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Ken Faulkner

@kpfaulkner.bsky.social

Developer, primarily Go these days, and loving every minute of it :)

43 Followers  |  159 Following  |  40 Posts  |  Joined: 11.11.2024  |  1.8739

Latest posts by kpfaulkner.bsky.social on Bluesky

certainly looks it. Took about 20 attempts to get my username... but now stuck on the "pick your communities" section for the last 5 mins... can't proceed :/

10.11.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Let's Chat with Richard Moss - author and Macintosh gaming expert!
YouTube video by Ron's Computer Videos Let's Chat with Richard Moss - author and Macintosh gaming expert!

Join us for an entertaining discussion of gaming, writing and what it takes to get a passion project over the finish line.

Let's Chat w/ Richard Moss - author and Macintosh gaming historian!

youtu.be/3q4Lgoreb74

06.11.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Grafana ?

03.11.2025 06:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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OUT NOW! Sherlock Holmes Untold: bgfn.sh/shu05 πŸ’‚ A seemingly impossible vanishing takes place in London, and the detective duo must investigate The Strange Disappearance of James Phillimore.

29.10.2025 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dara O’Briain - Clearblue marketing exercise for women #daraobriain #daraobriaincomedy #daraobriainstandup #mocktheweek #standup #standupcomedy #liveattheapollo #theapollo #funny #comedy #comedian #co... TikTok video by standupcomedyshort

Reminds me of www.tiktok.com/@standupcome... The holy grail for men :)

29.10.2025 04:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Withings’ urine scanning health tracker is now available for $350 Replacement cartridges that can last up to three months with semiweekly testing start at $100.

@daraobriain.bsky.social www.theverge.com/news/808381/... instantly reminds me of your ClearBlue comments :) www.tiktok.com/@standupcome...

29.10.2025 04:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hello, friends! After 10(!) years of #AdventOfCode, I've made some changes to preserve my sanity: there will be 12 days of puzzles each December (still starting Dec 1) and there is no longer a global leaderboard. Read more:
adventofcode.com/2025/about#f...
adventofcode.com/2025/about#f...

22.10.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 555    πŸ” 114    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 19
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From Discord: πŸ˜‚

19.10.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

I can feel myself turning to dust just reading this. Not only do I STILL remember a bunch of phone numbers from my childhood, I remember that my Dad would use the *letter* variation for the first two digits, rather than numbers. Our home number started with "AR1" rather than 271.

13.10.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 261    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 3
Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
2? Questions
I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing? 2? Questions I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up. Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

13.10.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 23921    πŸ” 4900    πŸ’¬ 1550    πŸ“Œ 1813
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You’ve always been an incredibly physical performer: your strut during β€œSweet Transvestite” in β€œRocky Horror,” or the way you run around unfurling the mystery at the end of β€œClue.” Do you still feel that in your body? Does that live somewhere in you still?

I think it does, but it’s angry. My mobility is angry to get out. But it’s not happened yet. I do a certain amount of physical therapy. I did a whole bunch of it at Cedars-Sinai, and I got very close, I think, to walking. That was tantalizing. For insurance reasons, I had to withdraw. And I have a visiting physical therapist now, but I can only really do exercises from my bed, which is pretty pathetic. It’s not going to get me walking, I don’t believe.

[I have underlined the sentence "For insurance reasons, I had to withdraw."]

Screenshot of text from the interview: You’ve always been an incredibly physical performer: your strut during β€œSweet Transvestite” in β€œRocky Horror,” or the way you run around unfurling the mystery at the end of β€œClue.” Do you still feel that in your body? Does that live somewhere in you still? I think it does, but it’s angry. My mobility is angry to get out. But it’s not happened yet. I do a certain amount of physical therapy. I did a whole bunch of it at Cedars-Sinai, and I got very close, I think, to walking. That was tantalizing. For insurance reasons, I had to withdraw. And I have a visiting physical therapist now, but I can only really do exercises from my bed, which is pretty pathetic. It’s not going to get me walking, I don’t believe. [I have underlined the sentence "For insurance reasons, I had to withdraw."]

Enjoyed the New Yorker interview with Tim Curry, a free-wheeling conversation in which there were several sensitive questions about his paralyzing stroke. But oh my goodness, why was there no follow-up at all to this staggering answer? www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

12.10.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1245    πŸ” 385    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 27
Because we can: Retro Stuff on Kubernetes
YouTube video by RetroBytes Because we can: Retro Stuff on Kubernetes

This video has taken a long time for me to put together. However I think it might be the first time a Kubernetes cluster has been used to provide file/print services to a BBC micro using Econet. youtu.be/-Hs55amrFW0?...

