mcpower @mcpower.me · 20/09/2026this was confirmed in the newsletter: "AQUA – I didn’t have any trouble drawing her. She’s obviously inspired by Touhou." toby.fangamer.com/interviews/c...toby.fangamer.comCHAPTER 5 THOUGHTSLet’s talk about Chapter 5… 110
mcpower @mcpower.me · 19/08/2026how large can repos go? what tricks are used to manage disk size and performance - sparse checkouts? VFS? how are large files handled? how do they work with the git compat layer? "I've used GitHub / Gerrit / Phabricator, how is Changeset different?" 110
mcpower @mcpower.me · 08/07/2026that dispatches the event back to JS via extensions::EventRouter: source.chromium.org/chromium/chr... presumably extensions::WebRequestEventRouter::OnEventHandled (via webRequestInternal.eventHandled in web_request_event.js) is eventually called once JS is done? source.chromium.org/chromium/chr... 020
mcpower @mcpower.me · 08/07/2026which calls extensions::WebRequestEventRouter::AddEventListener: source.chromium.org/chromium/chr... later on, any web requests seem to go through extensions::WebRequestEventRouter::OnBeforeRequest? source.chromium.org/chromium/chr... 110
mcpower @mcpower.me · 08/07/2026adding event listeners probably goes through extensions.mojom.EventRouter: source.chromium.org/chromium/chr... which received by extensions::EventRouter: source.chromium.org/chromium/chr... which forwards it to extensions::WebRequestAPI, a listener: source.chromium.org/chromium/chr... 110
mcpower @mcpower.me · 08/07/2026the webRequest API is defined in source.chromium.org/chromium/chr... I have no idea how the actual webRequest.onFoo event listeners are exposed?? seems like web_request_event.js might be involved somewhere: source.chromium.org/chromium/chr... 110
mcpower @mcpower.me · 08/07/2026uBlock Origin (MV2) calls webRequest.onBeforeRequest.addListener with ['blocking']: github.com/gorhill/uBlo.... I tried digging into the Chromium side to prove that it really does this IPC rigamarole, but it's a _lot_. here's what I got up to before giving up (thread): 110
mcpower @mcpower.me · 08/07/2026I think it's about protecting users from themselves ("why is Chromium so slow and power hungry?") I wish (as a power user) that I could opt into webRequestBlocking / MV2 after acknowledging that it's inefficient, but it IS a lot of code that the Chromium team understandably doesn't want to maintain 150
mcpower @mcpower.me · 08/07/2026it turns out that: - running an always-on, unthrottled webpage in the background for *every* single extension (MV2) - making a C++ -> JS IPC call, running a JS function, then making a JS -> C++ IPC call for *every* single web request (webRequestBlocking) is bad for battery life and performance! 380
Reposted by mcpoweres @ess.bsky.social · 14/06/2026i have "fansubbed" an old swedish youtube video i like. it's 18 years old and 2 minutes long. i hope you'll enjoy it too 421985
mcpower @mcpower.me · 14/06/2026chrome flags are temporary and will expire: chromium.googlesource.com/experimental... use chromeenterprise.google/intl/en_au/p... to permanently turn it off. there's some related policies for other AI features, too 020
mcpower @mcpower.me · 11/05/2026sprite-driven development (you really like lemon-lime soft drinks) 110
mcpower @mcpower.me · 10/05/2026this nerd-sniped me so much (it felt much harder than "just" using Bezout's identity) so I looked up the answer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_p...en.wikipedia.orgWater pouring puzzle - Wikipedia 010
mcpower @mcpower.me · 08/02/2026the Bandcamp lyrics on one small moment of silence has "maybe you'll see me around!" instead of "it doesn't make a single sound" 010
mcpower @mcpower.me · 14/01/2026it's either "thing must be initialised" or "things are nullable". C++ chose the former… in the classic C++ fashion of "magically calling a constructor". it's so ingrained in C++ that they had to make some special rules to declare when it _shouldn't_ happen en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/langua...en.cppreference.comCopy elision - cppreference.com 010
mcpower @mcpower.me · 10/01/2026for best cost-per-year, consider Samsung or Google for 6 to 7 years of updates. for example, the Galaxy A07 will be updated until Sep 2031, and the Pixel 9a will be updated until Apr 2032. they're more expensive than others, but you can use them for ~twice as long and the experience will be nicer 110
Reposted by mcpowerRebane @rebane2001.bsky.social · 25/12/2025CSS-only livesplit recreation (made in ~45 min) lyra.horse/fun/livecssp... 311917
mcpower @mcpower.me · 25/12/2025most of the copies don't even copy the "anti-clickbait" nature of the original thumbnail!! the thumbnail should succinctly answer the (seemingly simple) question in the title in the thumbnail itself to imply that the question is deeper than it looks 010
