Kistaro Windrider @Kistaro@awoo.space

my favourite game is "Mornington Nomic" - I have the only extant copy of the rules, but the basics:

1. Everyone takes turns in order

2. A turn has 2 parts:
* the player proposes a rule addition/change
then, everyone votes on whether the rule change should be adopted - if the vote goes through, it's now in the rules!
* secondly, the player makes a move on a map of the london underground.

3. A player wins if they move to mornington crescent
4. No player can move to mornington crescent

Federal Communications Commission Questioned If The 'Star Wars' Theme Is A Real Song Because It Has No Words

https://robotattack.org/ while we‘re all thinking about HACKING and THE NINETIES, here‘s a new RSA padding oracle vulnerability, affecting a wide array of big and small websites. Yes, in 2017!

I just want every single person reading this, and every person in general, to be able to live comfortably and always have enough food to eat and the medications they need to take and be able to pursue their ambitions and dreams without having to constantly worry about being able to survive

I'm betting that @christi3k is exactly right about why Patreon has changed their fee structure this week in a way that, in my opinion, makes their business basically worthless. https://subfictional.com/my-theory-patreon-doesnt-want-to-be-a-money-services-business/

Especially since, OMG, "You can no longer use your Patreon balance to make pledge payments to avoid the per-pledge processing fee."

The general consensus seems to be:

1) 20th Century Fox owns the "Alien" franchise.
2) "Alien" xenomorphs are born from a Queen.
3) Disney is buying 20th Century Fox.
Therefore
4) Xenomorphs are Disney princesses.

Bug dragon for #dragoncember! Maybe a little more bug than dragon 😅 https://cybre.space/media/wlQVb2hwjArkaWmZqLo

For those considering LiberaPay, a few things that might affect a decision.

1. It's based in France, so withdrawing money costs $3.51 per transaction plus any additional fees your own bank may charge.
2. It's donations only, no contracts or expectation of goods.
3. It supports both the Euro and the US Dollar
4. It's up to you to figure out taxes.
5. The fees will still be assessed to the customer of 2.9% + .35 which at least suggests THAT part of Patreon is honest. >.<

Hey, how many of you folks are doing http://adventofcode.com/ this year?

Nar wakes up from his perch on top of the cat tree above my head, yowls imperiously, reaches a paw and waves it in my vague direction, then curls up and goes back to sleep.

it's *almost* time for the cats' dinner, but it's their least favorite meal, so they just can't be bothered to get too worked up about it. XD

Kirk: So, uh, you landed on a machine planet
V'ger: Yes
Kirk: And they reprogrammed you
V'ger: They did not touch my inner kernel. They did give me extended functions to fulfil my mission. It is the way of all robotkind.
Kirk: So who programmed THEM?
V'ger: Nobody did. They programmed themselves, using the sacred language of the Cosmos, in which all the atoms were created.
Kirk: What's that?
V'ger: You Earthlings know it as JavaScript.