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Nurzhan Saken @saken.me · 8h

@buttplug.io puts the embedded in embedded systems.

Nurzhan Saken @saken.me · 23d

First #rustlang release I contributed to. I stabilized uN::*_sub_signed and the const floating-point rounding methods. Exciting!

Rust Language @rust-lang.org · 23d

Rust 1.90.0 has been released! ✨🦀

This release makes LLD the default linker on x86-64 linux-gnu and adds `cargo publish --workspace` to publish an entire workspace all at once!

Check out the blog post and release notes for more: blog.rust-lang.org/2025/09/18/R...

Announcing Rust 1.90.0 | Rust Blog

Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.

blog.rust-lang.org

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Nurzhan Saken @saken.me · Sep 3

Thank you! I haven't heard of this author, would love to retread her ideas with a new voice.

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Nurzhan Saken @saken.me · Sep 3

I'm slowly reading Divination & Synchronicity right now, but this is on my reading list!

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Nurzhan Saken @saken.me · Aug 21

I started this thread just wanting to share a personal story, but now it reads to me like a whole thing about how online products and systems suck at preventing stalking. Sure. I don't see why it can't be much better. Someone just needs to care and put resources into developing this, right?

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Nurzhan Saken @saken.me · Aug 21

Relatives (and their contacts, strangers to me) kept spamming me with minimal money transfers (you can attach a message to one) via Kaspi.kz, which I couldn't block (unless I pestered support per sender). I had to close my bank account. They even harassed my LinkedIn connections to get info on me!

Проблема киберсталкинга в банковских приложениях

В условиях, когда функции банковских приложений активно расширяются, вопрос защиты приватности пользователей должен ставиться на первое место.

drfl.kz

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Nurzhan Saken @saken.me · Aug 21

For years, I received barrages of calls with No Caller ID. My phone can't block those, so I had to pay my operator for an unreliable ID service and block each new number. I couldn't switch to a new number abroad until recently (my bank depended on it, and they used to require physical presence).

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Nurzhan Saken @saken.me · Aug 21

Funny coincidence: stalking just became a criminal offense in Kazakhstan yesterday, the same day the police contacted me. Well, let's see if it actually changes anything. I hope it doesn't come to that, though I feel more confident now.

Kazakhstan Criminalizes Stalking With New Law

A new article of Kazakhstan’s Criminal Code introducing liability for stalking came into force on August 20, Orda.kz reports. Article 115-1 defines stalking as the obsessive pursuit of a person

en.orda.kz

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Nurzhan Saken @saken.me · Aug 21

And yeah, dad has tried to impersonate a military officer before, so I had to confirm. There seems to be no way to verify an officer's identity in Kazakhstan (maybe with a call, but I'm abroad). I had to look up the police department's Instagram account (!) and find the chief among the followers!

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Nurzhan Saken @saken.me · Aug 21

Got a text from the police chief in my hometown. My dad (no contact since 2021) tried to report me missing after years of stalking. I had to send a video saying I'm fine and don't want contact with relatives. I thought the officer would pressure me, but he was really respectful! I'm relieved.

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Nurzhan Saken @saken.me · Aug 4

I sure love drinking at my local pube...

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Nurzhan Saken @saken.me · Jul 28

Just published clipline v4, a rewrite of my line rasterization crate with pixel-perfect clipping!

Star it on GitHub: github.com/nxsaken/clip...
Read the docs: docs.rs/clipline/lat...

#rustlang #pixelart #graphics #rendering #gamedev

🎵: cuddlemeta by lianhua

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Nurzhan Saken @saken.me · Jul 6

More CPU graphics #rustlang #pixelart #graphics #gamedev

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Nurzhan Saken @saken.me · Jul 2

CPU graphics #rustlang #gamedev #pixelart

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Nurzhan Saken @saken.me · Jul 1

Peanut bars when nobody has allergies so they resort to crushing people

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Nurzhan Saken @saken.me · Jun 30

I didn't realize that everything is affected, even simply sending a build to someone else. Apple sucks :-(

macOS: Notarizing Your Apps

With the launch of macOS Catalina (10.15), Apple introduced a requirement to "notarize" (US English) all macOS software which has been built and codesigned after the end of July 2019. For more info...

gamemaker.zendesk.com

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Nurzhan Saken @saken.me · Jun 30

Will macOS be Peter Shorts?