Reposted by mcpowerDenDen Garden @denden.garden · 08/12/2025"While a post-Miku boom for Vocaloid has often emphasized the celebrity of producers over characters, overseas fans are now reasserting Teto's character, often with crippling back pain."denden.gardenDrilling down on Kasane Teto's overseas successAn exploration of why Kasane Teto, as she undergoes a tremendous reappraisal, has achieved such strong popularity outside of Japan 03519
Reposted by mcpowerRichard Lawler @rjcc.bsky.social · 22/11/2025If you don't trust Google then you probably shouldn't use Gmail, but the claim it's training AI on your emails and attachments has *no real source that i have been able to find whatsoever* And they said on the record that it doesn't matter whether you have the smart settings on or not, they don't. 1019972
mcpower @mcpower.me · 21/11/2025unfortunately flags are intended to be temporary, and shouldn't be relied on long-term: chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src... for a longer term solution, chromeenterprise.google/intl/en_au/p... should cover pretty much everything here and morechromium.googlesource.com 030
mcpower @mcpower.me · 10/10/2025how far deep into the game have you gotten? I assume you've done Room 46 - which trophies do you have? I stopped playing near the end of the postgame, so feel free to spoil anything if needed (maybe obfuscated using rot13 so others don't see) 100
mcpower @mcpower.me · 29/09/2025Sicko Mode doesn't work any more - I started the daily and it automatically revealed the source track 100
mcpower @mcpower.me · 24/09/2025you might be interested in Mahjong Soul's roguelike mode, it's got a "you start with a wildcard" joker 000
mcpower @mcpower.me · 20/09/2025@veegie.me SiivaGuessr bug report for v0.79: one of Day 7's jokes aren't being correctly recognised, see 1:03 of u.mcpower.me/504/2025-09-...u.mcpower.me 110
Reposted by mcpowerVeegie @veegie.me · 14/09/2025Been working on this for a while now, and happy to finally share it with folks. Introducing: SiIvaGuessr! A new daily browser game where you can test your niche knowledge of High-Quality Rips. A new curated puzzle will be available each day! siivaguessr.meme 18393193
mcpower @mcpower.me · 15/09/2025e.g. SiIvaGuessr #2: 👺 Sicko Mode 👺 ❌✅❌✅ Got the source in ⏱ 0:20! Got the joke in ⏱ 0:27! or SiIvaGuessr #2: 👺 Sicko Mode 👺 ✅❌❌❌ Got the joke in ⏱ 0:27! 010
mcpower @mcpower.me · 15/09/2025I absolutely love this!! Could we get some more detailed stats in the share text? Specifically: - separating source / joke in Sicko Mode, so Sicko Mode players can compare with standard players - showing how many failed guesses you got before you got the answer 100
mcpower @mcpower.me · 12/09/2025no, but it was announced by Capcom soon after it was announced during the JP Direct 100
mcpower @mcpower.me · 19/06/2025my totally wild guess for #DELTARUNE Chapter 7: you will break the chapter select screen at the end of it, revealing Chapter 8. (5/4) #deltarunespoilers 010
mcpower @mcpower.me · 19/06/2025I think the normal route might break the prophecy too - #DELTARUNE was created because Toby was obsessed with an ending to a game he saw in a fever dream (www.nintendo.com/jp/topics/ar...) so it must be some kind of adaptable ending… such as breaking a prophecy (4/4) #deltarunespoilersnintendo.com『DELTARUNE Chapter 1』が2/28に配信決定 | トピックス | Nintendoみなさん、こちらの映像はご覧いただけましたでしょうか？ ……って、なんだかイヌがたくさん出てきて……大事な部分が見えない！？『UNDERTALE』とは別の世界の物語色々と謎が多いの 100
mcpower @mcpower.me · 19/06/2025the prevailing theory for deltarune.com/chapter5/ is that it implies the Weird Route will end in #DELTARUNE Chapter 5, breaking the meta prophecy, and presumably (from Ralsei's comments at the end of Chapter 4) breaking the in-game prophecy too. (3/4) #deltarunespoilersdeltarune.comback 100
mcpower @mcpower.me · 19/06/2025I think there's a meta prophecy: the #DELTARUNE chapter select screen. it shows 7 chapters and an icon/name for each chapter, even ones you haven't started yet. the meta prophecy is "DELTARUNE's story will have 7 chapters, hinted by the icons/names"… (2/4) #deltarunespoilers 100
mcpower @mcpower.me · 19/06/2025#DELTARUNE theorising: Chapter 4 resolves around the Prophecy. Gerson implies that you can follow your own footsteps, literally breaking the (glass) prophecy… (1/4) #deltarunespoilers 130
mcpower @mcpower.me · 18/05/2025Hi, did you make this video? Twitter account XboxGamePassPC posted this video 5 hours before your post twitter.com/XboxGamePass...twitter.comPC Game Pass on X: "what’s going on back there? https://t.co/3qnbD3tMJD" / Xwhat’s going on back there? https://t.co/3qnbD3tMJD 010
