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@ljones.xyz
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Software engineer in NZ. Rewrote Doom in Rust. Major contributor to ASUS ROG laptop support in Linux kernel.

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Remmelt 🛑 @artificialbodies.net · 25/09/2026
Yes, as Annie says: “How We Do Anything Is How We Do Everything”
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“How We Do Anything Is How We Do Everything”
I have experienced drama like the OpenAI drama — I grew up in it. I was repeatedly told “not to talk about it,” and to allow another…
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 24/09/2026
Reverse engineered the Creality Raptor Pro scanner because I wanted marker less laser scanning. Got it done right when they decided to release a firmware and app update to enable it with a new mode. Turns out my version works 100x better. I've reversed the update so I'll get even better scan.
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Realtime markerless laser scanning with Creality Raptor Pro
YouTube video by Luke Jones
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 23/09/2026
They live in a country where school shootings is now an industry. Shooting. Kids. Has. Been. Industrialised.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 23/09/2026
Think like a programmer—move like a programmer. The new Humble Bundle from No Starch press features 18 titles. Pay what you want and support EFF at the same time! www.humblebundle.com/books/think...
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Humble Tech Book Bundle: Think Like a Programmer 2026 by No Starch Press
Think like a programmer and move like a programmer with a collection of learning courses from the experts at No Starch Press!
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 07/09/2026
Reverse engineered the Reality Otter scanner (and Raptor Pro). Not bad for something I've had to learn on the fly. stream from USB -> depth matcher on GPU to get clean depths, then rectify + add colour in to a 0.2mm voxel sized TSDF.. I didn't expect a very good capture but this looks damned good!
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Mozelle Batiste Delacroix’s only son. @roamingdruid.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Today’s the anniversary of the World losing a REAL animal lover.
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 04/09/2026
It still blows my mind that these exist. Like... Hey how about a shark, But with a swordface, And teeth lining the edge instead of a sharp edge You know, like a chainsaw
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 31/08/2026
And not race around the lounge freaking out while puking
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Bethesda @bethesda.net · 28/08/2026
Wondering how MachineGames’ incredible free episode Dawn of the Machine was made to celebrate 30 years of Quake? Check out this behind-the-scenes look from Lead Level Designer Andrew Yoder: beth.games/3SzYxVm
A futuristic architectural landscape featuring large, textured stone structures under a smoky, reddish sky. A prominent, stylized emblem (the Quake logo) is on a central door, and a wooden bridge leads up to it, flanked by sloping walls.
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zach @extrafabulous.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I watched my cat hide from another loud explosion today. She doesn’t understand geopolitics. She doesn’t understand russian propaganda. She just knows that something terrifying keeps happening outside. That part breaks me.
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 25/08/2026
Fuck the USA.
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
again: they mean it
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 24/08/2026
Yep…
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 24/08/2026
3 weeks of hacking and reverse engineering and wiresharking has finally netted me complete access to the Meta Quest Air-Link and USB link. No more ALVR. And! I’ve proved a MacBook can run VR pretty damned well since it has hardware HEVC and H264 encoding. I’ll release sometime after cleanup
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 23/08/2026
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FunnyVia @funnyvia.com · 17/08/2026
'Look at me, I'm a human. I pay taxes, I have depression, I'm behind on chores'
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 16/08/2026
This thing is fucking hideous. Not cybertruck level but I certainly wouldn’t call it a Ferrari. Bet you have to flip it over to plug in the charger cable.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Cat on the farm
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 12/08/2026
LOL. Meta engineers made a typo in the Meta Quest headset libs. MetadataHandahakeCapabilities... I now have I think 90% of this reverse engineered now. Got the headset doing auth and pair over USB, and streaming the pose etc, accepting streamed video.
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 11/08/2026
My orange muppet over the years. Dude never leaves my side (or front).
My little orange furball cat who I adopted from the SPCA looking extremely satisfied while curled up on my lap while I try to get work done
The same orange furball now much larger and rubbing his head on my chinOrange furball who doesn’t fit on my lap anymore squeezed between me and my work desk
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 11/08/2026
Almost thought someone had hacked my iCloud and stolen a photo of me.
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 11/08/2026
3am and I’ve blown the Meta Quest 3 wide open with reverse engineering to get PCVR link working on MacOS with openxr native and in wine. Full auth and pairing over usb done. Wifi next up. Over 300 different commands to map but should be angle to get away with a subset.
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 09/08/2026
Can’t reply to this person so hopefully they see this. An absolutely fascinating read about leaded gasoline is this: www.mentalfloss.com/science/envi...
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The Most Important Scientist You’ve Never Heard Of
Clair Patterson—a scientist who helped build the atomic bomb and discovered the true age of the Earth—took on a billion-dollar industry to save humanity from itself.
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Solar eclipse coming up so here’s one of my favourite maps
Top is a map of the US with “Google search volume for “eyes hurt” April 3 to April 10 2024” with a hot line running from Texas north east through to Maine.  The bottom map shows the path of the total solar eclipse which runs in a lone from Texas through to Maine
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Hannah 'Pichy' Stockmann @hpichystockmann.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Savage.
"Devolver and its board are seeking shareholder approval to delist, believing becoming a private company is in the best interests of Devolver, its employees, its partners, and its Shareholders as a whole," a spokesperson for the company told GamesIndustry.biz.

