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DamonWakes

@DamonWakes@mastodon.sdf.org

Author of #TenLittleAstronauts and literally hundreds of works of flash fiction. You might also know me for the interactive fantasy parody Girth Loinhammer's Most Exponential Adventure, or possibly for wiring bananas into someone else's laptop. (I wear many hats.)

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ottaross, to random
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Nice cooler day and not too sunny, I think I'll get out for a short hike!

DamonWakes,
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@ottaross Did the little pot come with the stove? I've been using one of those homemade beer can ones with a similar design (which works great) but the usual cookware seems a bit unwieldy on something so small.

DamonWakes,
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@ottaross Ah! It was the fact it seemed just the right size that made me wonder.

futurebird, (edited ) to random
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I don't know, pick one:

A. You have an excellent education, the means to answer questions: building a consistent understanding of the world. You are hard to trick. That said, you live in a society where the powerful can't be criticized. Many things you know cannot be said.

B. You freely and loudly express your ideas. But, you have very little education, formal or otherwise. You have been tricked before & know you could be again. You just don't have the best tools to prevent this.

DamonWakes,
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@mattmcirvin @futurebird I feel as though the flat earth people make noises about that ideal but don't really follow through with it. They'll try experiments to determine the shape of the Earth, but when the dead simple "find a long, still body of water and see if the base of a tree on the other side is obscured when you view it from a low angle" approach confirms that the surface of the water is curved, they'll simply disregard that.

HauntedOwlbear, to Metal
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I have finally dragged on clothes, so welcome to !

I share my tee, you show me your tee/shirt/outfit, everyone looks awesome and cute, it's great.

Today's shirt is Ashenspire's Three Months to the Gutter tee, art by Hagiophobic.

They're an avant-garde red/anarchist black metal (RABM) band, and Hostile Architecture is one of my favourite albums of the last few years. Equal parts beautiful and brutal, and upholding the rule that all metal bands with saxophones are good.

If you're near London in the UK, they're playing at Desertfest at the Electric Ballroom this afternoon at 14:30.

Listen to them: https://ashenspire.bandcamp.com/music

DamonWakes,
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@HauntedOwlbear YOU AWAKE TO FIND YOURSELF IN A DARK ROOM

nyrath, (edited ) to random
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New book on worldbuilding.

Author says: "Architect of Worlds is what happens when the guy who wrote three different solar system/planetary generation systems for GURPS is told he doesn't have a word count and spends 7 years tracking every paper on exoplanet systems he can find."

[ I have a copy and am impressed by the detail. More importantly author includes citations of original scientific papers ]

Dead Tree edition: https://www.adastragames.com/products/architect-of-worlds
PDF edition: https://www.adastragames.com/products/architect-of-worlds-pdf

DamonWakes,
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@RogerBW @nyrath I notice the difference in spelling, but is there any chance this Jon Zeigler is also John Ziegler who submitted How Prince Quisborne the Feckless Shook His Title to IFComp 2023?

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    DamonWakes,
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    @aetataureate Any chance of a link? I don't think I'll be able to track down the guy based on the description alone.

    DamonWakes,
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    @aetataureate Ah. Yes. I see what you mean.

    glassbottommeg, to random
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    New #automotive paranoia:

    We had a car drive itself into a tree. On its own. It isn't even an electric. Though I guess it wanted to be?

    The fucking starter shorted out somehow, and the STARTER DROVE THE ENTIRE ENGINE. DESPITE THE PARKING BRAKE BEING ON.

    I've never even heard of this failure mode. WTF.

    DamonWakes,
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    @glassbottommeg Was this the same car that was constantly drawing a suspicious amount of current from the battery?

    DamonWakes, to random
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    Here's something @futurebird might enjoy: I found an ant on my bathroom sink yesterday morning and thought little of it.

    Then I found three ants there in the afternoon, which was a little odd. What could they be after?

    Then, in the evening, I noticed the bottle of mouthwash.

    DamonWakes,
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    @futurebird It does contain sorbitol. Maybe that's what appeals to them? Alternatively, I imagine it could be the alcohol: presumably that's a source of calories if nothing else.

    DamonWakes, to books
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    The paperback for Oh God This Is My Life Now is finally available, so here's a little video about it!
    https://damonwakes.wordpress.com/books/oh-god-this-is-my-life-now/

    A video announcing my new anthology of flash fiction, titled "Oh God This Is My Life Now." The description of the book (provided in subtitles) is barely comprehensible, having been vocoded over the sound of me yelling. The gist of it is that the book contains 31 stories, written one-a-day in July 2023 as part of Flash Fiction Month, and that because of that this bizarre video probably is the most representative thing I could have used to promote it.

    Nifflas, to random
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    Weird question, but I need a very effective jumpscare sound. Like, one that will just terrify anyone if it shows up of nowhere.

    (and yes, the person about to experience the thing will know it's a thing ahead of the thing, so they can chose to not experience the thing, so it's morally OK!)

    How do I find such a sound? I've had bad luck on Freesound so far. License needs to be very permissive but I'm ok with crediting the maker ofc.

    DamonWakes,
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    @Nifflas If it were me, I'd just yell into a microphone myself.

    DamonWakes, to residentevil
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    I started playing the Resident Evil 3 remake today and it's truly bizarre how much better it runs in Proton than the Resident Evil 2 remake.

