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programmer, ham radio operator I love game dev, low level engineering, high performance code, reverse engineering, and just weird things about C and telecommunications. He/him
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hello cis friends this is what people mean by trans genocide if a type of person does not officially exist, then any harm against them cannot be measured or reported this headline change isn't even being caused by an executive order it's simply the NYT editors deciding we don't deserve to exist

submitted 19 days ago • 154 comments

Our book is about building a compiler for a toy, compile-to-Wasm language. At some point, we starting wondering…what's the smallest possible WebAssembly compiler? Could you make one that fits in tweet? 🤔 The answer is yes! wasmgroundup.com/blog/wasm-c...

submitted 44 days ago • 1 comment

These are some cool pants man, why did we stop designing clothes with such awesome geometric patterns like this? arstechnica.com/science/2022...

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

Went to the train museum in Wilmington NC this weekend and was pleased to see an excellent collection and exhibit on railroad telegraphers. They had a working J-38 Straight key and J.H. Bunnel sounder for people to use and I adjusted the contacts. Definitely worth a visit if you are in the area!

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

been working on this game so long its both extremely ordinary and extremely surreal to be here anyway, Caves of Qud 1.0 is out www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nG-...

submitted 94 days ago • 41 comments

I will never get over the smoothness of the action if this Czech military Morse code key! If you ever spot one pick it up!! #cw #morsecode #radio #hamradio #amateurradio #pota

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One of my favorite artworks is this Navajo woven depiction of the die of a pentium processor made by Marilou Schultz.

submitted 139 days ago • 0 comments

Wait! Is Bluesky Open Source? We can submit Pull Requests?! github.com/bluesky-soci...

submitted 140 days ago • 6 comments

So I'd start by looking up any retro games you enjoy and see if there is anything that sounds interesting to you! I really like Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team, and there is a team working on Red Rescue team. Here is a great starting point for gba games www.starcubelabs.com/reverse-engi...

submitted 140 days ago • 1 comment

If you are interested in learning how compilers work and working on assembly, C, and reverse engineering, please consider helping decompile retro video games!! There is a lot of work to be done! #gamedev #assembly #reverseengineering #decomp

submitted 141 days ago • 1 comment

Roguelike Celebration is THIS WEEKEND and Sat at 3:45 PM PT I'll be giving my talk "A Swarm of Monsters is Hard to Build: Generating Visual Concepts for Enemies in Roguelikes" Tune in for insights on designing huge casts of monsters and witness some LIVE DRAWING! www.roguelike.club/event2024.html

submitted 143 days ago • 1 comment

Hey all! I am interested in the following: - Ham Radio (specifically CW or Morse Code) - Low level programming C/C++/Asm/Rust - Game Dev and Computer Graphics - Retro Game Decompilation (Pokemon Mystery Dungeon) - Linux - IOCCC and Esolangs Don't be afraid to reach out!

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