Mike Pence on That Time When the Insurrectionists Wanted to Hang Him
On the campaign trail, I get asked a lot of awkward questions: “How did it feel when Trump’s supporters wanted to hang you?”; “What was your plan i...McSweeney's Internet Tendency
Humble Bundle has a big Cities: Skylines bundle gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/humb…
#CitiesSkylines #PCGaming #Linux
Humble Bundle has a big Cities: Skylines bundle
Fancy city-building but don't want to pay a big sum for all the extra content? Humble Bundle have a new Cities: Skylines Bundle live now with the base game and major expansions.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
8 Approaches to Find Yourself
Learn how to stop reacting to life, making up for the shadows of yesterday, and toiling for your tomorrow. See how to know yourself now.Margarita Tartakovsky, MS (Psych Central)
GOG has a big Indie Festival Sale on gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/gog-…
GOG has a big Indie Festival Sale on
Stock up on some fantastic indie games, as GOG have launched their Indie Festival which is live now until September 25th, 10 PM UTC.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
VKDoom is a ZDoom-based source port with a focus on Vulkan gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/vkdo…
VKDoom is a ZDoom-based source port with a focus on Vulkan
Well this is pretty fun to see! The ZDoom / GZDoom family is expanding with VKDoom, a new sort-port that has a focus on expanded Vulkan support and modern rendering.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
There's a lot of interest in #GodotEngine today, so here's my perspective & advice, as the tech lead on Cassette Beasts, a 2.5D open world RPG that shipped this year on Steam, Switch and Xbox, using Godot 3.5. 🧵
First: I've not used Unity (or Unreal) for more than just trivial experiments, so I can't provide direct comparisons. But there are still a few general points I can make.
Also: I will never recommend switching engine mid-project. If you're gonna switch, do it between projects.
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Microsoft's strategic shift: Unbundling Teams in Europe amid ongoing antitrust probes. 🇪🇺 A good first step. Next, un-bundle OneDrive!
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
Microsoft Tries to Ward Off EU Antitrust Probe into Teams App
Microsoft Corp. tried to ward off further European Union antitrust scrutiny of its Teams video-conferencing app by offering to split the program from a broader business software package.Samuel Stolton (Bloomberg)
Thanks for this thoughtful process. I really hope we can build critical mass in open spaces like this one.
I wonder if my willingness to focus energy here is based on no longer being an attention-focused journalist; as an academic I can afford to be insular and irrelevant:)
Fanatical's Killer Bundle 27 has 20 great games included gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/fana…
Fanatical's Killer Bundle 27 has 20 great games included
Another chance for you to fill up your Steam library ensuring there's never a dull moment - Fanatical launched the Killer Bundle 27 with 20 games included.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Los próximos 15, 16 y 17 de septiembre estaremos en #Portugal participando en «La Feira», un festival social para defensoras y defensores de los #DerechosDigitales.
El encuentro es organizado por Team CommUNITY en el marco de su Reunión Global anual. Más info aquí 👇
sursiendo.org/2023/09/sursiend…
Linux Mint Debian Edition 6 'Faye' enters Beta gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/linu…
Linux Mint Debian Edition 6 'Faye' enters Beta
For those of you who want a stable Linux distribution with the Cinnamon desktop, Linux Mint Debian Edition seems like a nice choice and the latest release is now in Beta.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Fuck it. #YOLO
#Bluesky continues to be entirely non-responsive to the numerous security vulnerabilities I've reported to them, so I spent the evening writing up a nice README and a framework with exploit modules, and just made it all public.
