OpusFluke

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Founder of The United States of Antarctica Discordian Cabal. Our aim is to Keep McMurdo Sound. "In the Land of the Bland the One-Idea Man is King."
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wonderofscience, to random
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All 34 episodes of the BBC's Rough Science are on the Internet Archive. Made in collaboration with the Open University it aired from 2000 to 2005, showcasing scientists tackling engineering challenges using basic tools and natural resources.
https://archive.org/details/rough-science-18-communication/Rough+Science+01+Mediterranean+Mystery.mp4

OpusFluke,

@wonderofscience I remember some of (the probably later) episodes. Especially the one about making a musical instrument. Hours spent trying to make pipes "sing" by lighting fires under them only to realise they could just be struck for the same effect. Classic overthinking!

gutenberg_org, to books
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Hypatia (born c. 350–370; died 415 AD) was a Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who lived in Alexandria, Egypt.

She was a prominent thinker in Alexandria where she taught philosophy and astronomy. Hypatia constructed astrolabes and hydrometers, but did not invent either of these, which were both in use long before she was born. In March 415 AD, she was murdered by a mob of Christians led by a lector named Peter.

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63054

Frontispiece and title page to John Toland's anti-Catholic tract Hypatia: Or the History of a most beautiful, most vertuous, most learned, and every way accomplish’d Lady, published 1720, republished 1753. The eighteenth-century English Deist scholar John Toland used Hypatia's death as the basis for an anti-Catholic polemic, in which he changed the details of her murder and introduced new elements not found in any of his sources in order to portray Cyril in the worst possible light.
Hypatia is known to have edited at least Book III of Ptolemy's Almagest, which supported the geocentric model of the universe shown in this diagram. The scheme of the aforementioned division of spheres. · The empyrean (fiery) heaven, dwelling of God and of all the selected · 10 Tenth heaven, first cause · 9 Ninth heaven, crystalline · 8 Eighth heaven of the firmament · 7 Heaven of Saturn · 6 Jupiter · 5 Mars · 4 Sun · 3 Venus · 2 Mercury · 1 Moon
"Death of the philosopher Hypatia, in Alexandria". This illustration is from the book Vies des savants illustres, depuis l'antiquité jusqu'au dix-neuvième siècle , by Louis Figuier, originally published in 1866. However, the image earlier appeared in the journal Le Voleur Illustre, number 475, 7 December 1865.

OpusFluke,

@gutenberg_org Commonly credited with the invention of distillation equipment, I recall?

georgetakei, to random

Burned by an entire government. https://www.comicsands.com/ukraine-parliament-musk-zelenskyy-meme-2665789741.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

OpusFluke,

@georgetakei Ironically I only saw the parliament's meme response. Still laughed.

reginasbread, to random
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I'm so tired of teenagers being "the chosen ones" in fiction. please, let a middle-aged woman save the universe! she's seen some shit and dealt with it. she's tired of it all. she doesn't give a fuck. she's angry. she will get this shit done.

OpusFluke, (edited )

@reginasbread Any of Discworld's "Witches" novels has this. Even Things from The Dungeon Dimensions back away from Granny Weatherwax. Then run. She Is Not Having It.

grumpygamer, to random
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I did a quick calculation and I've spent close to 98,000 hours making video games. Making video games! Not curing cancer or establishing world peace, but making video games.

OpusFluke,

@grumpygamer And for this so many of us are truly grateful. Even when we swear at you for those puzzles. Especially when we swear at you.

simontatham, to random
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Greetings everyone!

I'm Simon Tatham, free software developer based in Cambridge, UK. Best known for PuTTY and a collection of puzzle games; various other things largish and smaller. Mostly tend to start my own projects rather than joining existing ones. (I think just because that's my idea of fun.)

This is my first time dipping my toe into short-form social media. (I was never on the birdsite.) Probably expecting to post random tech musings, with occasional maths.

OpusFluke,

@simontatham Warning: you are now having your posts followed by an idiot: me. Because I hold the human state is to be confused. So... I'm Mostly Harmless.

grumpygamer, (edited ) to random
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I don't run red lights because:

OpusFluke,

@grumpygamer No "I don't drive" option?

lowqualityfacts, to random
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WARNING: Chrome has pushed out a new update where it now detects if you are using ad blockers, and will punish you by filling your Google search history with dumb questions about wind. This makes it seem like you do not understand wind, and will be very embarrassing if someone else sees it.

OpusFluke,

@lowqualityfacts Do you want to buy "Break Like The Wind" by Spinal Tap?

pluralistic, to random
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JOIN... The Church of the BECOME AN ORDAINED MINISTER NOW!

OpusFluke,

@pluralistic Oh no, the Bobbies have got to him! I mean I know we Discordians have a reputation but they're nuts!

effinbirds, to random
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OpusFluke,

@effinbirds Read this and immediately thought of the plague of gulls yelling in Glasgow and Clydebank right now.

stephenfry, to random

I’m as buzzing and happy as a happy bee to be joining the splendid cast of Bleak Expectations as Sir Philip Bin from 8 to 13th August, at the Piccadilly Circus jewel-box that is the Criterion Theatre. Buy your tickets and find out more here
bleakexpectations.com

OpusFluke,

@stephenfry Pip Bin, inventor of the bin? I say!

grumpygamer, to random
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Real or The Onion headline: "Elon Musk has officially killed Twitter. The zombie platform lives on as X, a disfigured shell of its former self."

OpusFluke,

@grumpygamer Both? Both.

grumpygamer, to random
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Interesting that a lot of people don't think Diablo is a RPG. They have very valid points. A lot to think about. I realize you can't box a game by a label, much like an adventure game or even point-and-click adventure game, but it's enlightening to think about.

OpusFluke,

@grumpygamer Always seen Diablo as more of an "Action/Adventure Game" like the Magic Knight series on the ZX Spectrum. It has the exploring, levelling, inventory management and timing/combat elements alongside a few puzzles. But that's just me.

grumpygamer, to random
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What makes a game a RPG? Ultima, Fallout, Diablo are, but Binding of Issac, Nuclear Throne are not (IMHO). Is Zelda? If you're playing a "RPG" what do you look for? What makes it a "RPG". Is it more than just collecting weapons and bumping stats? Most game have a form of this that I would not consider a RPG.

OpusFluke,

@grumpygamer Character progression/choices with consequences. Skyrim did this very well (in my opinion). They even factored in "hidden choices" such as "Destroy The Dark Brotherhood" or the ability to find the suicide note from the mother of one of your victims if you broke into a certain house in Windhelm. No clues or flags, you might break in for a Thieve's Guild job and find the consequences of your actions.
Yes, extreme examples. But it's a flawed classic. You play a role. Decisions are made

OpusFluke, to gaming


Barely functioning entropy engine rampaging about like a hyperactive toddler retooting all the Shiny Things.
Do not expect logical consistency or even much sense here. Occasionally I manage to get enough neurons to cooperate so I can post something original.
Current obsessions include and catching old . No idea why.

grumpygamer, to random
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The problem is people won't quit twitter (a lot of my friends are still on there with weak excuses why) and reddit users will come back because most people generally won't do short term pain for longterm gain. It's just not how humans are wired and it's painful to watch. I hope I'm proved wrong.

OpusFluke,

@grumpygamer I still do Twitter and Reddit because I don't actually need to burn all my bridges to be in the Fediverse. And yes, I have done that in the past. I still miss LiveJournal but that is dust and ashes. My last FB post was warning people that if you see "me" there it isn't ME.
I'm active on Reddit posting nonsense on certain game subs (hello, !) and will fart about on Twitter. But Dreamwidth and Pillowfort aren't good on phones (yet) and I faff about here. I like it here.

Ninji, to random
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GOOGLE INTERVIEWER: why do you want a job at Google?
ME: well, i love writing software
INTERVIEWER: what do you think makes you a good fit for Google?
ME: i have ADHD so i always get bored of my projects and never touch them again
INTERVIEWER: great, when can you start

OpusFluke,

@aiefel @toon @LeBonk @Ninji @pluralistic I still miss the customisable Google Home Page. I had a live Reuters feed, a thing to translate the colour bands on resistors into Ohms, and a Discordian Calander on mine. It was fun and I miss that level of useful/absurd customisation.

grumpygamer, to random
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Oh sure, there is plenty of killing orcs with swords and fireballs, but my rogue-like really about corporate greed, the gig economy and union busting.

OpusFluke,

@grumpygamer Looks like "Doom & Destiny" (no bad!). I mean a game where Big Bad has sucked Death into endless D&D sessions to become immortal. Good times!

lowqualityfacts, (edited ) to random
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I wrote a comic about beer.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/daneman/the99?ref=android_project_share

OpusFluke,

@lowqualityfacts Took 106, 107'goes but I awoke next to a beautiful woman. 30 years in she still lets me in her house. And she even stays over at mine! Don't drink, kids.

FediFollows, to Weather

, & picks of the day:

➡️ @TheConversationClimate - News articles related to global warming, written by qualified experts

➡️ @MichaelEMann - Climatologist & geophysicist, particularly focused on global warming

➡️ @Ruth_Mottram - Climate scientist at Danish Meteorological Institute

➡️ @W_Lucht - Works at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, advises German government on environmental issues

1/4

OpusFluke,

@FediFollows @wessexweather @S4F @DeutscherWetterdienst
Just to say thanks. I always try to boost because I think your lists are interesting/essential and you never know who needs that link. So thanks. If I had the cash etc...

grumpygamer, to random
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They have a strange definition of "simple"

OpusFluke,

@grumpygamer Why does this remind me of the scene in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, the one with the teacher banging on if you're excused from sports but need a hair cut you simply have to move your coat to a lower peg unless you are doing Latin, in which case move your coat to a lower peg after vespers but get a note from Matron unless you have a visit home before Whitsun unless...

lowqualityfacts, to random
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I believe that everyone has the right to block whoever they want to block, but did they really have to go out of their way to message me and turn the blocking into a big riddle?

I have so many questions. Who is this person? What is it that I'm doing? What do they think I am exactly?

This is quite the mystery, and I fear it is one that will forever remain unsolved.

OpusFluke,

@lowqualityfacts It's a Zen koan. Once you understand it you will have achieved Enlightenment. Or soothed their ego. One or the other.

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