Roger Braunstein
@partlyhuman.com
Curious person learning to be chill with being bad at things. Made some fun stuff like a multicart for the Suzuki Q-chord and a flashcart for Casio Loopy. 🇨🇦 Lives on an island on the west coast of Canada
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Roger Braunstein
@partlyhuman.com
· Apr 21
I'm delighted to announce my English translation of Puppy Love Story on Casio Loopy, a visual novel penned by Kenji Terada. You can play on real hardware with a Floopy Drive, or emulate with LoopyMSE. I translated the manual as a little bonus too! Prepatched available at archive.org/details/pupp...
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
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i’ve been saying AIs main utility to capitalists is to allow them to bring back all the racism sexism ableism transphobia and every other bigotry under the sun we’ve managed to mitigate in the last century and go “computer did it 🤷♀️” when called out for it
bro are you fucking kidding me
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
i’ve been saying AIs main utility to capitalists is to allow them to bring back all the racism sexism ableism transphobia and every other bigotry under the sun we’ve managed to mitigate in the last century and go “computer did it 🤷♀️” when called out for it
Did I buy 1000xRESIST again? Hekki yes I did.
November 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Did I buy 1000xRESIST again? Hekki yes I did.
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telling my kids this was jimmy buffet
November 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
telling my kids this was jimmy buffet
I started playing Stray Children yesterday (just released on Steam & Switch) and I'm thoroughly charmed. Think Earthbound meets Undertale. The art style is so unique and hand-crafted, the music is funky, and it's simultaneously silly and emotional. Go play!
store.steampowered.com/app/3649490/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3649490/...
Save 10% on Stray Children on Steam
“The Olders, they come to eat the Children…” All of the adults have become monsters, the rumors say. Nowhere is safe outside these walls. Welcome to Stray Children — a bittersweet, fairy tale RPG.
store.steampowered.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I started playing Stray Children yesterday (just released on Steam & Switch) and I'm thoroughly charmed. Think Earthbound meets Undertale. The art style is so unique and hand-crafted, the music is funky, and it's simultaneously silly and emotional. Go play!
store.steampowered.com/app/3649490/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3649490/...
Finished the fourth ending of Silent Hill f, and what an evolving story. I feel awful for anyone who stopped (before or) after the first ending. The pure genius of this series is its ability to transform the most horrific nightmare into a journey of understanding and acceptance.
October 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Finished the fourth ending of Silent Hill f, and what an evolving story. I feel awful for anyone who stopped (before or) after the first ending. The pure genius of this series is its ability to transform the most horrific nightmare into a journey of understanding and acceptance.
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“The biggest US-listed companies keep talking about artificial intelligence. But other than the ‘fear of missing out,’ few appear to be able to describe how the technology is changing their businesses for the better.”
America’s top companies keep talking about AI — but can’t explain the upsides
FT analysis of hundreds of filings suggest the S&P 500 businesses are clearer about the risks than benefits
www.ft.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
“The biggest US-listed companies keep talking about artificial intelligence. But other than the ‘fear of missing out,’ few appear to be able to describe how the technology is changing their businesses for the better.”
Starting to think this guy has a significant cognitive disadvantage
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told analysts that people without smart glasses may one day be at a "significant cognitive disadvantage" compared to those who do use the tech: https://cnn.it/47L2Y5a
September 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Starting to think this guy has a significant cognitive disadvantage
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I forgot to post up my VCFMW table setup yesterday. There were so many lovely folks to chat with and share my love of these systems with.
The lead-up work for conventions is so stressful, but seeing so many folks connect with systems from Japan makes it all worthwhile.
The lead-up work for conventions is so stressful, but seeing so many folks connect with systems from Japan makes it all worthwhile.
September 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I forgot to post up my VCFMW table setup yesterday. There were so many lovely folks to chat with and share my love of these systems with.
The lead-up work for conventions is so stressful, but seeing so many folks connect with systems from Japan makes it all worthwhile.
The lead-up work for conventions is so stressful, but seeing so many folks connect with systems from Japan makes it all worthwhile.
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Free Piano (Not Haunted) @heywhitney.bsky.social takes a new note to cleverness, spookiness & coming of age story. I enjoyed the way this #graphicnovel is written/crafted! PLUS a great read for spooky season but also being true to yourself! Here is a little fan animation I made based off the cvr!
September 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Free Piano (Not Haunted) @heywhitney.bsky.social takes a new note to cleverness, spookiness & coming of age story. I enjoyed the way this #graphicnovel is written/crafted! PLUS a great read for spooky season but also being true to yourself! Here is a little fan animation I made based off the cvr!
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so much is bad right now but the AI stuff in particular is making me insane. a desperate attempt to smother all human creative labor at an absurd cost to the planet by some of the most short-sighted, rapacious, and pathetic people who have ever lived
September 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
so much is bad right now but the AI stuff in particular is making me insane. a desperate attempt to smother all human creative labor at an absurd cost to the planet by some of the most short-sighted, rapacious, and pathetic people who have ever lived
Yeah it was a fun 30 years. My mom got paid 6 figures for writing one-page press releases. My dad had a pension. You simply could not make them understand that their world is gone.
like I can't really do it justice to describe lol, so many articles constantly
boomers didn't seem to understand how we got paid nothing and couldn't afford houses/families with cheap low-rung jobs, insisting we were actually just super lazy and entitled to money we didn't deserve
boomers didn't seem to understand how we got paid nothing and couldn't afford houses/families with cheap low-rung jobs, insisting we were actually just super lazy and entitled to money we didn't deserve
September 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Yeah it was a fun 30 years. My mom got paid 6 figures for writing one-page press releases. My dad had a pension. You simply could not make them understand that their world is gone.
