fool

@fool@brontosin.space
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Professional computer dunce. Posting frivolously for my own amusement and, secondarily, yours. You may know me from @fool or, prior to that, @fool@mastodon.technology
pronounshe/him/his
time zoneAmerica/Denver
agethirty-something
alarm clocks?hate 'em!
I wonder if this is the year when they'll finally save up enough to get those doctors a border
I have, to my embarrassment and shame, witnessed AI code review catching a genuine mistake that I missed. just the one time, but I cannot deny that it happened and that I saw it happen

This essay, translated from Japanese, is ostensibly about why platformers scroll from left to right, but it provides so much context that it also acts as a good primer for video game hardware and game dev culture in 1980s Japan

https://romchip.org/index.php/romchip-journal/article/view/216

Legend 7 | ROMchip

you're never too young to feel old
you've been to restaurants, now try the bestaurant

I guess you've heard some bad jokes about Fibonacci sequences?

Well, this one is as bad as the last two you heard put together.

Retro games are very good. There's a new one coming out this year and I'm stoked for it
God, this bubble burst is going to be so brutal
this is my solemn vow: I won't play a parody dating sim until somebody sells me a sincere one
escape rooms don't sound so exciting to me. I escape from a room after every time I use the toilet