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Egor @eggbreus.bsky.social · Jun 2

My new substack essay about the philosophy of love in WALL-E (2008) is finally out!
#Pixar #Disney #Moviereview

WALL-E-cology

How WALL-E changes everything he touches

open.substack.com

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Nurzhan Saken @saken.me · May 22

Discovered Michael Pierce recently. He's been posting video essays on neo-Jungian type theory (including #MBTI) for over a decade. I love the minimalist presentation (images + voiceover), and how organized and rigorous the content is.

Jungian Typology in 6 minutes

YouTube video by Michael Pierce

www.youtube.com

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Nurzhan Saken @saken.me · May 20

This looks so cool. I really hope the Mac build works out!

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Nurzhan Saken @saken.me · May 18

#rustlang is the usual vehicle for my #INFJ Ni-Ti loops, so seeing this in the mirror really struck me.

Mirrored t-shirt saying TSUR NI TI ETIRWER (REWRITE IT IN RUST)

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Nurzhan Saken @saken.me · May 16

Sped up my line-drawing #rustlang crate by pairing const-generic clipping functions with fully runtime iterator states. I expected the opposite, but v3’s generic states actually slowed iteration! Early v4's runtime flags improved iteration, but made clipping twice as slow. Friendship wins!

Benchmark of a line rasterization library showing that v4 outperforms v3 for diagonal line segments (with clipping and without):
- diagonal_clip: v4 ≈ 352 ms, v3 ≈ 491 ms
- diagonal_noclip: v4 ≈ 749 ms, v3 ≈ 944 ms

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Nurzhan Saken @saken.me · May 8

This also reminds me of the difference between regular #Sonic and Super Sonic from StH2. It's obvious the powered-up form is stronger, yet something about how divine power affects these characters' mind-body relationships fascinates me. Maybe that's my inferior extraverted sensing gushing.

A Sonic the Hedgehog 2 sprite sheet comparing regular Sonic and Super Sonic crouch and ledge-balancing animations:

- Regular crouch ("Curling Up"): Sonic crouches low, holding his head with both hands as if afraid or bracing for impact.
- Super crouch ("Crouch"): Super Sonic leans forward with one hand on the ground and the other extended behind him, as if preparing to launch into a run.

- Regular balancing ("Uneasy Balancing 1 & 2, Panicked Balancing"): Sonic flails his arms trying to stay upright, balancing on one or both feet, looking unsure or panicked.
- Super balancing ("Balancing"): Super Sonic stands steadily on his tiptoes, arms crossed over his chest, looking unbothered.

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Nurzhan Saken @saken.me · May 8

The #Tarot Magician’s pose (one hand reaching for the heavens, the other pointing to the earth) symbolizes channeling divine power into the material world. In RMHA, #SailorMoon echoes this, as her body becomes a machine that turns divine Holy Grail power into stronger pink hearts.

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Nurzhan Saken @saken.me · May 8

On a recent rewatch, I noticed that when #SailorMoon changes her pose between her MSHA and RMHA attacks, it mirrors the pose of The Magician in the #Tarot. It kind of makes sense: she literally channels the Holy Grail into the new attack. I've never seen this pointed out, wondering if there's more.

Sailor Moon performing Rainbow Moon Heartache. She kneels with one leg up. Her right hand is raised straight upward, holding a glowing scepter, while her left arm reaches downward to touch the ground for support. A swirling ribbon of pink heart shapes spirals out from the scepter, vaguely tracing the infinity symbol above her head.

The Magician from the Tarot. He stands with one arm raised high, holding a white wand toward the sky, while his other arm points directly downward toward the earth. Above his head floats the infinity symbol.

Sailor Moon performing Moon Spiral Heart Attack. She kneels with her right leg bent and her left leg extending to the side. Her right hand is raised straight upward, holding a glowing scepter, while her left arm rests on her waist. Pink heart shapes and light rays emanate from the scepter in a radial swirl.

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