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OG indie dev | indie before it was a thing | gamer | geek | science & sci-fi aficionado | writer | building https://t.co/KUukd7u3jG
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Joined January 2008
The first time that my work ever appeared in a print article was in May 1992. This single article set the stage for what was to come, and what brought me to this very moment in time. Indie for life. Literally.
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The games industry is nuts. All over again. And we've been here before. "After 40 years of adventure games, Ron Gilbert pivots to outrunning Death" https://t.co/83VsWzV7wX
arstechnica.com
Interview: Storied designer talks lost RPG, a 3D Monkey Island, “Eat the Rich” philosophy.
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THE ABSORPTION Wall Street just executed the most coordinated financial maneuver since 2008. In 216 hours, they captured Bitcoin. Between November 24 and December 2, 2025: JPMorgan filed leveraged Bitcoin notes offering 1.5x upside with 30% downside protection. Vanguard
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All the mainstream banks have taken over and literally usurped control of the once sacred and impenetrable crypto enclave - and I can't stop laughing. You were warned that this would be the end result.
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This appears to be lost in the flurry of Web3 news; but it's a very big deal. I do wonder how they handle the issue of gas - which most most underlying infra relies on for transactions. https://t.co/fqDyLbDUxW
decrypt.co
Infrastructure firm Sequence seeks to solve crypto's fragmentation problem with Trails, a platform to simplify payments across chains.
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For as long as I've been on the Internet (I've been around since it went live), I have seen humor in all forms. But this - this is what the Internet was made for. I can't even stop laughing.
@adietrichs it’s end to end encryption it ends when it reaches X’s servers
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I'm a math guy. That's a ponzi.
$MSTR - MICROSTRATEGY CREATES $1.4 BILLION CASH RESERVE MicroStrategy (Strategy) has set up a $1.4 billion reserve to cover preferred-stock dividends and interest on its debt, funded through its ATM Class A share sales. CEO Phong Le said the company now holds 650,000
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THE IMPOSSIBLE JUST HAPPENED The world’s largest corporate Bitcoin holder is now worth less than its Bitcoin. Stop and read that again. Strategy holds 650,000 Bitcoin. Worth $55.9 billion today. Its market cap: $45.7 billion. Wall Street is valuing the company at negative
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BITCOIN DID NOT CRASH. It was executed. The weapon: Japanese Government Bonds. On December 1, 2025, Japan’s 10-year yield hit 1.877 percent. The highest since June 2008. The 2-year touched 1 percent. A level not seen since before Lehman fell. This triggered the unwinding of
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Imagine receiving a normal WhatsApp message from someone… and later discovering that the message secretly contained their exact location, even though they never shared it. That’s exactly what happened during a recent forensic extraction I performed on my iPhone 12 Pro Max.
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Half the population of the US fell for what is, in fact, just the newest iteration of the Nigerian prince trying to move some diamonds. Here are the heroes and champions of your "white Christian ethno-state", MAGA!
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When I was 22 years old, I commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy and swore an oath to the Constitution. I upheld that oath through flight school, multiple deployments on the USS Midway, 39 combat missions in Operation Desert Storm, test pilot school, four space
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About This Account reveals the scale of X’s foreign troll problem
theverge.com
X’s About This Account reveals the scale of its foreign troll problem, confirming that many MAGA accounts aren’t actually American.
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🚨BREAKING: MASSIVE anger has developed within MAGA over Elon Musk’s decision to EXPOSE America First as a Pakistani movement.
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The first thing we're gonna do is wipe it and install Windows because all the SFF machines are stupidly expensive. Valve is going to kill the SFF market.
Valve coder confirms the Steam Machine will be priced like a PC, albeit at a 'good deal': 'If you build a PC from parts and get to basically the same level of performance, that’s the general price window that we aim to be at'
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X’s new About This Account feature is going great
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...and no serious person will believe it.
🚨#BREAKING: TMZ is reporting that president Donald Trump might be the one to confirm the existence of aliens
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In a few weeks, the Voyager-1 probe, launched in Sept 1977 and currently cruising through interstellar space, will be approx 1 light-day* from Earth. Let that sink in. Indeed a marvel of engineering. * The distance light travels in 24hrs. That's about 16b miles.
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I have been in gaming since the curtains went up. That means all the way back to Habitat (look it up), MUDs, the first online games etc, I have played ALL of them. WebWorld to Active Worlds, I even had my own build. Next weekend I will dive into @OthersideMeta by @yugalabs
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Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors https://t.co/ItCmdAHonA via @thedailybeast
thedailybeast.com
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
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If you're just on your way down the rabbit hole, literally none of this will make any sense. Read it anyway.
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