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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 02/05/2026

I feel old having to use my camera to take a screenshot

Screenshot of Rocksmith running on Linux mint

Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 02/05/2026

The video is a bit choppy, but the audio is reasonably synced. I'm calling it a win. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction! TIME TO ROCK

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 21/04/2026

I pop in to windows to try and play a little Rocksmith. Greeted by this lovely message. Microslop making me happy I do most of my computering on Linux these days.

Windows boot error: Your device ran into a problem and needs to restart.

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 26/01/2026

I hope you find yourself as comfortable as Thor is this evening.

Thor the dog in his big gray bed with his paws in the air

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 20/11/2025

Helping do a research project about the American Revolution and came across a poignant quote from George Washington: "No punishment is too great for the man who can build his greatness upon his country's ruin."

Quote from George Washington "No punishment is too great for the man who can build his greatness upon his country's ruin. "

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 24/08/2025

No cheating, post the last pic of your pet.

Thor the dog looking at the camera longingly

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 21/08/2025

Tired puppo after a long day. Hope his cute little face can help brighten your evening.

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 28/07/2025

Hoping you're having at least as comfy of a Sunday evening as Mr. Thor is <3

Thor the dog in a big van bag chair with his feet up in the air

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 05/06/2025

Feeling a bit under the weather today, so I think I'm going to have to skip today's stream.

The Incredible Hulk laying in a field saying "HULK WILL SLEEP NOW, AND MAYBE WHEN HULK WAKES UP -- EVERYHTING THAT HAS MADE HULK TIRED WILL BE CHANGED!"

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 16/05/2025

I've got the windows machine right next to the Linux machine. I've been poking at unreal a bit because that is really the biggest factor keeping me on windows. I'm trying to dual boot the Linux machine, but Mint took over the bootloader and I haven't taken the time to reconfigure it yet

My work computers both running unreal - one on windows 11, one on Linux Mint

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 12/05/2025

Any clever #UnrealEngine folks seen this one? I have a class that is a child of Actor called HauntedObject_BASE. When I try to make a new variable in my GhostData struct that is the HauntedObject_BASE type I get an error. If I try to add the same variable as an Actor it works fine. #UE5 #gamedev

Error message from Unreal Engine: Varaible type change failed (the selected type may not be compatible with this struct)

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 03/05/2025

Went into CostCo today and was greeted by Dr. Strange!

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 02/05/2025

11-string bass. I want an 11-string bass.

Jean Baudin playing an 11-string bass with Nuclear Rabbit

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 02/05/2025

One of my personal musical heroes is Jean Baudin. He played in a local band that I was lucky enough to see about a million times in high school called Nuclear Rabbit. He had a 9-string bass and an 11-string bass and I was FASCINATED. Any chance we can crank your string counter to 11 even on bass?

Bassist Jean Baudin playing an 11-string bass while performing with Nuclear Rabbit

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 29/04/2025

There's a thread over on reddit about rare Skylanders. I very much enjoy these threads because I get to show off one of Skylanders' rarest figures - Heartbreaker Buck Shot. He was going to be a Valentine's holiday figure, but got scrapped last minute. This one works in-game.

One of two original and functional Heartbreaker Buck Shot figures from Skylanders: Imaginators

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 05/04/2025

Awesome seeing so many people out in Sacramento. Felt very cathartic to chant "Fuck trump, Fuck elon, Fuck ice" in a sea of people changing the same. Not my photo (nabbed one from r/sacramento posted by u/jakeobee)

Sacramento "hands off" protest crowd depicting lots of signs and people in front of the Capitol building . Photo from r/sacramento posted by u/jakeobee

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 05/04/2025

Just in case anyone is thinking about checking out some events today and needs something to wave about...

Protest poster stating "No Kings, No Slaves, No Nazis. Real Americans won these wars before and we will WIN AGAIN."

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 05/04/2025

Just in case anyone needs a quick poster for any reason today, I made this variation on a classic this morning.

Poster with Captain America pointing and the text "I want YOU to PUNCH NAZIS punch every goddamn one"

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 29/03/2025

Post the first game you played:

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 27/03/2025

Thank you so much for making this post. It did 2 things for me: 1) it brought Rosewater to my attention (and I insta-wishlisted it), and 2) it reminded me to add the NoGenAI badge to our store page, which we're going to be opening up shortly here!

screen capture of me adding the NO GEN AI badge to the Ghost Hunter Simulator steam page (coming soon TM)

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 21/03/2025

I am in a haze daydreaming about playing Point Blank again!

