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I've designed and built graphics for 1of200 to livestream elections with, starting with the Canadian election in a few days, and folks,...

I've designed and built graphics for 1of200 to livestream elections with, starting with the Canadian election in a few days, and folks, I feel like I've been cooking with these.

Probably a long shot, but: Is there anyone I know in or around Melbourne—can even be much further out—who is either looking for...

Probably a long shot, but: Is there anyone I know in or around Melbourne—can even be much further out—who is either looking for housemates or looking for people to move with sometime in the coming months?

Movies broadcast on Australian TV seem to still have a 4.1% speed and pitch increase, which, I understand why, but is still enough to be...

Movies broadcast on Australian TV seem to still have a 4.1% speed and pitch increase, which, I understand why, but is still enough to be noticeable if you're familiar with the movies at their normal pitch.

Problem with using my own tools to help with writing a game, is that if something breaks in the tool, my instinct is to stop writing and fix...

Problem with using my own tools to help with writing a game, is that if something breaks in the tool, my instinct is to stop writing and fix the tool.

Many years ago, I tried making a version of Tetris where you don't control pieces, only place portals to move them around.I never got...

Many years ago, I tried making a version of Tetris where you don't control pieces, only place portals to move them around.

I never got far with the actual game—just a grid you click portals on—but I made versions of Tetris Theme A & B in the style of the Portal OST that I'm sad never saw use.

You ever just decide to start a fight with someone clearly using AI for something?

You ever just decide to start a fight with someone clearly using AI for something?

I love going to pick a virtual instrument, and accidentally a song happens.

I love going to pick a virtual instrument, and accidentally a song happens.

Hello <div> buttons, my old friend.You've broken keyboard nav again.

Hello <div> buttons, my old friend.
You've broken keyboard nav again.

Listening to a podcast from the beginning requires listening through at least 2-3 episodes where half the time is spent talking about...

Listening to a podcast from the beginning requires listening through at least 2-3 episodes where half the time is spent talking about "the podcast"

Are there seriously people using workskins on AO3 solely to keep people from selecting text??

Are there seriously people using workskins on AO3 solely to keep people from selecting text??

Looking forward to being able to put my notifications back to normal once the silly thing I made yesterday dies down

Looking forward to being able to put my notifications back to normal once the silly thing I made yesterday dies down

Someone complained that the xkcd Dependency comic is unrealistic because it only shows one critical dependency you've never heard...

Someone complained that the xkcd Dependency comic is unrealistic because it only shows one critical dependency you've never heard of.

However, it all makes sense once you realize it's actually a fractal:

A fun thing with trying to make somewhat jazzy songs for my fan game project, is I'll do something because I think it sounds nice, and...

A fun thing with trying to make somewhat jazzy songs for my fan game project, is I'll do something because I think it sounds nice, and only later learn that I technically did something interesting

If I had a nickel for every time I accidentally made a disco track for my fan game project, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot,...

If I had a nickel for every time I accidentally made a disco track for my fan game project, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice.

For the love of all that is actually good in the world, would creators *please* stop posting announcements using American date formatting,...

For the love of all that is actually good in the world, would creators *please* stop posting announcements using American date formatting, for fucks sake.

It has been twice now in about 3 days that I've been asked for my age, and I completely blanked both times

It has been twice now in about 3 days that I've been asked for my age, and I completely blanked both times

I feel that if a signup form times out while you read the EULA/TOS, that should be considered a de facto admission by the site in question...

I feel that if a signup form times out while you read the EULA/TOS, that should be considered a de facto admission by the site in question that users can't possibly have read their agreements

Just wrote 4 lines of dialogue that can only appear if you leave where the story is happening and go talk to someone who's waiting on...

Just wrote 4 lines of dialogue that can only appear if you leave where the story is happening and go talk to someone who's waiting on you to finish collecting information

I've always kinda wondered why visual novels end up with gargantuan word counts even for stories that don't feel particularly...

I've always kinda wondered why visual novels end up with gargantuan word counts even for stories that don't feel particularly long.

Turns out, as I have now discovered, writing optional dialogue is *really* fun and more immediately easier to create than actual story content.

Love when I'm designing an overlay, and I go "I want to evoke the *idea* of this other thing, but I don't want it to look like...

Love when I'm designing an overlay, and I go "I want to evoke the *idea* of this other thing, but I don't want it to look like I just ripped straight from a reference, so I'll do things rough and from memory" but I end up recreating nearly the exact shape/dimensions of the thing anyway