Tau
@tau0.bsky.social
Hi! I'm Tau. I like to play games and tinker with computers, specially programming and Linux.
I'm very chill but also a little anxious about talking with people so keep that in mind!
(Bridged mastodon profile: @Tau.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy)
I'm very chill but also a little anxious about talking with people so keep that in mind!
(Bridged mastodon profile: @Tau.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy)
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La humanidad se fue a pique cuando dejamos de poner leds de notificaciones de colores en los moviles
October 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
La humanidad se fue a pique cuando dejamos de poner leds de notificaciones de colores en los moviles
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Rebecca Heineman is probably best known for coding 3DO Doom from zero in 10 weeks after being told it just needed "polish" - the licensee didn't understand what porting involved.
Since hearing that story, she's someone I've looked up to a lot. Now, she's got a different struggle...
Since hearing that story, she's someone I've looked up to a lot. Now, she's got a different struggle...
I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3
Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman
I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer
gofund.me
October 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Rebecca Heineman is probably best known for coding 3DO Doom from zero in 10 weeks after being told it just needed "polish" - the licensee didn't understand what porting involved.
Since hearing that story, she's someone I've looked up to a lot. Now, she's got a different struggle...
Since hearing that story, she's someone I've looked up to a lot. Now, she's got a different struggle...
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We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
signal.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
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Banda, que a la gente de la UE se le ha ocurrido la brillantísima idea de meter IA para leer nuestros mensajes privados. Hora de contactar con los diputados, que a este paso nos convertimos en EE.UU.
www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/es/sear...
www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/es/sear...
October 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Banda, que a la gente de la UE se le ha ocurrido la brillantísima idea de meter IA para leer nuestros mensajes privados. Hora de contactar con los diputados, que a este paso nos convertimos en EE.UU.
www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/es/sear...
www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/es/sear...
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I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3
Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman
I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer
gofund.me
October 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3
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I accidentally glitched out an animation I was working on and created a perfect example of what the passage of time feels like to someone with ADHD
October 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I accidentally glitched out an animation I was working on and created a perfect example of what the passage of time feels like to someone with ADHD
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This GPU is loud and proud
September 28, 2025 at 7:03 AM
This GPU is loud and proud
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¿os habéis enterado? al parecer, hay una persona en internet que es gilipollas. ¿qué os parece? ¿qué opinais? hablemos de ello durante días. dediquémosle toda nuestra atención, energía y tiempo. así aprenderá.
September 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
¿os habéis enterado? al parecer, hay una persona en internet que es gilipollas. ¿qué os parece? ¿qué opinais? hablemos de ello durante días. dediquémosle toda nuestra atención, energía y tiempo. así aprenderá.
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Slap VISA and MasterCard, call them, complain.
They cannot control the content people consume.
This is erasure, this goes against human rights, even.
Never. Stop. Calling.
This kind of thing needs to be portrayed on tv until it gets solved.
They cannot control the content people consume.
This is erasure, this goes against human rights, even.
Never. Stop. Calling.
This kind of thing needs to be portrayed on tv until it gets solved.
September 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Slap VISA and MasterCard, call them, complain.
They cannot control the content people consume.
This is erasure, this goes against human rights, even.
Never. Stop. Calling.
This kind of thing needs to be portrayed on tv until it gets solved.
They cannot control the content people consume.
This is erasure, this goes against human rights, even.
Never. Stop. Calling.
This kind of thing needs to be portrayed on tv until it gets solved.
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This is so true
September 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is so true
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I love this analytical take on video game categorization from Antoine Mayerowitz and Julie Belzanne:
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...
Instead of trying to vibe-intuit the definition of an "indie" game, the authors analyzed the data from the perspective of game size and credits length
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...
Instead of trying to vibe-intuit the definition of an "indie" game, the authors analyzed the data from the perspective of game size and credits length
September 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I love this analytical take on video game categorization from Antoine Mayerowitz and Julie Belzanne:
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...
Instead of trying to vibe-intuit the definition of an "indie" game, the authors analyzed the data from the perspective of game size and credits length
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...
Instead of trying to vibe-intuit the definition of an "indie" game, the authors analyzed the data from the perspective of game size and credits length
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Don’t let the internet fool you. I was at a protest for trans kids yesterday an HOUR south of Seattle, and it was HUGE. And there was a cacophony of drivers beeping in support.
I could not believe it. Because I spend too much online and figured it’s a lost cause.
I could not believe it. Because I spend too much online and figured it’s a lost cause.
September 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Don’t let the internet fool you. I was at a protest for trans kids yesterday an HOUR south of Seattle, and it was HUGE. And there was a cacophony of drivers beeping in support.
I could not believe it. Because I spend too much online and figured it’s a lost cause.
I could not believe it. Because I spend too much online and figured it’s a lost cause.
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Si los hombres no convierten todo en una competición se mueren.
September 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Si los hombres no convierten todo en una competición se mueren.
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Echoes Of The Living, our latest build running at MAX settings, native Steam Deck Resolution at 60 FPS, I'm so proud 🥹
September 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Echoes Of The Living, our latest build running at MAX settings, native Steam Deck Resolution at 60 FPS, I'm so proud 🥹
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silksong is great, but can they please put some damn benches before major bosses???
I would be having fun learning their patterns if i didn't have to go through like 5 screens every time i die and get hit sometimes in the way
I would be having fun learning their patterns if i didn't have to go through like 5 screens every time i die and get hit sometimes in the way
September 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
silksong is great, but can they please put some damn benches before major bosses???
I would be having fun learning their patterns if i didn't have to go through like 5 screens every time i die and get hit sometimes in the way
I would be having fun learning their patterns if i didn't have to go through like 5 screens every time i die and get hit sometimes in the way
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"Why do all these migrants have expensive mobile phones?!?!?"
A blog post from a decade ago which is, tragically, still relevant today.
shkspr.mobi/blog/2015/09...
A blog post from a decade ago which is, tragically, still relevant today.
shkspr.mobi/blog/2015/09...
Migrants and Mobiles
There's a pernicious myth - often spread by tabloids - that the poor and hungry don't deserve the meagre possessions which make life worth living. You see this in headlines like "Benefit Scum Have Fl...
shkspr.mobi
September 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
"Why do all these migrants have expensive mobile phones?!?!?"
A blog post from a decade ago which is, tragically, still relevant today.
shkspr.mobi/blog/2015/09...
A blog post from a decade ago which is, tragically, still relevant today.
shkspr.mobi/blog/2015/09...
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for some reason i felt like making something like the 3ds menu on linux
(very unfinished)
(very unfinished)
August 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
for some reason i felt like making something like the 3ds menu on linux
(very unfinished)
(very unfinished)
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rust isnt special. you know what else is memory safe. a beautiful forest stream
August 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
rust isnt special. you know what else is memory safe. a beautiful forest stream
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Everyone who works on Wikipedia is best ever . Wikipedia only good website you can use computer for. Everything else is a bad form of internet
August 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Everyone who works on Wikipedia is best ever . Wikipedia only good website you can use computer for. Everything else is a bad form of internet
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This is heat anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
August 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
This is heat anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
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came up with ubuntu, linux mint, arch linux, and debian
August 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
came up with ubuntu, linux mint, arch linux, and debian
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fact checking is when you ask more than one LLM and compare answers
May 8, 2024 at 1:20 PM
fact checking is when you ask more than one LLM and compare answers