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Sometimes you read a headline from the opening montage of a horror film.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
New Ebola outbreak in Congo will be test for weakened global health system after Trump cuts
In previous Ebola outbreaks in Africa, the United States played a crucial role in providing funds and medical specialists to help end the crises
www.theglobeandmail.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Sometimes you read a headline from the opening montage of a horror film.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
ABUS URBAN SKURB MIPS
My wife bought a new bike helmet, the abus urban skurb mips.
That sure is a series of letters that may be words.
That sure is a series of letters that may be words.
September 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
ABUS URBAN SKURB MIPS
Sometimes you read a headline from the opening montage of a horror film.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
New Ebola outbreak in Congo will be test for weakened global health system after Trump cuts
In previous Ebola outbreaks in Africa, the United States played a crucial role in providing funds and medical specialists to help end the crises
www.theglobeandmail.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Sometimes you read a headline from the opening montage of a horror film.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
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RFK, Jr. is a dangerous psychopath. @standupforscience.bsky.social are currently in the process of trying to get congress to impeach him. Sign the petition plus if you give them three bucks, they will hand deliver a quack-o-gram to your house representative:
www.standupforscience.net/quack-o-grams
www.standupforscience.net/quack-o-grams
September 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
RFK, Jr. is a dangerous psychopath. @standupforscience.bsky.social are currently in the process of trying to get congress to impeach him. Sign the petition plus if you give them three bucks, they will hand deliver a quack-o-gram to your house representative:
www.standupforscience.net/quack-o-grams
www.standupforscience.net/quack-o-grams
I keep thinking about how a couple weeks ago, i was settling up with a contractor who quoted me $300 and gave me a 10% discount, and I go "oh that makes it easy, so $270 yeah?" and he looks at me like I just grew a third arm, unable to speak, for a few moments before punching it in his iphone. 😟
September 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I keep thinking about how a couple weeks ago, i was settling up with a contractor who quoted me $300 and gave me a 10% discount, and I go "oh that makes it easy, so $270 yeah?" and he looks at me like I just grew a third arm, unable to speak, for a few moments before punching it in his iphone. 😟
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I keep thinking about Puppy Love Story for the Casio Loopy. It's got to be one of the most unexpected, wildly entertaining games I've played in years. And surprisingly poignant, too. That alone made getting a Loopy worth it.
August 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I keep thinking about Puppy Love Story for the Casio Loopy. It's got to be one of the most unexpected, wildly entertaining games I've played in years. And surprisingly poignant, too. That alone made getting a Loopy worth it.
Life is for the living. Just ask this dead guy
September 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Life is for the living. Just ask this dead guy
Now THAT'S picture-in-picture!
Absolutely incredible CRT for sale at this Chinese grocery store if anyone has 500 bucks laying around
September 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Now THAT'S picture-in-picture!
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The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
September 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
This is an excellent primer on lowercase-w welfare and realistic means of poverty reduction under capitalism. I'm ashamed to admit I thought it was more of a complex problem but this really breaks it down. (The ideas are far from new, they're just explained well)
"In fact, the extent to which a society has low poverty seems to be almost inversely related to how much of their welfare state is specifically focused on “the poor” through means-tested benefits." www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/08/29/t...
The Simple Math of Poverty
Poverty is just not as exciting as people want it to be.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
September 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This is an excellent primer on lowercase-w welfare and realistic means of poverty reduction under capitalism. I'm ashamed to admit I thought it was more of a complex problem but this really breaks it down. (The ideas are far from new, they're just explained well)
Alternative hypotheses supported by the same data: intellectually incurious people are less likely to understand AI (or anything else) and more likely to use shortcuts such as AI.
The study didn't, for example, see how people acted after being educated about AI, so we only have correlation...
The study didn't, for example, see how people acted after being educated about AI, so we only have correlation...
So new studies showcase that the more you know how GenAi works, the less likely you are to use it! 😌
This reminds me of ai advocates who claim that those who refuse to use GenAi do so because they dont know how it works, yet it’s the opposite!
The less you know the more you are likely to use GenAi
This reminds me of ai advocates who claim that those who refuse to use GenAi do so because they dont know how it works, yet it’s the opposite!
The less you know the more you are likely to use GenAi
The Less You Know About AI, the More You Are Likely to Use It
AI can seem magical to those with low AI literacy, a new study finds. That, in turn, might make them more willing to try it.
www.wsj.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Alternative hypotheses supported by the same data: intellectually incurious people are less likely to understand AI (or anything else) and more likely to use shortcuts such as AI.
The study didn't, for example, see how people acted after being educated about AI, so we only have correlation...
The study didn't, for example, see how people acted after being educated about AI, so we only have correlation...
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I have no fucking clue why the rest of this country is even allowing this happen. Alberta is not a state. This shit is not up to them. None of this should be enforceable, which tells me if it actually happens it's just voluntarily being done on their own. Absolute horse shit #political
This week, two of Alberta's three anti-trans laws officially went into effect.
As of Sept. 1, trans women and girls are banned from women’s sports, and parents will be informed if a student chooses to go by a different name or pronoun at school.
As of Sept. 1, trans women and girls are banned from women’s sports, and parents will be informed if a student chooses to go by a different name or pronoun at school.
Alberta’s trans sports ban and pronoun policy are now officially in effect | Xtra Magazine
As of Sept. 1, two of Alberta premier Danielle Smith’s three anti-trans laws passed last year are being enforced
xtramagazine.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I have no fucking clue why the rest of this country is even allowing this happen. Alberta is not a state. This shit is not up to them. None of this should be enforceable, which tells me if it actually happens it's just voluntarily being done on their own. Absolute horse shit #political