Cliff Harris (Cliffski)
@cliffharris.bsky.social
Owner of Positech Games. Coder of Democracy, Gratuitous Space Battles etc blog: http://cliffski.com. Built a solar farm. Ex heavy metal guitarist & teacher. Cat owner. Making Ridiculous Space Battles!
Also on https://www.instagram.com/gamedevcliffski/
Also on https://www.instagram.com/gamedevcliffski/
Forget newspaper website trash. If you want to know how the budget today affects you, ask a chatbot. I asked grok, as its very up to date. I'm about £3k worse off per year, which I think is fine to be honest. Almost entirely due to dividend tax rate changes. I'll be a bit worse off as an EV driver..
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Forget newspaper website trash. If you want to know how the budget today affects you, ask a chatbot. I asked grok, as its very up to date. I'm about £3k worse off per year, which I think is fine to be honest. Almost entirely due to dividend tax rate changes. I'll be a bit worse off as an EV driver..
New game coming to steam that I spoke to the dev, and it seemed pretty cool to me! store.steampowered.com/app/3989650/...
Stop the Press! on Steam
You run a newspaper in a nation on the brink of revolution. Twist headlines to suit your agenda, upgrade your printing press, mastermind a distribution strategy to grow your readership and evade being...
store.steampowered.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
New game coming to steam that I spoke to the dev, and it seemed pretty cool to me! store.steampowered.com/app/3989650/...
Posting about the xpeng robot on a site full of americans is a waste of time./ Any US tech (Tesla etc) is AWESOME AND WORLD LEADING.
Actually better tech from China is propaganda! The US will continue to spiral into scientific irrelevance and economic decline due to its xenophobia and racism.
Actually better tech from China is propaganda! The US will continue to spiral into scientific irrelevance and economic decline due to its xenophobia and racism.
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Posting about the xpeng robot on a site full of americans is a waste of time./ Any US tech (Tesla etc) is AWESOME AND WORLD LEADING.
Actually better tech from China is propaganda! The US will continue to spiral into scientific irrelevance and economic decline due to its xenophobia and racism.
Actually better tech from China is propaganda! The US will continue to spiral into scientific irrelevance and economic decline due to its xenophobia and racism.
I'm more excited that my bank account gives me a free sausage roll each week than I probably would be if my pension went up 5%.
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I'm more excited that my bank account gives me a free sausage roll each week than I probably would be if my pension went up 5%.
Playing the new Anno Rome game and its really nice :D
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Playing the new Anno Rome game and its really nice :D
I love programming. But even I cant do it when someone (with my permission obvs) is drilling out the lintel over the window 3 feet from my head to replace it.
Off to the guitar room I go...
Off to the guitar room I go...
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I love programming. But even I cant do it when someone (with my permission obvs) is drilling out the lintel over the window 3 feet from my head to replace it.
Off to the guitar room I go...
Off to the guitar room I go...
YES. This is the ultimate rebuttal for those muppets who claim that we can make aviation sustainable so we should expand airports. Bloody prove it.
Want to make a Heathrow third runway compatible with climate goals? There's an obvious solution... www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/44...
A third runway, but only for electric planes
The government insists airport expansion can be made compatible with climate goals, but how would you go about proving that will be the case?
www.businessgreen.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
YES. This is the ultimate rebuttal for those muppets who claim that we can make aviation sustainable so we should expand airports. Bloody prove it.
BOOM! I'm working on some particle effect stuff, specifically point sprites, and level-of-detail particle effects. This is the particles-only component of a cruiser explosion (without plumes, hulks, lens flares and distortion waves and debris).
#RidiculousSpaceBattles is getting there!
#RidiculousSpaceBattles is getting there!
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
BOOM! I'm working on some particle effect stuff, specifically point sprites, and level-of-detail particle effects. This is the particles-only component of a cruiser explosion (without plumes, hulks, lens flares and distortion waves and debris).
#RidiculousSpaceBattles is getting there!
#RidiculousSpaceBattles is getting there!
Tomorrow is the UK budget and an important one. I am kind of looking forward to it, in a politics/economics geek way. It will almost certainly make we worse off, but given our country's debt and problems, thats to be expected.
Its a tough set of decisions, and I'm glad I don't have to make them.
Its a tough set of decisions, and I'm glad I don't have to make them.
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Tomorrow is the UK budget and an important one. I am kind of looking forward to it, in a politics/economics geek way. It will almost certainly make we worse off, but given our country's debt and problems, thats to be expected.
