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Tim Kane (ⵜⵉⵎoⵜⵀⵢ ⴽⴰⵏⴻ) 🏳️‍🌈
@tim-rex.bsky.social
Hobby game dev tech tools and rendering enginer (translation: total hack with a bunch of incomplete and largely unimpressive tech demos)

@tim_rex_ in the other place

The idea that my views would not be my own is horrifying. Nuff said
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Tomorrow is #OneSpecialDay, and you may ask why SpecialEffect needs your help.

The support we provide to physically disabled people all over the world is 100% free. For life. And we’re able to provide this because of the incredible generosity of our supporters!

Buy. Play. Donate. Friday 3rd Oct!
October 2, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Whoo! 📌
v1.108 is rolling out today 🚚

Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to!

Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇
September 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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A bunch of SSDs are apparently failing after a recent Windows patch.

Microsoft says it’s not them, and their metrics aren’t showing any abnormal increases in hardware failures.

Phison, a component manufacturer commonly used in many of the drives that are failing, say they can’t repro any issue.
September 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
August 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Bahaha I set up some Google alerts the other day, and just now found them all in my gmail spam folder. #owngoal
August 28, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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To Australians concerned about the under-16 social media ban, especially after seeing the effects of the UK's Online Safety, I emailed Electronic Frontiers Australia and they suggested contacting your local MP, senator, or to the minister behind it, Anika Wells.
www.anikawells.com.au/contact/
August 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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If you're not familiar, the bill in question here was pushed through in about a week with hardly any consultations and was very problematically worded.

A number of orgs, including Electronic Frontiers Australia, condemned it. #FreeSpeech #australia
endesafety.au Contrary to their name, there have been times when the FSU have said things to the detriment of free speech, however, they are right here. Julie generally behaves like a censorious politician. #FreeSpeech #australia
End ESafety
endesafety.au
August 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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I personally feel - based off EFF / Electronic Frontiers Australia - that it was rushed as a smokescreen for pushing digital ID to access social media on everyone, and eliminate anonymity. It opens the door to 'we all have to prove we're not 16.' I hope I'm wrong!!
November 27, 2024 at 8:16 AM
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Electronic Frontiers Australia has taken a big swing at Australia's teen social media ban tech trial, with EFA chair John Pane saying there are "serious concerns about the project's methodology".

The trial has finished its report and given it to government, but is not yet public
August 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Beginning to see the implications of this in UK and Mississippi..of course it won’t work, it was never about that
wired.com WIRED @wired.com · Aug 18
As Australia rolls out a ban on social media for kids under 16, tech companies face steep fines and teens face life without TikTok, Instagram, and other platforms. Will it work?
The Tweens Down Under: Life Without Social Media in Australia
As Australia rolls out a ban on social media for kids under 16, tech companies face steep fines and teens face life without TikTok, Instagram, and other platforms. Will it work?
wrd.cm
August 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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the other wrinkle in all these "we're banning porn for UK users!" and "bluesky isn't available in mississippi" stories that no one seems to be talking about:
geo-ip is inaccurate as shit, even before VPNs get involved. you can't just detect where people are with any kind of consistency
August 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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This is good. Saying we fucked up is the hardest thing to do and I credit Wired for talking about this directly.

It was kind of ironic this dropped the same day they published that story about sending one of their employees to AI vibe code or whatever lol
How WIRED Got Rolled by an AI Freelancer
We retracted a story in May. Here’s what happened.
www.wired.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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when we first picked up a crayon as kids, we were all dreaming of Productivity to make Products with Endless Generative Content for Consumption by Consumers
June 5, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Software Estimation is a response to a range of often unexamined questions, and it's rarely the best answer to any. Yet many hold onto it like a life preserver. Why it falls short and alternatives.
Estimation does not help us learn how well our software will meet its aims; putting software into use does.
Software Estimation is a response to a range of often unexamined questions, and it's rarely the best answer to any. Yet many hold onto it like a life preserver. Why it falls short and alternatives.
wioota.substack.com
May 12, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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🎵HEAD LIKE A HOLE, BLACK AS YOUR SOUL🎵
May 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Really hope this new Mario Kart Workd isn’t fully unlocked..

MK8 Deluxe held zero interest for me, no sense of progression/reward
April 3, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Found out the hard way.. not all pool side umbrellas are UV protective 🥵 🍖 🔥 🦞
April 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I swear the news presenter just signed off an interview with “thank you very much for sharing your insides with us” and.. eww lol
March 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Can confirm
observation from working on a few solo side projects over the years - these things are incredibly slow, not because of the "solo" part, but because of the "side" part (the "solo" part in fact helps balance it out a bit).
March 19, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Do I dare let myself get excited about this? Buffy!!!
Sarah Michelle Gellar has released a statement on this week's BUFFY reboot news:
February 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This is awesome! Wow. Labo ain’t got nothing on this!
Found on Reddit: This man makes futuristic cardboard weapons 🤯 Anyone know who this is so I can follow? Probably the coolest and most creative thing I’ve seen all year.

#artsandcrafts #diy #funny
February 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Damn you BG3… getting absolutely demolished by Myrkul 💀 I hate it
February 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Dear America. Please update your spam laws to require explicit opt-in consent + confirmation to mailing lists. With thanks, ROW
January 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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January 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM