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Niko

@lethalguitar.bsky.social
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C++ programmer, likes reverse engineering and old games. Lead dev on BioMenace Remastered and Duke Nukem 1&2 Remastered (Evercade). He/him

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 1h
I remain pretty bummed out by the state of decompilations, ports, FPGA cores etc these days. The rise of GenAI has really flooded the whole scene with garbage and kinda poisoned the whole concept. Good piece from @pandamonium.bsky.social on it www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/09/24/c...
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Column: All A.I. Projects Are Digital Asbestos
The views expressed in this article do not necessarily represent the views of all SHIRO! Media Group contributors. The cost of modern day video game consoles and personal computers have skyrocketed…
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Brett Codes @brettcodes.bsky.social · 13h
my video about quitting using AI for coding (and everything else) passed 1 million views today, wow! what a milestone. i thought it was just gonna be a throwaway vid before i went back tomaking educational coding screencasts it has clearly resonated w/ a lot of ppl!
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UncleJeet @unclejeet.bsky.social · 17h
LLMs aren't even artificial intelligence, so super intelligence is so far off the table, the family dog has already lapped it up and pooped it out back signing a "very powerful" executive order to impotently enforce a nonsense marketing term for a techbro scam is peak idiocy also, AI doesn't exist
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Artificial Intelligence Doesn’t Exist, Actually
Welcome to the web3, crypto, blockchain, nft, metaverse emporium. May I take your order?
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Niko @lethalguitar.bsky.social · 17h
If you're in Europe, the listing on the website is not up yet, but you can already find the game on the eShop on Switch itself.
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Rigel Gameworks | BioMenace Remastered @rigelgameworks.bsky.social · 18h
Hey Nintendo Switch gamers! Be sure to add BioMenace Remastered to your wishlist, it will be available in the eShop on October 8th!
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 19h
Per Reuters, Anthropic has $252 billion in non-cancelable compute obligations across Microsoft, Google and Amazon, and $161.2 billion in Broadcom TPU lease obligations that are "largely non-cancelable". Truly insane. $413 billion in non-cancelable contracts. www.reuters.com/business/ant...
The company said it plans to spend at least $111.1 billion with Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google, $110 billion ​with Amazon (AMZN.O), opens new tab and $31.4 billion with Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab under long-term infrastructure service obligations over the next seven to 10 years "regardless of ⁠usage."
Anthropic is separately carrying about $161.2 billion of Broadcom (AVGO.O), opens new tab-related equipment lease obligations that are largely non-cancelable, according to the prospectus. Anthropic filed for an ​IPO confidentially with the Securities and Exchange Commission in June but its paperwork has not been publicly disclosed.
Anthropic did not immediately respond to a request ​for comment about the filing.
The company said it committed to pay Google between April 2026 and July 2033 and Amazon between May 2026 and April 2036.
"If our actual spend falls short, we must pay Google the difference," the company said, adding that similar terms apply to its Amazon agreement.
It added its commitment with Microsoft of $31.4 billion ​between November 2026 and May 2033 "is non-cancelable except in the event of Microsoft's uncured material breach."
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 19h
Free newsletter: When will the AI bubble burst? When the money runs out. Raising debt for AI data centers is becoming untenable, infrastructure break-even points keep getting further away, and many of VC's AI investments look like dead money. www.wheresyoured.at/dead-money/
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Amad @amadruns.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Live with a DOS classic I used to play a lot, bio menace. The remaster version even has a speedrun mode built in: www.twitch.tv/amad kick.com/amad
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Ben Paddon @benpaddon.net · 29/09/2026
A human-led decomp/recomp project is a labor of love by people who have to overcome technical challenges to make something special. It is to be lauded. An AI-led decomp/recomp project is labor of nothing by nobody who didn't have to anything except buy tokens. It is to be ignored and ridiculed
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Rigel Gameworks | BioMenace Remastered @rigelgameworks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Without this, there also wouldn't have been a BioMenace (Remastered)!
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 28/09/2026
AI has lost the Mandate of Heaven I’m afraid. WSJ saying it’s a “when” the ai bubble bursts. SNL dabbing on their biggest names for being weird. FT says 50% of chips sold in 2026 and 2027 have nowhere to go. Hundreds of billions short on revenue for even 10% ROIC. A disaster.
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Brett Codes @brettcodes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
there's a really nice little AI-booster-free community sprouting up at humancrafted.dev/forum to talk about the joys of coding by hand & how to navigate this current moment come help make this ad-free discussion-centric hangout zone a wonderful place!
