Dom
@aghdom.eu
Dom • he/him • coder • maker • enthusiast
micro-blog: https://current.aghdom.eu
blog/wiki/thing: https://aghdom.eu/garden
micro-blog: https://current.aghdom.eu
blog/wiki/thing: https://aghdom.eu/garden
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Love being able to make silly stickers of my and my friends’ blorbos
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Love being able to make silly stickers of my and my friends’ blorbos
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“Just make it exist!” Isn’t that simple, and neither is “making it good.”
I know the left hand graphic has been making the rounds and is meant as motivation, but as a frequent victim of Scope Creep, please learn from my mistakes 😂🥲
I know the left hand graphic has been making the rounds and is meant as motivation, but as a frequent victim of Scope Creep, please learn from my mistakes 😂🥲
August 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
“Just make it exist!” Isn’t that simple, and neither is “making it good.”
I know the left hand graphic has been making the rounds and is meant as motivation, but as a frequent victim of Scope Creep, please learn from my mistakes 😂🥲
I know the left hand graphic has been making the rounds and is meant as motivation, but as a frequent victim of Scope Creep, please learn from my mistakes 😂🥲
Finished Wiktopher by Rek Bell and wrote a short review of it. I really enjoyed it, and will probably continue exploring the Sonoran Desert in my sketches for some time yet! My two-word summary would be - playful and heart-felt!
June 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Finished Wiktopher by Rek Bell and wrote a short review of it. I really enjoyed it, and will probably continue exploring the Sonoran Desert in my sketches for some time yet! My two-word summary would be - playful and heart-felt!
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I think this is the first time I've lived walking distance from a grocery store and I'm out of my mind about it. I'll walk there several times a day. Oh did I forget to grab something? No big deal I'll simply Walk To The Store
May 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I think this is the first time I've lived walking distance from a grocery store and I'm out of my mind about it. I'll walk there several times a day. Oh did I forget to grab something? No big deal I'll simply Walk To The Store
I'm so glad this was my first attempt, so I can just let it go & not become addicted to this game again 😅
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I just scored 63,888 on a game of at://2048.
Think you can do better? Join in on the fun with @2048.blue.
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I just scored 63,888 on a game of at://2048.
Think you can do better? Join in on the fun with @2048.blue.
May 4, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I'm so glad this was my first attempt, so I can just let it go & not become addicted to this game again 😅
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I just scored 63,888 on a game of at://2048.
Think you can do better? Join in on the fun with @2048.blue.
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I just scored 63,888 on a game of at://2048.
Think you can do better? Join in on the fun with @2048.blue.
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I need to get back to the NOVA card game. @nightjargames.bsky.social made some really cool mockups and I just need to finish the dang thing.
May 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I need to get back to the NOVA card game. @nightjargames.bsky.social made some really cool mockups and I just need to finish the dang thing.
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When I was in Ireland, the museum was free but they had this thing you could tap (credit card or presumably phone/watch) & auto donate 5 Euro.
Was thinking - it would be nice if there was a similar thing for artists to use at events?
Was thinking - it would be nice if there was a similar thing for artists to use at events?
May 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
When I was in Ireland, the museum was free but they had this thing you could tap (credit card or presumably phone/watch) & auto donate 5 Euro.
Was thinking - it would be nice if there was a similar thing for artists to use at events?
Was thinking - it would be nice if there was a similar thing for artists to use at events?
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Thinking about "text using propaganda register of x to convey anti-x ideas" generally.
I do find that disclaimers of various kinds (which includes "looming context") aesthetically dissatisfying ... Often necessary, and I used them myself all the time. But they puncture the LARP-y conceit.
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I do find that disclaimers of various kinds (which includes "looming context") aesthetically dissatisfying ... Often necessary, and I used them myself all the time. But they puncture the LARP-y conceit.
