Richard Meredith

@rtm223.me

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Game developer @foldedfox.games | Previously: Bad North, Little Nightmares, LittleBigPlanet | He/Him http://mastodon.gamedev.place/@rtm223

An image of the exact moment Matt came to peddle his bullshit, user "cartoon dog gf" posted "it's a mystery!" that entire sections of the tech economy are DISAPPEARING because of ai-related layoffs
A fluffy white Angora cat is sleeping awkwardly on the back of a bathroom sink, her head rested against the tap in a way that seems uncomfortable but apparently is fine
A fluffy white Angora cat lies on her side, leggies all sprawled put, staring intently at seagulls off camera
Chart of SpaceX stock. Starts around 165, rises to 220 vet quickly then has been trending downwards for th e lay month and now sits at 148
A tabby cat is poking her head and one little white paw out from under a beige blanket
Passage from the article Interestingly, Sweeney neglected to reply to the article's other stated reason that Destiny failed, which claims that Destiny's period of profitability led to cash being "immediately misused by leadership at the time."
Image of Ralf Wiggum from The Simpsons, sitting on a bus, saying: (chuckles) I'm in danger.
New York post article pointing out the Zohran Mamdani violated dress codes by jumping into a swimming pool wearing a suit. There's 3 photos and he looks like he's having so much fun in all of them
A close up a plastic tub sitting on the balcony, with a pipe leading in, approximately 3/4 full of water
Photo of a portable a unit next to a balcony door. The display reads "21"
An illustration of 40k eldar Exodites. I the foreground d is a warrior with a lance standing next to a velociraptor-esque creature. Behind them is a triceratops with a laser cannon turret a dipolodocus-ish creature with a big structure on its back and some kind of giant organic structure or tree, with flying dinosaurs soaring around
Another aeldari Exodite on a dino. This one is looking down the sights of a sci-fi sniper rifle and his mount is dutifully watching the target too and keeping things stable
A photo of a Warhammer miniature, it's an aeldari warrior (think space elf) riding on the back of a velociraptor shaped dinosaur with a more pointy snout. The warrior has a sci-fi lance thing going on
Screenshot of a notification : [redacted] has added you to the "Hates People Who Use AI Crypto Smart-glasses NFTs Bitcoin or VR " moderation list
A fluffy white Angora cat is sitting in the nook between 2 tree trunks
A tabby / tuxedo mix cat is lying on her side playing with a pink plastic spring, holding it in her forepaws (which are extremely cute little white mittens) and chewing on it
Poster art for the movie. Zazie Beetz is covered in blood, holding a machete in front of her face with other cSt members' faces on it. She looks angy
Two cats are on a bed attempting to jump at a mark on the wall that could maybe be a moth. It is not
A tweet from Elon on 19th March 2020 claiming there would be close to zero new cases of covid 19 by the end of april
+861% code deletion RATIO
Code Churn Lines deleted to lines added per quarter, for merged code
Various graphs related to AI coding adoption, titled "The Acceleration Whiplash" Epics (features) : +66.2% Features: +33.7% Pull Requests: +16.2% Code Churn: +861% Incidents (per PR) : +242.7% Monthly incidents: +57.9% Bugs per developer: +54% Bugs per PR: +28.7%
The control panel of an old beige migrowave. Two analogue dials, one with temperatures and one with times. The time one operates by clockwork. It dings a little bell when it is done
A fluffy white Angora cat is lying on top of an Ikea Kalla shelf, surrounded by plants. Her little front paws are dangling over the edge
The filing describes SpaceX as using “Business Models that Are Incredibly Difficult to Replicate.” Those business models are also struggling to produce a profit as the filing reveals SpaceX’s most recent full-year revenue (FY 2025) was $18.674 billion, which produced a $4.9 billion loss. The first quarter of FY 2026 saw the company lose $4.3 billion on $4.7 billion of revenue. As with all such documents, SpaceX’s IPO filing spells out risks the company faces – including many admissions its ideas may not work or take longer to realize than hoped. The company has proven that many times after Elon Musk promised exciting new products and technologies are imminent, then delivered them years later than his initial deadline. But the overall tone of the filing is extreme optimism as SpaceX claims it has a total addressable market (TAM) of $28.5 trillion – not far short of the USA’s gross national product. The filing breaks down that TAM into “$370 billion in Space from space-enabled solutions; $1.6 trillion in Connectivity across $870 billion in Starlink Broadband and $740 billion in Starlink Mobile as well as additional opportunities in enterprise and government; $26.5 trillion in AI across $2.4 trillion in AI infrastructure, $760 billion in consumer subscriptions, $600 billion in digital advertising, and $22.7 trillion in enterprise applications.” That last figure is vastly larger than the entire IT business today.
A tabby/tuxedo mix cat (still technically a kitten but oh my how she's grown) is lying with her head on my leg, eyes closed. A little white forepaw is stretched out towards the camera
Screenshot of calculator screen ((112−3)×5)−((44−9)×20) = -155
A tabby kitten is asleep with her tongue sticking out
A tabby/tuxedo kitten is standing on the top of a scratching pole, trying to reach up to the ceiling, looking around and meowing at the Camera
This section needs to be updated, The reason given is: to reflect the latest outcomes of pending criminal proceedings against people named in this section, as well as expand the list of 30 under 30 honorees implicated in major controversy. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (November 2025)
