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Edwin Jones
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Senior Software Engineer at Epic Games. I helped make the guys fall, now I work on backend magic for UEFN. Linux fanboy.
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Tree Kingdoms is released today! Check it out with our 10% launch sale store.steampowered.com/app/3477080/... #indiegame #steam #sale
July 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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drolijones.bsky.social
Yesterday Prof Michelle Spencer and I were very honoured to receive the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence. This is the top award for education at RMIT and recognises our student-centred partnership model. We are both super happy to be recognised for our work 😀
A smartly dressed man and a woman each holding a framed certificate.
November 26, 2024 at 4:23 AM
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b0rk.jvns.ca
working on this unix redirects diagram today
a bunch of diagrams showing how stdin/stdout/stderr work for various combinations of >, < , |
November 21, 2024 at 6:56 PM
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Jus managed to snag on of those "it is a usb c docking station but with a 7600m xt in it." from ebay for a price that isn't silly. Will I end up with a box full of bricks? Bees? A working oculink connector? Who knows but do you dare me to hook it up to a Pi 5 @jeffgeerling.com ?
November 19, 2024 at 11:11 PM
edwinjones.bsky.social
Is bluesky actually happening now? It feels like it is happening.
a man in a suit and tie says it 's happening with his arms in the air
ALT: a man in a suit and tie says it 's happening with his arms in the air
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November 15, 2024 at 8:32 PM
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quitting in the terminal
panel 1: quitting a terminal program isn't always easy person (thinking): "I pressed Ctrl-C 17 times and NOTHING HAPPENED" panel 2: ways to quit Ctrl-C - the default Ctrl-D - if you're at a prompt in a REPL >>> q - if it's a full screen program Ctrl-\ - sometimes works if Ctrl-C doesn't kill -9 - the last resort panel 3: how Ctrl-D works programs that read input will usually have some code like this: text = read_line() if (text == EOF) { exit() } Ctrl-D is how you send an EOF to the program ("I'm done!") important: Ctrl-D ONLY works if you press it on an empty line panel 4: how Ctrl-C works * * unless your program is in "raw mode", we'll talk about that later person: "ctrl-C" terminal emulator: "ok, C is the 3rd letter of the alphabet, I'll write 3 to the tty" OS terminal driver: ah, a 3, that means I should send the SIGINT signal to the current program program: ooh, a SIGINT, I will [shutdown gracefully, immediately exit, ignore it, stop a subtask, etc] * unless your program is in "raw mode", we'll talk about that later panel 5: some programs have weird quitting incantations for example every text editor (vim, nano, emacs, etc) has its own completely unique way to quit
October 28, 2024 at 7:11 PM
edwinjones.bsky.social
So, it looks like this is the year I present at GDC. If you’re interested in hearing about how we scaled backend services for the launch of Fall Guys back in 2020, this is your jam.
Edwin Jones
Edwin is a senior software engineer for Epic Games working on their backend game services since 2017.
schedule.gdconf.com
February 15, 2024 at 7:40 PM
edwinjones.bsky.social
@dark1x.bsky.social question if you’ve seen both, is the glossy or etched steam deck oled the better pick in your eyes? Thanks!
November 23, 2023 at 2:27 PM
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Want to game on Linux without a steam deck? Read on: edwinjones.me.uk/steam-powered/
September 22, 2023 at 3:56 PM