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all 72 deaths were avoidable.

but, you know, profit and all that.

@jalcine Great post, and got me wondering how to turn it into action. In many ways, as consumers we're closer to (some) brands than ever before, and should exploit this - maybe a set of base questions to slowly poke and prod producers via social media with?

Today is largely hacking fixes around the 32-bit 2038 date problem.

I mean, it's a slight pain today, but that's actually REALLY COOL that we're thinking ahead 14 years, rather than the usual 14 weeks.

I'd better have a silver jumpsuit and endless forest by the time this fix becomes essential.

@neauoire Pretty sure this is how the Wicker Man starts.

OK Ubuntu 24 you noble numbat, let's see what you've got.

(Mostly the same amount of glitch as 22 so far, which I'm taking as a win.)

@orbific Aye exactly - the problem is we've (still) succumbed to labeling, and there are only really 4-5 labels (politically speaking) to fit across the huge, complex Thing that is Society. It entirely prevents engagement, and from what I can see, a fair bit of the "right" anger towards the "left" is a stance against similar labelism (albeit often countered through another set of labels).

@simsa03 Haha, yes - easier to delete in another 5 years' time ;) I've started either bookmarking longer articles into a "To Read" folder and using the "Random bookmark" extension to pick through them slowly, or sending articles to my Kindle for reading.

@orbific Same with the UK tbh. IMHO, I feel like I'm pressured to "hate" the other side, whichever side I'm on (and vice versa). In reality, I find there's a lot more overlap and nuance when I talk to someone of differing political views. But so long as the discourse is seen as antagonistic, the echo chamber will prevail.

Got my browser tab count down to 15. How'd I manage that? First time in a long time.

On desktop, at least. Another 30 on phone.

Remember kids, spend time looking after your friends and family, and decluttering your digitals.

@adrianh Weirdly *just* sharing pictures of Sussex campus with a bunch of brutalism fans on discord, and realising how much that place ma have shaped my policy and aesthetic.

"Ghost orchid" is such a great name.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/cvg3pv27vnro

@orbific oho, does sound intriguing. Does it cover the UK? Or would I just need to have a US-only audience...?

@tinydoctor Nobody is really talking about that _fundamental_ level of knowledge that underlies "good" use of assistant services and tools, I think. ie the difference between the tools replacing thinking, vs augmenting them. It's just not part of the discussion, which is a shame. I really enjoy books as a way to cement the overview, but I use search engines (and IDEs) so I don't have to remember syntax.

So maybe that's the start of a more critical approach to tool use...

The devlog posts on Atlantic '41, a #playdate submarine simulation game, are always such a treat: https://stephanrewind.itch.io/atlantic-41/devlog/789676/first-blood

> new post: 'Goodbye old ‘phones'

https://6days.exmosis.net/2024/08/28/goodbye-old-phones/

@tomasino Nice that there's some choice in the market now 😅

@kat Glad it's not just me thinking this. But cheese and onion is obviously green, while yellow is reserved for curry sauce (my new favourite).

Is "I asked chatgpt about it" the new "Let me google it for you"?

@gustav Personally, I'd say that space is a lot, lot busier these days than 2010, not just with physics-based games coming out, but with Mario Kart etc raising the bar - any game has to really catch people's attention, and quadruply so to get a core of simultaneous players.

If there's a core to it that you still enjoy (and want to commit to), then maybe it's worth revisiting it with a fresh perspective, to consider what you'd do differently and want to play in the current games landscape?

@gustav What's your intended audience, and what does the game offer that they can't get elsewhere? Can you get (more) feedback from players and potential players as to what's good / bad? How much time do you want to put into it? How do *you* feel when playing it, honestly?