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In a new column, Rowan starts hacking away at the pile of review copies that have been staring her down. In this first installment, she examines Battle School, wades into the waters of game design theory, and asks if games can be social critique just because they say they are.
Rowan’s Pile of Game: Battle School and the Looming Context
Can a game be a critique just because it says so?
www.rascal.news
May 1, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Thinking about "text using propaganda register of x to convey anti-x ideas" generally.
I do find that disclaimers of various kinds (which includes "looming context") aesthetically dissatisfying ... Often necessary, and I used them myself all the time. But they puncture the LARP-y conceit.
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I do find that disclaimers of various kinds (which includes "looming context") aesthetically dissatisfying ... Often necessary, and I used them myself all the time. But they puncture the LARP-y conceit.
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Have you read the paper that introduced the "Turing test"? You know, by Alan Turing. One of the great minds of computing?
No?
It's… distressingly bad. Hilariously, mind-numbingly, hair-pullingly bad.
One of the most widely circulated ideas of our field is, in fact, a total face-plant.
No?
It's… distressingly bad. Hilariously, mind-numbingly, hair-pullingly bad.
One of the most widely circulated ideas of our field is, in fact, a total face-plant.
April 27, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Have you read the paper that introduced the "Turing test"? You know, by Alan Turing. One of the great minds of computing?
No?
It's… distressingly bad. Hilariously, mind-numbingly, hair-pullingly bad.
One of the most widely circulated ideas of our field is, in fact, a total face-plant.
No?
It's… distressingly bad. Hilariously, mind-numbingly, hair-pullingly bad.
One of the most widely circulated ideas of our field is, in fact, a total face-plant.
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I know this has been talked about, but they’re rolling out the ‘edit image with grok’ thing for mobile users on Twitter(the option came up on my iPad). More randos can play with any artwork you upload. I know some artist friends still use the site, so be careful out there!
April 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I know this has been talked about, but they’re rolling out the ‘edit image with grok’ thing for mobile users on Twitter(the option came up on my iPad). More randos can play with any artwork you upload. I know some artist friends still use the site, so be careful out there!
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Playing Blue Prince:
April 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Playing Blue Prince:
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Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Unfortunately they’re dooming the rest of us who did learn too.
March 18, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Unfortunately they’re dooming the rest of us who did learn too.
(Yes, I'm still not dead) Can I just say, that I truly appreciate when people/companies send you an e-mail about re-evaluating your subscription to their mailing list? Thank you, yes I haven't been reading your e-mails, I probably can just unsubscribe and save storage and compute on both ends!
February 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
(Yes, I'm still not dead) Can I just say, that I truly appreciate when people/companies send you an e-mail about re-evaluating your subscription to their mailing list? Thank you, yes I haven't been reading your e-mails, I probably can just unsubscribe and save storage and compute on both ends!
Finished reading High Conflict by Amanda Ripley. It was a very eye-opening read, one that I believe everyone should go read in our polarized day and age. Seriously, find a copy and go read it!
December 29, 2024 at 11:59 AM
Finished reading High Conflict by Amanda Ripley. It was a very eye-opening read, one that I believe everyone should go read in our polarized day and age. Seriously, find a copy and go read it!
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You can measure an economy's actual, real life, concrete health by: are people able to do their own weird shit?
Do they have money to survive doing their weird shit? Do they have the free time to do that weird shit?
Fuck the metrics, just look for the dirtbags and artists and musicians and writers
Do they have money to survive doing their weird shit? Do they have the free time to do that weird shit?
Fuck the metrics, just look for the dirtbags and artists and musicians and writers
December 16, 2024 at 12:22 PM
You can measure an economy's actual, real life, concrete health by: are people able to do their own weird shit?
Do they have money to survive doing their weird shit? Do they have the free time to do that weird shit?
Fuck the metrics, just look for the dirtbags and artists and musicians and writers
Do they have money to survive doing their weird shit? Do they have the free time to do that weird shit?