Point Blank game bundle with guncon light gun for Playstation

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 21/03/2025

Ohmygidohmygodohmygod. These guys fixed light guns on any screen! I've been waiting decades for this! retroshooter.com #GDC #IndieGames #RetroGames

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 19/03/2025

Official #GDC studio portrait for Prime8 Entertainment!

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 19/03/2025

All badged up and ready to go! Happy #GDC everyone!

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 18/03/2025

Thank goodness for the fine people who made WinDirStat! :-D

Screenshot of the application WinDirStat analyzing a hard drive so I can clear off some space

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 12/02/2025

Why, we just so happen to have picked up 2 cases this morning!

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 09/02/2025

Evan & Katelyn are DIY YouTubers. One of their sayings is "MAKE FAIL MAKE FAIL MAKE". It is an excellent illustration of the creative process. Nobody gets it right on the first go. Failure is a part of the process. The only time "breaking stuff" is bad is when you let it end the process.

screen shot from Evan & Katelyn's YouTube series. Evan is wearing the MAKE/FAIL/MAKE shirt

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 08/02/2025

Today I've been working on our Prime8 discord a little bit and I was looking through old photos of Thor to turn them into emoji. Lots of great photos with Thor, but this was the very first. This was the first time I picked him up and I haven't really set him down since. Can you tell how I felt? 🤣

Ryan and Thor at the puppy adoption event where we got him.

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 07/02/2025

Did I buy Italian Ice *just* because of the name Luigi? No, no I did not. Did I choose this brand over the other available brand *just* because of the name Luigi? Yes, yes I did.

Luigi's Real Italian Ice - Lemon & Strawberry package

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 02/02/2025

I got Lord with Rocket this season in #MarvelRivals and I'd figure I'd share a bit of the math: Total Matches = 125 (80W:45L) Competitive = 96 (57W:39L) Quick Match = 29 (23W:6L) This definitely got me over my aversion to playing competitive. Just as many knuckleheads in comp as in quick play :-D

screenshot of Ryan's Lord Rocket proficiency page

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 22/01/2025

Got this follow-up email today. Not even sure this is the same listing.

LinkedIn falling to parse a jobTitle variable in is form email

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 22/01/2025

"I'm a good boy who definitely deserves some of that brisket you're eating..."

Thor looking absolutely adorable with his paws tucked under his chin.

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 21/01/2025

What's it like applying to jobs in 2025, you wonder? It's bad. Really bad. This is a large tech company with ~50k employees. genAI enshitification sucks.

Terrible application process - unprocessed {:companyName} tag. Same question repeated about 10 times. Don't use AI to write your job postings folks.

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 13/01/2025

Hey Chris, thanks for doing this. @emberdione.bsky.social and I are working on Ghost Hunter Simulator, which will be releasing (perhaps in early access, but releasing none-the-less) in October 2025 - gotta have something spoopy for folks for Halloween!

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 11/01/2025

Morning walk #mushrooms seen out with Thor. Bonus Thor photo because i don't share his silly face enough. Sacramento, CA

Older mushrooms nestled at the foot of a bush

Little orange mushroom poking out of tan bark

Thor the dog demonstrating " Thor wants" to indicate that he would indeed like a milk bone

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 08/01/2025

Before photo for comparison.

Ryan with long hair, right before getting it cut

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 08/01/2025

Got a couple of hairs cut this morning

Ryan with hair shorter than it's been since pre- lock down

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 07/01/2025

Awwww yiiissss... I had already gotten an English one, but he looks so majestic in Japanese #pokemontcgp

Blastoise promo card from Pokémon TCGP in Japanese

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 30/12/2024

Saw this little #mushroom on the morning walk the other day and thought it was fake until I stopped and looked closer at it. Sacramento, CA

A pristine white mushroom found in Sacramento, CA

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 30/12/2024

Squirrel Girl 34:2 on Klyntar. That was a fun match. Bounce, throw nuts, watch the "mighty heroes" on the other team weep! #MarvelRivals

Score board for a Marvel Rivals game in which I got a 34:2 ratio that felt real good - like the old CS or DoD days :-D

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 28/12/2024

Morning walk #mushroom finds in Sacramento, CA

Some sort of oyster mushroom growing from the ground

Mushrooms growing out of the base of a tree

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Ryan Steiner @resteiner.com · 22/12/2024

It felt good to get my first MVP as my all-time favorite Marvel character. Really been enjoying the game for the ~90 minutes or so I've played so far! Screen shot tool didn't interact well with the game, so this is the best image I could get. #HulkMVP #MarvelRivals

My first MVP in a game of Marvel Rivals and I was playing as The Hulk

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