I had a pretty rough day and contemplated just giving up on @pixelfed because it seems like I can’t catch a break
But after calming down, I started to remember all the big milestones and the people who believe in our platform and in me
I’m not ready to give up, in fact this was the kick in the ass I needed to get my priorities straight and focus on shipping the app ASAP and also Groups
I’m a few months behind on my NLnet Groups milestone and need the money so that’s my focus after the app
I looked at the “DC20” KS. It claims to be an evolution for ttrpgs, but I don’t see anything new. It uses action points and mana points, which seems to be the main “new” things when compared to D&D. Those have been around a while.
It looks crunchier than 5e, which is already too much for my tastes. YMMV, but it’s a pass for me.
They are using the ORC license, so there may be stuff worth hacking out of it.
@deinol I think the term that used to be used for these is "fantasy heartbreaker".
The '90s was full of "the next step in the evolution of ..." games, and they were invariably (pre-3.0) D&D with minor rules "fixes". It was painfully clear that these "next step evolution" game designers hadn't cracked open a non-D&D game, like, ever. Nor read APAs like Alarums & Excursions.
I see posts calling for folks to write/email/call/smoke signal/wire/semaphore their representatives about the security fuckery of Windows Recall.
I'm more of an "act locally" guy. Email your place of employment's heads of legal and IT stating your concerns, and send them this article. Hell, throw in your local schoolboards and universities to boot.
If I was a university prof and a student's parent contacted me demanding that I change their grade I would get my mom to write back to them & tell them to leave me alone
@unlucio@ElleGray Let's make a bet. I'll bet an RMB against whatever unit of currency you use. In one year's time we'll get back together and see who was right.
My prediction is that this round of AI will be forgotten like the previous (minimum!) four rounds of it.
Your prediction is that the tech is just fine and will progress by leaps and bounds.
In a year one of us will be paying the other. See you in that year. (I'll be muting you until then because you have nothing of interest to say.)
@MeltingPenguins I'm pretty sure that the term "bacon" used before the 1920s campaign for breakfasts was not what we call bacon today. Up into the 1890s at least (and probably farther than that) "bacon" was used for any cured pork product, not specifically cut and processed pork belly.