Meg
@megmac.tv
I'm not actively posting here, but am around passively to connect with people I've lost touch with.
My internet social home is at https://social.treehouse.systems/@megmac and I may eventually set up a reflector to push public posts from there to here.
My internet social home is at https://social.treehouse.systems/@megmac and I may eventually set up a reflector to push public posts from there to here.
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Meg
@megmac.tv
· Jan 24
Where you might know me from if I follow you:
- I used to be a speedrunner and streamer of Zelda 2 and some other games. "glitches are queer!"
- work, if you happen to work on a weird operating system for a megacorp.
- are a local to Edmonton. Maybe the word "brunchwar" means something to you.
- I used to be a speedrunner and streamer of Zelda 2 and some other games. "glitches are queer!"
- work, if you happen to work on a weird operating system for a megacorp.
- are a local to Edmonton. Maybe the word "brunchwar" means something to you.
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Anyone know first hand if the Metroid Prime 4 switch 2 version cartridge runs if you put it in a switch 1?
I do not find the text on Nintendo's website clear on this.
I do not find the text on Nintendo's website clear on this.
December 7, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Anyone know first hand if the Metroid Prime 4 switch 2 version cartridge runs if you put it in a switch 1?
I do not find the text on Nintendo's website clear on this.
I do not find the text on Nintendo's website clear on this.
Anyone know first hand if the Metroid Prime 4 switch 2 version cartridge runs if you put it in a switch 1?
I do not find the text on Nintendo's website clear on this.
I do not find the text on Nintendo's website clear on this.
December 7, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Anyone know first hand if the Metroid Prime 4 switch 2 version cartridge runs if you put it in a switch 1?
I do not find the text on Nintendo's website clear on this.
I do not find the text on Nintendo's website clear on this.
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New post: a defense of lock poisoning in Rust.
Followup to recent discussion: decided to write about lock poisoning, looking at the arguments on each side, and informed by our experience at @oxide.computer dealing with the parallel problem of unexpected async cancellations
Please give it a read!
Followup to recent discussion: decided to write about lock poisoning, looking at the arguments on each side, and informed by our experience at @oxide.computer dealing with the parallel problem of unexpected async cancellations
Please give it a read!
In defense of lock poisoning in Rust · sunshowers
It's worth retaining one of multithreaded Rust's most valuable features.
sunshowers.io
December 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
New post: a defense of lock poisoning in Rust.
Followup to recent discussion: decided to write about lock poisoning, looking at the arguments on each side, and informed by our experience at @oxide.computer dealing with the parallel problem of unexpected async cancellations
Please give it a read!
Followup to recent discussion: decided to write about lock poisoning, looking at the arguments on each side, and informed by our experience at @oxide.computer dealing with the parallel problem of unexpected async cancellations
Please give it a read!
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There sure are a lot of local queer orgs whose entire web presence is on Facebook and Instagram, which means that I can't find out about their events bc I deleted my Meta accounts in January after Zuckerberg changed the TOS to allow transphobic hate speech.
November 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
There sure are a lot of local queer orgs whose entire web presence is on Facebook and Instagram, which means that I can't find out about their events bc I deleted my Meta accounts in January after Zuckerberg changed the TOS to allow transphobic hate speech.
Oh hey there's a new Dram World hack out. I wonder if I should play it...
*Watches a video of barbarousking playing it where he takes like 5 hours to do 4 exits*
Uhhhh maybe.. someday....
*Watches a video of barbarousking playing it where he takes like 5 hours to do 4 exits*
Uhhhh maybe.. someday....
November 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Oh hey there's a new Dram World hack out. I wonder if I should play it...
*Watches a video of barbarousking playing it where he takes like 5 hours to do 4 exits*
Uhhhh maybe.. someday....
*Watches a video of barbarousking playing it where he takes like 5 hours to do 4 exits*
Uhhhh maybe.. someday....
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Cars might work fine in California or Florida, but they’re not practical here in Canada. We have winter.
