@Leucrotta Hellebores are really pretty! But poisonous.
I especially had to comment because there's a unicorn in our tabletop game named Hellebore. She is also pretty... and, in a different way, extremely poisonous. Fun times!
@Doephin Really, I just need a couple junctions, but I'll admit to being slightly terrified that I'll blow something up in the attempt. If only shortcuts worked for this!
@jakebe Cool, it only costs $2628 to look poor!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScJbspAzVsBCtw_-nIc86jCES1fdMMorUoW7CRuV6_LSE5brg/viewform
Undergrad thesis project on #gender-neutral #pronouns is looking for NON-ENGLISH survey responses
@Leucrotta This happens with me and videogames a lot, though instead of love themes it's usually tracks associated with outer space or the otherworldly – eerily "open" chords, a sort of awestruck and reverant feel, wide stereo field (where applicable) – and I associate them with calm winter nights, especially during my time in A².
re: ableism incl. ableist slur, tech jargon question
@packbat Yup! Reasonable default settings, shapes that imply intended usage, using color and other visual elements to draw the eye to "the obvious", responses to incorrect use that nudge the user toward the correct use, stuff like that.
ableism incl. ableist slur, tech jargon question
@packbat I'd say that to "idiot proof" something is to design it such that an user with no familiarity or direction is likely to use it as intended on the first attempt.
You know, like a dark pattern, but when it's what the user actually wants.
So I must once again ask, is there anyone in the Seattle metro area who would like to pay very little money for my very expensive couch? Who is able to provide their own transport for it, of course. Even if that means, like, renting a U-Haul or paying someone to move it for them.
It's a fancy expensive couch and I don't want a lot for it. Heck, I'd be happy to give it away to someone who can't afford it.
strategy re: Any other nerdles about?
@packbat Not a bad plan! One neat thing about nerdle is that it's possible to test every possible input within two guesses. It's just that putting together a functioning equation after that – inside one's head, even! – can take a while. I've had several where I had to pause and come back later.
Dearest Wilhelmina,
In this time of monsters and madness, I have learned many terrible truths that I feel shall haunt me until the day I am reclaimed by the soil. Yet, amongst all the knowledge that weighs my heart and catches my voice, none chills me so thoroughly as my most recent revelation.
It is beyond belief, but that which I now see before me is in no way the sweet cream butter I enjoyed as a child.
Creator have mercy on us all.
With fondness,
Maize Butterworth
@Leucrotta There's no feeling, no experiencable moment, quite like perusing a line of arcade machines whilst holding a full coin-purse! Or, you know, with a full pocket!
(Red squiggle, ya came to the wrong town. Experiencable is too a word! ...right?)
Any other nerdles about? (24 square emoji)
I get a lot of 4-guess games, but my super-secret opening guesses have paid off! (Lemme know if you want me to share those.)
nerdlegame 58 3/6
⬛⬛⬛🟪⬛⬛🟪🟪
⬛🟪🟪🟪⬛🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
I 💖 @orrery
I 🕹️ retrogaming
I 🔊 chiptunes
I 🦄 ponies
I ☁️ cannabis
I � Unicode
and yes to 🤖 but #nobot
avatar art by Dana Simpson (danasimpson.com)