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Eric Neustadter (e)
@thevowel.bsky.social
(semi?) retired tech architect/tech exec. ex-Pokémon. ex-Xbox. labrador at heart. retro games & computers. go ducks, kraken, seahawks, sounders! he/him.
Z says night-night
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 AM
post a famous bathroom scene
November 26, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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STRONG AGREE
The only correct pie take is that pies are like dogs—they’re all good, we just have stronger personal attachments to some than others.
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Tara is bang on.
The path back from burnout is so much longer than you can anticipate, and it gets harder the more it happens. Learning to be patient and kinder to myself has been a big process, and a year and a half later I'm still not back to where I once was.
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Introduce yourself with four spaceships
November 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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"As with Thirsty Suitors, this is an overt and chewy piece of social commentary, exploring the usurpation of communal cooking and eating by mass-produced ready meals."

And we still manage to focus on the joy of living, joy of healing, joy of connecting, and joy of expression through play.
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Everyone remembers the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal from Hitchhiker’s, right? The vicious wild animal that believes if you can't see it, it can't see you?

THIS IS @ichotiner.bsky.social.

DO NOT LOOK UPON HIM.
DO NOT SPEAK HIS NAME.
DO NOT TAG HIM.
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Happy #chuckpeddleday ! This KIMSI will be at PaCommEx NW in June 2026 for the 50th anniversary celebration of the KIM-1
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I’m already 25 hours into Command Deck. It’s *really* good.
New article on my Patreon: we examine the creation of spaceships for the recent game Command Deck, which brings to life the covers of 1960s and 1970s sci-fi novels illustrated by fantastic artists like Boris Vallejo or John Berkey. @commanddeck.bsky.social
Command Deck, or the Legacy of the Giants of Sci-Fi Art | The Spaceshipper
Get more from The Spaceshipper on Patreon
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November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I'm picturing a floating barcade...
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
It is not possible to have too many books, or computers, or videogames.

Also those cables aren't obsolete because I have the devices they plug into, so there!
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Submitting a 13K-line PR that was entirely AI-written, where the AI inserted copyright headers for someone who isn’t the submitter, that you’re sure is fine because the AI told you it’s fine is so many kinds of broken.

Your choices are learning to collaborate or be a solo dev.
One of the many joys of using AI for programming is the creation of huge PRs on complex topics that the authors barely understand, but still suggest "because they work". Here's a great example from #OCaml github.com/ocaml/ocaml/...

Kudos to OCaml's maintainers for handling this so gracefully.
DWARF support for macOS and Linux by joelreymont · Pull Request #14369 · ocaml/ocaml
DWARF v5 Debugging Support for OCaml Native Compiler This PR adds DWARF v5 debug information to the OCaml native compiler, allowing proper source-level debugging in GDB and LLDB. What's Impleme...
github.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Flowers for Charlie Brown
I have no mouth and I must scream, Charlie Brown
Someday a real rain will come, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Got a talk you've been thinking about? Want to GIVE a talk you've been thinking about?

You should submit your proposal soon, the CFP for SCALE is closing soon.

This is hands-down one of the best community-organized conferences you can attend, and Pasadena is great in the spring...
November 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I switched from watching the NFL to the Kraken game and now I’m sitting on my couch yelling “SHOOT THE PUCK!” at the TV.

Sigh.
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The Fanduel “gamble with your family for the holidays!” commercial is a new low, which is impressive for an industry that’s already subterranean.
November 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Z has assumed the watching-football-with-dad position.
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
What a wonderful and heartwarming story.

This is a ferry ride away from me - I’m going to need to go visit.

(cc: typewriter friends @mariancall.bsky.social @hryb.me)
November 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I’m really happy that sports fandom has made it here.
November 23, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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On a night when injuries could have limited the offense, the Ducks still controlled USC — thanks to turnovers, special teams and the most unlikely rushing touchdown of the year. lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/ducks/...
A linebacker, a backup line and a body blow: Oregon drops USC
On a night when injuries could have limited the offense, the Ducks still controlled USC — thanks to turnovers, special teams and the most unlikely rushing touchdown of the year.
lookouteugene-springfield.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 AM
GO DUCKS!
November 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Playing a backup LT, RT, and C but Oregon is up 35-21 on USC. Two minutes to SHOUT! #GoDucks
November 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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I wanted to see this (via cbscfb)
November 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM