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miriamrobern, 3 hours ago to random

GuerillaOntologist, 5 hours ago to Unions

Via the wonderful Just Seeds website! #Unions #CreativeCommons #Graphics
https://justseeds.org/graphic/you-dont-have-to-hate-your-job-to-want-a-union/

jeffowski, 2 days ago to random

masukomi, 2 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to random

I've been working on my game for a while now. I've learned a LOT along the way, & I obviously like sharing & discussing game design.

So, I put together a 7000 word blog post with the high level things I've learned that will probably apply to anyone trying to design a Tabletop RPG.

The experienced game design folks hopefully already know this stuff, but most of us are still figuring it out.

Let me know if this helps, or if you've got a different take on any of it.

https://weblog.masukomi.org/2024/05/25/lessons-learned-while-making-my-game/

grimalkina, 3 days ago to random

The answer to "how can we make more technology work better and more for everyone" PROBABLY can't hinge on "individual software developers are responsible for knowing internalizing and perfectly executing every single thing in the world and perfectly understanding the needs of billions of people" eh?

wxcafe, 3 days ago to random

lmao this makes me want to die

stavvers, 3 days ago to random

not all heroes wear capes

noted, 3 days ago to 3DPrinting Esperanto

Performed an experiment yesterday.

Printed a Noted Core with wood impregnated filament.‡ This is a very boring beige, but I wondered if maybe it was one of those things where "boring" actually kinda worked.

Asked wifey her thoughts & - to summarize - #3DPrinting looks best when it embraces its nature. I love the translucent colors with little sparklies, or really nice color transitions, or just simple vibrant color. This just looks... meh.

‡ ignore the printing artifacts.

peter, 4 days ago to random

damn, that is brutal. https://infosec.exchange/@chrismerkel/112495797916386580

ricci, 4 days ago to random

At last, some information from Google that students can really use!

dachary, 4 days ago to TechnicalWriting

Latest update in the docs consolidation project: a page that has only 1 section/example in some of our less complete docs sets is up to 5 sections/24 subsections in the consolidated page.

The page is now so long and comprehensive that you have to scroll the “On This Page” table of contents in the sidebar.

We’ve decided that’s too long and will split it into a few pages. But this project is already yielding great results by increasing the comprehensiveness of our docs.

#TechnicalWriting

molly0xfff, 5 days ago to random

“Google Is Paying Reddit $60 Million for Fucksmith to Tell Its Users to Eat Glue”
“If Kevin Roose Was ChatGPT With A Spray-On Beard, Could Anyone Tell?

thank you to these new independent media companies like @404mediaco and Defector for giving us the headlines we deserve

masukomi, 4 days ago (edited 4 days ago) to random

Looking for info & gossip re current #crowdfunding landscape for TTRPG creators:

Bunch of "larger" publishers like @mcg seem to have turned to #BackerKit & stayed there (kickstarter tools suck(ed) so it makes sense).

#GameFound got some interest when it re-launched(?) & seemed great as a backer but I almost NEVER hear about anything launched there.

Feels like Most folks are wandering back to #Kickstarter.

Can anyone explain or shed any light on what the deal with any of this is?

kerrizor, 5 days ago to random

It's 2024, and still my ideas are ignored until a man expresses them.

gvy_dvpont, 6 days ago to random

We've got this cheap egg cooker that plays the loudest, most terrifying alarm you've ever heard when it's done cooking. My wife requested that I make it "less aggressive" so I hacked it into the most gentle egg cooker of ALL TIME

(warning: probably loud)

Before shot: egg cooker finishing an egg before modification. Jarring alarm goes off, I say "fuck!" After shot: egg cooker finishes. A few moments later, a small mechanical music box next to the cooker starts playing Pachelbel's Canon

pluralistic, 7 days ago to random

Oh, fuck you, British Airways.

masukomi, 6 days ago to random

In 2 days 9th Level Games is launching a crowdfunding campaign for "City of Skull"

short version: Mazes (RPG) meets West Marches in a quest to retrieve magical items in a last-ditch attempt to save the last city… your city.

➕ assorted new shiny things for Mazes itself.

https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/af6922b9-ca96-4a40-8855-9bfa70e7b968/landing

The problem is, I WANT IT NOW!!!!

Mazes is just a wonderful rules-light dungeon crawler with truckloads of personality that I love.

WrenArcher, 8 days ago to random

Going to the restroom for a trans woman can be so anxiety inducing. I know for me it can be anyway. All I wanna do is get in and get out without any issues, hassles or problems.

But I had something happen while I was at lunch with my mother in-law that was rather affirming as a woman. It’s the opposite of what I’ve imagined could happen to me going to the women’s restroom.

I was washing my hands when a woman about my age came out of the other stall. She looked at me, straight in the face and asked if I could zip up the back of her dress. She didn’t even wait for a response. She just turned around and pulled up her hair. Then said, “It’s so hard to do this by yourself. So much easier when you have help. Thanks.”

She didn’t see me as a predator. Didn’t see me as someone who shouldn’t be in there. She saw me as another woman who simply would understand the need to have help zipping up the back of her dress.

I almost started crying.

I, a trans girl, went into the women’s restroom and nothing happened, except for another woman asked for my help.

danilo, 8 days ago to random

I don’t consume much YouTube but for years I’ve been making an exception for Jenny Nicholson’s deep dives on theme parks, which are a matter FORENSIC special interest for her

She offers us this FOUR HOUR post mortem of the Star Wars Hotel, and I’m going to watch every minute of the detailed analysis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0CpOYZZZW4

transponderings, 8 days ago to random

Just remembered to cancel my subscription to Ground News 🙌

I only signed up in January, after several YouTubers had convinced me it was a good way to get a balanced overview of relevant news

What none of them told me was that the whole thing is an (expensive) load of machine-generated drivel

I somewhat suspect none of them had been using it as regularly as they claimed

thomasfuchs, 10 days ago to random

Apple, please stop with this petty shit. Thank you.

/cc @Pschiller

https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/17/apple_browser_eu/

vantablue, 10 days ago to books

Mama, I’m home.

#Books #Drugs

GossiTheDog, 11 days ago to random

Slack have decided to start training AI on enterprise customer data, including DMs, private workspaces and files. You have to have admin opt out via email. HT @Quinnypig

https://slack.com/intl/en-gb/trust/data-management/privacy-principles

tek, 11 days ago to random

I am not exaggerating this:

I created a new hostname in DNS, then added it to my existing webserver config.

It was online for 3 seconds -- 3! -- before getting a 404 request for /.git/config.

If you're relying on obscurity to protect your services, get that right out your fool head today. You have about 3 seconds to get your act together.

masukomi, 12 days ago to random

After that long 🧵 about flow-charts I realized that after having recently consolidated & cleaned up all the rules for MY game, it was actually in a state where it was ready for this treatment.

I'm not done & it's already significantly improved one rule.

🧵1/3