More than 300 collisions reported as early season snow slams parts of Ontario
YouTube video by CTV News
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Cars might work fine in California or Florida, but they’re not practical here in Canada. We have winter.
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"Every man has three BlueSkys... The one in the advertising campaign, for the world to know. Another in the office, just for the developers. And a secret BlueSky which no dev may publicly acknowledge. That is the BlueSky that the userbase actually wants to use..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUR7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUR7...
November 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
"Every man has three BlueSkys... The one in the advertising campaign, for the world to know. Another in the office, just for the developers. And a secret BlueSky which no dev may publicly acknowledge. That is the BlueSky that the userbase actually wants to use..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUR7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUR7...
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My opinion on video game pricing is that every video game that costs less than $30 should cost $10 more and every video game that costs more than $40 should cost $10 less.
October 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
My opinion on video game pricing is that every video game that costs less than $30 should cost $10 more and every video game that costs more than $40 should cost $10 less.
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“I Saw the TV Glow” writer-director Jane Schoenbrun is doing a series at Netflix based on Charles Burns’ “Black Hole” comics (which also have a long on-off history with movie adaptations). Details here.
Netflix Lands ‘Black Hole’ Series From ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ Filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun
Co-produced by New Regency, the drama is based on a graphic novel by Charles Burns.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
“I Saw the TV Glow” writer-director Jane Schoenbrun is doing a series at Netflix based on Charles Burns’ “Black Hole” comics (which also have a long on-off history with movie adaptations). Details here.
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GOOD THINGS ARE POSSIBLE ??!
Rebecca Sugar (Steven Universe) to direct a "Moomins" animated feature film.
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
October 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
GOOD THINGS ARE POSSIBLE ??!
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The function of the waffles joke is an in-group signifier. Singal, Graber, and Oppiliappan are showing in-group solidarity; they're all in on a joke. The joke is they have institutional power, and you don't, and they feel contempt for you, that you still want to have opinions about how power's used.
October 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The function of the waffles joke is an in-group signifier. Singal, Graber, and Oppiliappan are showing in-group solidarity; they're all in on a joke. The joke is they have institutional power, and you don't, and they feel contempt for you, that you still want to have opinions about how power's used.
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Are you or someone you know skipping GDC (or considering doing so) because of worries about coming to the US/San Francisco in the current environment?
If so, I want to hear from you for a piece. DM me here or kyle DOT orland AT arstechnica DOT com.
Please spread the word
If so, I want to hear from you for a piece. DM me here or kyle DOT orland AT arstechnica DOT com.
Please spread the word
September 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Are you or someone you know skipping GDC (or considering doing so) because of worries about coming to the US/San Francisco in the current environment?
If so, I want to hear from you for a piece. DM me here or kyle DOT orland AT arstechnica DOT com.
Please spread the word
If so, I want to hear from you for a piece. DM me here or kyle DOT orland AT arstechnica DOT com.
Please spread the word
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Chills. Thousands of Alberta high school students walked out of class to the legislature. They’re fighting back against UCP attacks on education. They’re standing up for teachers. They’re our future and I couldn’t be prouder.
✊🩷
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September 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Chills. Thousands of Alberta high school students walked out of class to the legislature. They’re fighting back against UCP attacks on education. They’re standing up for teachers. They’re our future and I couldn’t be prouder.
✊🩷
✊🩷
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I made a series of NES accuracy tests and then ran them on all of Nintendo's official NES emulators.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjY...
How Inaccurate are Nintendo's Official Emulators?
YouTube video by 100th Coin
www.youtube.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I made a series of NES accuracy tests and then ran them on all of Nintendo's official NES emulators.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjY...
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Note, you do NOT need to be a citizen to sign this— non-citizen residents of Canada may also sign.
Canadians! There is a petition to sign to protest Mastercard and Visa's control over the purchase of legal adult content. This is specifically about the Steam & itchio situation, but language protects adult creators.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#nsfw #censorship #canpoli
@acvalens.net
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#nsfw #censorship #canpoli
@acvalens.net
Petition e-6695 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
September 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Note, you do NOT need to be a citizen to sign this— non-citizen residents of Canada may also sign.
