The Nocturne Obscura
@thenocturneobscura.bsky.social
Observations on global events, politics, science and technology.
A human is stardust with a pulse: old cosmic furnace-ash gathered into one brief being that learns to look back at the stars it came from.
February 2, 2026 at 1:12 AM
A human is stardust with a pulse: old cosmic furnace-ash gathered into one brief being that learns to look back at the stars it came from.
Expedition 33 wins "Best Indie Game" and "Best Indie Debut"?
For all you true indie developers, it's okay to feel frustrated. Developer Sandfall has a large team with publisher + investors. There's nothing "indie" about them.
The game is great, but taking an award from a real indie is a shame.
For all you true indie developers, it's okay to feel frustrated. Developer Sandfall has a large team with publisher + investors. There's nothing "indie" about them.
The game is great, but taking an award from a real indie is a shame.
December 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Expedition 33 wins "Best Indie Game" and "Best Indie Debut"?
For all you true indie developers, it's okay to feel frustrated. Developer Sandfall has a large team with publisher + investors. There's nothing "indie" about them.
The game is great, but taking an award from a real indie is a shame.
For all you true indie developers, it's okay to feel frustrated. Developer Sandfall has a large team with publisher + investors. There's nothing "indie" about them.
The game is great, but taking an award from a real indie is a shame.
Who else remembers that in the 80s us kids were told chewing a piece of Gatorade gum was as hydrating and thirst quenching as drinking water?
December 10, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Who else remembers that in the 80s us kids were told chewing a piece of Gatorade gum was as hydrating and thirst quenching as drinking water?
Arch Linux + KDE Plasma
Name a better combo.
Ya can't.
Name a better combo.
Ya can't.
September 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Arch Linux + KDE Plasma
Name a better combo.
Ya can't.
Name a better combo.
Ya can't.
As a kid, it is explained to you that you need to be very exact when requesting a wish from a genie or else you'll get unexpected results.
That kind of thinking is how I got pretty good at prompt engineering.
That kind of thinking is how I got pretty good at prompt engineering.
August 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
As a kid, it is explained to you that you need to be very exact when requesting a wish from a genie or else you'll get unexpected results.
That kind of thinking is how I got pretty good at prompt engineering.
That kind of thinking is how I got pretty good at prompt engineering.
In the future, humans will have anti-gravity craft to lift travelers into space, but some hot shots will prefer to ride old fashioned rockets, roaring through the atmosphere spitting out fire and smoke.
We're seeing that now with EV's versus traditional internal combustion engine cars.
We're seeing that now with EV's versus traditional internal combustion engine cars.
August 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
In the future, humans will have anti-gravity craft to lift travelers into space, but some hot shots will prefer to ride old fashioned rockets, roaring through the atmosphere spitting out fire and smoke.
We're seeing that now with EV's versus traditional internal combustion engine cars.
We're seeing that now with EV's versus traditional internal combustion engine cars.
You should know:
Grey = English spelling (e = English)
Gray = American spelling (a = American)
This has been a public service announcement.
Grey = English spelling (e = English)
Gray = American spelling (a = American)
This has been a public service announcement.
August 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
You should know:
Grey = English spelling (e = English)
Gray = American spelling (a = American)
This has been a public service announcement.
Grey = English spelling (e = English)
Gray = American spelling (a = American)
This has been a public service announcement.
Reddit's r/ChatGPT is a hilarious subreddit to browse.
Every post of ChatGPT's accomplishments are brigated by the same 200+ users disregarding it as propaganda.
The subreddit is not an ensemble of enthusiasts, it is a mob of people whose only mission is to demonize and disregard AI.
Every post of ChatGPT's accomplishments are brigated by the same 200+ users disregarding it as propaganda.
The subreddit is not an ensemble of enthusiasts, it is a mob of people whose only mission is to demonize and disregard AI.
August 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Reddit's r/ChatGPT is a hilarious subreddit to browse.
Every post of ChatGPT's accomplishments are brigated by the same 200+ users disregarding it as propaganda.
The subreddit is not an ensemble of enthusiasts, it is a mob of people whose only mission is to demonize and disregard AI.
Every post of ChatGPT's accomplishments are brigated by the same 200+ users disregarding it as propaganda.
The subreddit is not an ensemble of enthusiasts, it is a mob of people whose only mission is to demonize and disregard AI.
ChatGPTs face when I tell it I need help installing Arch Linux on yet another computer and it knows it's going to have to hold my hand every single step of the way for the 5th time:
😑
😑
August 18, 2025 at 9:27 AM
ChatGPTs face when I tell it I need help installing Arch Linux on yet another computer and it knows it's going to have to hold my hand every single step of the way for the 5th time:
😑
😑
The response to GPT 5 is about as expected. If you're using it as a tool, it's really good.
If you liked 4o because of its personality, 5 it's going to feel like a step backwards.
TIP: Just tell 5 to have the personality that you want it to have.
If you liked 4o because of its personality, 5 it's going to feel like a step backwards.
TIP: Just tell 5 to have the personality that you want it to have.
August 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The response to GPT 5 is about as expected. If you're using it as a tool, it's really good.
If you liked 4o because of its personality, 5 it's going to feel like a step backwards.
TIP: Just tell 5 to have the personality that you want it to have.
