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rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
I've been looking at a book called "Sandbox Generator" and its terrain generation method cooks down to:
1. Pick a starting terrain (grass, hills most likely)
2. Circle outwards. Half the time, repeat terrain type of the previous hex, otherwise pick a type at uniform random.This is the first one I got. (Map made in Hex Kit with an external tileset called "Tiles of Xark!"; bg color added in Krita)
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
Materials intended for making tabletop rpg maps are cool to look at with an eye for videogames.
There's always the temptation to go complex/simulationist when generating a map on a computer, but something designed for people to perform manually has to stay grounded and find maybe 1 or 2 little tricks to get an interesting mix of features
Mastodon FeedSometimes you just have to harness the anxiety and put it to work for you.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
It feels like an extremely nerd thing...and...but also...um...why can't I share a past jetpens order/listing/shopping-cart worth of stuff? Like, a "click here to start the same order" with all identifiable stuff obscured?
Don't even want referral nonsense. Just to share the joy of *extremely good* pens.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
PennyOaken ("Ms. Penny 🐝 Oaken") wrote:
@dredmorbius Someone with some pull should bring up why /r/TomScott was taken private — https://tomscott.com/reddit
Mastodon FeedReblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
emilygorcenski@indieweb.social wrote:
When you learn about engineering failures in school you quickly understand that it’s not that people were unintelligent, it’s because they were careless. And good engineering practice builds layers to make sure that carelessness doesn’t propagate.
The rigor of engineering is not the technical complexity of the problem space, it’s everything else around it.
In other words, literally everything the silicon valley grindset devalues.
Mastodon FeedNiceness. Thanks to the "Translate" button in Mastodon, I can pretend my 9 years of mandatory French (🇨🇦) (+ 1 extra year due to course-picking snafu in high school..) was not a complete waste of time.
Whatever it is they're using, it certainly works well...somehow even sounds like something this person I know (in real life) would say...
Mastodon Feedjeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Summertime by Miles Davis
Mastodon FeedReblogged by rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest"):
foone@digipres.club ("Foone🏳️⚧️") wrote:
important info:
the libjpeg codebase (originally released in 1991) uses the word "bogus" 45 times
Mastodon FeedNfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️🌈") wrote:
Googling "job alternatives to being a software engineer" and being disappointed.
Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
It's probably just my stream, but it feels like cross-posting-faving-boosting between various flavors of #fediverse software really came into light this week. The most prominent example being #lemmy based https://rblind.com/ which had people from #mastodon seamlessly interacting with its posts.
Nice :-)
Mastodon Feed37th floor #photography https://glass.photo/blithe/4rxpw6Li7F7c9pvGYTCmSU
Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
And if you're still using #lastpass, this is your opportunity to do yourself a big favor and switch to #bitwarden.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Fear of cat people is grossly overblown.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/06/22/fear-of-the-cat-people/
Mastodon Feedjeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“We strongly reject the headline’s assertion that ‘ProPublica Misleads Its Readers,’ which the piece declared without anyone having read the article and without asking for our comment.”
Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
What I'm listening to today: "Stay Crunchy", Ronald Jenkees
In this video a man in a little hat yells "Hello YouTubes" and slams directly into performing an absolutely mindblowing four-minute solo, on a MIDI electric piano VST over FruityLoops beats. (FLStudio/FruityLoops, is IMO, underrated as a serious production music tool.) Ronald, the musician, was an early vlogger who had a whole thing going on and this was the track of his that went most widely viral. It slaps
Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
rescue 5 rich guys: around the clock media coverage and no expense is too much, because life is utmost concern
rescue countless poor people: rot in jail for 20y you terrorist!!1!
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/node/71822
Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
ElleGray@mstdn.social ("elle") wrote:
Exactly this.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Grateful for another venue to tell the tale of modern JS (woe):
https://thenewstack.io/too-much-javascript-why-the-frontend-needs-to-build-better/
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Whoompf.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/06/22/unfortunately-my-expectation-has-been-confirmed/
Mastodon Feedjeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
doe, a deer
Mastodon FeedReblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
unlambda@hachyderm.io ("Brian Campbell") wrote:
@woozle @trurl @mekkaokereke @justinmwhitaker @SDF well, nova had a pretty public quit of administering this instance, but had already set up a team of mods and admins and a nonprofit to accept donations, so I'd say that's another fairly positive example.
It would be nice if more admins would feel comfortable handing an instance off rather than shutting down, but sometimes finding someone to hand off to and doing all of the work to migrate everything over can be a lot of work at peak burnout.
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woozle@toot.cat ("Woozle Hypertwin") wrote:
@trurl @mekkaokereke @justinmwhitaker @SDF
#TootCat is run on a "pay what you can, if you can" model as well. I've been running it that way since the start of 2018, and I don't foresee burnout becoming a problem; it's a matter of being able to nurture a supportive community and (most importantly) being willing to delegate tasks rather than... well, the alternatives.
I've lost count of how many "I quit" admins I've tried to contact to ask if they'd like someone to take over managing their site (temporarily or permanently), and the answer is always* no (when they bother replying at all). ...so I have to say I'm a tad suspicious of the idea that burnout was ever the real problem.
* with the sole exception of TC's owner, back at the end of 2017.
Mastodon FeedWondering if @MLB will ever do a City Connect jersey for the #Oakland #Athletics. 🤔 #baseball
Mastodon FeedReblogged by blithe ("Blithe"):
stevenharman@ruby.social ("Steven Harman") wrote:
ISO: a GIF search tool that allows copying the GIF itself, or a link directly to a hosted version of it, so I can post either of those directly in to Messages, Slack, GitHub, etc…
I used to use Tenor's GIF Keyboard, but it’s basically abandoned. Same goes for Gyfcat, Heypster, et al… And I get it, it's hard to make money in this space.
Giphy is the obvious choice, but my god do they lay down a bunch of trackers. And it's not easy to copy the GIF itself or get a link to the raw GIF.
Mastodon Feedjeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
JFC: The Fat Orange One apparently toted around boxes of stolen classified documents with him as he migrated from golf course to golf course. that Air National Guard Idjit will and should get nailed to the wall for taking classified documents, and so should The Fat Orange One.
Mastodon Feedxor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
and now it's even older
and now it's even older
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Dammit. I'm going to have to shovel through so much shit this weekend to address all the garbage in Jerry Coyne's bad article. It's par for the course of modern skepticism, I'm afraid.
Mastodon FeedWhen you give yourself an ear worm because someone asked why it isn't Halloween yet.
..ba m-ba-ba m-ba... :blobcatrainbow:
Ministry - Everyday Is Halloween
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
FritzAdalis@infosec.exchange ("Fritz Adalis") wrote:
@slightlyoff
The guy driving that building is in so much trouble.
