It’s some sort of irony that I don’t think things will change for the better without violence. The ultra wealthy that drive a lot of culture war bullshit, that enshittify everything for more profits and “growth”, who pollute the air we breathe and water we drink, aren’t going to just give up power.
I’m just so tired of everything being so needlessly bad. Stop shooting kids and teachers. They aren’t the problem.
I don’t think 5e is an especially coherent game.
The little old lady next to me says hello and sometimes let’s me know if there’s a package waiting for me.
The people on the other side I don’t know. They don’t seem especially friendly or unfriendly, but I’m happy to live and let live.
I see no need to install an app for what is essentially a web site.
Remember that jury nullification exists. If you’re being asked to convict on something that’s bullshit, you can just say not guilty and the court can’t tell you that you gave the wrong answer.
This is a double edged property. It can be used as easily to shield some guy smoking pot from jail as a hate crime.
Just don’t tell them you’re nullifying because they’ll remove you.
One of the things I learned from being in a group that rotated DMs: Some DMs really expect more or different things from players tactically.
Like, when one guy was running you could pretty much just run into a room and fight, and you’d win. You’d have plenty of time to long rest, so you should just blow all your spells.
The other guy expected like some scouting and planning. Take out the outer patrols first without letting them get a message to the castle, then assault the warlord. Going directly in means you’ll be flanked by those patrols. The total size of what you’ll be dealing with is pretty well known, so you can ration your spells out with pretty good information.
And then there’s the “This dungeon is inhabited intelligent creatures that have spent years fortifying it against intrusion. You don’t know the layout or what forces you’ll face. Your enemies are advancing their goals, and every day you spend means more of your homeland is consumed by The Dirge”
I’m between #2 and #3 there. The wizard struggled a little going from “leveled spell every round” to “I should think about my resources.”
I still tend to run things a little too hard, but the group I ran for full time got into the groove and never wiped.
Big, centrally owned platforms aren’t a good idea.
Reddit did some API nonsense, and that was when I left there. I was already off twitter, and never used facebook stuff.
I need somewhere for my meme and internet highlights supply, and lemmy has been ok so far.
Lies of P. It was pretty good. 30 hours for the first run through. I wouldn’t recommend it unless you’ve already played sekiro and some dark souls, as I think they do it better.
Nine Sols. Haven’t started it yet.
I can’t remember a time I’ve ever been excited about a rebrand.
Sometimes at jobs it has come along with needed technical improvements, but usually it’s just “Hey everyone change your email signatures and linkedin photos our new brand is going out!! Aren’t you glad we spent time on this instead of hiring more developers/sales/support?”
Maybe I just undervalue marketing.
Back on topic. This seems silly. Firefox was a well known brand and iconography.
And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were no longer even remotely human.
Gibson, Count Zero
Basic ass Linux mint (xfce desktop) for my desktop. I mostly use it for video games and watching media.
Android for the phone. Gotta have those emulators (though I think you can get them on iPhone now, android is still cheaper).
I should probably do some de-googling though.
Work has us on Macs. They’re… fine. I wouldn’t buy one because they’re expensive and not great for games.
I feel like … the general rule should be if the state fucks up and wastes someone’s time and money, they have to make up for that.
This person should be rolling in cash because of the government mea culpas she is, in my imagination, entitled to.
Not my kid, but someone I was dating had a toddler. She was not religious, but her parents were Catholic. She tried to intercept any religious stuff before it took hold in the kid. Firm words were exchanged when the grandmother was telling the kid that her great-grandmother was in “heaven”.
We broke up so I’m not sure how it’s going.
They also told the kid that Santa is basically a fun game people play. It’s not literally true but don’t spoil it for other kids.
Maybe it’s just the circles I travel in, but I haven’t heard anyone say it’s a shame that CEO was murdered.
It would never occur to me to go watch someone do a whole speed run. Even less so to watch someone “doing a bit”. Like, making a character that looks like Shrek and invading in a swamp is kind of funny, but I’m not going to watch that.
I don’t know how to explain the complete void that is my interest there. Like, I wouldn’t be mad if it was on in the background. But I just… Don’t find it appealing. Like watching paint dry or looking out my window. It’s there. Sometimes there’s a cat. But I’m never going to be like "sweet let’s go watch outside the window "
This makes me feel kind of alienated.
I don’t think I’ve ever watched someone playing games intentionally, outside of like “how do you do this part?” guides, and maybe a couple hours spectating in games total.
Ok, and a handful of like “let me solo her” highlights that made it to me. But I never like seek it out.
I’m principal Skinner, I guess.
“Yes the planet got destroyed, but one beautiful moment we had a really nice dinner”
Is there a name for this kind of joke? I remember seeing it in like 2002 with a picard + firefly + something else mashup. It’s kind of funny, but extra formulaic even as memes go. Reminds me of my dad trying to talk about media, so maybe it’s like some sort of mutant dad joke.
You’re going to be pretty sad when your kid dies due to your poorly informed decisions.
This is a good answer.
At my job, there was a desire to do a big rewrite of the system. It was a disaster. We spent like 8 months on this project where we delivered no value to customers. Then there was essentially a mutiny from the engineering team and we killed it.
We’ve since built on top of the original system and had, in the words of product leadership, “the most productive quarter in the history of the company”.
Now, why was it a disaster? The biggest reason was that people, especially people in leadership positions, did not understand the existing system very well. They would then make decisions based on falsehoods and mythology.