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Getting back into gamedev after a 10+ year hiatus. Professional data and software geek when employed. Interested in cheering on peoples projects, possibly sharing my own, and talking to human beings!

I'm a married person with cats who is passionate about human welfare, kindness, and conservation. LGBTQIA+ ally. I used to be a scientist but it didn't pay the bills. If you need a geek for a nonprofit or team of nice enough people let me know!

Avatar is a picture of Ness from Earthbound on a bike

Tech Stuff I LikeLinux, Rust, Sensors, DuckDB.
Games I LikeEarthbound, FF7, FNV, FO4

Are looking to hire an experienced embedded software engineer?

- 15 years experience (industrial and consumer electronics)
- Embedded security - 15mo for work, plus *years* as a hobby
- C, C++, Python and currently learning Rust
- ARM, MIPS, PIC, AVR experience plus x86
- Looking for UK remote or hybrid, or within commuting distance of Leeds via bike or public transport.

Boosts appreciated, CV available on request.

GH: https://www.github.com/philpem
WWW: https://philpem.me.uk

#GetFediHired

philpem - Overview

Software engineer, maker, geek of all trades. philpem has 122 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

GitHub
Top U.S. science funder slows research grants to universities

It's not clear why the National Science Foundation may be limiting funding to certain U.S. universities

Scientific American

#PSA: The less value society places on someone's jobยน, the nicer you should treat them when they do it ๐Ÿ’ž

ยน excludes cops and door-to-door solicitors...fuck them

so many trans people are struggling through the onslaught, feeling like thereโ€™s no hope and theyโ€™ll be trapped in a tortuous dysphoria hellscape forever

or worse

it is so important for you to be SURE your trans friends know YOU love them, will fight for them, and need them in your life

After a bucket load of refactors, and some new features the map editor is starting to look more like what I want. I really need to flesh out the world map navigator. Clicking it should move the camera around, and the cameras view should be displayed on it. Maybe I'll get some time today to do that. But its slowly feeling more like what I want

"Wide-ranging 7-zip vulnerability with 8.8 CVE rating allows for code execution โ€” hundreds of millions of machines potentially at risk"

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/wide-ranging-7-zip-vulnerability-with-8-8-cve-rating-allows-for-code-execution-hundreds-of-millions-of-machines-potentially-at-risk

Wide-ranging 7-zip vulnerability with 8.8 CVE rating allows for code execution โ€” hundreds of millions of machines potentially at risk

Everyone, get your update hats on immediately; we're at DEFCON 1

Tom's Hardware

welp, I got laid off.

if anyone you know is looking for a slightly-used computational linguist -- remote or in #Syracuse, NY -- get in touch. I'm also open to "data science" positions if they're "languagey" #GetFediHired #NLProc #NLP

Every job post I see involves AI ๐Ÿ™ƒ
Let me know if you see one that doesn't.
I'm looking.

#NoAI #GetFediHired

Applying for a government job shouldn't trigger a nationwide location tracking search. Yet EFF identified multiple law enforcement agencies in Missouri, Texas, Mississippi, and Illinois using Flock ALPR networks to run background checks. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/more-license-plate-reader-mission-creep-school-residency-verification-background
More License Plate Reader Mission Creep: School Residency Verification, Background Checks, and Noise Complaints

An EFF analysis of millions of searches of Flock Safety automated license plate reader (ALPR) data by police has uncovered a troubling pattern: in the absence of a warrant requirement to search ALPR databases, law enforcement agencies have moved beyond specific investigations to use these surveillance networks for virtually any whim.

Electronic Frontier Foundation