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duelinmarkers

@duelinmarkers@hachyderm.io

Austin, TX. Software, Parenting, Justice, Music, TTRPGs.

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SJohnRoss, to random
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Aw, man. Dabney Coleman passed. 😥

Sandra and I were just talking about him a week or so ago (mostly in relation to my youthful crush on Geena Davis, which led us to Tootsie and, more importantly, to Buffalo Bill, where she and Coleman shared a lot of screen time)

But of course: Wargames and 9 to 5 and so much more. One of those fixtures of young GenX viewing.

92 is a good long run, but still. Hat off in respect.

duelinmarkers,
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@SJohnRoss for me without question the first thought is 'Cloak & Dagger,' where he was both the father and the imaginary friend.

SJohnRoss, to random
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    duelinmarkers,
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    @SJohnRoss can you share examples, or a category?

    anildash, to random
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    I regularly see very smart people making totally avoidable mistakes in the documents they make for their jobs, whether it’s resumes or reports or whatever. I’ve gathered some of the most common kinds of feedback that can help into one simple guide: Make Better Documents. https://anildash.com/2024/03/10/make-better-documents/

    duelinmarkers,
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    @anildash missed "keep it brief," in two ways.

    duelinmarkers, to random
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    I've been programming professionally long enough to know no language is perfect, but I'm (cautiously) deeply excited to see reach 1.0. https://gleam.run/news/gleam-version-1/

    duelinmarkers, to random
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    @Alphastream re the CON damage: under Resting, p. 86,
    "Success. A character who
    successfully rests regains all
    lost hit points and recovers any
    stat damage (all stat damage
    is temporary unless described
    otherwise)."

    duelinmarkers, to Nintendo
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    I don't do a lot of free trials, but I'm doing one for and am very surprised how clearly and in how many places they tell you how to turn off automatic renewal so you don't automatically get charged after 7 days. Does everyone have to be this good, or is especially good?

    evacide, to random
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    Moving out of my Adventurer Era and into my Powerful NPC That Hands Out Quests Era.

    duelinmarkers,
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    @evacide now (well within the social contract) you can be the surprise BBEG!

    bedirthan, to random
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    Saw a person who works in professional social marketing today say "Mastodon isn't big enough yet"

    Which, sure, valid. Then they said it needs to be 10 times what it is now, to 25 million users to be significant.

    Which, my dude, you're several years behind on the data.

    duelinmarkers,
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    @bedirthan maybe they looked at user count on an instance?

    duelinmarkers, to illustration
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    Signed copy of 's new book arrived yesterday! Like maybe a lot of people my age, I first saw his in in the 90's, and it BLEW ME AWAY. Grateful to have learned of this book from @MasteringDnD.

    duelinmarkers, to mtg
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    Happy to see #GhostfireGaming & #DungeonDudes will have material on #DnDBeyond. I immediately find myself wondering if 3rd parties like #KoboldPress, #MCDM, and #ENWorld who compete with #WOTC #DnD on other #TTRPG fronts will ever get the chance.

    duelinmarkers,
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    #KoboldPress is now on #DnDBeyond. I did not expect that. Gotta give #WotC some credit. A candle on @slyflourish's windowsill flares up!

    slyflourish, to DnD
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    New SlyFlourish.com Article: How to Choose DCs for Your 5e Game https://slyflourish.com/choosing_dcs.html?rss=1

    duelinmarkers,
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    @slyflourish the advice to use a min DC of 10-ish has always seemed weird to me. Something an average person could only manage 3 times out of 4 (DC 6) is not trivial, and many PCs have -1 in important skills. Why not use this? Part of my issue is that I see published adventures with things like slippery stairs with DC 12 not to fall and think it's too high. With lack of DM experience this turns into a flavorless feel-bad trap. "You didn't say you were walking carefully!"

    b0rk, to random
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    today I'm thinking about the tradeoffs of using git rebase a bit. I think the goal of rebase is to have a nice linear commit history, which is something I like.

    but what are the costs of using rebase? what problems has it caused for you in practice? I'm really only interested in specific bad experiences you've had here -- not opinions or general statements like “rewriting history is bad”

    duelinmarkers,
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    @b0rk the definition of "shared" is fuzzy. For some projects, any branch others could possibly see ought to be considered shared and only-force-push-in-emergency. For most work projects at most companies, any PR branch could reasonably be force-pushed to make it easier to review.

