminal.eu · 29/06/2026
We're finally bringing our powerful and user friendly CPU profiler to Linux! The beta version is now publically available, and it's free for 60 days during the open beta, so there's really no excuse not to try it out! Just download, extract, optimize. superluminal.eu/applications...
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Superluminal For Linux | Fast Profiling Without The Challenges
No pages of installation guides. No Gigabytes to download and install. Just unzip, run and focus on performance issues. It Just Works™.
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Steven Pumpkin Spice 🦇🎃 @silent0siris.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Incredible article.
Wake up
Our current circumstance is indeed a strange one. We are fighting a representation of the world that is insane.
Hundreds of millions could die because of ideas intellectually and morally equivalent to the lizard people' conspiracy theory.
This is not a trick, or a ploy for some other end. There is no one pulling the strings, no mastermind who can be reasoned with, no cynical Moriarty who can call it all off. The leaders are even more deranged than the followers.
Neofascism can be beaten. Its advance relies on our acquiescence. And our acquiescence comes from not having taken its measure. From willfully ignoring the very obvious enemy we are faced with. From assuming they cannot possibly really believe it.
But they do. And the response to their delusions can't be delusions of our own-of a tamer, saner world where things will go on much as they ever did.
We're in a new reality now. And we have to face it head On.
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Brian E. @leetnightshade.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I'm an Nginx hobbyist, don't know how applicable all of this is to me and only newly picked up auth gating, but parts of this advanced guide seem like a great way to level up your #Nginx [auth_requests]! dev.to/akarshan/why... There's 10 parts, but pick and choose what you want to take away.
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Part 1 — Why we built an Auth Gateway instead of putting auth in every service
If you've been on a platform team long enough, you've probably watched this slow-motion...
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Brian E. @leetnightshade.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I asked different LLMs what the proper exclusion pattern format is for Zerobyte/restic from what I had in mind, and they each gave a different answer. 😂😭
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Brian E. @leetnightshade.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I want to add my phone to BackBlaze for notifications, but I don't want them to use it for auth, since I don't like that attack vector in case I ever lose my phone number. Doubt BackBlaze allows phone just for notifications tho. 😕 Anyone else that paranoid about your security practices?
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@StudiokobaGAMES @studiokobagames.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
FUTURE KNIGHT > OUT NOW! 🖤 A game made for a generation, but open to many others. A love letter to handhelds, nostalgia, weird retro anime, absurd final bosses, and everything wrapped in a different kind of run-and-gun Play Future Knight tonight! #pixelart #gamedev #ドット絵 #indiegame #FutureKnight
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Jettelly @jettelly.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Aeternum Game Studios showed a boss encounter from Future Knight, their upcoming retro-style game made with Studio Koba. ⚔️ What do you think? www.reddit.com/r/IndieGamin... #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev
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Ari Arnbjörnsson @flassari.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Tomorrow, @tomlooman.bsky.social and I will be looking at the optimization journey of Far Far West on the Inside Unreal livestream. Will Tom's efforts impress the Hitch Hunter? 👀 Tune in here: youtube.com/live/kJPqrvB...
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Nithya Raman @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
More cats and dogs are being euthanized in LA City shelters this year than last. This reality is heartwrenching, and frankly, avoidable. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Euthanasia rates of cats and kittens are on the rise at L.A. city animal shelters
Euthanasia rates rise for cats and kittens, with the increase especially sharp for kittens. Activists say there weren't enough fosters for the babies, which need around-the-clock care for weeks.
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Nithya Raman @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Mayor Bass' top City Council ally removed me as Chair of the Housing and Homelessness Committee. The Mayor may be trying to punish me for challenging her, but Angelenos are the ones who pay the price for these political games.
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pikaole @pikaole.bsky.social · 04/06/2024
I'm there too cara.app/pikaole
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Brian E. @leetnightshade.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Hm, I'm trying to use #Backrest for restic with --compression=max, but it doesn't look like my files are being compressed at all. Anyone know how to get compression working? It's not really usable for me until I do, I don't recall having this issue with Duplicacy anyway. Used w/ BackBlaze.
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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Moonlighter is free to own on Steam (offer ends August 9th) buff.ly/j9In9yf
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Khao Mortadios @khaomortadios.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Everyone hates it when their opponent just leaves the game before it's over, so I've been trying to find ways to soften the blow a little bit. #fightinggame #gamemaker #indiedev
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Anthony Pham @viridianth.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
What are people using for email clients these days? It's that time again where I'm looking for a new PC and Phone email app since my current app, eM Client has been getting VERY slow and still has the annoying bugs. Paid apps are fine, and I need something without any machine slop.
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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Ari Arnbjörnsson @flassari.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
"A Frame's Life" is now available as an article, jam-packed with GIFs and extra information I couldn't fit into the video presentation! dev.epicgames.com/community/le...
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A Frame's Life: Frame Timing, Synchronization, and Latency in UE | Tutorial
Every frame in Unreal Engine goes on a long journey before reaching the screen. In this talk, we’ll walk through that journey from gameplay code throug...
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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 29/07/2026
Nerve pain is bad and I’m only mad at myself for not consistently doing exercises I learned (years ago!!) in physical therapy. Worried at some point of this being irreversible. Don’t be like me, exercise and practice good posture.
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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The newly independent Double Fine is laying off staff today, three weeks after Xbox divested the studio as part of its massive restructuring.
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Brian E. @leetnightshade.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I've been pretty quiet b/c I've had my head down on too many things around our apartment. Self hosting stuff, trying to fix my server, finish hardware and software upgrades, degoogling, etc. Spending time with Immich, and PocketID. OH right biggest new thing is FileRun. Very nice software.
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Nicolò Ribaudo @nicr.dev · 06/05/2025
If you are a Gnome user and you are looking for a system that lets you easily organize your windows in tiles (but not a whole tiling window manager!), similar to how you can by default snap a window to the right or to the left of the screen, I highly recommend github.com/domferr/tili...
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GitHub - domferr/tilingshell: Extend Gnome Shell with advanced tiling window management. Supports multiple monitors, Windows 11 Snap Assistant, Fancy Zones, customised tiling layouts and more.
Extend Gnome Shell with advanced tiling window management. Supports multiple monitors, Windows 11 Snap Assistant, Fancy Zones, customised tiling layouts and more. - domferr/tilingshell
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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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Ari Arnbjörnsson @flassari.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"A Frame's Life", my presentation about frame pacing, input latency, and jitter in UE, is live right now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKSH...
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A Frame’s Life: Frame Timing, Synchronization, and Latency in UE | Unreal Fest Chicago 2026
YouTube video by Unreal Engine
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kelsey lewin @kelslewin.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Digital storage is more expensive than it has been in a long time, with no signs of slowing down. Markets need to *grow* to keep producing results for these companies — by limiting your audience to only people who can afford $1000+ machines and pay $70 rentals, I truly do not know how this continues
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