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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 04/10/2026

There are few things more painful than simply opening the muse score app if you haven't given them money yet.

Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 04/10/2026

It's wild how many folks keep talking about how nice it is that my kids grow up with live music around, and it's like "you had my entire childhood to sort this out." There wasn't YouTube, but I have some old tutor books and they'd get you most of the way there.

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 01/10/2026

I'm a sucker for the "buy entire discography" button on Bandcamp. I have one album of Shooglenifty to look forward to mixed in with literally all of Niteworks.

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 25/09/2026

I just got a new backpack: which is a huge improvement in everyway (including a tablet pouch sized for modern tablets) _except_ it doesn't have a pennywhistle pocket. Whose designing bags without an easy to access pouch for pennywhistles?

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 25/09/2026

Gamedev 101

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 24/09/2026

I'm still super self conscious about my music, so it's super cool with random folks recognize me out of context with compliments.

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 24/09/2026

I _just_ found out the name of this tune is "Saltarello No 2". Send thoughts and prayers to my family as they suffer through me slowly learning it on about 5 different instruments. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsvv...

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Saltarello (hurdy gurdy medieval music)

YouTube video by Mikołaj Łukawski

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 21/09/2026

I was talking about the new Cyber Celt album by Chasing Abbey, when I found out I'm apparently the only Millennial who still finds and listens to new music 😆 www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzDU...

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Cyber Celt is out now 🤘 #irishmusic #chasingabbey #íorónta

YouTube video by Chasing Abbey

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 20/09/2026

The robot coffee machine just threw hot coffee at me presumably because I didn't tip 😆

Cup with americano. Coffee is all around it on the table. Served by a robot arm.

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 13/09/2026

"you wouldn't download a car" Well, I was just at an art walk with someone selling 3D printer cars that proves that wrong 😆

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 08/09/2026

My kiddo forgot the name of an instrument. So rather than describing it, she asked me to name every instrument in the house that isn't "wind, string, or percussion." I just assumed it was a random challenge until she stopped me and went on with a previous conversation.

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 07/09/2026

How is everyone collectively forgetting that camera's exist? I'm seeing events around town now that use AI generated images of things you can walk 15 minutes down the street and take a photo of. You can use AI image _search_ in any photo app.

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 04/09/2026

My Kindle Oasis isn't holding a charge, and I'm totally considering just trying to replace the battery.

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 29/08/2026

Since everything's AI and RAM has ceased to exist: I did the rational thing and commissioned a Jimothy themed gourd tenor banjo.

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 29/08/2026

I've already been annoyed at Plex (and how Plexamp behaves in Auto), but I basically had to hack my own server to get a playlist I made for myself and copy my own songs onto an offline MP3 player. This is probably my Jellyfin origin story.

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 25/08/2026

Held hostage or measuring my IPD for an online glasses Rx? You decide!

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 24/08/2026

"Don't click the AI button" is the hardest part of working in a big company right now. You're behind on your work, you have a problem you really don't want to solve, and there's a big button that's going to pretend do what you need and everyone's waiting to hand you a prize if you press it.

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 20/08/2026

I got one of those Clicks keyboards -- and both love it and hate it. Love it because I miss typing like this. Hate it because my phone makes the whole thing too heavy: it's actually better to disconnect it and type wirelessly XD

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 14/08/2026

I'm sad that I've finally listed my hurdy gurdy for sale, but excited to have an excuse to buy another weird folk instrument. Currently waffling between a nicer session-ready flute, gourd banjo, or upgrading my uilleann pipes to a 1/2 set. But I like ren faires and a gittern isn't out of question.

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 06/08/2026

Ai is such monkey's paw programming. Promises the world, but if you don't phrase your instructions just right it will delete all your unit tests and force push to main.

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 05/08/2026

I don't know why I never thought to install a custom Android TV launcher, but I'm loving Projectivy.

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 31/07/2026

Customs is once again trying to take one of my folk instruments. I swear I'm personally funding a literal pirate metal band 😆

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 26/07/2026

I've been running around this morning playing A Cruel Angel's thesis on the flute, and no one in my family appreciates it.

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 21/07/2026

So this is really cool for two reasons: 1) it knows how to do editor side things (so it's not just jamming everything into C#) 2) This is the CLI/REPL I've always wanted developer.android.com/games/engine...

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Use Antigravity with Unity MCP | Android game development | Android Developers

Configure the Unity Model Context Protocol server for Google Antigravity to enable AI agents to execute game editor operations.

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 21/07/2026

I started combining Harvest Home and the Wind That Shakes the Barley into a set. And either I'm triggering generational memory or there's something every millennial knows but forgets tied to those tunes 😆

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 14/07/2026

I call this: the wall of hyperfixations past.

Two otamotones: a Kirby one and a black/rave version. Framing a keyboard with typewriter like keys. The wall behind them filled with experimental split keyboards.