Its a tough set of decisions, and I'm glad I don't have to make them.
Its a tough set of decisions, and I'm glad I don't have to make them.
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
Kind of mad. XPeng demonstrated their humanoid robot and it looked so natural everyone said it was someone in a suit, so they cut part of its leg away on stage to prove it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Ag...
I'm sure people will still doubt it, but on the face of it, this is amazing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Ag...
I'm sure people will still doubt it, but on the face of it, this is amazing.
Cutting Open IRON——The Truth Behind this Robot
YouTube video by XPENG
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Kind of mad. XPeng demonstrated their humanoid robot and it looked so natural everyone said it was someone in a suit, so they cut part of its leg away on stage to prove it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Ag...
I'm sure people will still doubt it, but on the face of it, this is amazing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Ag...
I'm sure people will still doubt it, but on the face of it, this is amazing.
Posted without comment. www.tomshardware.com/video-games/...
Valve makes almost $50 million per employee, raking in more cash per person than Google, Amazon, or Microsoft — gaming giant's 350 employees on track to generate $17 billion this year
Valve's unique approach to corporate governance is probably the reason why it's such an efficient company.
www.tomshardware.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Posted without comment. www.tomshardware.com/video-games/...
I hate this idiotic nonsense.
November 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I hate this idiotic nonsense.
Is 4,500 active particle emitters a lot? Asking for a friend.
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Is 4,500 active particle emitters a lot? Asking for a friend.
Yay! Fixed a particle system bug that I left to be fixed before I went on holiday. So thats cool :D
November 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Yay! Fixed a particle system bug that I left to be fixed before I went on holiday. So thats cool :D
Govt's own report shows building nuclear is catastrophically expensive, but decides that this must mean the process is wrong, not the economics of a ridiculous, dangerous, highly concentrated, always too late and too costly power system. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Renewables are WAY cheaper.
Renewables are WAY cheaper.
UK most expensive place to develop nuclear power, report says
Experts criticise “overly complex” rules and call for an overhaul of Britain's nuclear strategy.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Govt's own report shows building nuclear is catastrophically expensive, but decides that this must mean the process is wrong, not the economics of a ridiculous, dangerous, highly concentrated, always too late and too costly power system. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Renewables are WAY cheaper.
Renewables are WAY cheaper.
Imagine Tolstoy's face...
November 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Imagine Tolstoy's face...
People are way,way too loud in public. Social media has tricked people into thinking they are all VIP celebrities and the center of attention 24/7. You are not that interesting. Nobody wants to hear your conversation except maybe the person right in front of you! STFU.
November 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
People are way,way too loud in public. Social media has tricked people into thinking they are all VIP celebrities and the center of attention 24/7. You are not that interesting. Nobody wants to hear your conversation except maybe the person right in front of you! STFU.
"Posted without comment"
November 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Has Britain become an economic colony? www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Has Britain become an economic colony?
The UK could’ve been a true tech leader – but it has cheerfully submitted to US dominance in a way that may cost it dear
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Has Britain become an economic colony? www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Tipping is such a stressful business. There are no hard rules and its chaos. I may be about to overtip out of panic.
November 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Tipping is such a stressful business. There are no hard rules and its chaos. I may be about to overtip out of panic.
Last morning in Morocco :(
November 23, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Last morning in Morocco :(
Just noticed CNN has added 'CNN Shorts'. Interviews with random people, the length of a tiktok clip. Because apparently US politics was not low-brow and simplistic and aimed at people with low enough IQs.
FFS we need to recapture the concept of a long attention span.
FFS we need to recapture the concept of a long attention span.
November 23, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Just noticed CNN has added 'CNN Shorts'. Interviews with random people, the length of a tiktok clip. Because apparently US politics was not low-brow and simplistic and aimed at people with low enough IQs.
FFS we need to recapture the concept of a long attention span.
FFS we need to recapture the concept of a long attention span.
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my latest game still doesn't have 10 review so can't get a score 😭if you bought the game please consider leaving a review: store.steampowered.com/app/617990/T... #indiedev #gamedev
November 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
my latest game still doesn't have 10 review so can't get a score 😭if you bought the game please consider leaving a review: store.steampowered.com/app/617990/T... #indiedev #gamedev
It will take more than a remote mountain location and a tent to keep me from quality TV.
November 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
It will take more than a remote mountain location and a tent to keep me from quality TV.