Tim Kane (ⵜⵉⵎoⵜⵀⵢ ⴽⴰⵏⴻ) 🏳️🌈
@tim-rex.bsky.social
Hobby game dev tech tools and rendering enginer (translation: total hack with a bunch of incomplete and largely unimpressive tech demos)
@tim_rex_ in the other place
The idea that my views would not be my own is horrifying. Nuff said
@tim_rex_ in the other place
The idea that my views would not be my own is horrifying. Nuff said
@jqgregory.bsky.social ooh, I see listings for a 4th Edition.. very exciting!
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
@jqgregory.bsky.social ooh, I see listings for a 4th Edition.. very exciting!
JFC!!! Now I’m getting email spam for.. ammunition.. why the FUCK would I be interested? do not want, ESPECIALLY after events that are not even a day old. Fuck this timeline.
December 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
JFC!!! Now I’m getting email spam for.. ammunition.. why the FUCK would I be interested? do not want, ESPECIALLY after events that are not even a day old. Fuck this timeline.
@bsky.app I will not verify my age using a third party. Please provide details on your algo that decides who should be subject to that process, or fix it (you’re not even part of Australia’s ban legislation ffs)
December 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
@bsky.app I will not verify my age using a third party. Please provide details on your algo that decides who should be subject to that process, or fix it (you’re not even part of Australia’s ban legislation ffs)
Did anyone in Australia escape the banhammer on bsky? Presume they think everyone is only as old as the platform itself
December 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Did anyone in Australia escape the banhammer on bsky? Presume they think everyone is only as old as the platform itself
@bsky.app any way to proceed with KWS verification without giving out email address at the first pass? bluesky handle should be sufficient to see what verification options/methods are available past the jump. I don’t care what other platforms they provide services for.
Great.. “some features” are now disabled. What features are those? Fuck knows.
First hurdle to certification with KWS? They want my email address just to get started. How about fuck no?
First hurdle to certification with KWS? They want my email address just to get started. How about fuck no?
December 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
@bsky.app any way to proceed with KWS verification without giving out email address at the first pass? bluesky handle should be sufficient to see what verification options/methods are available past the jump. I don’t care what other platforms they provide services for.
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Hey @bsky.app, I am absolutely NOT going to fucking share my personal data with a corporation that will be holding said data outside of my own fucking country.
Kids Web Services (aka KWS) is a subsidiary of Epic Games and they have had data breaches in 2011, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2018, 2019, and 2023.
Kids Web Services (aka KWS) is a subsidiary of Epic Games and they have had data breaches in 2011, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2018, 2019, and 2023.
December 9, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Hey @bsky.app, I am absolutely NOT going to fucking share my personal data with a corporation that will be holding said data outside of my own fucking country.
Kids Web Services (aka KWS) is a subsidiary of Epic Games and they have had data breaches in 2011, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2018, 2019, and 2023.
Kids Web Services (aka KWS) is a subsidiary of Epic Games and they have had data breaches in 2011, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2018, 2019, and 2023.
Counting down to see which mega corps think I’m too young to use the internet anymore
December 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Counting down to see which mega corps think I’m too young to use the internet anymore
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Tomorrow is #OneSpecialDay, and you may ask why SpecialEffect needs your help.
The support we provide to physically disabled people all over the world is 100% free. For life. And we’re able to provide this because of the incredible generosity of our supporters!
Buy. Play. Donate. Friday 3rd Oct!
The support we provide to physically disabled people all over the world is 100% free. For life. And we’re able to provide this because of the incredible generosity of our supporters!
Buy. Play. Donate. Friday 3rd Oct!
October 2, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Tomorrow is #OneSpecialDay, and you may ask why SpecialEffect needs your help.
The support we provide to physically disabled people all over the world is 100% free. For life. And we’re able to provide this because of the incredible generosity of our supporters!
Buy. Play. Donate. Friday 3rd Oct!
The support we provide to physically disabled people all over the world is 100% free. For life. And we’re able to provide this because of the incredible generosity of our supporters!
Buy. Play. Donate. Friday 3rd Oct!
Whoo! 📌
September 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Whoo! 📌
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A bunch of SSDs are apparently failing after a recent Windows patch.
Microsoft says it’s not them, and their metrics aren’t showing any abnormal increases in hardware failures.
Phison, a component manufacturer commonly used in many of the drives that are failing, say they can’t repro any issue.
Microsoft says it’s not them, and their metrics aren’t showing any abnormal increases in hardware failures.
Phison, a component manufacturer commonly used in many of the drives that are failing, say they can’t repro any issue.
September 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
A bunch of SSDs are apparently failing after a recent Windows patch.
Microsoft says it’s not them, and their metrics aren’t showing any abnormal increases in hardware failures.
Phison, a component manufacturer commonly used in many of the drives that are failing, say they can’t repro any issue.
Microsoft says it’s not them, and their metrics aren’t showing any abnormal increases in hardware failures.
Phison, a component manufacturer commonly used in many of the drives that are failing, say they can’t repro any issue.
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I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
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 5:04 PM
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
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To Australians concerned about the under-16 social media ban, especially after seeing the effects of the UK's Online Safety, I emailed Electronic Frontiers Australia and they suggested contacting your local MP, senator, or to the minister behind it, Anika Wells.
www.anikawells.com.au/contact/
www.anikawells.com.au/contact/
August 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
To Australians concerned about the under-16 social media ban, especially after seeing the effects of the UK's Online Safety, I emailed Electronic Frontiers Australia and they suggested contacting your local MP, senator, or to the minister behind it, Anika Wells.
www.anikawells.com.au/contact/
www.anikawells.com.au/contact/
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If you're not familiar, the bill in question here was pushed through in about a week with hardly any consultations and was very problematically worded.