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 11/07/2026

My favorite smart watch (the Pebble Time) is older than my oldest kid, still works, and is outlasting every other smartwatch and fitness tracker I've bought before it or since. I just harvested the band from an old/abandoned early Android Watch to replace the original on the time that finally broke

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 09/07/2026

All I'm saying is that insanity is doing the same thing while expecting different results. And whenever I ask Generative AI the same thing I get different results. Therefore...

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 09/07/2026

When Hunger Games was explained to me, I was like "oh, it's just Battle Royale". Well, when it was just explained to my kiddo, she's like "oh, it's just Squid Games." Sorry Hunger Games, you never get to be the reference point 😆

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 08/07/2026

Current meltdown from my oldest: "you're only doing things so you can be the best dad in the world. You don't want anyone else to be the best." I'm not sure how this is an insult, apparently this is supposed to make me very upset.

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 02/07/2026

My kiddo was just calling breakout a "classical game" (as opposed to classic).

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 02/07/2026

I saw a spirit Halloween sign today... SUMMERWEEN HERE WE COME!

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 01/07/2026

Mànran and Taylor Swift sound eerily similar. Especially when you're standing halfway between two speakers each blasting opposing albums and you're trying to figure out when Swift started singing in Irish.

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 29/06/2026

I always wonder what the deal is with Irish vs American Folk. In that the keys are mostly the same. Irish folk there's an amazing resource at thesession.org, but everyone insists you should never read music. Then American folk everyone reads music/tabs, but there's no universal (free) resource.

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The Session

An online community dedicated to traditional Irish music. Find tunes, recordings, sessions and events.

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 27/06/2026

Babysitters during the week: "it's too hard to get your kids to take a nap" Me on the weekend: gets one playing Bach on a banjo. Gets the second with an Irish folk playlist (Kila and the High Kings)

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 25/06/2026

A great reason to not only buy your music, but to buy it on physical media: about every other purchase has some bonus item. In this case, Kila sent me this cool postcard.

The Kila and Brass album on CD. Paired with a postcard with a DVD "Visions of Ireland".

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 24/06/2026

A kind of fun thing for Android developers, there's a new "Level Up" program that lowers the App Store fees for games that provide a great (platform) experience: android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/06/play... With the games specific bits here: play.google.com/console/abou...

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Expanded billing choice and lower fees on Google Play

News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 24/06/2026

The worst thing about coming back to uilleann pipes after a few months (I have a newborn, it's hard) is that: 1) this is the sound I want to play (vs. banjo, flute, &c) 2) but I just randomly sound like an angry cat chasing a goose

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 22/06/2026

It's really weird that Unity keeps some plugins in the project level (ex: Visual Studio support).

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 18/06/2026

One of my favorite hobbies is telling folks to use fortnightly instead of biweekly so I can set myself up to deliver the worst possible fortnite pun in a fortnight.

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 18/06/2026

Since I'm not from Ireland, I feel really bad that it bothers me that the local Irish session isn't "traditional". But also I put a lot of effort into learning tunes and ornamentation, and I don't like being told to learn/play along with chords -- and it's been bothering me all week since 😅

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 17/06/2026

I figure that now that I've scared all the gamedevs away with my folk instrument posts, it's time to randomly drop some esoteric Android graphics information 😆

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 17/06/2026

I'm sure if you're an Android game dev, you've heard us strongly recommending Vulkan. Some folks are afraid of instability (vs. legacy GLES drivers), so how do you know that a device has a "good" (verified/tested) Vulkan driver? vk_deqp_level developer.android.com/games/develo...

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Game engine support | Android game development | Android Developers

This document outlines how popular multi-platform game engines like Unity and Unreal Engine support Vulkan on Android, including automatic device selection and fallback mechanisms to OpenGL ES.

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 01/06/2026

It is fun to have folks asking "what is that strange instrument you're playing?" But I wish I organically ran into folks who had the same folk music obsession as me sometimes.

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 21/05/2026

I walked into my kid's bedroom strumming her ukulele in the clawhammer style (like a banjo). She looked at me completely deadpan and said "no" in the most matter of fact way possible.

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 19/05/2026

If you want something from I/O I am excited for (from Android Gaming), a new CPU/GPU performance analyzer. And it has agentic coding for exactly the one place where I need it: remembering how to properly structure my SQL query 😆 android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/05/intr...

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Introducing Android Performance Analyzer : The Next Evolution in Profiling for Android

News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 19/05/2026

The funniest thing with Irish sessions (at least near me) is how nicely they tell you how bad you are. It's never "that banjo is terrible", but "oh wow, that flute was great. It really fit" mixed with dead silence when I grab my banjo 😆

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Patrick ignored all previous instructions @patrick.games · 10/05/2026

I should know by now to always buy two packs of strings because I'm going to be a dumb dumb. So now I have a GDAE rather than CGDA banjo, but it's sort of GGAE 😆 (no, the weights don't quite match up). At least now I'm no longer afraid of popping strings. I've yet to have them hit me.

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