04.10.2025 08:14 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

6502, Z80, 8086, Pentium-Pro, 68K, ARM (in general)

02.10.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cheers!

30.09.2025 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Do you happen to know when/if the recording of that talk is coming out?

30.09.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - /noclip Documentary
YouTube video by /noclip The Making of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - /noclip Documentary

🚨NEW DOC ALERT πŸ•ΉοΈ

The Making of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

We dive into the design of the game's three main open levels, how the team mirrored the cinematic language of the source material, the GRIP system in charge of Indy's hands and loads more.

WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsxT...

29.09.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 364    πŸ” 94    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 18
Russian oil shortages reach Moscow as Kremlin halts oil exports due to Ukrainian Strikes
YouTube video by Times Radio Russian oil shortages reach Moscow as Kremlin halts oil exports due to Ukrainian Strikes

My conversation on Times Radio about the latest developments in the war in #Ukraine, why Putin cannot win this war, is now available.

youtube.com/watch?v=tCUo...

29.09.2025 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 159    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

So yay he got away, but looking at where they are doing this? People are talking about tourists and I'm giving it 5 minutes until they lay hands on someone with ties to real bad people. Like major Republican donors kids.

29.09.2025 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 179    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

Wow. Excellent teaching and rhetorical technique! I wish I had a math teacher like Howie!

22.09.2025 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 124    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why Russia’s Shahed Drones Are Now Deadlier and Harder Than Ever toΒ Stop With soaring civilian casualties in Ukraine, the challenge of countering advanced Shahed drones heightens, necessitating improved defensive solutions.

A good piece on the drone & missile defence #adaptation battle in the skies over #Ukraine.
united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...

21.09.2025 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 101    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4
Platformer Engine progress
YouTube video by Mike Dailly Platformer Engine progress

Back onto the C platform engine.... Once I have it scrolling around, I'll look at a CSpect plugin to play with the level or something...

#ZXNext #gamedev #retrodev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyGx...

16.09.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Doctor Who star confirmed to play Sherlock Holmes in "captivating" new series He's ready to exterminate the mysteries.

The game's afoot!

15.09.2025 08:29 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Performance Improvements in .NET 10 - .NET Blog Take a tour through hundreds of performance improvements in .NET 10.

Toub's annual "break mobile browsers due to size" blog post is up.

10.09.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The Making of Wolfenstein - Noclip
YouTube video by /noclip The Making of Wolfenstein - Noclip

According to some other YouTube creators, YT is using AI age gating to incorrectly censor content for many users.

So in case you missed it, here's our latest video which features a whole section about Hitler's penis. Thank you.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=E189...

08.09.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 267    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Review: A Journey Through Computing History at the Retro Collective - Welcome To Cyber Geek Girl - The Official Blog by Lisa Ventura MBE Cyber Geek Girl Twitter

What’s it like to visit us?

cybergeekgirl.co.uk/review-a-jou...

Thank you to @cybergeekgirl.bsky.social for the wonderful write up, it was lovely to meet you.

07.09.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha... HARD pass.

#TheLongWalk

02.09.2025 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 5287    πŸ” 416    πŸ’¬ 312    πŸ“Œ 31

Can't believe it's been almost 20 years since Three men in a boat with @daraobriain.bsky.social , Griff Rhys Jones and Rory McGrath came out. Wow time flies!

25.08.2025 04:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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proposal: simd: architecture-specific SIMD intrinsics under a GOEXPERIMENT Β· Issue #73787 Β· golang/go Update (08/20/2025): A preliminary implementation of AMD64 low-level SIMD package is being developed on the dev.simd branch. You're welcome to check it out and try it with your use cases. Feedback ...

Ooh, the SIMD WIP stdlib API for #golang is ready for people to poke!

From Cherry from a few minutes ago:

> As of today, we've landed a preliminary version with a reasonable API coverage. You're welcome to check out the dev.simd branch and try it with your use cases.

github.com/golang/go/is...

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20.08.2025 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Release tamago-go1.25.0 Β· usbarmory/tamago-go This is a release for the Go distribution as modified by the TamaGo framework, which enables compilation and execution of unencumbered Go applications on bare metal AMD64/ARM/RISC-V processors. Thi...

TamaGo 1.25.0 has been released!

Quite a smooth merge to bring in all the Go 1.25.0 major release goodies.

github.com/usbarmory/ta...

github.com/usbarmory/ta...

19.08.2025 08:43 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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