    For 2 I had to set all the graphics options to minimum (I think more due to system requirements than Proton compatibility). It was initially stable but started crashing later on. 3, however, runs flawlessly on default settings (which look great). If it's just that well optimised I'm incredibly impressed!

    DamonWakes, to random
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    Super Hyper Awesome Game: EXTREME!

    I have a new game to share with you! It's Super Hyper Awesome Game: EXTREME! and it's just as great as it sounds. Also - for today only - I'm offering a copy of Hollow Knight to whoever gets the top score.

    https://damonwakes.wordpress.com/2024/04/01/super-hyper-awesome-game-extreme/

    SirTapTap, to twitter
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    I love that doesn't even tell you "you have to log in to see this" it just acts like a tweet is deleted if you follow a twitter link while logged out

    Should Google not delist all it's content for that?

    DamonWakes,
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    @SirTapTap Oh. I noticed that when I had to dig something up a couple of weeks ago and just assumed Twitter as a whole was broken.

    eniko, to random
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    saying "well mastodon is losing money too cause it's run by volunteers" is really kind of weird since. like. it's okay to have spaces that are provided for community members without a profit motive by people who have the time, energy, and or money to volunteer

    DamonWakes,
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    @eniko "How will you ever break even on that party that you're throwing for all your friends?"

    futurebird, to random
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    As a HS CS teacher I'm often torn when someone asks "do you do anything with AI with the kids?" not so much because of the controversies, but rather because nearly all projects I could plan would require using libraries of code without explaining how they work.

    I feel the need to go from scratch to some degree. I know using libraries of part of coding, a worthy skill... but I have not been impressed with the cake mix lesson plans I've seen.

    Has anyone seen anything that addresses this?

    DamonWakes,
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    @javierg @futurebird I'd be very interested in seeing those 40 lines of Python if you're happy to share. It would really help counter the idea that text generation of this sort needs a colossal amount of material shoved into an incomprehensible machine of unfathomable complexity.

    Nifflas, (edited ) to random
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    Best superpower? Oh no, the zombie infection breaks out. You manage to survive for now.

    All zombies get a special ability. They can...

    DamonWakes,
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    @Nifflas I build a special little saferoom that has only windows. The zombies' door-opening ability is rendered useless.

    SirTapTap, to random
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    What do you call THIS thing, and do you think I can buy a bunch somewhere?

    as you can see I have several rubber straps on my phone but a couple have different clips and one just came off completely. I'd like them to all be the same if I can get something good and easy to put on

    a part linking a rubber strap mascot to a keychain

    DamonWakes,
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    @SirTapTap In jewellery that would be a lobster clasp. You should be able to get big bags of them from basically any craft shop.

    DamonWakes, to ai
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    I'd quite like to have a Midjourney and/or ChatGPT-type tool trained exclusively on public domain material. I don't care if it produces images that are half woodcut and half 1920s book illustration, or if all the text reads like a pamphlet from the 17th Century. I'd rather have a garbage tool that can produce fun stuff guilt-free than an up-to-date "AI" trained on a bunch of stuff that people have supposedly provided by not noping out of a scummy ToS change fast enough.

    futurebird, to Cats
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    Remember: are real animals. They are not gremlins, or "fur sprites from the under-way" or a fever dream or creatures of myth or something a mischievous kid made up.

    You can live with one.
    You can keep a cat in your home!

    (Photos from instagram https://www.instagram.com/furryfritz)

    The same cat less goofy, more evil still cute. Eyes narrowed.

    DamonWakes,
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    @futurebird This cat definitely wants to know where Baggins took the Precious.

    nyrath, to random
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    High-level radioactive waste disposal (1974)

    Contains a short discussion on using the Space Shuttle to send radioactive wastes into deep space

    https://www.osti.gov/biblio/4313401

    Click on the green "View Conference" button to download PDF report

    DamonWakes,
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    @klausman @nyrath Wait, why is it infeasible to dump it into the sun? I would have thought that would be the easiest direction to send anything in the solar system.

    DamonWakes, to linux
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    I've never felt particularly strongly about one Linux distribution over another in the past, but I've just had a pop-up about Ubuntu Pro where the only "Nope" option was "Remind Me Later" so I guess I'm switching to something else whenever I upgrade my SSD.

    MachineLordZero, to gaming
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    Hey, can anyone tell me some games where you start off in a trashed base, or even just ruins, and you've gotta fix it up?
    Bonus points for sci-fi, NPCs who'll move in, and town management.
    Prefer not first person perspective, but will still look at
    #gaming #recommendation #openToAll

    DamonWakes,
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    @MachineLordZero Possibly not exactly what you're going for, but the closest thing that springs to mind for me is Waking Mars. You start off in a dormant Martian ecosystem and have to grow plants to gain seeds to grow plants that open up new areas. It doesn't exactly involve a "base" as such but there is a steadily growing area of Mars that you're building up and making safe(r).

    DamonWakes, to gamedev
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    I'm taking part in a Valentine's Day Game Jam this weekend, so for once have something to share for Screenshot Saturday! It's called "Spread the Love" and though the gameplay might be familiar, I hope it'll offer an original twist.

    DamonWakes,
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    @gray17 Someone on the event Discord actually did it, and reckons it took about an hour and a half. Still definitely longer than ideal. I think if I were to come back to this idea, I'd try to add upgrades that allow more efficient use of love bucks but demand greater skill to use effectively. I was hoping that was how this would work as-is, but in hindsight it's too easy to create a sustainable chain reaction too early in the game.

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