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Humancrafted
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 26/09/2026
Joined the Times Tech Report to talk about the $200bn+ NVIDIA GPUs sitting in warehouses, and how Oracle issuing a force majeure notice over expected delays to its data center project in New Mexico is a wrench in basically every AI data center debt deal. youtu.be/1CbvhJO8Nfo?...
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Hyperscalers are hiding a massive secret about uninstalled GPUs | Ed Zitron
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Facebook really doesn't want you to see the new documentary exposing Elon Musk Neither do TikTok or Google or the eX social media site. Since they won't accept paid advertising, let's do some free advertising. Go see Musk in theaters October 9 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Brett Codes @brettcodes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
can we please all collectively stop saying that "ai is just a tool" it is a meaningless & oft-repeated phrase that justifies nothing & helps no one ai is an industry led by psychos, ai is chatbots, ai is agents, ai is data centers, ai is shitty features in software that doesn't need it
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Rigel Gameworks | BioMenace Remastered @rigelgameworks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BioMenace is 35% off in the @gog.com Autumn Sale! Save hostages, fight through over 50 levels, create and share your own levels and enjoy one of the finest 90's action platformers! What are you waiting for? Save Metro City from mutants and destruction today! www.gog.com/en/game/biom...
A screenshot of the GOG store page for BioMenace Remastered. It shows "Offer ends on 07/10/2026 9:59 EEST. -35%, € 9.59"
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PandaMonium @pandamonium.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Today, I decided to dump all my thoughts about A.I. infecting the retro and Saturn scene into one cohesive article. In short, I am certifiably sick of this.
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☀️🌸idspispopd🥀🌙 @bhaalspawn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Turns out the real grand theft was by Rockstar.
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Alyxx the Rat 🏳️‍⚧️🐀 @alyxxtherat.com · 24/09/2026
This probably doesn't need to be said but I will anyway. I will never use AI generated content in my videos or any of my creative works. I will also not use AI tools. I will also generally not cover anything made using genAI. Thank you.
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Alice Averlong 🏳️‍⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 24/09/2026
I'm currently the only one of three disabled trans people in my household who can work, but 16 months of being bedridden and an ongoing chronic migraine issue has left us very broke. If you can spare a few dollars, it'd really help, thanks! ko-fi.com/fooneturing
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Jordan Fehr Mastering 🔊🎧 @jordanfehr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Why I don't accept genAI "music" submissions for mastering. If you are a human let's work together: www.jordanfehr.com #noAI #mastering #musicmastering #masteringengineer #musicproduction
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 23/09/2026
I don’t know how you read this and say that AI is going to work out financially speaking. This is a senior person at Fidelity saying money invested in AI is dead, and has been for more than three months. How much louder do people need the sound to be?
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Tube🍂Time @tubetime.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
(xpost from Mastodon) mini-repair monday: my EGA monitor has been slowly fading away over the past few years. at VCF West this year it was too dim to use and i had to borrow one. but let's go fix it now!
IBM EGA monitor on a workbench with a test color pattern. it's somewhat dim but the camera is compensating...
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Apogee Entertainment @apogeeent.com · 22/09/2026
Wizordum Update v1.2.05 is now live on PC! 🧙 ✨ 7 new weapon upgrades ⚙️ Action Scripting 🕷️ Arachnophobia Filter 🛠️ Tons of QoL improvements, modding additions, and bug fixes.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 22/09/2026
I think people (not talking about Steve here) make a lot of assumptions about the rationality or forethought behind massive deals or investments, and think companies have plans, or strategies. In reality tens of billions can be spent because of the vibes
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 22/09/2026
I don't remember any other era in tech, not during COVID, not during the GFC, even the early days, where things so regularly stopped working with little or no explanation. Is it vibe coding? is it shitty infra? Either way, I can't post my newsletter threads and that's awesome
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Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
No A.I. is a rule in my game jam, not a request. It's a trust-based system, and I actively oppose any witchhunts. But please don't. If you use A.I., at all, please don't enter your game into my jam. It clashes so harshly with my core interests, efforts, and ethics. Please let us have this space.
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⛧⃝ Luxúria🏳️‍⚧️ @luxuriasuccubus.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Duke Nukem. Yeah not the like 3D one with the boobs and knockoff movie quotes. I'm talking MS-DOS platformer with PC speaker sound effects and a whole 16 colors of graphics. Screenshot from the Evercade remaster.
Duke Nukem DOS
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Pete Davison @moegamer.net · 21/09/2026
#oneaday Day 836: Torrent of slop It feels like pretty much every day for the last few months we've seen a story that claims some game or other has been translated for the first time ever,... imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net/2026/09…
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#oneaday Day 836: Torrent of slop
It feels like pretty much every day for the last few months we've seen a story that claims some game or other has been translated for the first time ever, or ported to PC for the first time ever... and I feel like a good nine times out of every ten of these projects that...
