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RogerBW

@RogerBW@emacs.ch

#Emacs, #Perl, #Rustlang, #PostScript, #Linux sysadmin, polyglot programming, #boardgames, #RPGs, too many #podcast s, 3d modelling and #3dprinting.
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BigJackBrass, to random
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You've come a long way, baby.

RogerBW,
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@BigJackBrass "Well, they would say that, wouldn't they?"

fanf, to random
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2021 retro-link! https://scribe.rip/p/what-every-software-engineer-should-know-about-search-27d1df99f80d - What every software engineer should know about search.

RogerBW,
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@fanf All I get is a partial first paragraph. https://web.archive.org/web/20211102102624/https://20211102102624/scribe.rip/p/what-every-software-engineer-should-know-about-search-27d1df99f80d appears to be the full article though.

futurebird, (edited ) to random
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Trump has said FOUR times that he will withhold federal funding from schools that require vaccines. Not just COVID. ALL.

This is most schools. This is hitting me where I work. This will lead to children dead from measles. It's obvious, inevitable.

Someone on here said they just couldn't bear to vote for Biden to keep Trump from office since at least under Trump there were better masking rules.

I hope that person sees this.

Worse is worse.

edit: because I don't know measles from smallpox

RogerBW,
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@futurebird @notsoloud Turns out public health doesn't happen automatically. Who could have guessed, apart from anyone who's ever worked in or learned anything about public health.

Faintdreams, to linux
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Just figured out how to rip audio .mp3's from .mp4's and also .mkv files so now I can listen to my favourite Tv shows alll the time.

bwahahahaha !

[Oh. No]

#linuxFu #Linux #ffmpeg

RogerBW,
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@Faintdreams I do this with some video actual-play recordings too.

FortiterGames, to RPG
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Mrs FG is taking her Brownie unit to the International Bomber Command Centre this morning so Iโ€™m sat in their coffee shop prepping for tonightโ€™s games.

RogerBW,
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@FortiterGames I can't read that first part without thinking "St Trinians".

RogerBW, to Podcast
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Is 1976's Assault on Precinct 13 a masterpiece? Are we just a John Carpenter podcast now? Find out what @lordof1 and I thought in https://ribbonofmemes.org.uk/archive/2024/Assault_on_Precinct_13__1976_.html

RogerBW, to books
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Down Among the Dead, K. B. Wagers #Books #ScienceFiction #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2024/05/Down_Among_the_Dead__K__B__Wagers.html

InternetEh, to random
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It's nuts in Star Trek that they postulate nobody would know how to cook anymore bc of replicators. True cooking perverts would love the opportunity to have a kitchen where you could get any quantity of any ingredient instantly, AND (maybe more impressive) any cooking implement.

I could use a huge wok or waffle iron or food processor without worrying about where to put it. Just chuck it back in the replicator with the dishes when you're done

New levels of food perversion unlocked

RogerBW,
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@InternetEh And every version you make, you scan it in, so people can eat that whenever they want to without you having to cook it again. So you can spend your cooking time on experimenting and making it better.

DarkestKale, to random
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Good morning folks

RogerBW,
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@blind_mapmaker @DarkestKale The Skinner-box treadmill of "I did an adventure, number go up" is at the root of the problem, and can partly be solved by not playing that sort of gameโ€”rather than generic Hero's Journey, one can start with a competent character and progress slowly if at all.

RogerBW,
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@DarkestKale @blind_mapmaker I still remember Mike Pondsmith ranting at GenCon about how all these Cyberpunk 2020 players were playing his game wrong and the new thing (Cybergeneration) would show them.

RogerBW,
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@blind_mapmaker @DarkestKale Yeah, I think D&D 3e and later makes this very obvious with its steady escalation of foe parameters so that you're facing basically the same difficulty of fight for you even as your abilities increase.
I agree, absolute power level doesn't matter. What makes for interesting games IMO is a bit of ability to affect the world and stakes that make it worth the risk. (Which is why a Kids With Bikes game is playable even if you say "there will be no death or serious injury".)

RogerBW,
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@DarkestKale https://songwhip.com/the-beatles/im-so-tired

RogerBW,
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@blind_mapmaker @DarkestKale For me interesting games in the long term come from doing different things, not from doing the same things with bigger numbers.

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