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thenewinquiry.co
"Build the shittiest thing possible. Build out of trash because all i have is trash. Trash materials, trash bodies, trash brain syndrome. Build in the gaps between storms of chronic pain. Build inside the storms."
A heartbreaking article by game developer Charity Heartscape about her experience of being maliciously targeted. I found this article when someone shared it with the words "i think a good question to ask yourself when trying to decide how to handle an online community is “would this behavior lead to me HALing someone under the wrong circumstances” if yes, consider alternatives".
2025-11-01
PAL retro games deserve to be preserved, respected, and re-released
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com
"Remember the NES' utter dominance of the 8-bit era? Or the terrible video game crash 1983? I don't and unless you’ve lived in America you don’t either."
2025-11-01
How a discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR
richmondscientific.com
An example of the value of science being impossible to predict and often being realised decades after it's done.
2025-11-01
Yes, the SEGA Saturn was designed with 3D in mind
xtof.info
"There is a widespread belief stating that the SEGA Saturn is a 2D power-house, but not very good at 3D because those capabilities were added as an afterthought. "This article will try to demonstrate that, on the contrary, SEGA was very serious about 3D and that the Saturn was engineered to be very capable in this domain. Mistakes were made, but not because the engineers did not look at 3D seriously or were incompetents."
2025-11-01
Runaway and derailment of TasRail freight train no. 604 [PDF]
atsb.gov.au
"There was also no explicit regulatory requirement for developers of rail equipment to demonstrate an objective evaluation of design safety or apply system safety principles during development."
Required reading for aspiring computer-touchers.
2025-11-02