Damian Yerrick
@pinobatch.peoplemaking.games.ap.brid.gy
Retro video game developer, specializing in NES and dabbling in other 8- and 16-bit platforms. he/him, searchable
[bridged from https://peoplemaking.games/@PinoBatch on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
[bridged from https://peoplemaking.games/@PinoBatch on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
How Hiro's soundtrack for the arcade game AFTER BURNER could have sounded on the 3 1/2-voice Digital Complex Sound Generator in the Sega Master System, if ROM size weren't as tight as it was back in 1987.
("Before Burner" is a blank CD.)
https://youtu.be/GyO7EaJFKLA
#vgm #mastersystem #sn76489 […]
("Before Burner" is a blank CD.)
https://youtu.be/GyO7EaJFKLA
#vgm #mastersystem #sn76489 […]
Original post on peoplemaking.games
peoplemaking.games
January 9, 2026 at 3:03 AM
How Hiro's soundtrack for the arcade game AFTER BURNER could have sounded on the 3 1/2-voice Digital Complex Sound Generator in the Sega Master System, if ROM size weren't as tight as it was back in 1987.
("Before Burner" is a blank CD.)
https://youtu.be/GyO7EaJFKLA
#vgm #mastersystem #sn76489 […]
("Before Burner" is a blank CD.)
https://youtu.be/GyO7EaJFKLA
#vgm #mastersystem #sn76489 […]
Reposted by Damian Yerrick
New blog post! A close look at Tahoe menu icons https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/
It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons
Looking at the first principles of icon design—and how Apple failed to apply all of them in macOS Tahoe
tonsky.me
January 5, 2026 at 11:10 AM
New blog post! A close look at Tahoe menu icons https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/
They say you're supposed to say "rabbit rabbit" at the start of a new month. 🐇️🐇️
Swift Heart, Nethil, and Pawlette say hi
#rabbitrabbit #plushie #plushies #buildabear #carebearcousins
Swift Heart, Nethil, and Pawlette say hi
#rabbitrabbit #plushie #plushies #buildabear #carebearcousins
January 1, 2026 at 3:39 PM
They say you're supposed to say "rabbit rabbit" at the start of a new month. 🐇️🐇️
Swift Heart, Nethil, and Pawlette say hi
#rabbitrabbit #plushie #plushies #buildabear #carebearcousins
Swift Heart, Nethil, and Pawlette say hi
#rabbitrabbit #plushie #plushies #buildabear #carebearcousins
In December, I set out to write an NES #emulator from scratch, working on it an hour a day every day, recording every minute. (It's not quite the same as #adventofcode but it's close.) I've built the CPU, PPU, and a handful of mappers. I added MMC3 without […]
[Original post on peoplemaking.games]
[Original post on peoplemaking.games]
December 31, 2025 at 8:20 PM
In December, I set out to write an NES #emulator from scratch, working on it an hour a day every day, recording every minute. (It's not quite the same as #adventofcode but it's close.) I've built the CPU, PPU, and a handful of mappers. I added MMC3 without […]
[Original post on peoplemaking.games]
[Original post on peoplemaking.games]
Reposted by Damian Yerrick
The oldest backrooms level is a very long house.
The longhouse was the first very large building designed by humans. Some of them were massive. So I propose a backrooms level that's just a long house that extends into infinity, maybe with partition doors at intervals. Dead fire-pits, dry […]
The longhouse was the first very large building designed by humans. Some of them were massive. So I propose a backrooms level that's just a long house that extends into infinity, maybe with partition doors at intervals. Dead fire-pits, dry […]
Original post on sauropods.win
sauropods.win
November 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The oldest backrooms level is a very long house.
The longhouse was the first very large building designed by humans. Some of them were massive. So I propose a backrooms level that's just a long house that extends into infinity, maybe with partition doors at intervals. Dead fire-pits, dry […]
The longhouse was the first very large building designed by humans. Some of them were massive. So I propose a backrooms level that's just a long house that extends into infinity, maybe with partition doors at intervals. Dead fire-pits, dry […]
One good thing may come out of this AI-driven RAM crunch. It might be the kick in the behind that gets developers to give up complacency about library and framework bloat (*cough* Electron), reverse Wirth's law, and start caring about their applications' memory footprint.
