Matt Perrin
@mattperrin.bsky.social
Application Developer Lead (C#, AWS / Azure), woodworker, Ambient / EDM / Industrial musician, a Geek Dad, Tsundoku, former indie game dev, and a cyberpunk way before it was cool.
My views are my own. (He/Him)
https://linktr.ee/mattperrin
My views are my own. (He/Him)
https://linktr.ee/mattperrin
Starting to think the dystopian nightmare that cyberpunk authors came up with in the 1980s was fairly tame compared to what is actually coming...
youtu.be/julHFXsKsdQ?...
youtu.be/julHFXsKsdQ?...
big tech is betting on gambling and scams
YouTube video by voidzilla
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Starting to think the dystopian nightmare that cyberpunk authors came up with in the 1980s was fairly tame compared to what is actually coming...
youtu.be/julHFXsKsdQ?...
youtu.be/julHFXsKsdQ?...
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Before I go on Etsy, are there any laid-off game artists in my follower/repost pool who would be available for a custom DnD party art commission? Four characters, a few special requests, preferably by Christmas? DM me! I have money!
December 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Before I go on Etsy, are there any laid-off game artists in my follower/repost pool who would be available for a custom DnD party art commission? Four characters, a few special requests, preferably by Christmas? DM me! I have money!
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Can we get some shares going? This album is free to download or pay what you want, we wanted to give back for all the support you've give us this year. Thank You.
theblackdog.bandcamp.com/album/the-bl...
theblackdog.bandcamp.com/album/the-bl...
December 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Can we get some shares going? This album is free to download or pay what you want, we wanted to give back for all the support you've give us this year. Thank You.
theblackdog.bandcamp.com/album/the-bl...
theblackdog.bandcamp.com/album/the-bl...
Spent a week at a developer conference and have been thinking non-stop about one thing. I overheard a senior developer proudly talking about using Grok for everything like "How to cook rice". That's where we are at now. Reading instructions to "Boil fucking water" is too much for people to do.
Were Screwed We Messed Up GIF
ALT: Were Screwed We Messed Up GIF
media.tenor.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Spent a week at a developer conference and have been thinking non-stop about one thing. I overheard a senior developer proudly talking about using Grok for everything like "How to cook rice". That's where we are at now. Reading instructions to "Boil fucking water" is too much for people to do.
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man these are getting too real
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
man these are getting too real
Also, I have no idea how people actually enjoy living and working here... I'm just a dude from the Midwest, but $10 for a simple coffee and the constant barrage of noise and people is just too much.
It's 6:31 PM, I'm sitting in a hotel room in Las Vegas, reading AWS white papers, and listening to Underworld's amazing Boiler Room set... Life is really weird sometimes...
December 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Also, I have no idea how people actually enjoy living and working here... I'm just a dude from the Midwest, but $10 for a simple coffee and the constant barrage of noise and people is just too much.
It's 6:31 PM, I'm sitting in a hotel room in Las Vegas, reading AWS white papers, and listening to Underworld's amazing Boiler Room set... Life is really weird sometimes...
December 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
It's 6:31 PM, I'm sitting in a hotel room in Las Vegas, reading AWS white papers, and listening to Underworld's amazing Boiler Room set... Life is really weird sometimes...
Well, the 2025 Linux Experiment is over because of heat... My HP laptop has a proprietary fan control lock. Anytime I run something intensive in Linux my temps reach dangerous levels and the fans never kick on. Tried a bunch of apps & scripts, no success, and this is a deal breaker. Back to Win11
And for those curious I've tried Fedora, Fedora KDE, Ubuntu, and Kubuntu. I might give Mint a try just to see if I can get my setup to work. My patience is about gone so I think I'll just avoid Arch and Omarchy.
Trying to switch from Windows to various Linux distros has been a nightmare... Apparently having a thunderbolt dock, multiple monitors on HDMI & DP ports, and an NVidia GPU is a step too far for the development tailored distros...
