John Ballantyne

I code and design video games, from deeply systemic to narratively driven. (EA, LucasArts, Epic Games, Blindfire Games, Oculus Story Studio, 2K Games)

[John Ballantyne @johnkballantyne]

@MiniaturesShawn The weathering is insane on this one! Beautiful

[John Ballantyne @johnkballantyne]

ChatGPT but it reads your whole company Slack channel history and all your internal documentation. “What’s our jump metric?” “10’ but this thread (link) last week was starting to talk about changing it to 15’”

[John Ballantyne @johnkballantyne]

Aww man. This guy was so awesome. His sculpture classes at the ILM compound were amazing. And his stories of the film industry and model shop were captivating and hilarious. RIP Richard

[io9 @io9]

ILM and Star Wars Sculptor Richard Miller Has Passed Away https://t.co/B23LPd9ru1

[John Ballantyne @johnkballantyne]

@pixelpixi hahaha. How will we continue to connect without this specific portal?!!?!,!? Nooooooooo

[John Ballantyne @johnkballantyne]

Similar feels, if it happens(?), as when original WoW beta servers shut down before launch? My character and all their XP are dying!!!

[John Ballantyne @johnkballantyne]

@_mattburdette_ I just want to point out that my original and ancient Tweet is actually starting to age pretty well!!! :-D

[John Ballantyne @johnkballantyne]

this site is SUPER lame

[John Ballantyne @johnkballantyne]

IMO, smell is under-appreciated in dogs v. vacuums. Vacuums are like blackholes for smell.

So, in dog terms: imagine a screaming Vantablack object coming at you but it's also sucking light from nearby objects, making them invisible... I'd run too.

[John Ballantyne @johnkballantyne]

@bnacker That’s that hot new influencer on the TikTok’s, right?

[John Ballantyne @johnkballantyne]

Buy “Stories to Keep You Alive Despite Vampires”, by @bnacker, and scare your kids awake for an easier on-time to school departure!

https://t.co/7h2NtvAVVx

[John Ballantyne @johnkballantyne]

@RyanRadia @mateosfo @JosephMajkut haha. That’s my youngest kiddo in the bottom of the purple one! :)

[Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER @doctorow]

#RightToRepair is a no-brainer. You - not manufacturers - should have the right to decide whom you trust to fix your stuff, even (especially) when that stuff is "smart" and an unscrupulous repair could create unquantifiable "cyber-risk."

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[John Ballantyne @johnkballantyne]

@mattswider Just gone one =D Thanks @mattswider

[John Ballantyne @johnkballantyne]

Finally finished the tillering attachment for my bench and got my first bow up there (for my kids). Exhaustively re-watching the @Headlongbows videos that inspired me in the first place.😀

[Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER @doctorow]

Amazon is an innovator: the company has invented some of the most sophisticated techniques ever seen to avoid taxation, the minimum wage, worker safety, and climate justice.

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[David Pogue @Pogue]

This is the COOLEST. A Google Earth-type representation of the planet. Every green dot is a radio station. Click any dot to listen in. It’s like cultural teleportation. You could spend hours with this thing… https://t.co/rdEHUUfgvk

[Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer]

Not sure I'm long for this neighborhood group.

[John Ballantyne @johnkballantyne]

Radical concept heading in to 2021: leaders taking responsibility for the failures of their organization

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

GUS PERNA, the general running logistics for Operation Warp Speed, takes sole responsibility for a big problem with Pfizer vaccine rollout: states report they’re getting less than they were promised.

“It was my fault,” Perna says. “It was a planning error, and I am responsible.”

[Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER @doctorow]

There's two reasons that Facebook is such a cesspit of disinformation, unproductive flamewars and trolling:

First, it's too fucking big. That is, not only is Zuck monumentally unqualified to control the social lives of 2.6b people - NO ONE IS.

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[Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER @doctorow]

To understand the levers of power under the rule of law, you have to understand "standing" - the right to seek justice for some bad act. Courts and legislatures guard standing jealously; the worst-case scenario is that anyone can sue over an injustice done to someone else.

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[NWS Boise @NWSBoise]

The NASA smoke model not painting a pretty picture for the next 5 days in the Pacific NW. Also notice how the eastbound smoke gets wrapped up in Paulette later in the week. #idwx #orwx