Chris Adamson

@invalidname
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I write, stream, and code stuff. I also raise children and sometimes clean things. He/him. Working on docs for 🍏.
LocationGrand Rapids, MI, USA
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At least it’s not Muskhttps://www.threads.net/@realinvalidname
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Chris Adamson1d ago
JA Westenberg1d ago
We have spent 100x more compute training AI to generate waifu art than to solve protein folding. I am not saying this is the Great Filter, but if aliens find our radioactive remains, they’re going to be very confused by the hard drives...
Chris Adamson5d ago
Update from the worky-work that I can share publicly: https://github.com/swiftlang/swift/pull/88061
Add .docc catalog to allow publishing stdlib documentation on swift.org by invalidname · Pull Request #88061 · swiftlang/swift

This PR adds a .docc catalog and a full set of DocC curation files to stdlib, to provide a rich documentation experience for working with the Swift standard library. See the post in the stdlib foru...

GitHub
Chris AdamsonMar 9
Show threadSue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱Mar 7
This is so perfectly put
@billmckibben.bsky.social
Chris AdamsonFeb 21

DDR is back, y’all.

Also, I like the positivity of all the interview subjects… a welcome relief from the relentless negativity of most gaming spaces.
https://youtu.be/bC35GgBXaGk

nobody is talking about DDR's comeback across America - Frank Howley

YouTube
Chris AdamsonFeb 18

RIP my Mastodon mentions, but everyone else blasts when their department has an opening, so…

https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200647338-0836/developer-publications-content-engineering-author?team=SFTWR

Developer Publications - Content Engineering Author - Jobs - Careers at Apple

Apply for a Developer Publications - Content Engineering Author job at Apple. Read about the role and find out if it’s right for you.

Chris AdamsonFeb 17
Kickstarter just launched for a new DDR/ITG/PIU pad in the year 2026. Hell yeah I backed it. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/active-gaming-pad/gamr-active-gaming-play-pad/description
GAMR - Active Gaming Play Pad

A Next-Gen Play Pad for Active Gaming and DDR-style Rhythm Games

Kickstarter
Chris AdamsonFeb 15
Random screen grabs from 20 years ago when I was working on writing my own Java-to-QuickTime layer after Apple discontinued QuickTime for Java. I knew next to nothing about the Apple APIs, so it’s amazing I got anything to work, and I didn't get much further than this. But this is inadvertently what got me ready for the iPhone SDK.
Chris AdamsonFeb 14
The best time for Linux to support Rock Band guitars was 15 years ago. The second best time is now.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Rockband/s/H1ZYrm96Eo
Chris AdamsonJan 30
I just went through someone's Xcode project, ripped out a bunch of aliases I thought were redundant, and ended up being reminded of the importance of Chesterton's Fence. https://theknowledge.io/chestertons-fence-explained/
Chesterton's Fence: Explained

TL;DR / Summary G.K. Chesterton was an early 20th century English writer known for his clever paradoxes. He once wrote: “There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say, for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more

The Knowledge
Chris AdamsonJan 26

I wait 15 years for this to come out in English, and when it finally does, I have so little time for it that it takes me a year and half just to get to The Twist.

Oh well, on to teh melodrama then!