Richard Speed of The […]
Richard Speed of The […]
Original post on peoplemaking.games
peoplemaking.games
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
One good thing may come out of this AI-driven RAM crunch. It might be the kick in the behind that gets developers to give up complacency about library and framework bloat (*cough* Electron), reverse Wirth's law, and start caring about their applications' memory footprint.
Richard Speed of The […]
Richard Speed of The […]
Reposted by Damian Yerrick
the 1080ti launched in 2017 and yet in my head still parses as the default Good graphics card
the 2080 and beyond feel like exorbitant luxuries that came out weeks ago
the 2080 and beyond feel like exorbitant luxuries that came out weeks ago
December 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
the 1080ti launched in 2017 and yet in my head still parses as the default Good graphics card
the 2080 and beyond feel like exorbitant luxuries that came out weeks ago
the 2080 and beyond feel like exorbitant luxuries that came out weeks ago
Reposted by Damian Yerrick
"That invisibility has created a misconception, in some quarters, that #rss is a relic. But the opposite is true: we’ve never relied on it more. And as the social web fractures, as platforms wall off content, and as AI agents begin remixing everything they can ingest, our dependence on neutral […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
"That invisibility has created a misconception, in some quarters, that #rss is a relic. But the opposite is true: we’ve never relied on it more. And as the social web fractures, as platforms wall off content, and as AI agents begin remixing everything they can ingest, our dependence on neutral […]
It's mean to "AI-vestigate" the work of other human beings. And now we can add "discriminatory."
The writing style associated with LLMs is the same style drilled into middle and high school students in former British colonies in Africa and south Asia. To put it another way: In Kenya, ChatGPT […]
The writing style associated with LLMs is the same style drilled into middle and high school students in former British colonies in Africa and south Asia. To put it another way: In Kenya, ChatGPT […]
Original post on peoplemaking.games
peoplemaking.games
December 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
It's mean to "AI-vestigate" the work of other human beings. And now we can add "discriminatory."
The writing style associated with LLMs is the same style drilled into middle and high school students in former British colonies in Africa and south Asia. To put it another way: In Kenya, ChatGPT […]
The writing style associated with LLMs is the same style drilled into middle and high school students in former British colonies in Africa and south Asia. To put it another way: In Kenya, ChatGPT […]
Reposted by Damian Yerrick
Linux Tech Tips: _There was a recent thing from a major tech company where developers were asked to say how many lines of code they wrote, and if it wasn’t enough, they were terminated. And there was someone here who was extremely upset about that approach to measuring productivity because it […]
Original post on manganiello.eu
manganiello.eu
December 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Linux Tech Tips: _There was a recent thing from a major tech company where developers were asked to say how many lines of code they wrote, and if it wasn’t enough, they were terminated. And there was someone here who was extremely upset about that approach to measuring productivity because it […]
Reposted by Damian Yerrick
[AI, RAM prices]
honestly BEGGING people to be upset at Micron and not just "AI"
because frankly as much as I get being upset at AI, you're basically saying "aw poor micron doesn't have a choice but to go all in on AI"
if instead people went "Micron you treacherous motherfuckers" and their PR […]
honestly BEGGING people to be upset at Micron and not just "AI"
because frankly as much as I get being upset at AI, you're basically saying "aw poor micron doesn't have a choice but to go all in on AI"
if instead people went "Micron you treacherous motherfuckers" and their PR […]
Original post on mastodon.derg.nz
mastodon.derg.nz
December 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
[AI, RAM prices]
honestly BEGGING people to be upset at Micron and not just "AI"
because frankly as much as I get being upset at AI, you're basically saying "aw poor micron doesn't have a choice but to go all in on AI"
if instead people went "Micron you treacherous motherfuckers" and their PR […]
honestly BEGGING people to be upset at Micron and not just "AI"
because frankly as much as I get being upset at AI, you're basically saying "aw poor micron doesn't have a choice but to go all in on AI"
if instead people went "Micron you treacherous motherfuckers" and their PR […]
Don't give your pet mouse 🐁️ a tattoo. A study by Capucetti et al. in PNAS found the ink lingers in lymph nodes for months and kills immune cells. Effect on vaccines varied; Comirnaty (for COVID) injected into a tattoo was weaker while the flu jab was stronger […]
Original post on peoplemaking.games
peoplemaking.games
December 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Don't give your pet mouse 🐁️ a tattoo. A study by Capucetti et al. in PNAS found the ink lingers in lymph nodes for months and kills immune cells. Effect on vaccines varied; Comirnaty (for COVID) injected into a tattoo was weaker while the flu jab was stronger […]
It seems a lot of pundits don't like popular chat platforms and don't want free software projects' communication to end up siloed behind one.
