Goldkin @Goldkin@awoo.space

For reasons, I’m interested in things interviewers have done for you to help you feel included, especially things that pierce way-too-common misogyny and ableism in tech interviews.

This isn’t a request to have folks interview where I work, so please understand I’m not in that position. But if you know of things that have helped you feel more comfortable with being interviewed, please throw them my way?

Also, bad takes from opinion writers are one of the best signs a technology is succeeding outside of the mainstream.

For folks that remember when Second Life was new and trendy, bad takes about the inevitable collapse because “these kids aren’t paying attention to the REAL issues” were common. And like Masto, the leftist queer and queer-adjacent communities did just fine, despite ownership of the platform being problematic.

So, yeah.

I’m kind of hoping someone posts a delicious Mastodon crumble recipe, because I will totally make it.

Reminder to also appreciate all of the kobolds today. Their tireless work behind the scenes ensures your dragon is happy, fed, groomed, and well-polished to meet each day.

Hello, I’m oncall for work while the Do Not Call registry is down, and I just love receiving 5-7 robocalls every day from forged caller ID. I would like to place an order for a very large slingshot, so I can jettison both the people responsible and this administration into the sun. ☀️

When I have enough spoons to set this up, I think I’m going to use a Discord server or Telegram group. I’m leaning towards the former, because it facilitates voice chat better (for TTS) and doesn’t do worrisome things with phone numbers. On the other hand, Telegram is better for notifications, I think?

I think I’m looking into how to bridge these two together later, if I can’t settle on just one.

I bought Auto Mechanic Simulator 2018, and it is everything I hoped it was: blasé, yet completely serviceable as a puzzle game to train the 3D art muscles when I’m too sleepy.

One of my favorite things is they left a few mock-up assets in the final game, assuming players wouldn’t think too hard about them. Which is why their arc welder appears to have the safety instructions for an electric tea kettle.

Bless these developers and the simulation genre in general.

I think this game is what happens when you combine a Bicycle deck of playing cards with Pathfinder, blend on low, and add extremely satisfying trinkets and baubles for flavor.
https://awoo.space/media/HCQL60HkAjMIL0LvN8Y

I'm thinking of setting up a weekly(?) board game night, and despite there being tons of tools to do the thing, I have no idea which way to do so.

Do people prefer Telegram groups for this kind of thing? Discord servers? Open-ended invitations via Masto or other social media? Trello? Google Calendar? Messages transmitted in rot13-encrypted Morse code from a number station?

I am not sure how to do the thing, but I'm picking at setting something up on TTS and our Copious Gaming Table™ here at home, should locals (and friends of locals) be interested.

Oh yeah, now that the recipient has opened it, I can finally post this thing instead of progress shots.

This was my secret Santa gift to Mallikeet for a group chat on Telegram. Modeled and posed in a few hours in Sculptris and Blender, then printed out in PLA plastic. I fixed the horns in a subsequent print.

I’ve been thinking of maybe making these into commissions, time permitting.
https://awoo.space/media/fT3_QKbEQdEaEb2aH3M
https://awoo.space/media/NO_vncZarAWohg4sF8Y
https://awoo.space/media/bOaCKpuIeZB14mDKlrs

Honestly, the most useful thing to me about this year’s AGDQ is seeing how different runners cope with and communicate their anxiety during their runs, and watching the crowd be entirely supportive of that.