John Carmack on X: “I admire Fabrice Bellard. He is almost certainly a better overall programmer than I am.” / X
Source: John Carmack on X: I admire Fabrice Bellard. He is almost certainly a better overall programmer than I am. / X
The Mind of David Krider
Blogging to work out my thinking about issues in technology, programming, religion, and politics.
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Another Example of People Trapped by Their Decisions
I ve written about the phenomenon of people continuing to make bad decisions on something that is inherently and unambiguously wrong before. The original post was about church leaders committing crimes, and refusing to even acknowledge them, or the lying around Continue reading
Ban Them Too
Controversial take, I know, but ban them too, and for the same reason that you’d ban bots. If bots are disrupting the game balance or ruining the economy with some particular behavior, then the actual people doing that same behavior Continue reading
My Life in the Age of AI
I m moving an application out of my Azure subscription into the corporate cloud. I m trying to get assets stood up for production. I can t pull a docker image from our repository to my web app service. Last week, I put Continue reading
A Tale of Two Games
Last year, Microsoft slashed ZeniMax Online Studios to the bone, cutting an unreleased game that had been taking 7 years in development, and firing half the studio that was working on it. Although not fired, per se, the studio lead Continue reading
systemd birthDate Merge: Corporate Filings & Governance Failure – TBOTE Project
Investigation into Amutable GmbH founding documents, undisclosed conflicts in the systemd birthDate merge, EUR 855K in undisclosed government funding, and $42.2M in corporate lobbying. Source: systemd birthDate Merge: Corporate Filings Governance Failure TBOTE Project The executive summary: On Continue reading
The Love/Hate for ESO Turns Once Again
I ve written extensively about ESO. I started during COVID with some IRL friends, took a break, came back for Oakensoul and Arcanist, took another long break, recently came back for subclassing, and now I think I m well and truly done. Continue reading
Back to the Wharghabl
I ve reactivated my twitter account, just shy of deletion. I did it to keep up with AI developments and tech news in general. And, boy, what a time to return to watching this scene in real time, with the Oracle Continue reading
Yes, It Really Is That Bad
Outrage as Oracle makes thousands of foreign-worker requests amid layoff bloodbath According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services data, Oracle filed for roughly 3,126 petitions to employ H-1B workers in fiscal years 2025 and 2026. Employers must submit the paperwork Continue reading
I Can’t Do this Any More
I have tried to delete Twitter many, many times over the years, but I think this is the last straw. Every single day, I can see the following: In short, there s a figurative war going on against liberty and anything Continue reading