RE: https://techhub.social/@year_progress/115816897176088499

Happy New Year 2026!

HAPPY PUBLIC DOMAIN DAY! And Happy New Year!

Books published in 1930 will enter the U.S. public domain, such as:

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett: This novel introduced the world to the famous detective Sam Spade.
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner: A masterpiece of American literature.
The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie: This was the first novel to feature the beloved character Miss Marple.

#books #literature #publicdomain
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PF 2026

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RE: https://techhub.social/@year_progress/115755083466173443

Merry Last 3% Of The Year, everyone!

New #lifehack just dropped

Good news, everyone! I eeked out some time just before my Christmas vacation to release an update to the GIANT ROBOT GAME playtest.

# v0.2.98+125 *VALIANT*

* Shooting from above does massively more damage. This leads to more strategic thinking and will hopefully unlock some sweet terrain-based tactics.
* Part labels on 3D models now show additional info, such as the current structural integrity of parts to be repaired, or relative chance to hit of parts to be targeted.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2538440/GIANT_ROBOT_GAME/

Trying to leave feedback

@ondra The sad (or maybe hopeful?) thing is that the Google employees I know actually do care. It seems to be the top brass' direction (and apparently not enough push back or managing-up from middle management) that has this effect.

For example, I bet the gmail engineers and designers of these two massive buttons weren't happy about working on this non-feature. But they also don't care enough to quit about it, and top management doesn't hear their qualms.

@sesivany I take your point. People apparently don't hate this enough to leave right now. But the thing about losing goodwill is that things happen gradually, and then suddenly. I think that a good business leader should be sensitive to this. The fact that the data doesn't show enough outflow to worry about _today_ doesn't mean you're not going to see something much worse in the future.

We all know the rationale of shoving AI on people. I just thing 2 massive buttons around every email is stupd

Prague's "La Défense" (the highrises in the distance) looks especially monumental and Blade Runner-y today thanks to the exactly right altitude and thickness of cloud cover. It's easy to imagine the buildings continuing well above the clouds (when in fact they only just reach them).

@zoul how do you deal this all the places where your former email is your account handle? Did you switch them all in one go or are you doing it only as needed?

I blew my stack today. Here's the result:
https://filiph.net/text/shove-your-ai-features-where-the-sun-don't-shine.html

#ai #google

Good news, everyone! I just published yet another gamedev-y article on my little blog: https://filiph.net/text/making-a-tile-based-game-look-like-it's-not.html

#gamedev #indiedev

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20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple

https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/

@pavel i walked right into that one, didn't i

Another blogpost is up!
https://filiph.net/text/your-science-is-not-strong-enough.html