Fuck the metrics, just look for the dirtbags and artists and musicians and writers
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Ted Chiang:
"The task that generative A.I. has been most successful at is lowering our expectations, both of the things we read and of ourselves when we write [...]. It is a fundamentally dehumanizing technology because it treats us as less than what we are: creators and apprehenders of meaning."
"The task that generative A.I. has been most successful at is lowering our expectations, both of the things we read and of ourselves when we write [...]. It is a fundamentally dehumanizing technology because it treats us as less than what we are: creators and apprehenders of meaning."
December 17, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Ted Chiang:
"The task that generative A.I. has been most successful at is lowering our expectations, both of the things we read and of ourselves when we write [...]. It is a fundamentally dehumanizing technology because it treats us as less than what we are: creators and apprehenders of meaning."
"The task that generative A.I. has been most successful at is lowering our expectations, both of the things we read and of ourselves when we write [...]. It is a fundamentally dehumanizing technology because it treats us as less than what we are: creators and apprehenders of meaning."
I'm still here, end of the year rush is getting the best of me though. I still have plans for my site and some things that I've started writing that need to be finished. I'll try to get some writing done soon. In the meantime, I've managed to catch the library up to speed
December 17, 2024 at 11:06 AM
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"The forest and the desert" is such a beautiful metaphor for how organizations craft software. I love the emphasis on community. The idea that conversations are everywhere when a team works in a forest, and that the path out of the desert also begins by having conversations with your peers.
Kent Beck & Beth Andres-Beck - We're Good At Writing Software [Keynote]
YouTube video by Øredev Conference
youtu.be
December 15, 2024 at 8:56 PM
"The forest and the desert" is such a beautiful metaphor for how organizations craft software. I love the emphasis on community. The idea that conversations are everywhere when a team works in a forest, and that the path out of the desert also begins by having conversations with your peers.
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Why independent researchers don't work openly
https://www.todepond.com/sky/the-problem-with-independent-researchers/why
https://www.todepond.com/sky/the-problem-with-independent-researchers/why
Todepond dot com
www.todepond.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Why independent researchers don't work openly
https://www.todepond.com/sky/the-problem-with-independent-researchers/why
https://www.todepond.com/sky/the-problem-with-independent-researchers/why
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Companies break promises all the time. A self-guaranteeing promise does not require you to trust anyone.
Full essay:
stephango.com/self-guarantee
Full essay:
stephango.com/self-guarantee
December 3, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Companies break promises all the time. A self-guaranteeing promise does not require you to trust anyone.
Full essay:
stephango.com/self-guarantee
Full essay:
stephango.com/self-guarantee
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The @inkandswitch.com team is looking to hire a C++ engineer who has worked on the Godot game engine IDE, researching new approaches to collaborative game development.
Read the full job posting here www.notion.so/inkandswitch...
Read the full job posting here www.notion.so/inkandswitch...
Notion – The all-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.
A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team
www.notion.so
November 28, 2024 at 6:17 AM
The @inkandswitch.com team is looking to hire a C++ engineer who has worked on the Godot game engine IDE, researching new approaches to collaborative game development.
Read the full job posting here www.notion.so/inkandswitch...
Read the full job posting here www.notion.so/inkandswitch...
Added a library section to my site, so that I have a place to collect my thoughts on books I've read. It's half-empty right now, but I'm slowly fixing that.
November 27, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Added a library section to my site, so that I have a place to collect my thoughts on books I've read. It's half-empty right now, but I'm slowly fixing that.
Very nicely put! This reflects my own philosophy when working on my recent projects.
It's also one of the reasons why I migrated from other note-taking apps to Obsidian.
It's also one of the reasons why I migrated from other note-taking apps to Obsidian.
November 26, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Very nicely put! This reflects my own philosophy when working on my recent projects.
It's also one of the reasons why I migrated from other note-taking apps to Obsidian.
It's also one of the reasons why I migrated from other note-taking apps to Obsidian.