Ian Hamblin

@exQUIZitely Tomb Raider just blew me away. We can laugh at the boxy jagged 3d graphics today but I got totally absorbed in that game. The soundscape was incredibly atmospheric and it was the first time I felt vertigo playing a game which made it even more engaging.

Do you remember a game that completely blew you away; one you found so incredibly fascinating and addictive that you remember it to this day? It was a rare feeling, but here are four that are forever hardwired into my brain: 1) Lemmings - an absolute masterpiece and totally novel concept at the time. One of the most unique games I ever played. 2) Dune II - while not the first RTS, definitely the one with one of the highest pop-culture impacts. It felt like a massive leap forward, trailblazing the path and popularizing a whole genre. 3) Civilization - to this day, the game I admire the most. It felt like the biggest and most “open world” experience at the time, with endless replayability and total freedom to play your way. 4) Another World - rarely, if ever, have I played a game with a more immersive vibe. No text, no words—all storytelling through “being there,” making you feel so deeply connected with the main character. The intro alone was enough to hook me instantly. So, what’s your “OMFG this is incredible” game that has stuck with you all these years?

@dangreenheck The business world will embrace slop if it makes money. Its as simple as that and people can call it slop all they want, it's not going to stop it.

I find it funny there's a vocal group of developers calling all AI-generated code "slop". I've worked on an enterprise app with 10M+ MAU that had a view controllers with 10 layers of inheritance (no, I'm not exaggerating). Humans have been writing slop code since the days of punch cards. The vast majority of apps out in the wild are slop code written by someone that couldn't give two nickels about architecture and TDD. Go ahead, ask any developer how they feel about their 10-year old legacy codebase at work and you'll probably get some pretty colorful feedback. The real world is messy. At the end of the day, tools are only as good as the humans that wield them. And unfortunately, there's no escaping the bell curve.

@arno_coomans Thanks for sharing. I read the paper, then uploaded it to claude to help me understand. I suck at Maths and didn't know how neural networks worked but now I do thanks to this. Excited to see this implemented.

Our Neural Irradiance Volume (Eurographics 2026) permits real-time rendering of large scenes with dynamic objects and moving lights, while providing a higher quality at a given memory budget (10x improvement over probe grids!). Project page: arnocoomans.be/eg2026/.

@SoftEngineer Yeah it's 100% crucial and actually I quite enjoy building debugging tools. Not sure if that is common or not haha.

While working on complex systems, such as a graphics engine, I find myself spending a lot of time on development tooling. Being able to visualize the state of the system for debugging, or having tools to inspect the internal data. Often takes ~50% of the time/effort.

@GrahamSmyth That comment can seriously backfire mate

Five points is nothing really, is it? Not for a team in form with momentum. A really slender gap. Time to worry and start looking over the shoulder again, Brighton.

@John_Dabell I would love this

Recovery edition. Tested under extreme conditions. Now with reinforced optimism bricks.

@milan_milanovic Vibe coding is great for doing demos and POCs as well. Stuff you know you are probably going to chuck out.

Vibe coding is good at spitting a lot of code, fast But you still need to know architecture and system design As well as fundamentals Because, if you don't, you will get a big ball of mud, fast

@russellcrowe @RealJeffLeyton I fell off my bike when I was younger and cracked my foot on the kerb. Hurt like hell. Got on my bike and cycled 2 miles home. Swollen for days. Years later I had a foot xray for a different incident. Doctor said, "Did you know you have a chunk of bone floating in your foot"? 😅

@RealJeffLeyton What could he do ? 10 years on, they seemed to have healed. The first week after the jump was excruciating. But, I thought it was soft tissue damage. I didn’t have to shoot the next day, but I did meet my cousin Martin the cricket player & walk around Lord’s. Was a very slow walk

What did the Dr do after he found out? I’d be interested to hear more?

@John_Dabell Battle weary because you are a warrior. You have my utmost respect

Most days feel like this now and I am battle-weary. But, my spirit won't quit.

@AlexBrundle What I also don't get Alex, is we have AI now that could easily detect and stop these abusive messages. X has taken the decision NOT to use it.

Sending over 1000 abusive messages to a 19 year old, over a motor race. Where are we?

@tiff_tv Think it's totally natural for Lando to ease off a but now and come 3rd or forth. Drive sensibly, stay out of trouble and bring the title home.

Not best start to the weekend for Lando and depressing to hear him say that with 'no overtaking' he'll probably finish 3rd. And it will be the same for the Grand Prix as compulsory two stops avoids tyre degradation tactics. We have to get these tracks to cut some corners out ...

@henningsanden Excellent. That's the one area of blender I really didn't like. I look forward to checking this out.

UV mapping in Blender 5.0 is a lot nicer than before! Sync selection now works as expected. The UX now makes sense:D

@JiovanieV @henningsanden Haha. I also loved the time max crashed while saving and corrupted my file. A whole day's work lost. That's when I learned incremental saving. Blimey that was like 20 years ago.

@gateian @henningsanden I had to write my own autosave script for max way back in the day when I was stuck using that software package... so unreliable.

Blender is set to auto save every 2 minutes. It just crashed and the latest auto save was 20 minutes ago. Am I misunderstanding how auto save works?

@HillF1 It's just unbelievable there weren't more pitlane accidents back then. No speed limits. Hundreds of people just standing about. Everyone in shorts and t shirts. Crazy. #f1

Mind your ears .....

@Mikeggibbs Sounds like you are handling it completely normally. I lost my Dad last year so I know what I'm talking about. Let it all out. Don't stop yourself or try to control it. You'll soon get to that place where you realise your dad is still with you, as much as you'll always miss him.

I put on a normal face for my mother but I'm an absolute wreck. When I'm alone I weep. Yesterday I exploded in full public view and had to hide behind a tree while I sobbed. I'm not handling losing my Dad well.

@BobLoukas I'm glad I sold in August now.

Up until this point the monthly (4Yr Cycle) has remained intact. But now odds Bitcoin 4yr Cycle peaked exceed 50% IMO. Suspect we're very soon going to see a sharp rally form from here. The reaction will be key and the last chance for bulls to right this ship to another high.

@FR3NKD Is ucupaint auto unwrapping here as well?

You're doing it with extra steps.

@BobLoukas @Super_DaveO If humans have no money to spend because they have no job, who are companies going to sell to? Interesting times.

@Super_DaveO Universal basic income might have to be the option. If you can’t tax humans yet AI/Robots are “earning” they will need to be taxed.

So, more profitable companies and fewer jobs.

@rickygervais David Bowie tried to tell you years ago

Thanks to everyone who answered my question. Very helpful. Turns out I’m just a greedy pig. Cheers 🍻

I’m working out everyday now. Tennis, weights, running etc. My resting heart rate is really good and I train at quite a high rate too. So my question is, Why am I still fucking fat and exhausted all the cunting time?