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Well, the 2025 Linux Experiment is over because of heat... My HP laptop has a proprietary fan control lock. Anytime I run something intensive in Linux my temps reach dangerous levels and the fans never kick on. Tried a bunch of apps & scripts, no success, and this is a deal breaker. Back to Win11
And for those curious I've tried Fedora, Fedora KDE, Ubuntu, and Kubuntu. I might give Mint a try just to see if I can get my setup to work. My patience is about gone so I think I'll just avoid Arch and Omarchy.
Trying to switch from Windows to various Linux distros has been a nightmare... Apparently having a thunderbolt dock, multiple monitors on HDMI & DP ports, and an NVidia GPU is a step too far for the development tailored distros...
a man in a plaid shirt is sitting in a chair wearing headphones .
ALT: a man in a plaid shirt is sitting in a chair wearing headphones .
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
And for those curious I've tried Fedora, Fedora KDE, Ubuntu, and Kubuntu. I might give Mint a try just to see if I can get my setup to work. My patience is about gone so I think I'll just avoid Arch and Omarchy.
Trying to switch from Windows to various Linux distros has been a nightmare... Apparently having a thunderbolt dock, multiple monitors on HDMI & DP ports, and an NVidia GPU is a step too far for the development tailored distros...
a man in a plaid shirt is sitting in a chair wearing headphones .
ALT: a man in a plaid shirt is sitting in a chair wearing headphones .
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Trying to switch from Windows to various Linux distros has been a nightmare... Apparently having a thunderbolt dock, multiple monitors on HDMI & DP ports, and an NVidia GPU is a step too far for the development tailored distros...
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Friends, we gather to honor the dearly departed icons of the early web. 🖥️⚰️ Though they have vanished from our screens, their spirit endures both in our memory & in the Wayback Machine, preserved across 1 trillion pages of web history.
Pay your respects ⤵️
archive.org/details/in-m...
#Wayback1T
Pay your respects ⤵️
archive.org/details/in-m...
#Wayback1T
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Friends, we gather to honor the dearly departed icons of the early web. 🖥️⚰️ Though they have vanished from our screens, their spirit endures both in our memory & in the Wayback Machine, preserved across 1 trillion pages of web history.
Pay your respects ⤵️
archive.org/details/in-m...
#Wayback1T
Pay your respects ⤵️
archive.org/details/in-m...
#Wayback1T
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Now until December 1st, harvest savings across several Handelabra Games titles!
Don't miss these deals, save across Sentinels of the Multiverse, Sentinels of Earth-Prime, One Deck Dungeon (DLC ONLY), and One Deck Galaxy today!
www.handelabra.com
#gamesale #indiedev #indiegames #digitaltabletop
Don't miss these deals, save across Sentinels of the Multiverse, Sentinels of Earth-Prime, One Deck Dungeon (DLC ONLY), and One Deck Galaxy today!
www.handelabra.com
#gamesale #indiedev #indiegames #digitaltabletop
November 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Now until December 1st, harvest savings across several Handelabra Games titles!
Don't miss these deals, save across Sentinels of the Multiverse, Sentinels of Earth-Prime, One Deck Dungeon (DLC ONLY), and One Deck Galaxy today!
www.handelabra.com
#gamesale #indiedev #indiegames #digitaltabletop
Don't miss these deals, save across Sentinels of the Multiverse, Sentinels of Earth-Prime, One Deck Dungeon (DLC ONLY), and One Deck Galaxy today!
www.handelabra.com
#gamesale #indiedev #indiegames #digitaltabletop
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Udo Kier, one of the most interesting and accomplished actors with one of the deepest and most varied filmographies of any performer who ever lived (comedy, high drama, action, horror, erotica, videogames, in multiple languages, nations and continents) - dead at 81. What a life. RIP 🙏
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Udo Kier, one of the most interesting and accomplished actors with one of the deepest and most varied filmographies of any performer who ever lived (comedy, high drama, action, horror, erotica, videogames, in multiple languages, nations and continents) - dead at 81. What a life. RIP 🙏
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Finally hit my fed up point with Windows and Google... Whatever update Win11 got last week has been a stability nightmare for my PC, and I am tired of all the Gemini/ AI crap. Installing Fedora Linux tonight but haven't found a "clean" Gmail service alternative. Any recommendations out there?