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Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Looking for someone who can do 90’s point-and-click style pixel art for a commission. Short notice but it’d need to be done in the next two weeks. Lemme know if that’s you, and share your portfolio please!
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Dosgamert @bartjaah.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Why not?! Nintendo was a big part of my childhood too, and I have some serious nostalgia for those classic SNES days! Tonight, we're stepping away from DOS and firing up a real Super Nintendo for some Super Mario All-Stars! Join us in the chat now: youtu.be/Wt-PbAV0GYs
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Just gonna light this bag of dogshit on fire and walk away from the doorstep, but the people in media I hear saying AI has made them "more productive" appear to be producing less than ever, and worse things than ever. I wonder if they can even tell.
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Apogee Entertainment @apogeeent.com · 20/09/2026
Wizordum is 50% off on Steam. 🧙‍♂️ WIZORDUM.com
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Frenkel @frenkel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
36 years ago, John Carmack and Tom Hall created Dangerous Dave in Copyright Infringement, the tech demo that started id Software. To celebrate this event, let's discuss the reconstructed source code. pckf.com/viewtopic.ph...
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Reconstructed Dangerous Dave in Copyright Infringement Source Code - Public Commander Keen Forum
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Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Heartbreaking: yet another programmer/tech influencer who was skeptical about AI is now shilling it. Heartwarming: after I started talking more about how much I hate AI, several people reached out to me and said that my position is refreshing and seeing it made them happy…
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Dosgamert @bartjaah.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Last week @lethalguitar.bsky.social and I went to London to visit the Evercade Nexus Community First Play. I made a video of our trip. Watch the full video here: youtu.be/XSTuxmryGnM @evercade.co.uk
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LGR @lgr-yt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Probably the best Windows 9x defrag simulation I've seen thus far! defrag98.com It's a more legit simulation than I've seen before. So each time you load this up you get a new virtual drive that's differently fragmented, rather than just playing back a preset animation
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Windows 98 Disk Defrag Simulator
The classic Windows 98 Disk Defragmenter, free in your browser. Pick a drive, cue the HDD sounds, and relive 1998.
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Rigel Gameworks | BioMenace Remastered @rigelgameworks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The BioMenace Remastered Nintendo eShop page is live in America, Australia and Asia! You'll also be able to find it on your Nintendo Switch in any of these regions! The other regions will follow soon! www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
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Rigel Gameworks | BioMenace Remastered @rigelgameworks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
BioMenace Remastered is coming to Nintendo Switch! It's the perfect platform for a classic action game like BioMenace. Play it on your TV at home or handheld whenever, wherever you want. BioMenace Remastered arrives on Nintendo Switch October 8!
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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 17/09/2026
I really like what we're doing with Steam Hype. We've got no coverage of Blizzard's big announcements. Partly because boycott, partly because nobody cares what games are coming out in 3-4 years when there's a dozen exciting things dropping every Thursday. We're covering what you can play right now.
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Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We need a variant of MIT license which prohibits LLMs or vibe-coders from using your code. Many people would ignore this part, but maybe it’ll drive some bots away? We need to stop playing nicely. I don’t care if it drives some people away from the open source code I put on my Github.
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Kris Asick @pixelmusement.com · 17/09/2026
My immediate reaction whenever someone into generative AI says that AI "thinks" :P
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Princess Bride: I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means
Alt: Scene from the movie "The Princess Bride" with three men outdoors where one of them says, "You keep using that word... I do not think it means what you think it means."
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revenant @notrevenant.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
yeah i use "A.I." for reverse engineering A pirated copy of IDA Pro 7.5
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Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Looks pretty amazing on a CRT. :)
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Apogee Entertainment @apogeeent.com · 16/09/2026
Wizordum proves not every sewer level has to stink!
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The Lever @levernews.com · 16/09/2026
Everyone’s worried about the “Terminator” AI doomsday. But the more immediate threat could look a lot more like The Big Short. . @edzitron.com explains why the AI boom’s real danger may be an economic one — and what happens if the money behind it starts to unravel.
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Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Sorry for a somewhat long text, but I need to reiterate my anti-AI stance once again...
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 14/09/2026
Free newsletter: The idea that we're nearing the creation of AI systems that we can't control and that pose an existential threat to humanity is a lie and a distraction from the tangible harms and problems caused by LLMs and AI labs' near-unlimited resources. www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-alread...
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