Kistaro Windrider @Kistaro@awoo.space
Chameleonic dragon. Otherkin. Some kind of eclectic neo-Pagan. Sie/hir or they/them. Software engineer. Seattle-esque, WA. Expect software takes, complaints about the tech industry, board games, video games, an inexplicably obsession with paper notebooks despite my handwriting, and Weird Furry Stuff.
Joined Aug 2017
Really what I think I’m going to do is be happy with what I’ve got and sit on my hoard until I am absurdly wealthy and can just buy a place with a dedicated “home theatre” room and hire someone to lay out the sound properly in there.
I keep finding myself considering abandoning my high quality, entirely reliable Z-5500 sound system in favor of a soundbar just so we stop tripping over the back right channel speaker behind the couch and bumping it out of position. Probably not the right choice so I shouldn’t do this.
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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
nsfw, bizarre
Pardon my ignorance, but how is one supposed to use one of these? https://78.media.tumblr.com/649983fdf831a694ee7f29d3513e4a65/tumblr_p0vtoxUWWH1wz9wjeo1_1280.png
I absolutely love how modern software development lets so many absolutely stupid ideas come to vibrant life, programming is so accessible that literally any idea can be not only expressed, but published, regardless of how beautifully foolish http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/we-played-with-the-worst-apps-in-the-world-so-you-don-t-have-to-1265973/5#article-body
*deletes the Reddit app again*
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Federal Communications Commission Questioned If The 'Star Wars' Theme Is A Real Song Because It Has No Words
I seriously try to get every secret project and win the Transcendence Victory in Alpha Centauri because of the cutscenes
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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 have created Steam Controller bindings for Puzzle Pirates. It is sort of playable. steam://controllerconfig/552110/1228113462
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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
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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."
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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.
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Bug dragon for #dragoncember! Maybe a little more bug than dragon 😅 https://cybre.space/media/wlQVb2hwjArkaWmZqLo
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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. >.<
We wish you a very Christmas
We wish you a very Christmas
We wish you a very Christmas
And wow such new year
My favorite DRM scheme was this eBook format (eReader, I think) that just encrypted the books with a password so you could use them on any device and no Internet connection is required, but the password is your credit card number.
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Hey, how many of you folks are doing http://adventofcode.com/ this year?
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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
I think it’s hilarious how “Link gets an iPhone” is one of the best games of 2017
Chameleonic dragon. Otherkin. Some kind of eclectic neo-Pagan. Sie/hir or they/them. Software engineer. Seattle-esque, WA. Expect software takes, complaints about the tech industry, board games, video games, an inexplicably obsession with paper notebooks despite my handwriting, and Weird Furry Stuff.
Joined Aug 2017
