Valérie Bettaque

Valérie Bettaque

@reified-systems.itch.io

Theoretical physicist (quantum gravity and information) Postdoc @ University of Calgary 🇨🇦 Aspiring Godot game developer and technical artist Queer, neurodivergent, anarchist (she/they)

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OpenAI: Hey, we just used AI to disprove ETH! Me: Hey, I just used AI to produce a PDF that doesn't solve my much simpler problem, but at least it suggests some promising-looking next steps that will produce another similar PDF!

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At long last, we have created a way for you to take away Nikki's free will, from the classic horror movie "don't take away Nikki's free will"

Bloody Disgusting@bloody-disgusting.com

Nikki from OBSESSION joins FORTNITE tomorrow. You wished for this...

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Don't let billionaires convince you slop is the future. They're used to managing & directing, not making things themselves. Of course they can't see the difference. They don't understand your love for the craft. Keep making personal, beautiful games. You've got my support 💖

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More likely it would be something like 2.99999999992646859 r's

Tom@moll.dev

actually OpenAI released a Lean proof that shows there are 4 r's in the word "strawberry"

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actually OpenAI released a Lean proof that shows there are 4 r's in the word "strawberry"

valgrind@tech-val.bsky.social

remember when they couldn't count the r's in strawberry?

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The video advertising Unity's ew AI-driven autocomplete game maker has 'Mari' who has a game idea they "always wanted to make" and that idea is "Space Corridor" and it looks like this, and that's the strongest argument I can think of for keeping game dev out of the pro-AI crowd's hands.

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it was smart of jacob geller to only post about what he did to his 50k followers on here instead of to his 1.5 million youtube subs or on his patreon. that way fewer people know about it and he limits the financial hit

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JRR Tolkien: You paint that picture of the key scene from the Two Towers where Frodo and Sam fight Gollum? Donato Giancola: Sure did, Ron, real fuckin' sexy just like you asked. JRRT: What.

pmamtraveller.bsky.social@pmamtraveller.bsky.social

The Taming of Sméagol Donato Giancola

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Every person I know that has played Demonschool has loved it. Plus, this quote by its creative director is all you need to know to support it.

Necrosoft Games@necrosoftgames.com

It's the Spring Sale on Steam! Demonschool is 20% off!!! You should please buy it if you have not. It's no exaggeration to say the more people buy the game, the more we'll be able to do with it in the future. So tell your friends as well! store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...

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"arXiv now limits submitters to up to two submissions per calendar month, with a limit of three total active submissions at any given time."

arXiv@arxiv.bsky.social

arXiv has updated our policy on rate limiting for all submitters. This update was made to fairly distribute moderator time & support the arXiv community of staff, volunteers, readers & authors. Please read our announcement to learn more: https://blog.arxiv.org/2026/10/01/updated-rate-limit-policy/

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People like to talk up how complicated and twisty the ending of American Psycho is, but the message is very simple and clear: real estate agents will gladly help you cover up a murder.

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4.8 will be the strongest godot release in a while texture streaming, contact shadows, multi-bounce AO, lightmap specular, 3d trails, mesh buffers on gpu, visual shader groups, label text fitting, symbol renaming, more flexible editor layout and a lot of ui improvements what are you still missing?

I think the greatest puzzle in theoretical physics for me is the question why time evolution in quantum mechanics is just statistical mechanics when analytically continued to the complex plane. I don’t know any reason why it should be this way.

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We have achieved Godot 5 internally at the Godot Foundation, but it is too powerful to be released. We need a bajillion dollars. Thanks 💸

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Please watch this show. Top three of all time for me. Maybe top two. Oh God, maybe No. 1.

Chris Cantwell@ifyoucantwell.bsky.social

Halt and Catch Fire made the 100 Best Shows of the 21st Century.