William J. C. Shepherd
@arkainnihx.bsky.social
software & game designer & developer; computer scientist
he / they
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he / they
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just tell trump he got greenland. he'll most likely be dead soon, so you probably won't have to keep up the lie for very long. if he asks to visit you can fly him literally anywhere and say it's greenland
January 11, 2026 at 11:30 AM
just tell trump he got greenland. he'll most likely be dead soon, so you probably won't have to keep up the lie for very long. if he asks to visit you can fly him literally anywhere and say it's greenland
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we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
January 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
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Even the Dude would not abide this
January 12, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Even the Dude would not abide this
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Everything you see is procedural, not scaled instances like #bulwark , nope that's meshdata , appended, deformed , mirrored and rewound.
Nautical clay to mold into your own Bulbous Battle Boat.
Nautical clay to mold into your own Bulbous Battle Boat.
January 9, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Everything you see is procedural, not scaled instances like #bulwark , nope that's meshdata , appended, deformed , mirrored and rewound.
Nautical clay to mold into your own Bulbous Battle Boat.
Nautical clay to mold into your own Bulbous Battle Boat.
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turning in a resume that is just a list of the hiring managers family names, ages, and address
December 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
turning in a resume that is just a list of the hiring managers family names, ages, and address
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damn, that's crazy
What did you think would happen when you restricted access to care?
December 9, 2025 at 6:30 AM
damn, that's crazy
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wow cool it’s the worst thing I’ve ever seen i sure hope nobody involved falls down an elevator shaft
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
wow cool it’s the worst thing I’ve ever seen i sure hope nobody involved falls down an elevator shaft
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
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eating 100 gyoza today to spite my haters
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
eating 100 gyoza today to spite my haters
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What if color harmonies were a continuum? Not fixed rules, and you could glide through them just by interpolating?
November 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
What if color harmonies were a continuum? Not fixed rules, and you could glide through them just by interpolating?
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So didn't leave much info but I am generating clean single mesh shapes from 3 little sample chunks. So I can generate a base hull for my Ancient Waves shipeditor. This isn't kitbashing but cleanly copying geometry and reconstructing a welded new shape while retaining vertex colors and smoothing.
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
So didn't leave much info but I am generating clean single mesh shapes from 3 little sample chunks. So I can generate a base hull for my Ancient Waves shipeditor. This isn't kitbashing but cleanly copying geometry and reconstructing a welded new shape while retaining vertex colors and smoothing.
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this is the worst DLC i've ever seen
November 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
this is the worst DLC i've ever seen
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Want to share this again for no reason in particular;
Indie doesn't mean anything at this point! If your 'indie' category covers both Despelote and Expedition 33 then it's barely useful as a description!
(Also 'Kei' and 'Midi' games are cool names)
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...
Indie doesn't mean anything at this point! If your 'indie' category covers both Despelote and Expedition 33 then it's barely useful as a description!
(Also 'Kei' and 'Midi' games are cool names)
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...
By the way, what’s a AA?
Instead of fuzzy labels like 'indie' and 'AA', we propose a new data-driven system to classify video games based on their actual production scope. This new framework reveals the real economic and crea...
hushcrasher.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Want to share this again for no reason in particular;
Indie doesn't mean anything at this point! If your 'indie' category covers both Despelote and Expedition 33 then it's barely useful as a description!
(Also 'Kei' and 'Midi' games are cool names)
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...
Indie doesn't mean anything at this point! If your 'indie' category covers both Despelote and Expedition 33 then it's barely useful as a description!
(Also 'Kei' and 'Midi' games are cool names)
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...
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Being observed today so I guess I'll go through the slit on the left
November 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Being observed today so I guess I'll go through the slit on the left
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I wanted to clarify what I mean by fixed vs. dynamic topology. In game graphics meshes can normally be not merged smoothly because the edges and connectivity is static and holes can't be closed or created. Dynamic topology recomputes the connectivity when needed.
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I wanted to clarify what I mean by fixed vs. dynamic topology. In game graphics meshes can normally be not merged smoothly because the edges and connectivity is static and holes can't be closed or created. Dynamic topology recomputes the connectivity when needed.
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My painting BICYCLE SHADOW.
This is a rare self portrait. I love to bike through all the seasons.
This is a rare self portrait. I love to bike through all the seasons.
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
My painting BICYCLE SHADOW.
This is a rare self portrait. I love to bike through all the seasons.
This is a rare self portrait. I love to bike through all the seasons.
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HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
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A weird Star Wars discourse thing is that people decided Mon Mothma was lib coded when she’s the equivalent of a member of the House of Lords using her family fortune to bankroll the IRA
May 19, 2025 at 2:51 AM
A weird Star Wars discourse thing is that people decided Mon Mothma was lib coded when she’s the equivalent of a member of the House of Lords using her family fortune to bankroll the IRA
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google earth updated their images of gaza. it’s devastating
May 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
google earth updated their images of gaza. it’s devastating
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if a guy says theyre CIA and they want you to DM every girl you ever jacked off to and apologize, Its a scam. Just ruined my life. Thank you
April 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
if a guy says theyre CIA and they want you to DM every girl you ever jacked off to and apologize, Its a scam. Just ruined my life. Thank you
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All I’m reading is “hey be stupid and let a computer cheat for you
Don’t learn and grow, just let a computer do that. Be dumb so high power ppl can control you better”
Don’t learn and grow, just let a computer do that. Be dumb so high power ppl can control you better”
Gonna be real with you, this feels like an advertisement for spiritual death
April 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
All I’m reading is “hey be stupid and let a computer cheat for you
Don’t learn and grow, just let a computer do that. Be dumb so high power ppl can control you better”
Don’t learn and grow, just let a computer do that. Be dumb so high power ppl can control you better”