Adiva
@adiblue.bsky.social
Programmer, former gamedev, compulsive creative 🏳️⚧️
8-bit era kid through DOS, heavy metal, role-playing and more. Star Wars AND Star Trek.
Fun stuff w friends: https://conejamutante.itch.io/
Good ol' metal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDTsEUUH86o
8-bit era kid through DOS, heavy metal, role-playing and more. Star Wars AND Star Trek.
Fun stuff w friends: https://conejamutante.itch.io/
Good ol' metal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDTsEUUH86o
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Adiva
@adiblue.bsky.social
· Nov 23
In the last few years I tried my hand at learning some C and maybe write some tiny games for the old #C64 (I don't have the skills or brains for Assembly).
It's beyond hard and the results are very simple, but believe me it feels great to watch anything you wrote run on a 40+ years old computer.
It's beyond hard and the results are very simple, but believe me it feels great to watch anything you wrote run on a 40+ years old computer.
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The No ICE in Minnesota charity bundle submission period is now open: itch.io/jam/no-ice-i...
All games, free and paid, TTRPG and browser based-alike are welcome
Submissions are open until January 26 & the charity bundle supporting a Minnesota based Immigrants' rights org will go live in February
All games, free and paid, TTRPG and browser based-alike are welcome
Submissions are open until January 26 & the charity bundle supporting a Minnesota based Immigrants' rights org will go live in February
January 7, 2026 at 10:32 PM
The No ICE in Minnesota charity bundle submission period is now open: itch.io/jam/no-ice-i...
All games, free and paid, TTRPG and browser based-alike are welcome
Submissions are open until January 26 & the charity bundle supporting a Minnesota based Immigrants' rights org will go live in February
All games, free and paid, TTRPG and browser based-alike are welcome
Submissions are open until January 26 & the charity bundle supporting a Minnesota based Immigrants' rights org will go live in February
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“Software is disposable now, you can just generate more!”
My guy, you’re describing dedicating your professional life to producing literal garbage.
My guy, you’re describing dedicating your professional life to producing literal garbage.
January 19, 2026 at 1:32 PM
“Software is disposable now, you can just generate more!”
My guy, you’re describing dedicating your professional life to producing literal garbage.
My guy, you’re describing dedicating your professional life to producing literal garbage.
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The #C64 A-Z
My Favourite ‘B’ Games - No.25
Big Mac The Mad Maintenance Man
Not a McDonald’s licence game, but a very playable platformer. The graphics and sound are simple, but the level design is solid and the gameplay is instantly addictive. A cracking early budget release from Mastertronic.
My Favourite ‘B’ Games - No.25
Big Mac The Mad Maintenance Man
Not a McDonald’s licence game, but a very playable platformer. The graphics and sound are simple, but the level design is solid and the gameplay is instantly addictive. A cracking early budget release from Mastertronic.
January 15, 2026 at 2:28 PM
The #C64 A-Z
My Favourite ‘B’ Games - No.25
Big Mac The Mad Maintenance Man
Not a McDonald’s licence game, but a very playable platformer. The graphics and sound are simple, but the level design is solid and the gameplay is instantly addictive. A cracking early budget release from Mastertronic.
My Favourite ‘B’ Games - No.25
Big Mac The Mad Maintenance Man
Not a McDonald’s licence game, but a very playable platformer. The graphics and sound are simple, but the level design is solid and the gameplay is instantly addictive. A cracking early budget release from Mastertronic.
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typical ai use case
January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM
typical ai use case
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I don't think this is the year the AI bubble will burst but I do think it's the year when pushback will become more mainstream
January 14, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I don't think this is the year the AI bubble will burst but I do think it's the year when pushback will become more mainstream
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Anyway, again, I say: consider hiring localizers for your creative writing needs. Anybody who lasts in this field has the chops to deliver polished, on-spec material without compromising the process. (And, quite frankly, free of a lot of the technical/compositional sloppiness you'll find elsewhere.)
January 14, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Anyway, again, I say: consider hiring localizers for your creative writing needs. Anybody who lasts in this field has the chops to deliver polished, on-spec material without compromising the process. (And, quite frankly, free of a lot of the technical/compositional sloppiness you'll find elsewhere.)
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He does not want Star Trek. He wants to co-opt the aesthetic of Star Trek to sell his techno-feudalist futurist wet dream. Star Trek hates men like him.
