Maide
@maide.ca
Software Engineer / Game Developer.
Prev: Epic Games (Fortnite/Paragon/EOS), S2Games (HoN/Strife/Savage).
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Prev: Epic Games (Fortnite/Paragon/EOS), S2Games (HoN/Strife/Savage).
#Pinball, #Baking, #Programming, #VideoGames, #Hockey, #CardGames and #Motorcycles. 🇨🇦 in 🇺🇸
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Humanities will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no humanities.
September 29, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Humanities will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no humanities.
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There have been two occasions in my career where I had to go to war with teammates against mistaken understandings of probability. In both cases, it was because people expected large numbers of d6s to occasionally result in maximum damage. But the curves for 3d6 and 15d6 (e.g.) look like this:
September 29, 2026 at 1:22 AM
There have been two occasions in my career where I had to go to war with teammates against mistaken understandings of probability. In both cases, it was because people expected large numbers of d6s to occasionally result in maximum damage. But the curves for 3d6 and 15d6 (e.g.) look like this:
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yes my bull went rogue in your china shop but I think we can all agree there’s no liability here it’s an agentic being
September 27, 2026 at 3:32 PM
yes my bull went rogue in your china shop but I think we can all agree there’s no liability here it’s an agentic being
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Games without narrative: There’s yellow paint on ladders and doors
Games with narrative: One thousand years ago the gods were slain during the God Wars. Their golden ichor still rains down from the heavens upon ladders and doors, guiding us…
Games with narrative: One thousand years ago the gods were slain during the God Wars. Their golden ichor still rains down from the heavens upon ladders and doors, guiding us…
September 25, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Games without narrative: There’s yellow paint on ladders and doors
Games with narrative: One thousand years ago the gods were slain during the God Wars. Their golden ichor still rains down from the heavens upon ladders and doors, guiding us…
Games with narrative: One thousand years ago the gods were slain during the God Wars. Their golden ichor still rains down from the heavens upon ladders and doors, guiding us…
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The Legend of Korra: The Complete Series Steelbook (Blu-ray) is $12.49 on Amazon amzn.to/4rdhkCI #ad
September 25, 2026 at 3:17 PM
The Legend of Korra: The Complete Series Steelbook (Blu-ray) is $12.49 on Amazon amzn.to/4rdhkCI #ad
@rajandelman.bsky.social I hope you have time to checkout the Pokémon exhibit at the Field museum while you're in Chicago (if it's not sold out for the day); I thought it was really neat!
September 25, 2026 at 11:56 AM
@rajandelman.bsky.social I hope you have time to checkout the Pokémon exhibit at the Field museum while you're in Chicago (if it's not sold out for the day); I thought it was really neat!
A cool (and unexpected) thing about the "Pokémon Fossil" exhibit I saw in Chicago was the regular gift shop having four of Stern Pinball's new Pokémon pinball machines setup on Free Play.
According to the sign posted, Stern donated them for the exhibit.
According to the sign posted, Stern donated them for the exhibit.
September 25, 2026 at 3:40 AM
A cool (and unexpected) thing about the "Pokémon Fossil" exhibit I saw in Chicago was the regular gift shop having four of Stern Pinball's new Pokémon pinball machines setup on Free Play.
According to the sign posted, Stern donated them for the exhibit.
According to the sign posted, Stern donated them for the exhibit.
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Aaron Swartz is no longer here to tell us what he saw like twenty years ago.
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September 24, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Aaron Swartz is no longer here to tell us what he saw like twenty years ago.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring
September 25, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring
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AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems:
“Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”
“Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”
September 24, 2026 at 12:30 AM
AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems:
“Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”
“Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”
Okay, I read all of the released Dungeon Crawler Carl books now. My spoilerless opinion of the series is that Zev rules.
The whole thing needs a heavy editing pass when it's done-done to remove a lot of Chekhov's Gun issues, imo. Some of those can stay, but it feels like they are too many.
The whole thing needs a heavy editing pass when it's done-done to remove a lot of Chekhov's Gun issues, imo. Some of those can stay, but it feels like they are too many.
September 23, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Okay, I read all of the released Dungeon Crawler Carl books now. My spoilerless opinion of the series is that Zev rules.
The whole thing needs a heavy editing pass when it's done-done to remove a lot of Chekhov's Gun issues, imo. Some of those can stay, but it feels like they are too many.
The whole thing needs a heavy editing pass when it's done-done to remove a lot of Chekhov's Gun issues, imo. Some of those can stay, but it feels like they are too many.
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It's like what our friends at 'Kidz Bop' covering 'Rhyming At The Machine' always said to our beloved authority figures, "I respect you, I'll do as you tell me!" 😌
September 16, 2026 at 6:26 PM
It's like what our friends at 'Kidz Bop' covering 'Rhyming At The Machine' always said to our beloved authority figures, "I respect you, I'll do as you tell me!" 😌
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Solidarity: the only way to win
September 15, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Solidarity: the only way to win
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Lots of rude comments but each of these items gives her a different stat boost and some of us care about gameplay
September 15, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Lots of rude comments but each of these items gives her a different stat boost and some of us care about gameplay
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It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
September 13, 2026 at 11:54 PM
It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
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A trans man in the UK has been banned in the workplace restrooms after he was forced to use the women's restrooms to comply with the new EHRC guidance. The women complained because he is visibly male and so they told him he can't use any bathroom.
![A screenshot of a Reddit post from the r/LegalAdviceUK subreddit by user Dijstraanon, titled "FtM transgender facing two different issues at work? England."
The post text reads:
"Brother in law is trans FtM and presents fully as a man. He's now facing an impossible situation at work with his employer telling him that due to recent legislation he must use the toilet of his birth gender. BUT several female colleagues have raised a grievance about him using their gendered toilet.
His employer has told him that he cannot use the toilet while he is at work until they sort it out and cannot give him a timeframe to do so. They do [cut off] have disabled separate toilets.
In the mean time one of his female colleagues has accused him of sexual harassment because he was used their gendered toilet. His menstrual cycle meant he needed to use the toilet.
He's been with the employer for just over 5 years but only in this location for 18 months. The location is mainly male with just a handful of females, and his workshop only has male toilets.
I do not know how to support him and as he's not in a union there is no one to turn too right now."
The post has an orange "Comments Moderated" tag, 169 upvotes, and 134 comments.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sefgphqp2xqwh2hawaixykwz/bafkreigy6jrfjxyegrf7h4wzz3yptwmzobhjrd3k5zjoxwd75r6ulxzsyq)
September 12, 2026 at 2:40 AM
A trans man in the UK has been banned in the workplace restrooms after he was forced to use the women's restrooms to comply with the new EHRC guidance. The women complained because he is visibly male and so they told him he can't use any bathroom.
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Thinking of him(?) today
September 11, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Thinking of him(?) today
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After years of company stalling, Blizzard workers win mega-contract that applies to all unionized teams
aftermath.site/blizzard-union...
aftermath.site/blizzard-union...
September 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
After years of company stalling, Blizzard workers win mega-contract that applies to all unionized teams
aftermath.site/blizzard-union...
aftermath.site/blizzard-union...