Mark
@deviousmalcontent.bsky.social
Systems Programmer, game dev wannabe. Big box & retro collector and someone who still uses floppy disks.
Gitlab recently updated their layout, and normally when a website updates its layout, I complain, whinge and whine about it, but this is one of the rare times I can actually say that I think the new layout is better.
November 15, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Gitlab recently updated their layout, and normally when a website updates its layout, I complain, whinge and whine about it, but this is one of the rare times I can actually say that I think the new layout is better.
When I get my steam cube, I'm going to make mine look like a NeXTcube, (with face plate and decals) and run doom on it.
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
When I get my steam cube, I'm going to make mine look like a NeXTcube, (with face plate and decals) and run doom on it.
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I know what my custom faceplate will be for the new Steam Cube already
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I know what my custom faceplate will be for the new Steam Cube already
Had no idea Monolith was the original creator of RAGE engine!
November 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Had no idea Monolith was the original creator of RAGE engine!
Once you read it like this you can't unread it.
November 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Once you read it like this you can't unread it.
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'Breaking Bad' Creator Hates AI, Promises New Show 'Pluribus' Was 'Made By Humans'
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/25/11/09/047221/breaking-bad-creator-hates-ai-promises-new-show-pluribus-was-made-by-humans?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
'Breaking Bad' Creator Hates AI, Promises New Show 'Pluribus' Was 'Made By Humans'
The new series from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, Pluribus, was emphatically made by humans, not AI, reports TechCrunch:
If you watched all the way to the end of the new Apple TV show "Pluribus," you may have noticed an unusual disclaimer in the credits: "This show was made by humans." Tha...
entertainment.slashdot.org
November 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
'Breaking Bad' Creator Hates AI, Promises New Show 'Pluribus' Was 'Made By Humans'
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/25/11/09/047221/breaking-bad-creator-hates-ai-promises-new-show-pluribus-was-made-by-humans?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
When the drive through lady at the McDonald's comes out for the third or fourth time and brings you an incorrect order and reads out what's in the bag, and you have to repeat again what you ordered and you've already forgotten...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=55YO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=55YO...
Pedro Pascal Crying With space song
YouTube video by Han Yakuza
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:50 AM
When the drive through lady at the McDonald's comes out for the third or fourth time and brings you an incorrect order and reads out what's in the bag, and you have to repeat again what you ordered and you've already forgotten...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=55YO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=55YO...
copilot is a social network. the Australian government should ban copilot.
November 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
copilot is a social network. the Australian government should ban copilot.
The good news for this evening is that my first (production deployed) pipeline is now building... 🤠
ok, down the CI/CD rabbit hole now...
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The good news for this evening is that my first (production deployed) pipeline is now building... 🤠
I regret installing Visual Studio code to complete a small task because I've had about four or five popups asking me to use AI and I want to die.
November 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I regret installing Visual Studio code to complete a small task because I've had about four or five popups asking me to use AI and I want to die.
The subscription feed on the YouTube app for my TV changed from being in chronological order to now having a "most relevant" section which is affected by an algorithm.
[Picture of a lazy guy hunched over on the couch drinking beer and looking beaten by the world meme.jpeg]
[Picture of a lazy guy hunched over on the couch drinking beer and looking beaten by the world meme.jpeg]
November 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The subscription feed on the YouTube app for my TV changed from being in chronological order to now having a "most relevant" section which is affected by an algorithm.
[Picture of a lazy guy hunched over on the couch drinking beer and looking beaten by the world meme.jpeg]
[Picture of a lazy guy hunched over on the couch drinking beer and looking beaten by the world meme.jpeg]
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Windows 11 continues to be
November 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Windows 11 continues to be
Wouldn't it just be easier to simply not have the AI on, by default? Like maybe, perhaps wait for a use case? (e.g. wait for it to become useful) No? Why not?
community.atlassian.com/forums/Confl...
community.atlassian.com/forums/Confl...
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Wouldn't it just be easier to simply not have the AI on, by default? Like maybe, perhaps wait for a use case? (e.g. wait for it to become useful) No? Why not?
community.atlassian.com/forums/Confl...
community.atlassian.com/forums/Confl...
Just ask the AI to do the Zoom... 🤷♂️
November 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Just ask the AI to do the Zoom... 🤷♂️
forum.gitlab.com/t/how-to-cre...
This is a great post from st.loomans,
Because, they have taken the time to document their attempts at troubleshooting\try and solve their own issue, so you can't be cynical about it, just an interesting limitation of markdown syntax.
This is a great post from st.loomans,
Because, they have taken the time to document their attempts at troubleshooting\try and solve their own issue, so you can't be cynical about it, just an interesting limitation of markdown syntax.