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If you're an indie developer, you should hang this screenshot on your wall and use it as inspiration to never give up
September 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
If you're an indie developer, you should hang this screenshot on your wall and use it as inspiration to never give up
An eternal constant tension in speedrunning category definition arguments: people who think the rules exist to be a rigorous categorization of types of tricks and glitches vs. justifying the existence of types of runs that are some combination of fun for the runner and entertaining for non-runner
September 2, 2025 at 6:16 AM
An eternal constant tension in speedrunning category definition arguments: people who think the rules exist to be a rigorous categorization of types of tricks and glitches vs. justifying the existence of types of runs that are some combination of fun for the runner and entertaining for non-runner
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The evil brilliance of focusing on trans people in athletic competitions is that inattentive cis people who are not intensely transphobic misread it as just a minor concession, while enthusiastic opponents of trans liberation understand how it advances their cause
< thread >
< thread >
So, when a Democrat makes their only statement on trans issues about trans women in sports, they are saying that this is their priority on trans issues - not restoring our equality under the law but joining Republicans in eroding it.
September 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The evil brilliance of focusing on trans people in athletic competitions is that inattentive cis people who are not intensely transphobic misread it as just a minor concession, while enthusiastic opponents of trans liberation understand how it advances their cause
< thread >
< thread >
The problem with speedrunning modern games is that modern controllers have way too many analog inputs.
(This post brought to you by me trying to learn the first few tricks in the Metroid Dread speedrun)
(This post brought to you by me trying to learn the first few tricks in the Metroid Dread speedrun)
August 31, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The problem with speedrunning modern games is that modern controllers have way too many analog inputs.
(This post brought to you by me trying to learn the first few tricks in the Metroid Dread speedrun)
(This post brought to you by me trying to learn the first few tricks in the Metroid Dread speedrun)
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don’t get why people are so hyped for silksong. game’s gonna have a ton of bugs.
August 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
don’t get why people are so hyped for silksong. game’s gonna have a ton of bugs.
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Hot take, people who hate cities shouldn’t be in charge of cities
August 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Hot take, people who hate cities shouldn’t be in charge of cities
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My Twitch account was hacked, and a hacker is masquerading as a partnered account on Twitch. Twitch won't do anything to help fix this. How many more of us need to be hacked and lose everything until they decide to help restore our accounts?
August 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
My Twitch account was hacked, and a hacker is masquerading as a partnered account on Twitch. Twitch won't do anything to help fix this. How many more of us need to be hacked and lose everything until they decide to help restore our accounts?
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LATEST: I recounted my experience at Minneapolis People's Pride, which I attended with @storster.bsky.social! It was a fantastic time, and shows how Pride should be - a community ran event without corporations or cops.
Ty to @ryan.staticnoi.se for editing!
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thefreeradical.org/opinion-minn...
Ty to @ryan.staticnoi.se for editing!
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thefreeradical.org/opinion-minn...
Opinion: Minneapolis People's Pride Shows How To Do Pride Right
People's Pride shows how Pride was originally a riot, and how it doesn't need cops or corporations to thrive
thefreeradical.org
July 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
LATEST: I recounted my experience at Minneapolis People's Pride, which I attended with @storster.bsky.social! It was a fantastic time, and shows how Pride should be - a community ran event without corporations or cops.
Ty to @ryan.staticnoi.se for editing!
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thefreeradical.org/opinion-minn...
Ty to @ryan.staticnoi.se for editing!
🧵
thefreeradical.org/opinion-minn...
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This is probably a spicy take but I bet we'd have more soundtracks as memorable as Undertale's if more composers got to be fulltime, integrated creative collaborators for the full duration of a project instead of contractors handed an asset list
July 17, 2025 at 6:36 AM
This is probably a spicy take but I bet we'd have more soundtracks as memorable as Undertale's if more composers got to be fulltime, integrated creative collaborators for the full duration of a project instead of contractors handed an asset list