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Javier Arevalo

@thejare.bsky.social

Demoscene, Games, Game development, Software Engineering, Sci Fi and movies. That sort of stuff.

1,225 Followers  |  151 Following  |  581 Posts  |  Joined: 18.08.2023
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I am reliably informed that #C64 #Uridium was released on this day 40 years agp. My, oh my,

28.02.2026 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

Well said. I remember liking Steamboy (manga) a lot but it's been a long time

27.02.2026 07:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like younger people don't realize that the internet wasn't always optimized solely to make you as angry and miserable as possible, and people are having a lot of nostalgia for 2000s internet vibes now because it wasn't like that back then

26.02.2026 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1216    πŸ” 346    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 11

This time I got an addon for the quest cleanup! Reckless Abandon sounded just right.

Bags tho, I swear I still have Legion stuff there.

26.02.2026 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
a graphic of "WALT DISNEY ARCHIVES - PREDATOR - THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

a graphic of "WALT DISNEY ARCHIVES - PREDATOR - THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

it's all very weird, right?

26.02.2026 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 239    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 3

"Hey let's see what's up on Twitter"

...3 minutes of watching in disbelief how a bunch of very well respected people are throwing or having to wade through shit...

"Ok let's not see any more"

I know it's trendy to dunk on Twitter from bsky, but damn, it's just true and I still wish it wasn't.

25.02.2026 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hah gogogo you guys! <3

25.02.2026 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What an Xbox founder thinks of the new Xbox CEO | Seamus Blackley interview Seamus Blackley was one of the renegades who got the Xbox started. We asked him what he thinks of the big executive changes at Xbox.

Some people really have a way with words. Me not have way here Dean with. gamesbeat.com/what-an-xbox...

23.02.2026 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 228    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 13
Winds Suck Dicks

Winds Suck Dicks

someone waited their ENTIRE LIFE to write that headline...

21.02.2026 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 11221    πŸ” 3340    πŸ’¬ 92    πŸ“Œ 107
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β€˜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, β€˜If it can happen to me, i...

This sort of thing is why people are understandably not coming to the US. I would be really surprised if the expected international crowds arrive for the World Cup, at least at the US venues. Maybe some diehard fans will come. But the risk is just too great.

21.02.2026 06:39 β€” πŸ‘ 685    πŸ” 292    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 73

Savage

21.02.2026 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Child’s Play, by Sam Kriss Tech’s new generation and the end of thinking

lol this made me sick to my stomach

21.02.2026 07:20 β€” πŸ‘ 116    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 14
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SuperSonic - SuperCollider's Synthesis Engine in the Browser SuperCollider's powerful scsynth audio synthesis engine running in the browser as an AudioWorklet. Zero installation.

Since announcing SuperSonic a few months ago I've made more than 50 releases and almost 700 commits.

SuperSonic is no longer experimental, it's a robust well engineered & tested web synth.

I'm going to build such cool stuff with it & I hope you do too!

sonic-pi.net/supersonic/d...

21.02.2026 09:58 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

NOPE Not like this :(

19.02.2026 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For what is worth, most people I know in Spain (I imagine this is common) use 24h format for writing *but not* when talking. "5 de la tarde" not 17. Midnight is "12 de la noche" and Midday is "12 de la maΓ±ana". 01-07 = madrugada, 08-12 = maΓ±ana, 13-20 = (1-8) tarde, 21-00 = (9-12) noche. Works ok.

17.02.2026 07:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Deep Impact (1998) | Final Goodbye
YouTube video by Cameo 90's Deep Impact (1998) | Final Goodbye

I'm not crying.

16.02.2026 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I tried with a game script written in the 90s. This is what I got. I tried with other more recent script and got again wrong results all around including gptzero, so don't think any of these "ai detectors" work.

16.02.2026 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

I propose LeapYear = 8 and of course shift everything down by 1.

15.02.2026 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All this hype for a short-term "nice" 8% is done largely at the expense of ignoring and downplaying the long-term hard and important things. Not just the ones in our future, but the ones in our past that allow us to be effective today (with or without AI). So we're likely poisoning the well.

14.02.2026 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Nice" is nice but that's all it is. The bigger traps of AI are still very real. The more I let Claude do the details for me, the more I will forget the ideas that let me give it precise instructions. And even in these "nice" cases, it's still saving 80% of the 10% of time that code writing takes.

14.02.2026 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That script is easy but the time it would have taken me to write it is time I am happy to not spend. It's a quick tool, it's basically a collection of trivialities, but I write python maybe once a month then I keep the ideas and forget all the APIs. Claude does trivial APIs very well. It's nice.

14.02.2026 10:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

My experience so far: it makes easy things easier for people who don't know them, or faster for people who know. But it makes hard things harder the more you rely on it. I 100% appreciate it one-shotting this 200-line python script while I'm in a meeting. Those 200 lines are easy but would take time

14.02.2026 10:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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European Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly For "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women" The resolution, though nonbinding, is a significant shot at those who seek to erode transgender rights on the continent.

In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women."

Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.

It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

Our latest.

13.02.2026 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 12018    πŸ” 4302    πŸ’¬ 86    πŸ“Œ 286

Meanwhile, Blizzard: "here's a class for Diablo 2, for just $25"

Anyway, many games never recover costs, it sounds to me like wishful thinking that a significant reduction in prize will increase sales so much more that the game goes in the black.

Games on on sale quickly, $70 is just day-0

13.02.2026 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You mean I should retire to a cave and dress with the skin of the animals I kill to feed myself and patrol the zone with my spear to impale any vistors that bring any sort of electronic devices with them

11.02.2026 07:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Age verification?

I was confused by the plot of Empire Strikes Back when it came out, because I had read Splinter of the Mind's Eye.

I didn't learn about the concept of "canon" until a decade or two later.

10.02.2026 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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My pal and fellow Scottish developer Chris Brown recently put his solo-dev racing game AGX GP up on Steam and you should definitely give it a look if you like AAA Wipeout visuals with ridiculously-fast twitch arcade gameplay. store.steampowered.com/app/4250680/...

10.02.2026 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 196    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 7
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Bluesky Map Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!

bluesky-map.theo.io

I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

08.02.2026 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 7189    πŸ” 2157    πŸ’¬ 658    πŸ“Œ 4583
Talking About the Future of the AAA Games Industry | Richard Browne
YouTube video by The Party Is Full Talking About the Future of the AAA Games Industry | Richard Browne

Interesting podcast here with Richard Browne, talking about the games industry from the pov of a very experienced exec www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeEY...

08.02.2026 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

The whole movie is so unconventional, more out there like a fairy tale while at the same time trying to adhere to standard action tropes. I liked it a lot and still do, but we're minority.

08.02.2026 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0