Drew DeVault wrote in 2015 to the effect: Please stop using Slack for open-source communities. It's non-free, bloated software, and joining just to read […]
Drew DeVault wrote in 2015 to the effect: Please stop using Slack for open-source communities. It's non-free, bloated software, and joining just to read […]
Original post on peoplemaking.games
peoplemaking.games
December 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
It seems a lot of pundits don't like popular chat platforms and don't want free software projects' communication to end up siloed behind one.
Drew DeVault wrote in 2015 to the effect: Please stop using Slack for open-source communities. It's non-free, bloated software, and joining just to read […]
Drew DeVault wrote in 2015 to the effect: Please stop using Slack for open-source communities. It's non-free, bloated software, and joining just to read […]
Tibby Wobnobbin, a character from the 2005 Weebles cartoon, first appeared in the Weebleville Town Center playset.
Notice how Tibby's fingers are square and stubby in the toy, more like a real elephant, and much slimmer in the cartoon. Imagine what it […]
[Original post on peoplemaking.games]
Notice how Tibby's fingers are square and stubby in the toy, more like a real elephant, and much slimmer in the cartoon. Imagine what it […]
[Original post on peoplemaking.games]
November 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Tibby Wobnobbin, a character from the 2005 Weebles cartoon, first appeared in the Weebleville Town Center playset.
Notice how Tibby's fingers are square and stubby in the toy, more like a real elephant, and much slimmer in the cartoon. Imagine what it […]
[Original post on peoplemaking.games]
Notice how Tibby's fingers are square and stubby in the toy, more like a real elephant, and much slimmer in the cartoon. Imagine what it […]
[Original post on peoplemaking.games]
Dutch "aandelen" means "shares of stock." Mexican Spanish "ándale" sounds similar and means "hurry up!" It makes me imagine high-frequency traders (HFT) saying "Aandelen, aandelen, ¡arriba, arriba!" like Speedy Gonzales from WB's Looney Tunes.
#dutch […]
[Original post on peoplemaking.games]
#dutch […]
[Original post on peoplemaking.games]
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Dutch "aandelen" means "shares of stock." Mexican Spanish "ándale" sounds similar and means "hurry up!" It makes me imagine high-frequency traders (HFT) saying "Aandelen, aandelen, ¡arriba, arriba!" like Speedy Gonzales from WB's Looney Tunes.
#dutch […]
[Original post on peoplemaking.games]
#dutch […]
[Original post on peoplemaking.games]
Code written in Rust🦀️ fails fast rather than having memory consistency errors. But when it fails, it fails hard, as seen in yesterday's Cloudflare outage.
Is it time for syntax highlighters to highlight panic! and unwrap the same way?
#rustlang #cloudflare #cloudflareoutage #syntaxhighlighting
Is it time for syntax highlighters to highlight panic! and unwrap the same way?
