I think it's possible the reality of governing involves being forced to pick the least dangerous responsibilities to hand to dangerous people who can't be forced out in the short term

for his part, rudd says the responsibility was entrusted to mark arbib and that the RC found if there was anyone in the gov who cut corners on safety, it was him

Are there (m)any government programs, here or anywhere, that are well designed and systematically hard to abuse?

one demo every 24 hours for a year truly boggles my mind

rip

that's news to me...

A few years back I concluded anger is a drug. it's a great way to feel invincible for a time, but too much and the low makes you feel empty.

Sometimes I look at chronically angry people and wonder if they're in some zone where anger or fury is the only way they have to feel alive.

my current hypothesis is, it's because they're enough of the global population that it's inevitable to have to interact with them at some point

just dissociate from the actual meaning of the words you type and it's probably doable if you're paid well

I think of it as continuous

It seems you're saying "inadequate" is no better than "nothing but lip service", which I'm not sure about. But, per my law student friend, the merits of passing something now and improving it later vs. trying to get things right the first time are surprisingly complex so you may have a point.

Rudd's account is that Wong hammered out a deal to pass the CPRS with Turnbull's Coalition, then Abbott knifed him as at the 11th hour, and it didn't pass.
It's true that there doesn't appear to be any appetite to deal with the Greens, but I don't think it was good enough of them to just kill it.

and John Curtin!

that happened to me when I read the rabbits and animal farm

nintendo hoovers em up and their next hardware will be CHEAP 🥹

yeah sorry you really can't be doin that!!!

Well put sir

you're instagram famous, I saw a post of this on there with 90k likes

last night, I suddenly realised that yoshi's island is composed almost entirely from a single melody, just like super mario world

Gonna approach Newsom with my bold new economic position that you should find money when you cut grass or break rocks.

hypothetical tech deets: the screen was designed for SNES Mode 2 where the boss is BG 1, using two palettes, and the background is BG 2 using column scrolling to produce a tilting effect. The players and UI elements are all sprites, although this would probably be impractical in an actual SNES game.

SNES-style #pixelart mockup based on characters and painting by @suwiya.bsky.social
in time for christmas!!!

Link, rendered in 1440p, standing outside a jpeg of the Temple of Time.

The same picture, but Link is pixelated to the same resolution as the jpeg.

phew, I think I managed to fix 'em.
check it here: github.com/aitchFactor/...

A snippet of a scene from Ocarina of Time, rendered at 1440p resolution. The 3D models are pretty distinct from the pre-rendered background that they're rendered on top of.

The same snippet but downscaled to match the resolution of the backdrop. The scene looks a bit more coherent. Unfortunately, the downscaling introduced a very slight blur effect to the backdrop as well.

so I've been working on a downscaler for playing 3D games that were supposed to be played at a lower resolution, but there's still some very slight imperfections that are bugging me...

An analog, three panel comic sequence created using yellow sticky notes. It features a goose/duck like creature that has literal googly eyes. As the sticky notes progress, it looks as though the goose/duck is coming closer to the viewer by having the bird shape itself—as well as the googly eyes—grow larger in scale.

I knew my stash of googly eyes would be of use one day

#MakeaTerribleComicDay2025

today is my birthday

A combination chart with the rows named Gear and Slug while the columns are named Metal and Guilty. Each square represents what game it's from: Top Left: Metal Gear - Metal Gear Rex Bottom Left: Metal Slug - one of the characters peers out of a tank holding binoculars Top Right: Guilty Gear - one fo the game characters holding onto a sword stuck in the ground Bottom Right: Guilty Slug - A hand drawn slug saying "oh no!"

linkedin post screenshot: Ken Cheng - I want to connect with you, emotionally) Al will never be able to write like me. Why? Because | am now inserting random sentences into every post to throw off their language learning models. Any Al emulating me will radiator freak yellow horse spout nonsense. 1 wiite all my emails, That's Not My Baby and reports like this to protect my data waffle iron 40% off. 1 suggest all writers and artists do the same Strawberry mango Forklift. The robot nerds will never get the better of Ken Hey can | have whipped cream please? Cheng. We can tuna fish tango foxtrot defeat Al. We just have to talk like this. All. The. Time. Piss on carpet

unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy

my mind is blown by the idea that celeste speedrunning and live orchestra can be in the same building let alone performing together

it's just funny how much I get angry for wanting people to have fun and to be more open minded