"We want to make Star Trek real," said Elon Musk.
"We want to make Starfleet Academy real so that it's not always science fiction, but one day the science fiction turns to science fact."
"We want to make Starfleet Academy real so that it's not always science fiction, but one day the science fiction turns to science fact."
January 14, 2026 at 2:32 AM
He does not want Star Trek. He wants to co-opt the aesthetic of Star Trek to sell his techno-feudalist futurist wet dream. Star Trek hates men like him.
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Bill Watterson is my favorite cartoonist. I adored the relationship btw Calvin and Hobbes as a child. But as I've gotten older, these strips feel even more tender and insightful. My respect for him grew when I learned of his stance against merchandising. Such principles are almost unheard of today.
![Excerpt from Wikipedia reads: "Fight against merchandising his characters
For years, Watterson battled against pressure from publishers to merchandise his work, something that he felt would cheapen his comic through compromising the act of creation or reading.[21][22]
He refused to merchandise his creations on the grounds that displaying Calvin and Hobbes images on commercially sold mugs, stickers, and T-shirts would devalue the characters and their personalities. Watterson said that Universal kept putting pressure on him and that he had signed his contract without fully perusing it because, as a new artist, he was happy just to find a syndicate willing to give him a chance (two other syndicates had previously turned him down). He added that the contract was so one-sided that, if Universal really wanted to, they could license his characters against his will, and could even fire him and continue Calvin and Hobbes with a new artist. Watterson's position eventually won out, and he was able to renegotiate his contract so that he would receive all rights to his work. Later he said that the licensing fight exhausted him and contributed to the need for a nine-month sabbatical in 1991.[23]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreihmgl3sxrmb5t6edpjnixyanj2rvcf43zdv46mbifhl7hdtmz5u6y@jpeg)
January 14, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Bill Watterson is my favorite cartoonist. I adored the relationship btw Calvin and Hobbes as a child. But as I've gotten older, these strips feel even more tender and insightful. My respect for him grew when I learned of his stance against merchandising. Such principles are almost unheard of today.
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"i will never be able to play all games or watch all movies or read all books that i want" is a tough yet fundamental lesson to learn. there isn't enough time in a human life
therefore, you can and should be selective
therefore, you can and should be selective
*mentions he doesn't play games with genAI* "but you'll miss out on good games!"
Over 20,000 games were released on steam alone last year. No matter what happens I'll miss out on a lot of good games.
One thing I don't have is a shortage of options that don't require compromising my values.
Over 20,000 games were released on steam alone last year. No matter what happens I'll miss out on a lot of good games.
One thing I don't have is a shortage of options that don't require compromising my values.
January 13, 2026 at 2:49 PM
"i will never be able to play all games or watch all movies or read all books that i want" is a tough yet fundamental lesson to learn. there isn't enough time in a human life
therefore, you can and should be selective
therefore, you can and should be selective
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The nutjobs are coming out of the woodwork with a new Star Trek show with a diverse cast coming out this week. It's fucking hilarious to see them complaining about DEI in Trek when its creator literally said the following:
January 11, 2026 at 10:28 AM
The nutjobs are coming out of the woodwork with a new Star Trek show with a diverse cast coming out this week. It's fucking hilarious to see them complaining about DEI in Trek when its creator literally said the following:
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![Comic. [Two adults, one with short light hair, walking with a child with spiky hair.] PERSON: Oops, I forgot to say “rabbit rabbit” on January first! CHILD: Why do you do that? PERSON: Just a superstition. CHILD: What’s a superstition? PERSON: It’s a way to train yourself to feel like any bad thing that happens is your fault.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidrs7rjct33ulawni7zummkvq43fgkc7tosrydi5fd3u5zkzttiue@jpeg)
January 9, 2026 at 5:38 AM
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41 years ago this week, Commodore introduced its much misunderstood C-128. Ask anyone, and everything about it should have been different. Like the CPU. So why didn't Commodore use a 65816 CPU? Because it wasn't available yet. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing dfarq.homeip.net/commodore-12...