A screenshot of the material graph to build a polygon. It shows the same image as before with a chain of nodes: 1x "Irregular Polygon SDF 2D - Start" 3x "Irregular Polygon SDF 2D - Edge" 1x "Irregular Polygon SDF 2d - End"
An image of an irregular quad as an SDF, with distance field lines in orange and purple around it
A fluffy white Angora cat lies sleeping, with a tabby kitten lying next to her, with one white-socked forepaw resting on the white cat
Median household income was $83,730 in 2024, which was not statistically different from the 2023 estimate of $82,690 (Figure 1 and Table A-1). The 2024 median household income was also not statistically different from the 2019 median household income of $83,260. Household income in 2019 was the highest since 1967
A fluffy white Angora cat stands on some grass in the shade of a tree next to some small shrubs
An unreal editor window showing a Glowing Star UI Widget. The user pulls a slider labelled outer glow distance from 0-1 and the glow expands beyond the bounds of the widget. Explanatory text reads: The `SDF Widget Scaler` material function will expand the UI quad to fit the full distance field and recalculate UVs to scale the SDF icon correctly The GlowDistance property is used to vary the widget expansion and reduce unnecessary overdraw A similar effect can be achieved using the widget's render scale, but by doing the scaling in the material it's easier to sync up multiple effects via a single parameter
"When Claude says it is happy to see you, for example, a state inside the model that corresponds to “happiness” may be activated. And Claude may then be a little more inclined to say something cheery or put extra effort into vibe coding."
In addition to providing ongoing oversight and direction for our inhouse Al development proiects, I have also become the architect of Zynga's overarching Generative Al strategy and led various initatives exploring and harnessing modern Al systems such as LLMs and Diffusion Models, as well as devising and implementing a framework by which we can safely, legally and ethically engage with these technologies. Although there is significant hype around the opportunities in this space, ensuring that a ll executive stakeholders across the business, including Take Two C-suite, are fully briefed on the actionable opportunities as well as the legitimate concerns has become a consistent part of my day to day responsibilities
A tabby/tuxedo cross kitten is lying on her back getting tickled on the chest, she's rolling around and making biscuits in the air with her little white mittens
The image that trump made for epstein's birthday card
An illustration from 1812, parodying the luddite movement, titled "The leader of the luddites" A man wearing a blue dress is standing in front of scenes of fighting and a burning building. He's holding some kind of cane
@schizanon.bsky.social has added you to the "techno pessimists" moderation list https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6lwfvmss45d7j7fot34v2kw5/lists/3mc4zr6mmuo2k
Goose Chasing meme: Panel 1: A goose looks confused and is quoting "'Early stages of returning to mobile'?" from Tim Sweeney's announcement Panel 2: The goose is chasing a man shouting "Why were you not on mobile for a while Tim? Who's fault was that?"
A tabby kitten is sitting on a sofa with a fingerless knitted glove in front of her.
A fluffy white Angora cat is lying, asleep, on a beige blanket. She has pink ears and nose and her fur is all messy
A small 6 month old tabby / tuxedo mix kitten jumps up onto a sofa with a colorful foam ball in her mouth and drops it. I throw it over her head and she jumps up and catches it in her forepaws. She's very clever
a comprehensive study by McKinsey offers a contrasting perspective: generative AI is more likely to create jobs and significantly enhance productivity. The report, titled “The Economic Potential of Generative AI: The Next Productivity Frontier”, projects that generative AI could potentially add up to $4.4 trillion of annual value to the global economy.
image of a nonsense graph from McKinsey claiming "By 2030 the metaverse could generate $4 trillion to $5 trillion across consumer and enterprise use cases
A six month old tabby kitten with a white bob and white socks is sitting on a sofa next to a foam ball.
A fluffy white Angora cat lies curled up, nearly asleep. A six month old tabby kitten is snuggle up to her
An unreal blueprint function, something like ReturnEvenOnly(value): if(value % 2) return value else (unhandled)
JC Lau @driclau.bsky.social Yeahhhh it was definitelv a whole thing; I don't know if it was ust that year when they were super aggressive but other women, people of color, and people visiting GDC from overseas also reported experiencing something similar. :( Sapphire @sapphirelabs.cloud Seems like a lot of survivorship bias here. Would vou rather they just let anyone through?
A 6 month old tabby kitten is curled up on a blanket with a cone around her head
A robot Vaccum is attempting to navigate under a shelf, whilst being harassed by a 6 month old tabby kitten, intent on playing with the little spinney brush
A tabby/tuxedo kitten is lying on a bed with a green plastic spring. A hand picks up th e spring and throws it out of the bedroom door. The kitten leaps after it, disappearing into darkness, only to return with the spring in her mouth looking very proud.
A photo of a small owl. Brown and white speckled and very round
The "sickos" meme cartoon A man looks I through a window wearing a black shirt with "SICKOS" written on it. He is saying "yes... Ha ha ha... YES!"
A tabby kitten is lying on my lap, looking backwards at me with one ear folded over. She has her right forepaw (white socked) extwnted and splayed out
An image of "Project AVA" from CES: A small glass tube with an anime woman hologram in it