Today's visually startling LibreOffice bug.
On the left, we have a logo from a OpenType font – using PostScript outlines for accuracy – as it appears in LibreOffice.
On the right, we have the results of an export to PDF. And yes, it's still selectable as if it were plain text, and Acrobat insists the font is embedded with Postscript outlines, so... what the heck?
US student debt relief, soft launch
The US federal government has its form for applying for student loan relief up. It's officially marked as a beta launch, ahead of the form's official launch, but the banner promises that 'if you submit an application, it will be processed, and you won't need to resubmit'.
https://studentaid.gov/debt-relief/application
The form is a model of clarity. You need your Law Papers Name, Social Security Number, birth date, phone number and e-mail address.
A big commercial project that I'm involved in, not sure if it's weird enough
I've been part of a studio that's been working on a transhuman & alternative TTRPG for a while, and they're about to break ground on their crowdfunding.
This is the link:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sanguine/1283856537?ref=2on2ly&token=a0a59705
Our team has been concerned that TTRPGs that delve into neomorphism or transhumanism have one foot firmly planted in the bad side of the Eighties, with bizarre elements such as Cthulhu or "cyber-psychosis" or some other message of bleak hopelessness written by xenophobic edgelords. Our goal with this project is to celebrate transcendence, so that's what we want to present.
If you are someone who is interested in this kind of tabletop role-playing experience, we'd love to hear from you on what you would want a hopepunk/positive experience would be, so we can include that. Games are for people to share, together.
Thank you for your consideration. Enjoy the present while we hope for the future.
I was today years old when I realized that the millennium anniversary of movable type will occur within my lifetime. I think that's pretty cool!
hype! 💰
One of the tabletop games I helped make on is on sale, today only, for about five bucks. It's got a hot werewolf who rips people apart with her bare hands. There's also other stuff that's almost as cool as that.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/317710/ABYSS--Action-Horror-RolePlay?src=DotD&from_home=1
My lizard is the Lizard of SNES!
Explanation and ROM:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1101008925/lizard/posts/3611916
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I 🔊 chiptunes
I 🦄 ponies
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