Eric True (f.k.a. spazquest)

@spazahedron@indieweb.social
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Software engineer. Wannabe gamedev. Eccentric. (he/him) formerly spazquest.

Private account; my views do not necessarily reflect my employer’s.

Occasional grumpy rants.

pfp: Corporal Giroro, who has somehow gotten assigned to selling concert tickets, which (as he points out) shows they've completely lost sight of their original mission as vanguard of an alien invasion fleet

GameDevGame development progress updates (rare)
HumorAttempted
MicrofictionIf I get very bored
Blog (fwiw)https://spazahedron.com
Show threadEric True (f.k.a. spazquest)5h ago
Steampunk parody where every ship captain keeps a mechanical parrot for advice
Eric True (f.k.a. spazquest)5h ago
“We seem to be at loggerheads. Let’s ask the parrot”
Eric True (f.k.a. spazquest)3d ago
N-gated Hacker News3d ago
In a world where solving important problems like world peace and climate change are just too mainstream, one brave soul 🦸‍♂️ has finally unlocked the age-old mystery of... a board game 🤯. Let's all take a moment to appreciate this groundbreaking achievement while quietly rearranging our fridge magnets for maximum point potential. 🧩🍕
https://www.ft.com/content/0ab64ced-1ed1-466d-acd3-78510d10c3a1 #HackerNews #BoardGame #Innovation #Humor #FridgeMagnets #HackerNews #ngated
Lone coder cracks 50-year puzzle to find Boggle’s top-scoring board

‘Remarkably old-school’ method establishes supremacy of 1,045-word grid

Financial Times
Eric True (f.k.a. spazquest)3d ago
I haven't tried this, but I bet a good way to get evicted from a high-rise apartment would be to pretend you were taking a tuba class, and spend 3 hours a night practicing the bass line to "Listen to the Music" by the Doobie Brothers.
Eric True (f.k.a. spazquest)4d ago
It's hard to clean food out of Velcro
Show threadEric True (f.k.a. spazquest)4d ago
Yes kids, the world is a-chatter with talking hallucinating animal assistants. Wtf. Sorry kids, don't swear. Not until you're at least a sophomore.
Show threadEric True (f.k.a. spazquest)4d ago
"It's simple: Just ask the parrot."
"Parrots hallucinate."
"Give them another try, they hallucinate more subtly now"
Show threadEric True (f.k.a. spazquest)4d ago
We're going to be talking to a lot of parrots whether we like it or not
Eric True (f.k.a. spazquest)4d ago
Anytime someone unironically tells me to "ask AI" my response will be "yes let's ask the parrot's advice. O great and powerful Parrot, what does `foo.sh -a -b --undocumented=xyzzy` do"
Eric True (f.k.a. spazquest)5d ago
what kind of weirdo asks for a zip code when he’s expecting the full address