A number of orgs, including Electronic Frontiers Australia, condemned it. #FreeSpeech #australia
A number of orgs, including Electronic Frontiers Australia, condemned it. #FreeSpeech #australia
endesafety.au Contrary to their name, there have been times when the FSU have said things to the detriment of free speech, however, they are right here. Julie generally behaves like a censorious politician. #FreeSpeech #australia
End ESafety
endesafety.au
August 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
If you're not familiar, the bill in question here was pushed through in about a week with hardly any consultations and was very problematically worded.
A number of orgs, including Electronic Frontiers Australia, condemned it. #FreeSpeech #australia
A number of orgs, including Electronic Frontiers Australia, condemned it. #FreeSpeech #australia
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I personally feel - based off EFF / Electronic Frontiers Australia - that it was rushed as a smokescreen for pushing digital ID to access social media on everyone, and eliminate anonymity. It opens the door to 'we all have to prove we're not 16.' I hope I'm wrong!!
November 27, 2024 at 8:16 AM
I personally feel - based off EFF / Electronic Frontiers Australia - that it was rushed as a smokescreen for pushing digital ID to access social media on everyone, and eliminate anonymity. It opens the door to 'we all have to prove we're not 16.' I hope I'm wrong!!
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Electronic Frontiers Australia has taken a big swing at Australia's teen social media ban tech trial, with EFA chair John Pane saying there are "serious concerns about the project's methodology".
The trial has finished its report and given it to government, but is not yet public
The trial has finished its report and given it to government, but is not yet public
August 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Electronic Frontiers Australia has taken a big swing at Australia's teen social media ban tech trial, with EFA chair John Pane saying there are "serious concerns about the project's methodology".
The trial has finished its report and given it to government, but is not yet public
The trial has finished its report and given it to government, but is not yet public
Beginning to see the implications of this in UK and Mississippi..of course it won’t work, it was never about that
As Australia rolls out a ban on social media for kids under 16, tech companies face steep fines and teens face life without TikTok, Instagram, and other platforms. Will it work?
The Tweens Down Under: Life Without Social Media in Australia
As Australia rolls out a ban on social media for kids under 16, tech companies face steep fines and teens face life without TikTok, Instagram, and other platforms. Will it work?
wrd.cm
August 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Beginning to see the implications of this in UK and Mississippi..of course it won’t work, it was never about that
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the other wrinkle in all these "we're banning porn for UK users!" and "bluesky isn't available in mississippi" stories that no one seems to be talking about:
geo-ip is inaccurate as shit, even before VPNs get involved. you can't just detect where people are with any kind of consistency
geo-ip is inaccurate as shit, even before VPNs get involved. you can't just detect where people are with any kind of consistency
August 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
the other wrinkle in all these "we're banning porn for UK users!" and "bluesky isn't available in mississippi" stories that no one seems to be talking about:
geo-ip is inaccurate as shit, even before VPNs get involved. you can't just detect where people are with any kind of consistency
geo-ip is inaccurate as shit, even before VPNs get involved. you can't just detect where people are with any kind of consistency
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This is good. Saying we fucked up is the hardest thing to do and I credit Wired for talking about this directly.
It was kind of ironic this dropped the same day they published that story about sending one of their employees to AI vibe code or whatever lol
It was kind of ironic this dropped the same day they published that story about sending one of their employees to AI vibe code or whatever lol
How WIRED Got Rolled by an AI Freelancer
We retracted a story in May. Here’s what happened.
www.wired.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This is good. Saying we fucked up is the hardest thing to do and I credit Wired for talking about this directly.
It was kind of ironic this dropped the same day they published that story about sending one of their employees to AI vibe code or whatever lol
It was kind of ironic this dropped the same day they published that story about sending one of their employees to AI vibe code or whatever lol
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♡♡♡ A scientific breakthrough at Pride month. ♡♡♡
June 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
♡♡♡ A scientific breakthrough at Pride month. ♡♡♡
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when we first picked up a crayon as kids, we were all dreaming of Productivity to make Products with Endless Generative Content for Consumption by Consumers
June 5, 2025 at 8:55 AM
when we first picked up a crayon as kids, we were all dreaming of Productivity to make Products with Endless Generative Content for Consumption by Consumers
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Software Estimation is a response to a range of often unexamined questions, and it's rarely the best answer to any. Yet many hold onto it like a life preserver. Why it falls short and alternatives.
Estimation does not help us learn how well our software will meet its aims; putting software into use does.
Software Estimation is a response to a range of often unexamined questions, and it's rarely the best answer to any. Yet many hold onto it like a life preserver. Why it falls short and alternatives.
wioota.substack.com
May 12, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Software Estimation is a response to a range of often unexamined questions, and it's rarely the best answer to any. Yet many hold onto it like a life preserver. Why it falls short and alternatives.
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🎵HEAD LIKE A HOLE, BLACK AS YOUR SOUL🎵
May 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
🎵HEAD LIKE A HOLE, BLACK AS YOUR SOUL🎵
Really hope this new Mario Kart Workd isn’t fully unlocked..
MK8 Deluxe held zero interest for me, no sense of progression/reward
MK8 Deluxe held zero interest for me, no sense of progression/reward
April 3, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Really hope this new Mario Kart Workd isn’t fully unlocked..
MK8 Deluxe held zero interest for me, no sense of progression/reward
MK8 Deluxe held zero interest for me, no sense of progression/reward
Found out the hard way.. not all pool side umbrellas are UV protective 🥵 🍖 🔥 🦞
April 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Found out the hard way.. not all pool side umbrellas are UV protective 🥵 🍖 🔥 🦞