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dixonary
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Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Warwick 🏳‍🌈 {they,he}

Interests: Functional programming; theoretical computer science; Indie games; Gamedev; TTRPGs; Doctor Who (I made whodle! 📺)
The guardian here playing on the classic Christmas phrase, "ho ho ho tat"
November 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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November 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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On Saints Row we had a debug npc named Skinballs (lol) that was literally just four spheres wrapped in different shades of skin texture so we could test lighting for different skin tones during development. But teams need to plan for that kind of testing with intentionality, and not enough do.
October 31, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Spooky Express has just launched into Halloween and it's the perfect cozy-spooky puzzler for the long nights.

Take charge of the Spooky Express; the only rail service willing to carry the undead passengers of deepest, darkest Trainsylvania.

spooky.express
October 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE*
WHAT 😱

Mind Diver is our first game. We're a tiny team. I'm crazy proud of our work: an intimate game we dearly wanted to exist.

But we've had almost no press and few streams, so THANK YOU for the words-of-mouth 😭

*in Recent Reviews, but still, wtf🫣
#gamedev #steam #games
October 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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unsafePerformativeMaleIO
performative male (writes haskell)
October 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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October 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
October 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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[extremely bbc news reporter voice] if you think back to the ever given blocking the suez canal, this is similar to that, but on the information superhighway
October 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't
October 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
October 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Doctor: get me one CC of testosterone

Other doctor (from ancient rome): whoa dude 200 is way too much
October 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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It's time to get back to work. Also, we only just found the key for the door again. A new chapter begins...soon.
October 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Lazy evaluation means that you won't get raptured until the very moment where Anubis needs to weigh your soul on the scale
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
A moderately competent person: *exists*

The Guardian: "Watch out, god-emperor alert"
September 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I coin "Don. T. Derangement Syndrome" (9)
September 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Play combinatorial games, win (T(n-1) * n^2) prizes
September 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Starmer sabotaged the one he leaned on! (7)
September 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Thanks for the warning
September 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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it's a common mistake but actually Dr Frankenstein was the monster
September 1, 2025 at 2:31 AM
A COMPUTER
CANNOT BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE

THEREFORE A COMPUTER
MUST NEVER
DO ANYTHING
August 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
guys don't look now but I think U+1F574 MAN IN BUSINESS SUIT LEVITATING is here
August 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Standing desk? I sure hope it is !!!
August 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Words that sound like pokemon but are actually just words?

Quincunx
August 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
They say fear is the mind killer, but they are wrong. The true mind killer is the song "Mr. Mistoffelees" from the musical Cats
August 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM