Niema Moshiri
@niema.net
Associate Teaching Professor of Computer Science at UC San Diego, Bioinformatician by training, SD-raised. https://niema.net
I don't remember who it was that manifested the Battery Daddy Black Friday sale, but my batteries are officially daddied 🤌
December 6, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I don't remember who it was that manifested the Battery Daddy Black Friday sale, but my batteries are officially daddied 🤌
Spotted this on my way to campus this morning. Didn't realize the Bioinformatics discourse of text-based genome annotation file formats was so prevalent!
December 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Spotted this on my way to campus this morning. Didn't realize the Bioinformatics discourse of text-based genome annotation file formats was so prevalent!
The MVP made it, so I'm satisfied 🫡
![Lost Odyssey (2008)
[Screenshot from Lost Odyssey]
Like a forgotten Final Fantasy… Lost Odyssey Photograph: Mistwalker
For a brief period, Microsoft was really determined to make the Xbox a thing in Japan. The company tempted a series of storied Japanese developers to make exclusive games for the 360. Most of them sank without trace, but Lost Odyssey is a standout in its genre: it’s about what happens to our humanity in the face of technological revolution. Given that it was directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, a Final Fantasy veteran, it is perhaps unsurprising that it feels like a lost entry in that series.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pjpbkfa23a6tynlj4rh44kq4/bafkreic7jm4guhyixs3hzngyknt5rpa4mckxz5zihiu55jhpord6ybziu4@jpeg)
December 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The MVP made it, so I'm satisfied 🫡
Not sure why I'm getting a 403 error trying to archive the new HHS announcement on @archive.org's Wayback Machine. Bat signal @textfiles.com for help? 👀 www.hhs.gov/press-room/r...
December 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Not sure why I'm getting a 403 error trying to archive the new HHS announcement on @archive.org's Wayback Machine. Bat signal @textfiles.com for help? 👀 www.hhs.gov/press-room/r...
Yummy dinner, and now homemade pumpkin pie 🤌🤤
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Yummy dinner, and now homemade pumpkin pie 🤌🤤
Sir Gobble Gobble says Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃
November 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Sir Gobble Gobble says Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃
Their main site is also insanely cool!! Thanks for sharing; I briefly saw this project previously but forgot to check it out!
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Their main site is also insanely cool!! Thanks for sharing; I briefly saw this project previously but forgot to check it out!
A movie that takes place where you're from
November 24, 2025 at 6:33 AM
A movie that takes place where you're from
My best friends got our baby such amazing gifts for our baby shower 😂 They know me too well 🤌
November 23, 2025 at 5:34 AM
My best friends got our baby such amazing gifts for our baby shower 😂 They know me too well 🤌
Some screenshots from tonight's session of Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth! This game is such a work of art 😍
November 16, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Some screenshots from tonight's session of Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth! This game is such a work of art 😍
This is a real screenshot from the discussion board of the Advanced Data Structures class I'm teaching right now 😂
(the Syllabus mentions that FF7 is my favorite game, and it was a question on the first Reading Quiz to ensure students read the Syllabus)
(the Syllabus mentions that FF7 is my favorite game, and it was a question on the first Reading Quiz to ensure students read the Syllabus)
November 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This is a real screenshot from the discussion board of the Advanced Data Structures class I'm teaching right now 😂
(the Syllabus mentions that FF7 is my favorite game, and it was a question on the first Reading Quiz to ensure students read the Syllabus)
(the Syllabus mentions that FF7 is my favorite game, and it was a question on the first Reading Quiz to ensure students read the Syllabus)
Friendsgiving leftovers and tea for breakfast 🤌
November 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Friendsgiving leftovers and tea for breakfast 🤌
GISAID's rationale is particularly ridiculous given that, as of right now, there are ~17 million SARS-CoV-2 complete genomes on GISAID: the genome sequence is ~30 KB, so we're talking about ~550 GB uncompressed, which I'd estimate ~21 GB gzipped and even smaller for better compression methods
November 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
GISAID's rationale is particularly ridiculous given that, as of right now, there are ~17 million SARS-CoV-2 complete genomes on GISAID: the genome sequence is ~30 KB, so we're talking about ~550 GB uncompressed, which I'd estimate ~21 GB gzipped and even smaller for better compression methods
Had our first in-person guest lecturer in my History of Video Games seminar! Big thanks to Scott Rudi, a Design Director at Respawn Games (previously at @riotgames.com, Psyonix, Wargaming Seattle, Disney Interactive, Red 5, Zipper Interactive, Sierra Online, EA, etc.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u0O...
November 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Had our first in-person guest lecturer in my History of Video Games seminar! Big thanks to Scott Rudi, a Design Director at Respawn Games (previously at @riotgames.com, Psyonix, Wargaming Seattle, Disney Interactive, Red 5, Zipper Interactive, Sierra Online, EA, etc.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u0O...
So ready for laser tag to come back! You're looking at a Level 6 Lasermaster 😎
November 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
So ready for laser tag to come back! You're looking at a Level 6 Lasermaster 😎
Does this count as a mainline Final Fantasy game? 👀👉👈
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Does this count as a mainline Final Fantasy game? 👀👉👈
I'm pretty sure that's the textbook definition of a war crime according to 18 U.S. Code § 2441(d)(1)(D) www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
October 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I'm pretty sure that's the textbook definition of a war crime according to 18 U.S. Code § 2441(d)(1)(D) www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
"Disrupting the Game" by Reggie Fils-Aimé is by far one of my favorite memoirs! Great audiobook, read by him! www.goodreads.com/book/show/58...
"Doom Guy" by @johnromero.bsky.social is also one of my favorites, also read by the author! Highly recommend both www.goodreads.com/book/show/60...
"Doom Guy" by @johnromero.bsky.social is also one of my favorites, also read by the author! Highly recommend both www.goodreads.com/book/show/60...
October 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
"Disrupting the Game" by Reggie Fils-Aimé is by far one of my favorite memoirs! Great audiobook, read by him! www.goodreads.com/book/show/58...
"Doom Guy" by @johnromero.bsky.social is also one of my favorites, also read by the author! Highly recommend both www.goodreads.com/book/show/60...
"Doom Guy" by @johnromero.bsky.social is also one of my favorites, also read by the author! Highly recommend both www.goodreads.com/book/show/60...
I'm listening to "Rise" (Jeff Yang, Phil Yu, Philip Wang), which details the various forms of racism (both systemic and personal) experienced by East and Southeast (and briefly South) Asian Americans, and I really hope we get something similar about the experiences of Middle Eastern Americans
October 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I'm listening to "Rise" (Jeff Yang, Phil Yu, Philip Wang), which details the various forms of racism (both systemic and personal) experienced by East and Southeast (and briefly South) Asian Americans, and I really hope we get something similar about the experiences of Middle Eastern Americans
Literally back-to-back posts on my timeline (those random people in those work vans who were detained are innocent bystanders who are probably feeling pretty hurt right about now) 🤷♂️
October 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Literally back-to-back posts on my timeline (those random people in those work vans who were detained are innocent bystanders who are probably feeling pretty hurt right about now) 🤷♂️
Listened to the audiobook for @markhoppus.bsky.social's memoir "Fahrenheit-182" and I really enjoyed it! I grew up in SD listening to blink-182, and it was cool hearing descriptions of things I experienced (e.g. watching local band open for headliner at SOMA). Super emotional too; highly recommend!!
October 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Listened to the audiobook for @markhoppus.bsky.social's memoir "Fahrenheit-182" and I really enjoyed it! I grew up in SD listening to blink-182, and it was cool hearing descriptions of things I experienced (e.g. watching local band open for headliner at SOMA). Super emotional too; highly recommend!!