Crow
@crowmaki.bsky.social
Human, software engineer, game developer.
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Saw someone talk about materials literacy and I can’t stop thinking about it. Its the thing that has made people believe all tshirts are the same and should be $5
December 30, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Saw someone talk about materials literacy and I can’t stop thinking about it. Its the thing that has made people believe all tshirts are the same and should be $5
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I can now trace a direct line of cause-and-effect between “I checked out Maplecroft from the library some years ago,” to “I have a new dog.” The world is a wild place.
Update, Redux: This very fine gentledog is on his way to Issaquah, where he will have an acre of property to patrol like a champ. If it works out, he'll stay there ❤️
Details here - and thanks to everyone for all the help! www.cheriepriest.com/blog/a-surpr...
Details here - and thanks to everyone for all the help! www.cheriepriest.com/blog/a-surpr...
December 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I can now trace a direct line of cause-and-effect between “I checked out Maplecroft from the library some years ago,” to “I have a new dog.” The world is a wild place.
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If you're a fan of Ann Leckie and/or Arkady Martine (and why wouldn't you be), and/or discussions of empire and imperialism in science fiction, let me point you towards this conversation between the two on that very topic:
www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
December 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
If you're a fan of Ann Leckie and/or Arkady Martine (and why wouldn't you be), and/or discussions of empire and imperialism in science fiction, let me point you towards this conversation between the two on that very topic:
www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
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Working in games means your answer to the question "If you could do anything you wanted in life, what would it be?" isn't a different career, but the same career in a kinder version of the same industry.
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Working in games means your answer to the question "If you could do anything you wanted in life, what would it be?" isn't a different career, but the same career in a kinder version of the same industry.
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Passengers were significantly more likely to offer their seat when Batman was present (67.21% vs. 37.66%, OR = 3.393, p < 0.001).
November 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Passengers were significantly more likely to offer their seat when Batman was present (67.21% vs. 37.66%, OR = 3.393, p < 0.001).
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There’s an objectively correct answer to this question and it’s from a video game and I’m tired of anyone pretending it’s anything other than the one we all know it is
what’s your favorite line delivery
November 15, 2025 at 2:39 AM
There’s an objectively correct answer to this question and it’s from a video game and I’m tired of anyone pretending it’s anything other than the one we all know it is
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If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
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KINOPHOBIA (and this is the last time I'll link it for at least a day, promise) is out now. Parser/database thriller/interactive fiction/horror/mystery. Movies and gore. $0. brunodias.itch.io/kinophobia
Kinophobia by Bruno Dias
Explore a haunted movie studio. Learn the fates of its tormented souls. End a curse inscribed in blood and celluloid.
brunodias.itch.io
October 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
KINOPHOBIA (and this is the last time I'll link it for at least a day, promise) is out now. Parser/database thriller/interactive fiction/horror/mystery. Movies and gore. $0. brunodias.itch.io/kinophobia
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Quit waving people through intersections when you have the right-of-way. It isn't nice, nice would be you actually following fucking traffic laws
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Quit waving people through intersections when you have the right-of-way. It isn't nice, nice would be you actually following fucking traffic laws
#devtober day 5. Finally got to a point where I'm not just setting up architecture and moving around a grid of dots.
(Sadly, "embedding Lua in my game" isn't particularly screenshottable.)
(Sadly, "embedding Lua in my game" isn't particularly screenshottable.)
October 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
#devtober day 5. Finally got to a point where I'm not just setting up architecture and moving around a grid of dots.
(Sadly, "embedding Lua in my game" isn't particularly screenshottable.)
(Sadly, "embedding Lua in my game" isn't particularly screenshottable.)
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fascinating that "no, the computer is not alive" and "yes, it's questionable to gleefully say anti-computer phrases modeled after racial slurs" are two thoughts people are struggling to reconcile
October 5, 2025 at 4:56 AM
fascinating that "no, the computer is not alive" and "yes, it's questionable to gleefully say anti-computer phrases modeled after racial slurs" are two thoughts people are struggling to reconcile
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Everyone SHUT THE FUCK UP Protomen dropped pre-orders for Act III theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-ii...
October 3, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Everyone SHUT THE FUCK UP Protomen dropped pre-orders for Act III theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-ii...
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October 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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New illustration by Akihiko Yoshida for "Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles"
September 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
New illustration by Akihiko Yoshida for "Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles"
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once upon a time-
#KnightsOfGuinevere
#KnightsOfGuinevere
September 23, 2025 at 1:47 AM
once upon a time-
#KnightsOfGuinevere
#KnightsOfGuinevere
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Hollow Knight - Silksong - A pause from the Hive 🪡
September 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Hollow Knight - Silksong - A pause from the Hive 🪡
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The commonly cited AI water usage statistics are based on a methodology where, if your data center buys green energy from a hydroelectric dam (as lots do, including the hyperscalers), then “natural evaporation of the water from the lake behind the dam” is counted as that data center’s water use.
August 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The commonly cited AI water usage statistics are based on a methodology where, if your data center buys green energy from a hydroelectric dam (as lots do, including the hyperscalers), then “natural evaporation of the water from the lake behind the dam” is counted as that data center’s water use.
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game does bad: layoffs
game does about as expected: layoffs
game does great: layoffs
game does about as expected: layoffs
game does great: layoffs
August 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
game does bad: layoffs
game does about as expected: layoffs
game does great: layoffs
game does about as expected: layoffs
game does great: layoffs
Conservatives in Omelas wondering if maybe they could be even happier by tossing some more kids in the hole
August 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Conservatives in Omelas wondering if maybe they could be even happier by tossing some more kids in the hole
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Do we see how much more effective this is at making the argument for what is good about cities by *showing it* rather than simply standing on an apple crate and proclaiming it?
I just cannot imagine Cuomo or Adams getting this many people, especially people 40 and under, on a beautiful summer Sunday afternoon to do a scavenger hunts accessible by public transit
August 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Do we see how much more effective this is at making the argument for what is good about cities by *showing it* rather than simply standing on an apple crate and proclaiming it?
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Ryoichi Hasegawa on the localisation process for the Japanese version of Ecco the Dolphin (released in June 1993 in Japan):
xcancel.com/rio_hasegawa...
xcancel.com/rio_hasegawa...
August 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Ryoichi Hasegawa on the localisation process for the Japanese version of Ecco the Dolphin (released in June 1993 in Japan):
xcancel.com/rio_hasegawa...
xcancel.com/rio_hasegawa...
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Some numbers I just dropped in one of the threads about "Itch should have already set up a high risk payment processor and been using it": these numbers are from 2010, but to the best of my knowledge have not substantially changed.
August 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Some numbers I just dropped in one of the threads about "Itch should have already set up a high risk payment processor and been using it": these numbers are from 2010, but to the best of my knowledge have not substantially changed.