November 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Finally hit my fed up point with Windows and Google... Whatever update Win11 got last week has been a stability nightmare for my PC, and I am tired of all the Gemini/ AI crap. Installing Fedora Linux tonight but haven't found a "clean" Gmail service alternative. Any recommendations out there?
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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look I do think that the world of cyberpunk poetry wars would suck but it would be cooler than this
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
look I do think that the world of cyberpunk poetry wars would suck but it would be cooler than this
Be careful what you wish for, they hid some clever exceptions in there... And they've had enough time to scrub these docs into a political poison pill...
November 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Be careful what you wish for, they hid some clever exceptions in there... And they've had enough time to scrub these docs into a political poison pill...
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Superman might be the perfect movie for Mikey’s lens of optimism youtu.be/ZHF3vCXApkA?...
Superman 2025 is a a Caffeinated Masterpiece
YouTube video by FilmJoy
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Superman might be the perfect movie for Mikey’s lens of optimism youtu.be/ZHF3vCXApkA?...
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lately i've been thinking about how LLMs must feel really amazing to use if you're a dumbass, but incredibly frustrating if you're just basically competent in life.
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
lately i've been thinking about how LLMs must feel really amazing to use if you're a dumbass, but incredibly frustrating if you're just basically competent in life.
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TODAY ONLY the publisher of the #ebook edition of this antifascist cyberpunk #sf trilogy is offering ALL THREE BOOKS for $3.99. This promotion is to try and interest libraries in the books for their #ebooks stacks but also is today available to anyone. The 3 books are normally 30 dollars!
The Eclipse Trilogy: Eclipse, Eclipse: Penumbra, and Eclipse: Corona
The Eclipse Trilogy: Eclipse, Eclipse: Penumbra, and Eclipse: Corona - Kindle edition by Shirley, John. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Eclipse Trilogy: Eclipse, Eclipse: Penumbra, and Eclipse: Corona.
www.amazon.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Every secondhand James Cameron story sounds like dialogue from 'ARCHER.'
"Awesome guy. We watched Anime together. Also, that time my dad was kidnapped? I called him, he sent me $1 Million and a negotiator. The Marines said he wanted to ride along for the extraction, too - that guy loves to party!"
"Awesome guy. We watched Anime together. Also, that time my dad was kidnapped? I called him, he sent me $1 Million and a negotiator. The Marines said he wanted to ride along for the extraction, too - that guy loves to party!"
Y'know, it makes perfect sense that Guillermo del Toro and James Cameron were roommates who introduced each other to Patlabor and Battle Angel Alita.
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Every secondhand James Cameron story sounds like dialogue from 'ARCHER.'
"Awesome guy. We watched Anime together. Also, that time my dad was kidnapped? I called him, he sent me $1 Million and a negotiator. The Marines said he wanted to ride along for the extraction, too - that guy loves to party!"
"Awesome guy. We watched Anime together. Also, that time my dad was kidnapped? I called him, he sent me $1 Million and a negotiator. The Marines said he wanted to ride along for the extraction, too - that guy loves to party!"
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A classic David Lynch story
November 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
A classic David Lynch story
Took my kid to see Predator Badlands and we loved it! Very fun flick, has some great unexpected moments, lore, & action. And my kid thought it was like watching what a Metroid movie would be. Definitely had some video game boss fight vibes, which was really really cool to see
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Took my kid to see Predator Badlands and we loved it! Very fun flick, has some great unexpected moments, lore, & action. And my kid thought it was like watching what a Metroid movie would be. Definitely had some video game boss fight vibes, which was really really cool to see