Richard Carlsson

Don't forget #0: Manic Miner (Could it be the first ever toilet in a game?)

I note that the journalist did his best to avoid having to write the name.

That's a tragedy.

When you were young and your heart was an open book
You used to say "Live and let live"
But if this ever-changing world in which we're livin'
Makes you give in and cry
Say "Live and let die"

-- Paul McCartney (as Wings) "Live and Let Die", 1973

GitHub - benoitc/erlang-dist: Pre-built Erlang/OTP binaries for multiple platforms Pre-built Erlang/OTP binaries for multiple platforms - benoitc/erlang-dist

I finally took the time to build something I had in mind since a while: erlang-dist

Pre-built Erlang/OTP for Linux and macOS. OTP 27/28, x86_64 and ARM64. Automated with GitHub Actions. Open source.

github.com/benoitc/erla...

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Conversation Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Conversation

Haha, this one was written about 5 years before chatgpt launched. www.smbc-comics.com/comic/conver...

classically trained programmer

Solver on Webtoon and Tapas - Bad Machinery I have a request for help that will not cost you any more than your hard-won influence and social capital. While I am lucky to have a robust, engaged and enthusiastic audience here, in 2026 it is near...

New post: "https://badmachinery.com/2026/02/22/solver-on-webtoon-and-tapas/"

badmachinery.com/2026/02/22/s...

FromFB: Hahahaha!!!

After all those years of demanding the freedom to copy other peoples work. Karma's a bitch.

Just goes to show, the rich and powerful want one rule for them, one rule for everyone else.

Never forget, most public AI's are based on theft.

🎟️ Code BEAM Stockholm tickets LIVE! Keynotes: Mike Begley (Ericsson) & @technologytulip.bsky.social (Black Tulip). Early Bird now on at the birthplace of Erlang! codebeamstockholm.com#register

YouTube video by lftkryo Making 8-bit Music From Scratch at the Commodore 64 BASIC Prompt

Check out this brilliant guy using the C64 Basic listing as an interactive sequencer: youtu.be/ly5BhGOt2vE (using the character mapped screen)

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

Don't go to the US while Trump is there, it's just not worth it. With ICE being paid for everyone they arrest, it's a cash cow for little Hitlers, and none of them will give a shit about you.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

R Tape loading error, 0:1

I always enjoyed this illustration style used on late Codemasters games. Do we know who the illustrator was?

The firste parte of *Beowulf* ys prettye grippinge but the secounde parte doth dragon a bit

I'm speaking at TEDx Manchester this year!

I'm really looking forward to sharing my thoughts on coding, education, art and AI with the lovely people of Manchester.

Maybe see you there?

www.tedxmanchester.com/speakers-2026/

hi folks! long time no see. i’m officially open to work again, primarily interested in the dx + devtools + ai space

if anyone needs a principal engineer or technical product manager with 16+ years in the industry, my DMs are open!

linkedin.com/in/leostera
github.com/leostera

From a discussion in RISF based on the old IBM adage, an updated version for the modern era:

very strange to me when people complain about losing followers on social media, when by definition your audience are the ones who stayed

Release 3.1.0 · benoitc/hackney Refactor Replace QUIC NIF with pure Erlang implementation. HTTP/3 now works with zero external dependencies - no CMake, Go, or C compiler needed. Just rebar3 compile. Removed Remove c_src/ direc...

hackney 3.1.0: HTTP/3 now pure Erlang

Removed ~1.3M lines of C code. No CMake, Go, or C compiler needed.

Just `rebar3 compile`.

github.com/benoitc/hackney/releases/tag/3.1.0

#Erlang #HTTP3 #QUIC

Eurovision 2026: Electronic artist and YouTuber Look Mum No Computer to represent UK in Vienna The synth artist and Eurovision fan says he finds it

How cool is this?

Amazing! I just hope his Austin 7 doesn't break down on the way there.

My #Mega65 is now up for sale on ebay.

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/32700469...

buddy, my challenge isn't generating more content, it's figuring out how to produce a lot less.

Here's Laurie Spiegel introducing Music Mouse in the 1980s - CDM Create Digital Music Eventide has posted a fantastic archival video in advance of their remake of Music Mouse. In this 1987 episode of Midnight Muse, composer and programmer Laurie Spiegel explains the software and takes ...

How Laurie Spiegel thought about Music Mouse in 1986-1987, from the introduction she wrote accompanying the software and an interview:

GitHub - benoitc/hackney: simple HTTP client in Erlang simple HTTP client in Erlang. Contribute to benoitc/hackney development by creating an account on GitHub.

hackney 3.0.3 released

Restores function-based streaming body support - both stateless fun() and stateful fun(State) forms now work correctly with send_body/2.

github.com/benoitc/hack...
hex.pm/packages/hac...

The first time Charlie Chaplin spoke onscreen, he implored the people of the world to resist the rising tide of fascism.

Nearly 90 years later, it remains a timely message.

Why the Most “Accurate” Glucose Monitors Are Failing Some Users User reports highlight the gap between accuracy in clinical trials and real-world use.

spectrum.ieee.org/glucose-moni...

On the unreliability of continuous glucose monitors, which can become particularly dangerous when used as part of an artificial pancreas loop (where insulin is administered by an algorithm).

Good example of a safety critical cyber-physical system.

So that's what they mean by "reform"

There are only two problems in computer science: cache invalidation and fending off the keyboard-eating alligator