Alastair Murray

[Alastair Murray @AlastairMurray]

I've purchased Minecraft on iOS (for my daughter), Android (so I could play with her on SteamDeck - but it no longer works), PS4 (waste of money because you can't play on LAN without paying $13 a month), and on Windows (MS Store is horrible). @Microsoft have fallen so far.

[Sonic Sloth @SonicSlothGames]

Just released Turrican 2 AGA for the #AMIGA. Re-programmed from scratch, it is a free conversion of the PC-DOS version. 24bit/256 colours. New features. Get it here: https://t.co/3YDf9Qgy3D

[Sharri Markson @SharriMarkson]

The greater problem with distinguished journals like the Lancet allowing compromised individuals such as Daszak to coordinate a letter claiming a lab leak was a conspiracy is that people will inevitably have eroded faith in scientists and scientific institutions.

[Mikael Thalen @MikaelThalen]

A lawyer using Zoom had to let a judge know that he wasn’t a cat after inadvertently activating a face filter

[Alastair Murray @AlastairMurray]

@liveplusplus I’m still periodically updating a game that is 32 bit only. Clearly I’m in the minority and I don’t use 32 bit everyday but even so, the loss of live++ for it would be a pain.

[Chris Murphy @HighlySpammable]

This tribute to Australia by Andrew Hamilton of @EmbarkStudios in @UnrealEngine is nothing short of breathtaking. What an absolutely humbling piece.
https://t.co/lfzckNSXXJ

[Sarah Haider 👾 @SarahTheHaider]

I still think a lot about this 2016 piece from @nntaleb. Give it a read, think hard about the implications for our world.

https://t.co/gfDGlAJpqN

[Gurwinder @G_S_Bhogal]

MEGATHREAD TIME: In 40 tweets I will describe 40 powerful concepts for understanding the world. Some are complex so forgive me for oversimplifying, but the main purpose is to incite curiosity. Okay, here we go:

[David Frum @davidfrum]

A Jewish Labour supporter reads Corbyn statements and actions to Corbyn supporters with one change - he attributes them to Boris Johnson. That makes all the difference. Until they learn the truth. Punch line at the end https://t.co/kpPWLbdqld

[Alastair Murray @AlastairMurray]

I didn't localise for Russia, so its rare to get 5 star reviews from that region. This one was a nice surprise but apparently I need to add a bagel to the game. 🤔

[Nikolaus Gebhardt @Ambiera]

22 years and 6 major Windows versions later, a game I once wrote still works perfectly.

Two apps I wrote LAST YEAR are now a buggy piece of useless crap after the macOS update.

Amazing engineering by MS. Doesn't make you think twice which platform to support as developer.

[Tomos Doran 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇮🇱🕊️ 🇵🇸 @portraitinflesh]

Somehow, the Millennium Bug has passed into man-down-the-pub mythology as an example of fearmongering "experts" getting it wrong, when in fact the non-disaster was a triumph of expertise and forward planning. https://t.co/R3nCs4LK1o

[Khalil @sehnaoui]

Stack Overflow releases its own keyboard.

[Alastair Murray @alycm]

I wonder if the Alastair Murray who made Amiga games gets occasional emails about compilers, just as I get occasional emails about his games

[Alastair Murray @AlastairMurray]

@alycm That would be me :) I don't get emails, but I did license VectorC about 15 years ago funnily enough.

[SBS News @SBSNews]

Watch the moment a paraglider makes a safe landing only to then be attacked by a kangaroo. Straya!

[Alastair Murray @AlastairMurray]

For every Google API I use in my games I have to allow for a rewrite, test and update every 6 to 12 months in perpetuity because Google will deprecate the API and replace it with something no better. How many programmer manhours are wasted worldwide due to this? #AndroidDev

[I Am Devloper @iamdevloper]

Remember, a few hours of trial and error can save you several minutes of looking at the README.

[Steven Pinker @sapinker]

Egregious: A math paper that tries to explain a fascinating fact (greater male variability) is censored. Again the academic left loses its mind: Ties equality to sameness, erodes credibility of academia, & vindicates right-wing paranoia. https://t.co/YKEktMKJUL via @QuilletteM