somf
@somfin.bsky.social
he/him/his, pakeha, former yank
programmer, mostly games
genAI should not exist
programmer, mostly games
genAI should not exist
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somf
@somfin.bsky.social
· Oct 14
to me, Doing is a knife that must be continually honed, however small the grind wheel available to you is, because to me it's not about how sharp the knife actually is it's about the process of honing itself. if you are Doing then you are living. there are always opportunities to Do if you seek them
In my personal life I have moved away from thinking of people as stupid. Instead I just think of people as "incurious," where the Doing of learning has become something they are too tired, scared, or proud to pursue. Curiosity is, I think, the greatest human virtue, the Doing of learning.
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i do not meaningfully care about this argument but my stance remains: i refuse to generate unpaid content for elon musk the child pornographer, and to model the behavior that lets elon's algorithm show me the optimal unpaid content he wants me to see. it's interesting that you want to do that though
October 12, 2026 at 1:10 AM
i do not meaningfully care about this argument but my stance remains: i refuse to generate unpaid content for elon musk the child pornographer, and to model the behavior that lets elon's algorithm show me the optimal unpaid content he wants me to see. it's interesting that you want to do that though
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We're proud of this mad creation ☕
Wishlist "Into The Unwell" on Steam!
#indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev
Wishlist "Into The Unwell" on Steam!
#indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev
October 12, 2026 at 8:00 AM
We're proud of this mad creation ☕
Wishlist "Into The Unwell" on Steam!
#indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev
Wishlist "Into The Unwell" on Steam!
#indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev
One of the greatest video game stories ever written is about piloting a deeply hungover, divorced, schizophrenic detective through an Estonian DnD group's strange mid-apocalyptic game world and trying to get him to dance with his partner, a closeted petrolhead. AI can never generate a Cuno.
maybe i'm old fashion but the coolest thing about video games is being taken to new worlds that i hadn't thought up and experiencing something exciting that the artists behind the game want to show me
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 PM
One of the greatest video game stories ever written is about piloting a deeply hungover, divorced, schizophrenic detective through an Estonian DnD group's strange mid-apocalyptic game world and trying to get him to dance with his partner, a closeted petrolhead. AI can never generate a Cuno.
So in order to keep this game alive it's going to need to bring in $1000 net per day forever. This cost scales up per user.
The developer behind Teach My Little Sister How to Drive, a driving generative AI-powered instruction sim, has been spending $1000 a day to keep the demo running, and now, they've had to take out a bank loan to keep up. https://bit.ly/4rWqe8g
October 9, 2026 at 8:14 PM
So in order to keep this game alive it's going to need to bring in $1000 net per day forever. This cost scales up per user.
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Someone just reblogged this on tumblr with this tag and I just fucking died I've been on this shit for over a decade and it's only getting worse
October 9, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Someone just reblogged this on tumblr with this tag and I just fucking died I've been on this shit for over a decade and it's only getting worse
"studio head" or to be more accurate studio only employee
“Strange Scaffold’s distinctive creative lens” yeesh. Barely pretending now, huh.
Not all stories are mine to tell but uhh
I am highly skeptical about all of this and the uncritical positive framing in all coverage of this studio
Not all stories are mine to tell but uhh
I am highly skeptical about all of this and the uncritical positive framing in all coverage of this studio
October 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
"studio head" or to be more accurate studio only employee
I don't know if folks know this, but the thing Bier is describing is a felony.
October 8, 2026 at 11:12 PM
I don't know if folks know this, but the thing Bier is describing is a felony.
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Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think
fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf
fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf
October 8, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think
fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf
fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf
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“You are infringing on the time and brainpower of people by pushing "your" content that little/no of your brainpower went into” is such a banger
I like seeing the dev of the SNES core on the Pocket actually telling one of these dudes off. Holy shit.
October 6, 2026 at 10:30 PM
“You are infringing on the time and brainpower of people by pushing "your" content that little/no of your brainpower went into” is such a banger
We could solve so many problems by just imposing a rule "the statements and works produced by a chatbot are, legally, the personal statements and works of everyone with voting shares in the company controlling that chatbot."
If we had a federal government that wasn't firmly up the ass of Big AI, they'd make it a crime for an AI to put people in mortal danger by sending them into wilderness areas with fictional instructions.
If a human kept doing this, they'd probably go to jail, even under existing laws.
If a human kept doing this, they'd probably go to jail, even under existing laws.
Teenager rescued from B.C.’s ‘Widowmaker’ after getting stranded using AI instructions
October 6, 2026 at 3:25 AM
We could solve so many problems by just imposing a rule "the statements and works produced by a chatbot are, legally, the personal statements and works of everyone with voting shares in the company controlling that chatbot."
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it was smart of jacob geller to only post about what he did to his 50k followers on here instead of to his 1.5 million youtube subs or on his patreon. that way fewer people know about it and he limits the financial hit
October 5, 2026 at 3:31 PM
it was smart of jacob geller to only post about what he did to his 50k followers on here instead of to his 1.5 million youtube subs or on his patreon. that way fewer people know about it and he limits the financial hit
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So grateful I get to include this comic in my book as a way of saying thanks ❤️ kickstarter.com/projects/mrlovenstein/mr-lovenstein-presents-fun
October 2, 2026 at 1:43 PM
So grateful I get to include this comic in my book as a way of saying thanks ❤️ kickstarter.com/projects/mrlovenstein/mr-lovenstein-presents-fun
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I think it's pretty neat that one of the legit breakout indie success stories this year is a game about painstakingly designing and sewing opulent ballgowns store.steampowered.com/app/4019220/...
Dressmaker on Steam
Become a dressmaker! Choose fabric, cut out patterns, and sew them all together to satisfy (or sabotage!) townsfolk in this cozy crafting game inspired by real dressmaking.
store.steampowered.com
September 29, 2026 at 2:03 PM
I think it's pretty neat that one of the legit breakout indie success stories this year is a game about painstakingly designing and sewing opulent ballgowns store.steampowered.com/app/4019220/...
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Seeing the ease and beauty of farm to table game development behind the bars of my industrial Jira hell.
September 28, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Seeing the ease and beauty of farm to table game development behind the bars of my industrial Jira hell.
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i posted an epiphany i had about why i hate AI so much on fedi and i wanna post it here but it won't fit and i don't wanna cut it down to size so fuckit i'm just posting a screenshot
September 27, 2026 at 3:24 PM
i posted an epiphany i had about why i hate AI so much on fedi and i wanna post it here but it won't fit and i don't wanna cut it down to size so fuckit i'm just posting a screenshot
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After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.
September 26, 2026 at 3:56 PM
After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.
Christ, Resident Evil is such a fucking good time at the movies. Funny but not insistent on it, knows how to do terror and horror. Bloody, meaty, boney, but it isn't fascinated with gore. The protagonist is radiating little brother energy in the best way.
September 26, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Christ, Resident Evil is such a fucking good time at the movies. Funny but not insistent on it, knows how to do terror and horror. Bloody, meaty, boney, but it isn't fascinated with gore. The protagonist is radiating little brother energy in the best way.
This is, as far as I can tell, the only use of an em-dash by Reuters in its entire posting history on bsky. Their standard for this would be to either break the headline into two sentences, or use a semicolon, or a normal hyphen. The em-dash is being deliberately deployed here.
Gen Z isn't just learning about AI — they're learning how to use it to become more productive, employable and potentially earn more reut.rs/3Tut8UK
Gen Z is betting on AI skills to boost earning power
As AI reshapes entry-level work, young workers are using the technology to boost productivity, build portfolios and pursue new careers.
reut.rs
September 25, 2026 at 10:16 PM
This is, as far as I can tell, the only use of an em-dash by Reuters in its entire posting history on bsky. Their standard for this would be to either break the headline into two sentences, or use a semicolon, or a normal hyphen. The em-dash is being deliberately deployed here.
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boring people should be exposed to ideas and art that make them uncomfortable
only when someone becomes some sort of esoteric pervert, are they really complete
to ignore the libidinal is to be half a person
only when someone becomes some sort of esoteric pervert, are they really complete
to ignore the libidinal is to be half a person
September 17, 2026 at 8:20 AM
boring people should be exposed to ideas and art that make them uncomfortable
only when someone becomes some sort of esoteric pervert, are they really complete
to ignore the libidinal is to be half a person
only when someone becomes some sort of esoteric pervert, are they really complete
to ignore the libidinal is to be half a person
Rush the stage. He's right there.
A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Benjamin Netanyahu begins his speech.
September 24, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Rush the stage. He's right there.
It's art that people who aren't in the space have trouble seeing as such, much like poetry, noise music, and dada
i think one big factor (among many) as to why AI has had such a foothold in coding spaces is because the majority of people dont consider programming to be art
September 24, 2026 at 7:28 PM
It's art that people who aren't in the space have trouble seeing as such, much like poetry, noise music, and dada
Man, Luxon has really mistaken ignorance for power hasn't he
September 21, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Man, Luxon has really mistaken ignorance for power hasn't he
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addressing a room of male vegans: lentilmen,
September 20, 2026 at 12:24 PM
addressing a room of male vegans: lentilmen,