<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz" class="u-url mention">@<span>dabeaz</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shriramk" class="u-url mention">@<span>shriramk</span></a></span> </p><p>OK, that was the geekiest macabre joke!</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@poleguy" class="u-url mention">@<span>poleguy</span></a></span> I think the FX2 is a high volume part, it&#39;s used in so many devices</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> ugh. I always worry about this class of parts that are relatively unique, relatively expensive, and relatively low volume. Many in this class won&#39;t be used in high volume designs because they can be replaced by a small cheap fpga or subsumed into a larger asic. Without a big market player to keep the volume up, I think they are all at risk of (doomed to?) disappearing with short notice. It&#39;s hard to design without them up front, but risky to design with them.</p>

<p>Hilarious physics-based 2D multiplayer brawler Oblin Party is out now <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/hilarious-physics-based-2d-multiplayer-brawler-oblin-party-is-out-now/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/hila</span><span class="invisible">rious-physics-based-2d-multiplayer-brawler-oblin-party-is-out-now/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OblinParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OblinParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Godot" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Godot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IndieGames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SteamDeck" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SteamDeck</span></a></p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@neuronakaya" class="u-url mention">@<span>neuronakaya</span></a></span> I know this doesn&#39;t change all the things he did, but I just saw the</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shriramk" class="u-url mention">@<span>shriramk</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz" class="u-url mention">@<span>dabeaz</span></a></span> </p><p>“I do not fear the man who has practiced a thousand kicks, I fear the man who has practiced one kick a thousand times.”</p>

<p>I always like asking people like this how they got started---or least what put them on the path to such an unusual gig. In this case, a summer gig playing at Disney theme parks. I&#39;m actually not at all surprised by that answer.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://is-a.cat/@ar" class="u-url mention">@<span>ar</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://donotsta.re/users/mei" class="u-url mention">@<span>mei</span></a></span> 3/4 was when &quot;Project Butter&quot; made it a priority yeah</p><p>the original Android didn&#39;t even require a GPU so it was kind of a lost cause architecturally</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://donotsta.re/users/mei" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mei</span></a></span> maybe these days? i remember it didn't at least until 4.</p>