How to create imagemap in gitlab markdown file
Desired result a clickable image in a markdown-file on the gitlab platform. example in html : https://jsfiddle.net/abvjgwhy/ Attempt 1 : SVG - Built in links - with markdown code it is possible to...
forum.gitlab.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
forum.gitlab.com/t/how-to-cre...
This is a great post from st.loomans,
Because, they have taken the time to document their attempts at troubleshooting\try and solve their own issue, so you can't be cynical about it, just an interesting limitation of markdown syntax.
This is a great post from st.loomans,
Because, they have taken the time to document their attempts at troubleshooting\try and solve their own issue, so you can't be cynical about it, just an interesting limitation of markdown syntax.
ok, down the CI/CD rabbit hole now...
November 3, 2025 at 3:31 AM
ok, down the CI/CD rabbit hole now...
As a counter to the phrase "you will own nothing and be happy", with AI generated content, nothing generated would be *worth* owning....
November 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
As a counter to the phrase "you will own nothing and be happy", with AI generated content, nothing generated would be *worth* owning....
When I migrated over to blue skies, I made a promise to myself that I'd try and be less aggravated about annoying and uncontrollable tech stuff, but here I am breaking that promise, I feel better that I had my little rant though.
November 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
When I migrated over to blue skies, I made a promise to myself that I'd try and be less aggravated about annoying and uncontrollable tech stuff, but here I am breaking that promise, I feel better that I had my little rant though.
I cannot believe that in the current year 2025 the absolute complete fucking insanity that is I need to reinstall the Instagram app to update the fucking website URL on my profile, are you fucking kidding me? Because for some stupid inane reason, I can't do it from the web? what the actual fuck...
November 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I cannot believe that in the current year 2025 the absolute complete fucking insanity that is I need to reinstall the Instagram app to update the fucking website URL on my profile, are you fucking kidding me? Because for some stupid inane reason, I can't do it from the web? what the actual fuck...
One company that I would really like to work for, is Sony entertainment, not because I like them or anything I just really want to fix their fucking stupid login portal...
November 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
One company that I would really like to work for, is Sony entertainment, not because I like them or anything I just really want to fix their fucking stupid login portal...
My biggest complaint about Alien Earth so far is that every song that starts to play at the end of every episode, I can easily identify almost immediately, like "oh heck, that's Jane's Addiction, Tool or Smashing Pumpkins" etc. but I've got to give props to whoever picked the soundtrack though... 👌
October 31, 2025 at 9:56 AM
My biggest complaint about Alien Earth so far is that every song that starts to play at the end of every episode, I can easily identify almost immediately, like "oh heck, that's Jane's Addiction, Tool or Smashing Pumpkins" etc. but I've got to give props to whoever picked the soundtrack though... 👌
Great news! this is well deserved for Microsoft.
Australia Sues Microsoft Over AI-linked Subscription Price Hikes
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/10/27/1540239/australia-sues-microsoft-over-ai-linked-subscription-price-hikes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Australia Sues Microsoft Over AI-linked Subscription Price Hikes
Australia's competition regulator sued Microsoft today, accusing it of misleading millions of customers into paying higher prices for its Microsoft 365 software after bundling it with AI tool Copilot. From a report: The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission alleged that from October 2024, t...
yro.slashdot.org
October 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Great news! this is well deserved for Microsoft.
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It's still an hour until Missing DOS Monday but...
I FOUND IT.
archive.org/details/MAGP...
#Australia #AFL #DOSGaming #Wolfenstein #RetroGaming #MSDOS #RetroComputing #MSDOSMonday
I FOUND IT.
archive.org/details/MAGP...
#Australia #AFL #DOSGaming #Wolfenstein #RetroGaming #MSDOS #RetroComputing #MSDOSMonday
October 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
It's still an hour until Missing DOS Monday but...
I FOUND IT.
archive.org/details/MAGP...
#Australia #AFL #DOSGaming #Wolfenstein #RetroGaming #MSDOS #RetroComputing #MSDOSMonday
I FOUND IT.
archive.org/details/MAGP...
#Australia #AFL #DOSGaming #Wolfenstein #RetroGaming #MSDOS #RetroComputing #MSDOSMonday
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After a week of loosing my mind I've finally got some basic racing AI implemented for the NPC karts for Stay In Your Lane
with context steering to keep them following the track and avoiding obstacles and a "patience" value that will encourage them to overtake when stuck behind each other
#gamedev
with context steering to keep them following the track and avoiding obstacles and a "patience" value that will encourage them to overtake when stuck behind each other
#gamedev
October 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
After a week of loosing my mind I've finally got some basic racing AI implemented for the NPC karts for Stay In Your Lane
with context steering to keep them following the track and avoiding obstacles and a "patience" value that will encourage them to overtake when stuck behind each other
#gamedev
with context steering to keep them following the track and avoiding obstacles and a "patience" value that will encourage them to overtake when stuck behind each other
#gamedev