If you liked 4o because of its personality, 5 it's going to feel like a step backwards.
TIP: Just tell 5 to have the personality that you want it to have.
To be yanked out of 13.8 billion years of oblivion to experience 70 years of wage slavery just to be shoved backed into the void
July 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
To be yanked out of 13.8 billion years of oblivion to experience 70 years of wage slavery just to be shoved backed into the void
The Trump administration allowed over a thousand tons of emergency aid food to rot in a warehouse, now it will be incinerated.
US aid workers lobbied for weeks to save food stocks from destruction after Trump cuts reut.rs/3IygSga
US aid workers lobbied for weeks to save food stocks from destruction after Trump cuts
With 1,100 tonnes of emergency food rations nearing expiry in a U.S. government warehouse in Dubai after President Donald Trump's aid freeze, it took a warning of "wasted tax dollars" for a top U.S. official to eventually agree to a deal for the supplies to be used, sources told Reuters.
reut.rs
July 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The Trump administration allowed over a thousand tons of emergency aid food to rot in a warehouse, now it will be incinerated.
I will never, ever understand the physics of how a ceiling fan, on high speed, that never gets turned off, still manages to get absolutely coated with dust. How the fuck did all that dust stick to a surface spinning at like 300 rpm?
July 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I will never, ever understand the physics of how a ceiling fan, on high speed, that never gets turned off, still manages to get absolutely coated with dust. How the fuck did all that dust stick to a surface spinning at like 300 rpm?
When conservatives hear the word communism, they think of the American "Red Scare" propaganda from the 50s and 60s.
When liberals talk about communism, we're saying universal healthcare and strong worker rights, like Canada and most of Europe.
When liberals talk about communism, we're saying universal healthcare and strong worker rights, like Canada and most of Europe.
July 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
When conservatives hear the word communism, they think of the American "Red Scare" propaganda from the 50s and 60s.
When liberals talk about communism, we're saying universal healthcare and strong worker rights, like Canada and most of Europe.
When liberals talk about communism, we're saying universal healthcare and strong worker rights, like Canada and most of Europe.
Can you believe there are actual human engineers that work on Grok? They could go anywhere and make mountains of cash, but they spend their time doing this shit?
July 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Can you believe there are actual human engineers that work on Grok? They could go anywhere and make mountains of cash, but they spend their time doing this shit?
I go to other LLMs for very basic questions so my primary LLM doesn't look down on me for being so stupid.
July 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I go to other LLMs for very basic questions so my primary LLM doesn't look down on me for being so stupid.
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Left Twitter, now on BlueSky. Of course we're still alive! Yes we're still making games. More info to come.
March 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Left Twitter, now on BlueSky. Of course we're still alive! Yes we're still making games. More info to come.
Elon needs to understand this is going to be Trumps next move. Putin is showing him how.
Panic among Moscow's Elite As Putin Moves to Seize Tycoon's Empire
Panic among Moscow's Elite As Putin Moves to Seize Tycoon's Empire
Panic among Moscow's Elite As Putin Moves to Seize Tycoon's Empire
kyivinsider.com
July 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Elon needs to understand this is going to be Trumps next move. Putin is showing him how.
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AGAIN: TENNCARE IS MEDICAID
1.5 million Tennesseans are on it
Most are working. The rest have other reasons, despite the fearmongering.
It’s not cash. You can’t live large on it.
Cutting $1 TRILLION to give a tax cut to the rich is cruel. @MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett
1.5 million Tennesseans are on it
Most are working. The rest have other reasons, despite the fearmongering.
It’s not cash. You can’t live large on it.
Cutting $1 TRILLION to give a tax cut to the rich is cruel. @MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett
July 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
AGAIN: TENNCARE IS MEDICAID
1.5 million Tennesseans are on it
Most are working. The rest have other reasons, despite the fearmongering.
It’s not cash. You can’t live large on it.
Cutting $1 TRILLION to give a tax cut to the rich is cruel. @MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett
1.5 million Tennesseans are on it
Most are working. The rest have other reasons, despite the fearmongering.
It’s not cash. You can’t live large on it.
Cutting $1 TRILLION to give a tax cut to the rich is cruel. @MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett
This doesn't bode well for Alligator Alcatraz and the upcoming hurricane season.
As Flood Deaths Rise, Texas Officials Blast Faulty Forecast by DOGE-Gutted National Weather Service www.commondreams.org/news/nws-cut...
As Flood Deaths Rise, Texas Officials Blast Faulty Forecast by DOGE-Gutted National Weather Service www.commondreams.org/news/nws-cut...
As Flood Deaths Rise, Texas Officials Blast Faulty Forecast by DOGE-Gutted National Weather Service | Common Dreams
"Experts warned for months that drastic and sudden cuts at the National Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability and endanger lives during the storm season," said one critic.
www.commondreams.org
July 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This doesn't bode well for Alligator Alcatraz and the upcoming hurricane season.
As Flood Deaths Rise, Texas Officials Blast Faulty Forecast by DOGE-Gutted National Weather Service www.commondreams.org/news/nws-cut...
As Flood Deaths Rise, Texas Officials Blast Faulty Forecast by DOGE-Gutted National Weather Service www.commondreams.org/news/nws-cut...
You can't spell "hatred" without "red hat".
July 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
You can't spell "hatred" without "red hat".