Have fun.
github.com/qwell/bsky-exploits
GitHub - qwell/bsky-exploits
Contribute to qwell/bsky-exploits development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Seems that everyone is talking about game libraries and engines after the Unity pricing news. For years I've slowly been developing my own game library called Chickadee. It's kinda like Love2D but it also supports 3D and vector graphics and has other neat features like coroutines for scripting. It's all work-in-progress and less polished than any well-known library, but if this kind of thing interests you I would love to have more collaborators since I've been mostly working by myself with the occasional bug report or patch from others. There's certainly not a shortage of things to do. If there is interest then I can move the repo off of my personal server and onto a real Git hosting platform with an issue tracker and stuff.
dthompson.us/projects/chickade…
And here are a couple of small games I've made with Chickadee:
davexunit.itch.io/super-bloom
davexunit.itch.io/bonnie-bee
👋🤠 Morning! I'm going to give a little tour of Luro at 10am Central (in about 30 minutes) over on Twitch. Please drop by.
davatron5000 - Twitch
davatron5000 streams live on Twitch! Check out their videos, sign up to chat, and join their community.Twitch
#technomage in 'The search for the FISH'
The girl journeys through the world to find the mythical FISH in order to become its student.
soon.
#unix_surrealism #openbsd #freebsd #linux #fediart #mastoart #comic
Garry from Facepunch (Rust) pulling no punches there.
"Unity can get fucked"
garry.net/posts/unity-can-get-…
Unity can get fucked
Yesterday Unity announced that starting next year, all games that use their engine will pay a tax per user install. The tax has ...garry.net
haha i tried unity in game programming school THIRTEEN years ago.
It sucked so much I quit that school.
Hail Godot!
And hail people who make their own engines, they're a dying species and they need to come back!
Go go go ogre3d and all other 3d engines!
Student-Built EV Car Goes 0-62 mph in Record 0.956 Seconds
A group of students from ETH Zurich and Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts recently set a record for the fastest 0-kottke.org
That’s 2.8 g in forward acceleration.
If the car were dropped off a building, it would accelerate roughly one third as much.
know it's not a fair comparison, but relative to JavaScript, I thoroughly appreciate that Lua moves slowly as a language. Severely reduces maintenance burden and it's more conducive to longer-applicable content (especially important in the context of learning).
The philosophy is probably best summarized by Roberto's talk, How Much Does It Cost
Lua Workshop 2017: How much does it cost? - Roberto Ierusalimschy (PUC-Rio / Lua.org)
How much does a feature cost in a programming language? Frequently, when people propose new features for a software, the most common metric is lines of code....YouTube
Unity introduces new fees for game devs based on revenue and game installs
Unity Technologies have announced an overhaul to their fees for game developers, which now includes tracking game installs and revenue.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Back in 2019 Unity said "When you obtain a version of Unity, and don’t upgrade your project, we think you should be able to stick to that version of the TOS."
Of course now the GitHub link for the TOS changes is dead, gone. So much for that then 🤷♂️
blog.unity.com/community/updat…
Updated Terms of Service and commitment to being an open platform
We've been building Unity for 15 years with the vision of creating an open and accessible tool to enable creators to build whatever you can dream of. Over the last week there was much confusion, and untrue statements were raised which we refuted.Joachim Ante (Unity Technologies Blog)
GitHub - Unity-Technologies/TermsOfService: Current and prior versions of the legal terms that apply to your use of the Unity software
Current and prior versions of the legal terms that apply to your use of the Unity software - GitHub - Unity-Technologies/TermsOfService: Current and prior versions of the legal terms that apply to ...GitHub
Moved from mastodon.lol, then to pettingzoo.co, and now on tech.lgbt! So #introduction is in order, again.
I’m a cis Asian gay guy in SoCal US. Geeky with tech and nerdy with games.
Push over dad of two dogs and a cat. Been together with my husband for over 20 years.
Love interacting with folks here. Sometimes selfies for validation. Sometimes a little bit spicier for followers only.
Not my best pic here but decided to start low on the expectations 😂
Heroic Games Launcher 2.9.2 Hotfix #2 is live gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/hero…
Heroic Games Launcher 2.9.2 Hotfix #2 is live
It's time again to upgrade your install of the Heroic Games Launcher which helps you install games from Epic, GOG, Amazon and more on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Steam Deck not picking up your SD Card? Check for the latest update gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/stea…
Steam Deck not picking up your SD Card? Check for the latest update
After Valve recently launched a stable Steam Client update for desktop and Steam Deck, along with the recent SteamOS 3.4.10 release - SD Cards became a bit problematic.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Here's some alternatives to the Unity game engine gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/here…
Here's some alternatives to the Unity game engine
In the wake of Unity setting everything on fire with their new revenue model for developers, here's a reminder on what other game engines and tech is out there for developers to look into.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
fyrox.rs any1?