#rustlang #cloudflare #cloudflareoutage #syntaxhighlighting
November 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Code written in Rust🦀️ fails fast rather than having memory consistency errors. But when it fails, it fails hard, as seen in yesterday's Cloudflare outage.
Is it time for syntax highlighters to highlight panic! and unwrap the same way?
#rustlang #cloudflare #cloudflareoutage #syntaxhighlighting
Is it time for syntax highlighters to highlight panic! and unwrap the same way?
#rustlang #cloudflare #cloudflareoutage #syntaxhighlighting
Reposted by Damian Yerrick
Firing up a new browser that doesn't have an adblocker installed yet, thinking "Ugh, I hate ads," and then remembering no, ads are great, I love ads, what I hate is LIES. I hate CRAP THAT GETS IN THE WAY. I hate being spied on. I hate interruptions. I hate seeing reminders about Products I […]
Original post on retro.social
retro.social
October 22, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Firing up a new browser that doesn't have an adblocker installed yet, thinking "Ugh, I hate ads," and then remembering no, ads are great, I love ads, what I hate is LIES. I hate CRAP THAT GETS IN THE WAY. I hate being spied on. I hate interruptions. I hate seeing reminders about Products I […]
Reposted by Damian Yerrick
what if we just took all the ai data centers and put them to work cracking firmware signing keys instead
October 22, 2025 at 6:34 AM
what if we just took all the ai data centers and put them to work cracking firmware signing keys instead
Reposted by Damian Yerrick
In case you missed it, Windows 10 will be EOL from Oct. 14, 2025.
If your Personal Computer can't be upgraded to Windows 11 (and there are chances that this is the case...) Linux could be an option to keep using your PC instead of *forcefully* buying a new one. 🙄 […]
If your Personal Computer can't be upgraded to Windows 11 (and there are chances that this is the case...) Linux could be an option to keep using your PC instead of *forcefully* buying a new one. 🙄 […]
Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place
mastodon.gamedev.place
June 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
In case you missed it, Windows 10 will be EOL from Oct. 14, 2025.
If your Personal Computer can't be upgraded to Windows 11 (and there are chances that this is the case...) Linux could be an option to keep using your PC instead of *forcefully* buying a new one. 🙄 […]
If your Personal Computer can't be upgraded to Windows 11 (and there are chances that this is the case...) Linux could be an option to keep using your PC instead of *forcefully* buying a new one. 🙄 […]
In "Weebles wobble, but they don't fall down!" the word "fall" is an unaccusative verb. Its subject is not an agent (initiator of an action) but an experiencer. This detail of grammar and its implications across many languages were characterized in 1978 […]
Original post on peoplemaking.games
peoplemaking.games
August 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
In "Weebles wobble, but they don't fall down!" the word "fall" is an unaccusative verb. Its subject is not an agent (initiator of an action) but an experiencer. This detail of grammar and its implications across many languages were characterized in 1978 […]
PoisonInThePen, a user of another SNS, posted a generative picture of toys on a table. I wondered what it'd look like without AI. So I got out my Weebles Storybook World toys (and a random plushie from another toy line) to find out!
Original […]
[Original post on peoplemaking.games]
Original […]
[Original post on peoplemaking.games]
August 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
PoisonInThePen, a user of another SNS, posted a generative picture of toys on a table. I wondered what it'd look like without AI. So I got out my Weebles Storybook World toys (and a random plushie from another toy line) to find out!
Original […]
[Original post on peoplemaking.games]
Original […]
[Original post on peoplemaking.games]
Video games don't feel like they used to when you were a kid because once you outgrow child labor laws, you have more than two games to play in a year. Choice paralysis makes you less invested in learning 100% of any particular game. Pretzel explains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V2ZatLGXjo […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V2ZatLGXjo […]
Original post on peoplemaking.games
peoplemaking.games
July 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Video games don't feel like they used to when you were a kid because once you outgrow child labor laws, you have more than two games to play in a year. Choice paralysis makes you less invested in learning 100% of any particular game. Pretzel explains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V2ZatLGXjo […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V2ZatLGXjo […]