Commodore 128 introduced Jan 5, 1985
The Commodore 128, announced January 5, 1985 and released later that year, has always been a controversial computer.
dfarq.homeip.net
January 6, 2026 at 11:40 PM
41 years ago this week, Commodore introduced its much misunderstood C-128. Ask anyone, and everything about it should have been different. Like the CPU. So why didn't Commodore use a 65816 CPU? Because it wasn't available yet. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing dfarq.homeip.net/commodore-12...
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We will either end fossil fuel dependency and the predatory extractivist basis of global production, or they will end us through wars and ecological collapse - all at the same time.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
We will either end fossil fuel dependency and the predatory extractivist basis of global production, or they will end us through wars and ecological collapse - all at the same time.
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Allow me to connect some dots for you:
Too much of the world currently relies for its basic functions on resources which must be continuously extracted. You burn that oil one time and oops, now you need more.
Geopolitical horrors are, in fact, one of the reasons we need to move to renewables ASAP.
Too much of the world currently relies for its basic functions on resources which must be continuously extracted. You burn that oil one time and oops, now you need more.
Geopolitical horrors are, in fact, one of the reasons we need to move to renewables ASAP.
January 3, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Allow me to connect some dots for you:
Too much of the world currently relies for its basic functions on resources which must be continuously extracted. You burn that oil one time and oops, now you need more.
Geopolitical horrors are, in fact, one of the reasons we need to move to renewables ASAP.
Too much of the world currently relies for its basic functions on resources which must be continuously extracted. You burn that oil one time and oops, now you need more.
Geopolitical horrors are, in fact, one of the reasons we need to move to renewables ASAP.
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The funniest thing to me about the Mandala Effect is that it’s basically rooted in fear and insecurity. People want to believe that their memory is like a recording instead of like a game of electrical meat telephone, and will embrace the most absurd theories over the terrifying reality.
January 1, 2026 at 4:37 AM
The funniest thing to me about the Mandala Effect is that it’s basically rooted in fear and insecurity. People want to believe that their memory is like a recording instead of like a game of electrical meat telephone, and will embrace the most absurd theories over the terrifying reality.
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Love how some bullshit "AI" story is on top of The Guardian.
No, "AI" doesn't show signs of self-preservation.
"AI" does not exist. It doesn't have permanence, thoughts, reasoning or consciousness.
No, "AI" doesn't show signs of self-preservation.
"AI" does not exist. It doesn't have permanence, thoughts, reasoning or consciousness.
December 31, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Love how some bullshit "AI" story is on top of The Guardian.
No, "AI" doesn't show signs of self-preservation.
"AI" does not exist. It doesn't have permanence, thoughts, reasoning or consciousness.
No, "AI" doesn't show signs of self-preservation.
"AI" does not exist. It doesn't have permanence, thoughts, reasoning or consciousness.
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Someone has lifted the QuickTimeVR movie files from 1994's "Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual", upscaled them then built an in-browser replica of the ITM's "Tour" module. mijofr.github.io/st-panorama/
#StarTrek
#StarTrek
Trekorama!
360° of Star Trek
mijofr.github.io
December 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Someone has lifted the QuickTimeVR movie files from 1994's "Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual", upscaled them then built an in-browser replica of the ITM's "Tour" module. mijofr.github.io/st-panorama/
#StarTrek
#StarTrek
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This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
December 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
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I don't want gen AI in my browser
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
December 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I don't want gen AI in my browser
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
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The reason people believe all those things, or rather they think they "know" it to be so is solely that AI user interfaces are deliberately designed to simulate human conversation and interaction.
This is a deception that's carefully crafted to remove your safeguards and skepticism.
This is a deception that's carefully crafted to remove your safeguards and skepticism.
December 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The reason people believe all those things, or rather they think they "know" it to be so is solely that AI user interfaces are deliberately designed to simulate human conversation and interaction.
This is a deception that's carefully crafted to remove your safeguards and skepticism.
This is a deception that's carefully crafted to remove your safeguards and skepticism.
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merry christmas
December 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
merry christmas
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Big Tech is offering you a Faustian bargain. It promises to remove all the friction from life, to keep you from having to think or study, and the result is your brain will become pudding, you’ll become incapable of creativity or communication. They want to make you a non-person.
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Big Tech is offering you a Faustian bargain. It promises to remove all the friction from life, to keep you from having to think or study, and the result is your brain will become pudding, you’ll become incapable of creativity or communication. They want to make you a non-person.
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Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.