Fyrox - A feature-rich game engine built in Rust
Fyrox is a feature-rich, production-ready, open-source game engine written in Rust.fyrox.rs
The Canadian government research funders are reviewing open access: science.gc.ca/site/science/en/….
There is a survey ca1se.voxco.com/S2/?st=rp7h1Ve…
Please add your comments - you can be sure the forces of Mordor - Springer/Elsevier etc - are lobbying furiously.
The presidents of Canada's federal research granting agencies announce a review of the Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications
Canada's federal research granting agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) ("the …science.gc.ca
APOD: 2023 September 13 – NGC 4632: Galaxy with a Hidden Polar Ring
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Unity introduces new fees for game devs based on revenue and game installs - article updated based on responses from Unity (it's not looking great) gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/unit…
Unity introduces new fees for game devs based on revenue and game installs
Unity Technologies have announced an overhaul to their fees for game developers, which now includes tracking game installs and revenue.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
(The "has always been" part seems funny considering it was the opposite a few minutes ago)
Users of Free Download Manager on Linux, beware!
news.itsfoss.com/free-download…
Linux Malware! Read This If You Use Free Download Manager
It is always best to stay cautious no matter what you use!Ankush Das (It's FOSS News)
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NGC 4632: Galaxy with a Hidden Polar Ring
Credit: Jayanne English (U. Manitoba), Nathan Deg (Queen's University) & WALLABY Survey, CSIRO/ASKAP, NAOJ/Subaru Telescope; Text: Jayanne English (U. Manitoba)
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230913.ht… #APOD
APOD: 2023 September 13 – NGC 4632: Galaxy with a Hidden Polar Ring
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
openSUSE Slowroll Released As A Slower Alternative To openSUSE Tumbleweed
The openSUSE Slowroll distribution is a middle-ground between the rolling-release openSUSE Tumbleweed Linux distribution and the SUSE Linux Enterprise aligned openSUSE Leap with its fixed releaseswww.phoronix.com
One of my alltime favs. I found them on a Go-Kart Records compilation when I used to go buy random CDs based on their cover.
discogs.com/release/367471-Var…
Go-Kart Vs. The Corporate Giant (1997, CD)
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1997 CD release of "Go-Kart Vs. The Corporate Giant" on Discogs.Discogs
chrlschn.medium.com/mastodon-i…
Mastodon is Rewinding the Clock on Social Media — in a Good Way
A comment on a Hacker News thread on a Business Insider article titled It’s not just you — no one is posting on social media anymore got me thinking about my experience with switching to Mastodon and…Charles Chen (Medium)
Vibin’ to ROSE GOLD (and other Kitty Ray projects) while I keep movin’ through this #Elixir book.
I'm not writing the best Elixir code, but I'm writing functional Elixir code!
The Best Rust LS Clone Is Dead... For Now
For a long time now I've not been using the main version of ls, instead I've been using a rust ls clone called exa but recently that had to change as the exa...YouTube
We just released #AOMP 18.0-0 -- our #LLVM based #OpenMP compiler for #AMDGPU.
Go get your copy at github.com/ROCm-Developer-Tool…
Release AOMP Release 18.0-0 · ROCm-Developer-Tools/aomp
These are the release notes for AOMP 18.0-0. AOMP uses AMD developer modifications to the upstream LLVM development trunk. These differences are managed in a branch called the "amd-stg-open". This ...GitHub
Hawkmoon
in reply to kottke.org • • •George Liquor, American
in reply to kottke.org • • •Pat CM
in reply to kottke.org • • •Founding fathers of usa were all against democracy because just like pence they were confusing democracy and riot, insurection, etc.
Even referencing democracy as the tyranny of the poor.