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A legitimate salvage.

I hack on microcontrollers, games, and 3D-printing projects as well.

itch: aaronpendley.itch.io

Adafruit Playground: https://adafruit-playground.com/u/squid_jpg

Printables: printables.com/@squid_jpg

He/him/any
Denver-ish
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I did it! I made a video game. Introducing Star Captain 32767, a retro-arcade shooter with rogue-lite elements, inspired by games like Galaga and 10000000. The game is free, but if you enjoy it I would really appreciate a small donation!

aaronpendley.itch.io/starcaptain
Star Captain 32767 by squid.jpg/Aaron Pendley
Blash your way through The Hive in this retro-arcade-inspired rogue-lite and score 32767 points to win
aaronpendley.itch.io
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i think it would be funny to throw economists into a volcano
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
wtf is this framing

I don't have any money bro lmao
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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WaPo with the heavy-hitting journalism. Good going, guys. World’s on fire, try a “fart walk.” Pulitzer imminent.
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Turns out you can customize the ESP-NOW remote actions in WLED using a "remote.json" config file which utilizes the JSON API, so yesterday I was able to get my remote to be capable of doing pretty much anything WLED can do, and am no longer limited by the functionality of the Wizmote 😄
Found a cool project with example code for mimicking a WizMote and reprogrammed one of my wifi matrix keypad remotes to control a WLED controller using ESP-NOW
November 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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There has literally never been a universal basic income trial program that didn't deliver real and measurable results above and beyond any other form of social welfare, and every time another concludes with the same findings the powers that be go "interesting! Anyway," and pretend it wouldn't work.
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Regarding the various events of today: lmao
November 22, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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November 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Case in point: I just used the instructions in the third image's instructions to configure a telegraph to work with a computer with an Arduino for Good Game Dev Festival next week! goodgamedev.co.uk

#hamradio #morse #cw #indiedev #games
November 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Alright fine I'll be the next James Bond 🙄
November 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Renowned indie studio Inkle announces something quite different: a found-footage World War 2 code-breaking mystery www.eurogamer.net/renowned-ind...
November 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Time to watch Plumbus
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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No Slot 2 on the DSi? We can fix that.
November 20, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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Open sourced Zork today opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11... and ran it on a swarm of containers in the cloud 😂
Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open Source
Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License.
opensource.microsoft.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Starting to wonder if constantly sharing things that will make you go insane with friends and colleagues is a good way to avoid not going insane.
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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checking in, john carmack is a piece of shit, john romero is the good john
November 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Pluribus and The Beast in Me each feature fantastic actors who play curmudgeonly women and tbh I am here for it
November 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Can't tell if I actually like The Beast in Me or if I just really like Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Now THIS????

is a white man!

this is how you white man!!!!!!!!!
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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literally nobody else in the entire retro computing community I've seen so far has done this, and this is a VERY conservative group. fuck John Carmack.
I just learned that John Carmack misgendered and deadnamed Rebecca Heineman in his "tribute" over on Twitter. He probably thinks it's okay when talking pre-transition days, but FYI, most trans people hate that. Worse, he never calls her "she," switching to "they" for recent memories. Fuck that guy.
November 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
John Carmack sucks ass btw
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Went to see a local theatre troupe this last weekend and I keep thinking about this part of the act where every time one of the characters used the word "apropos" the other character scoffed and made mocking gestures 😂 I don't know why that tickled me so much but I found it hilarious
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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you can always count on Warren for a powerful statement that will never amount to anything
November 20, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Elon Musk always has the same look on his face that my friend's dog gets right after he eats a turd
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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they're allowed to bring this up now that Pelosi is retiring
lol
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 AM