    b0rk, (edited ) to random
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    been thinking about this very common git workflow and how git doesn't do much to help you ensure that if you're using this workflow:

    a) you never commit to your local main branch directly
    b) you regularly pull from origin/main to keep your local main branch up to date

    you just need to be careful

    branch protection on github/gitlab helps with this, but I don't think there's much in git itself

    duelinmarkers,
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    @b0rk definitely agree. It took me years to realize there were a couple awkward commands missing from my flow that really smoothed things out. From my feature branch:
    git fetch origin main:main && git rebase main
    Then repeat that fetch after merging, before switching back to main, for minimal file-change noise.

    arstechnica, to random
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    Court ruling may doom Kiwi Farms, but set “dubious” copyright precedent

    Ruling shows how copyright law could become "Kiwi Farms killer," expert says.

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/court-ruling-may-doom-kiwi-farms-but-set-dubious-copyright-precedent/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    duelinmarkers,
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    @arstechnica after correcting the story it no longer says who "Moon" is until the correction notice at the end.

    georgetakei, to random

    If you ever need a reminder of how the Democrats are the party of the rule of the law and the Republicans are the party cowed by a mob boss, during the “impeachment inquiry” hearing in the House, the panel was asked to raise their hands if they believe that both Hunter and Trump should be held accountable if they are found guilty. The Democrats all raised their hands. None of the Republicans did.

    duelinmarkers,
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    Sometimes I forget how amazing it is that Mr. Sulu is out here daily calling out hypocrisy in American government. Thanks for doing what you do, @georgetakei!

    RollingStone, to random

    EXCLUSIVE: Trump says his conversation with the Georgia secretary of state asking to “find” votes for him was “a perfect call.”

    But sources tell Rolling Stone, that Trump has asked his attorneys to draw up proposals for suppressing its use. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-georgia-perfect-call-1234832866/

    duelinmarkers,
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    @RollingStone who are we to suppress something SO PERFECT!?

    bedirthan, (edited ) to DnD
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    Let's do some narrative character creation using polls!

    You are now on the path to being a hero. Before your life of adventure you always played with a yo-yo*.

    *I always start these with a prompt. Sometimes a weapon, or a spell, etc. This time I'm using a trinket.

    Your parents were

    duelinmarkers,
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    @bedirthan this is cool.

    arstechnica, to random
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    Pension fund sues Jeff Bezos and Amazon for not using Falcon 9 rockets

    Plaintiffs: Amazon decision "lays bare the extent" of Bezos’ personal rivalry with Musk.

    https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/09/pension-fund-sues-jeff-bezos-and-amazon-for-not-using-falcon-9-rockets/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    duelinmarkers,
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    The phrase "Amazon acquired an extraordinary amount of medium- and heavy-lift launch capacity over the next five years" chills me to the bone. @arstechnica

    darjr, to DnD
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    This video is about a board game the creator is making. I point it out because I've often thought about going with very small mini's to 1. make the terrain smaller, and b. to fit more on the table. Also packing and taking to conventions would be easier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG0bNMNZRNk

    duelinmarkers,
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    @bedirthan @darjr @RogerBW I'd love to see a video or photos of a DnD combat on the Lego stud grid. From my Lego experience, melee would get unworkably tight.

    LeviKornelsen, to random
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    This is a find-your-people post for TTRPG folk.

    Please respond by saying what sorts of TTRPG things you're pretty likely to either talk about or respond to if you see them.

    This can be a list of games (D&D! Tribe 8! Fate!) or categories (the weirdest of indie stuff! NSR! Anything PBtA!), topics (Worldbuilding! Publishing!), stuff you're making, meta-commentary (The State Of The Industry), and so on.

    Then maybe share, and if the replies are building up, check them for new people.

    duelinmarkers,
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    @LeviKornelsen DMing at , often for new players, and (more enthusiastically) playing or running

    seldo, to random
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    This wins my personal award for the least-useful dataviz.

    duelinmarkers,
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    @seldo but it would be cool to swim through that middle part

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