Joe Hocking
@joehocking.bsky.social
I'm a software engineer who develops games and XR using technologies like C#/Unity and JavaScript/WebGL (while increasingly Godot-curious). I wrote the book Unity in Action!
website: www.newarteest.com
website: www.newarteest.com
Conspiracy brain as the great filter? interesting and also somewhat meta
December 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Conspiracy brain as the great filter? interesting and also somewhat meta
Falling asleep while someone is talking to you is normal... when you're in a nursing home.
December 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Falling asleep while someone is talking to you is normal... when you're in a nursing home.
You absolutely must watch this video bsky.app/profile/noir...
December 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
You absolutely must watch this video bsky.app/profile/noir...
This isn't a direct answer to your question, but I use a free program called Disk Inventory X to view what files are taking up space on my hard drive, so that may give you a more granular view than just an undifferentiated grey bar.
December 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This isn't a direct answer to your question, but I use a free program called Disk Inventory X to view what files are taking up space on my hard drive, so that may give you a more granular view than just an undifferentiated grey bar.
You're not talking about business jargon, but you're also talking about business jargon.
December 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
You're not talking about business jargon, but you're also talking about business jargon.
Related tangent, but I saw a YouTube video make a rather compelling argument that the inventor of leaded gasoline was history's greatest monster www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV3d...
The Man Who Accidentally Killed The Most People In History
YouTube video by Veritasium
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Related tangent, but I saw a YouTube video make a rather compelling argument that the inventor of leaded gasoline was history's greatest monster www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV3d...
solid strategy to avoid doing this
a man in a music band shirt is holding a skateboard
Alt: steven buscemi acting like a kid
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
solid strategy to avoid doing this
see I'm a joyless curmudgeon who doesn't listen to music, so I'm already ahead of the game
December 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
see I'm a joyless curmudgeon who doesn't listen to music, so I'm already ahead of the game
What fiasco is this? I demand context!
December 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
What fiasco is this? I demand context!
This mindset is adjacent to the people who think only programmers get to be called game developers.
December 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This mindset is adjacent to the people who think only programmers get to be called game developers.
How old is he?
*looks it up*
That's middle-aged???
*looks it up*
That's middle-aged???
December 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
How old is he?
*looks it up*
That's middle-aged???
*looks it up*
That's middle-aged???
This conversation reminds me it's on Steam too store.steampowered.com/app/1866420/...
La Pucelle: Ragnarok on Steam
For the first time in the West you can experience La Pucelle: Ragnarok, now loaded with lots of extra content including new scenarios, new recruits, and DLC characters! It even has new voices, new mus...
store.steampowered.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This conversation reminds me it's on Steam too store.steampowered.com/app/1866420/...
btw here is the article I was thinking of bsky.app/profile/tiag...
"Most of the children in our survey said that they aren’t allowed to be out in public at all without an adult. Fewer than half of the 8- and 9-year-olds have gone down a grocery-store aisle alone; more than a quarter aren’t allowed to play unsupervised even in their own front yard."
What Kids Told Us About How to Get Them Off Their Phones
Children who were raised on screens need more freedom out in the real world.
www.theatlantic.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
btw here is the article I was thinking of bsky.app/profile/tiag...
If your goal is to raise responsible adults (and that should be every parent's goal) then you need to let your kids be responsible.
November 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
If your goal is to raise responsible adults (and that should be every parent's goal) then you need to let your kids be responsible.
He probably never saw anyone design a game, full stop. Spreadsheets are probably the second most common tool used by game designers, behind just plain word processing.
btw your anecdote reminds me of the time I wrote a script for google sheets to export XML *shudder*
btw your anecdote reminds me of the time I wrote a script for google sheets to export XML *shudder*
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
He probably never saw anyone design a game, full stop. Spreadsheets are probably the second most common tool used by game designers, behind just plain word processing.
btw your anecdote reminds me of the time I wrote a script for google sheets to export XML *shudder*
btw your anecdote reminds me of the time I wrote a script for google sheets to export XML *shudder*
Never mind all over the map between families, my family is kinda all over the map by itself. Like, Christmas dinner had about even odds of centering on either lobster or mandu-guk that year.
November 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Never mind all over the map between families, my family is kinda all over the map by itself. Like, Christmas dinner had about even odds of centering on either lobster or mandu-guk that year.
She was in 6th grade more than a decade ago. That means she's like 22.
November 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
She was in 6th grade more than a decade ago. That means she's like 22.
November 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
She was in 6th grade more than a decade ago. That means she's like 22.