"We’ve made an announcement about this.

"The purpose is simple and positive. Being private will allow the Devolver Digital team, especially the finance, legal, and executive team, to singularly focus on the long-term health of the company and less on satisfying the requirements of the public market, which have nothing to do with being a successful game publisher."
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 04/08/2026
L.O.L. I could have done this myself but setting an LLM on to it means I can continue doing my own work while this guy does hip thrusts at disassembly.
Screenshot of text from claude-code digging in to disassembly of a library and finding the encryption keys for some blobs. It found the Key and the IV.

Confirmed AES-CTR via tiny-AES-c, and there's exactly one caller: raptor_gdc_init. Reading it for the key and IV.

Key and IV recovered. They're stored byte-by-byte on the stack, then:
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 03/08/2026
This is not true. I never mention my cats in conversations.
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 03/08/2026
Side effects of being medicated for ADHD is that some of my hobbies no longer hold any interest for me. So I now have a stack of very cool RC buggies I don’t drive anymore. And I barely game now. Just highly focused on my actual work instead.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 27/07/2026
Nephew Whacking The Hell Out Of Tree Trunk With Stick
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VGDensetsu @vgdensetsu.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
In the early 90s, Taito worked several times with illustrator and background artist Tomoaki Okada / 岡田有章 from the design studio Mecaman (known for their work on Gundam, Nausicäa, Speed Racer, etc.). _Rayforce / Galactic Attack _Gun Force (Master System version) _Darius Force (SFC) _Cyber Sterra 1/3
Rayforce / レイフォース, AKA Gunlock (Arcade - Taito - 1993) Flyer illustration.
Also used for Layer Section / レイヤーセクション, AKA Galactic Attack (Saturn - 1995) Box artSpace Gun (Master System - 1992) Box artDarius Force / ダライアスフォース, AKA Super Nova (SFC - 1993) Box artCyber Sterra / サイバーステラ (Arcade - Taito - 1993) Illustration / logo
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 24/07/2026
It’s one of those things from Half-Life dressed up for a Shrek movie
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 17/07/2026
Fucking aye. I’ve spent the last couple years redecorating my house away from boomer grey and pastel snot green.
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 14/07/2026
No I didn't just do a CAT scan at 1.30am why do you ask? Reverse engineered the majority of reality scan app and the entire USB protocol plus the depth GPU kernels.. Fuck all is hidden if you try hard enough, and an LLM alongside is a massive boost 6 months of work in a week.
A 3D scan of my cat sleeping on bed using a set of tools I reverse engineered.
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scubapopeye.bsky.social @scubapopeye.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
If you have a problem with a female lead in a film you’re an asshole. No seriously, you’re an ass. Stfu. 🤬
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 01/07/2026
View from my room at The Four Seasons in Shenzhen. The room is crazy big too.
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 30/06/2026
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 27/06/2026
I suppose I shouldn’t iron my shirts while unclothed.
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 23/06/2026
So I've been working on this Doom level editor just because I can (and there's fuck all good native editors on macOS) Vid 1/7: open wad and map
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Ariaa® @ariaa.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Summer Solstice captured from Stonehenge yesterday. At first light, the sun climbed up behind the Heel Stone and threaded itself straight through the center of Stonehenge exactly where the builders aimed it nearly 5,000 years ago. Ethereal Earth on FB
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 20/06/2026
Getting a back photo ain’t easy. Empty gym too so no help. Toning up nice at least. Can feel the boxing really laying in to it.
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The Content Apologist @contentapologist.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
'It's a Desk! It's a Computer! It's Desk-Computer!'
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 17/06/2026
Been working on a doom level editor for my room4doom engine. I was never happy with what was available so why not make my own? Got a lot of features lined up including an orthographic wall and floor/ceil preview for editing, and features that I want for my own engine.
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 17/06/2026
Honestly I’ve wanted a good old school flip phone for a long time. But every single one of them had a camera that sucks arse for no particular reason (other than cost perhaps). Give me one with decent camera and music player and I’m set.
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 17/06/2026
Me in the shower doing a “hand cranked and twisted”
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
jesus christ NO! NO!!! FUCK
Back Of Gatorade Bottle Features Recipe For Gatorade Casserole @andrewfleer.com actually collecting the ingredients for this for some reasonIt's so wet

An unbaked Gatorade casserole 
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‪Fleer‬
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Update: 30 minutes later, it's still very wet.

Maybe 20 more minutes?







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We're going to try just a little longer. 

For the record, it smells horrid

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After an hour, I think this is the best we're gonna get

Baked Gatorade "casserole" 
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Gatorade casserole soup in a bowl 
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Y'all I'm scared to try it







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It smells like hot tuna, with a lingering sweetness of the Gatorade
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 17/06/2026
Actually a damned hard choice out of… 600+ cat photos?
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 11/06/2026
Little airplanes are so bloody obnoxious.. unmuffled exhaust sounds overhead.
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flukejones @ljones.xyz · 06/06/2026
Fuck this guy in particular
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