nickbell 🆗️
@nick.aetheric-games.com
Indie game generalist at Aetheric Games some of the time, and game dev lecturer at Edinburgh College other times. Undercover, queerly neurospicy nerd, attempting to infiltrate the normals with a big coat and a fake moustache. https://aetheric-games.com
I don't hate it. I hate 'c'. Absolute garbage letter.
November 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I don't hate it. I hate 'c'. Absolute garbage letter.
Which I guess means that you're right that they can't be created with any existing letters, but while we're reinventing the alphabet we can fix that. 😅
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Which I guess means that you're right that they can't be created with any existing letters, but while we're reinventing the alphabet we can fix that. 😅
See also 'j' as in 'judge', which is made up of /dʒ/. I.e. "dʒudʒ", where /ʒ/ is the sound in "beige" or "pleasure".
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
See also 'j' as in 'judge', which is made up of /dʒ/. I.e. "dʒudʒ", where /ʒ/ is the sound in "beige" or "pleasure".
'ch' as in 'church' is /tʃ/ in IPA, iirc,which means that its a 't' and a 'sh' run together, like if you try to say "tshurtsh" without stopping between consonants.
(Two letter consonants can get in the bin though. Why write 'sh' when we could write 'ʃ'.)
(Two letter consonants can get in the bin though. Why write 'sh' when we could write 'ʃ'.)
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
'ch' as in 'church' is /tʃ/ in IPA, iirc,which means that its a 't' and a 'sh' run together, like if you try to say "tshurtsh" without stopping between consonants.
(Two letter consonants can get in the bin though. Why write 'sh' when we could write 'ʃ'.)
(Two letter consonants can get in the bin though. Why write 'sh' when we could write 'ʃ'.)
lol, I litterally saw the black swan pic and for a second misinterpreted it as anihilation
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
lol, I litterally saw the black swan pic and for a second misinterpreted it as anihilation
ah, the Tolkien spelling. JRR himself would point out that the correct spelling is "milfs" but of course this more closely evokes the ancient milvish script
November 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
ah, the Tolkien spelling. JRR himself would point out that the correct spelling is "milfs" but of course this more closely evokes the ancient milvish script
Shittlehope burn is (normally) a tiny stream, and the flooded river it's meeting in the pic is the Wear. Saying this only to point out that Weardale is pronounced like Weird-ale, and Shittlehope is like Shittle-up. So the weird ale has shittle up in it.
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Shittlehope burn is (normally) a tiny stream, and the flooded river it's meeting in the pic is the Wear. Saying this only to point out that Weardale is pronounced like Weird-ale, and Shittlehope is like Shittle-up. So the weird ale has shittle up in it.
use this and you won't see them at all 🫡
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November 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
use this and you won't see them at all 🫡
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i used to drink and party and stuff. i still do, but I partly gave it up, sorta. yeah, i'm half-edge
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 AM
i used to drink and party and stuff. i still do, but I partly gave it up, sorta. yeah, i'm half-edge
people who read this and are now letterboxed:
November 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
people who read this and are now letterboxed:
it's not even just how you get it. there it is, got.
November 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
it's not even just how you get it. there it is, got.
You can both be right, is what I mean. AI upscaling can only add fake details that don't exist in the original, if there even was one.
November 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
You can both be right, is what I mean. AI upscaling can only add fake details that don't exist in the original, if there even was one.
Is it real? Absolutely, definitely not.
Was it made by someone prompting a genAI model to create an image from scratch? Or was it made by someone feeding a crappy, mocked-up, low res collage into a genAI and prompting it to make it look like a leaked product shot? Maybe? Who knows? Maybe both?
Was it made by someone prompting a genAI model to create an image from scratch? Or was it made by someone feeding a crappy, mocked-up, low res collage into a genAI and prompting it to make it look like a leaked product shot? Maybe? Who knows? Maybe both?
November 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Is it real? Absolutely, definitely not.
Was it made by someone prompting a genAI model to create an image from scratch? Or was it made by someone feeding a crappy, mocked-up, low res collage into a genAI and prompting it to make it look like a leaked product shot? Maybe? Who knows? Maybe both?
Was it made by someone prompting a genAI model to create an image from scratch? Or was it made by someone feeding a crappy, mocked-up, low res collage into a genAI and prompting it to make it look like a leaked product shot? Maybe? Who knows? Maybe both?
(also the number of times I've heard people say, "it's often wrong about my own area of expertise, but it's right about everything else," is... worrying)
November 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
(also the number of times I've heard people say, "it's often wrong about my own area of expertise, but it's right about everything else," is... worrying)
I wouldn't say that it's "always wrong" but that, because it's *sometimes* wrong, it's *always* unreliable.
If it's correct 99% of the time then that makes it 0% reliable all of the time.
If it's correct 99% of the time then that makes it 0% reliable all of the time.
November 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I wouldn't say that it's "always wrong" but that, because it's *sometimes* wrong, it's *always* unreliable.
If it's correct 99% of the time then that makes it 0% reliable all of the time.
If it's correct 99% of the time then that makes it 0% reliable all of the time.
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The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
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Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
Anyway, not trying to argue - just think it's an interesting difference. :)
November 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Anyway, not trying to argue - just think it's an interesting difference. :)
I agree! Those requirements are so out there as to be basically sci-fi. Like AGI. But:
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(not to say that either are necessarily possible, just that one of them we know what it is and why it might be impossible, and the other one is something that it might not even be possible for a human brain to define what it means)
November 4, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I agree! Those requirements are so out there as to be basically sci-fi. Like AGI. But:
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