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Had to get fentanyl during a gall bladder issue, only thing that stopped the screaming

If you find yourself in Amsterdam, there are some terrific enclosures at Artis (the elephants I really enjoyed). It’s a very different feeling from most zoos in the US.

Energy and Civilization by Vaclav Smil. Bounced off a few Robert Macfarlane titles —just not for me — and also Anne of Green Gables w my kid

P sure mine was Dawn of Everything + Why Nations Fail

It also seems like they are trying to put this out as a creative endeavor that gives access to a really nice set of fonts without a fee associated (they link directly to Hoefler saying this is an open license replacement)

Feel like these things happen all the time in software as creative projects? Could be a tool for attracting design talent / interest?

shrug. It’s a nice typeface, cool project.

Same, but MBP. Incredible machine, still has a lot of miles left

I am surprised how early the overall downward trend developed. There is no doubt LLMs put a nail in the coffin, but the 5 years from 2017 to 2022 look to have brought a non trivial decline of their own

Seems like this and parent are referring to two different waves of improvement. Pre-IR improvements in plowing and cultivation (still draft and human traction), followed by post-IR mechanization for harvesting and transport?

Not totally clear on what this is saying. Pay-for-curation isn’t absent from the web today, but most of all the $/unit <-> unit volume connection feels core to Costco, and isn’t really touched on here.

If streaming becomes metered on $/unit (article/track/episode? Or minutes/words?) then I think the Costco model would actually be in play?

Curious if this page is weirdly cropped on the sides for anyone else?

Like sumo, but love minneola!

There was a lot of this that was over my head (no pun intended) but I really enjoyed reading the whole thing. Sounds like a great job, and def a good read.

It looks like a sort of serial number or categorization. The first block they are T1. The second block they are T2. So each category (access, persistence, etc) is a T w a leading number and the issues/“tactics” inside of that have a 001, 002 etc, as a reference to that specific instance (meeting overload)

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The placements and counts tends to vary issue to issue, but in general is much lower volume than many publications. But agreed, the ads do tend to be almost comically high end (for me)

Foolproof*

Not saying it’s full-proof but I believe it is a cage inside a ball w rollers so that the outside spins while the inside is at least somewhat stable. Nonetheless, they do mention that a full inversion is a worst case scenario due to the suddenness

But how much did they teach you about insects?

I also was matte in 06, and had that machine for 9 years (until it was stolen :/). Only option was glossy for my replacement, I was devastated. A few machines later now, I can’t imagine going back.

Working well for me on mobile!

I get the ref, but not the link to anti-fragile or NNT. Help me out?

I found Lumenate +headphones to be very helpful for a period of time to get me mentally ready to end the day and try going to sleep.

Finding a lay down on an accu-pressure mat very helpful these days (tho a bit steeper adoption curve tbqh)

I’d suggest cafe seating as a positive externality. The people eating are paying for the food, and table. But passersby and neighbors are gaining eyes on the street, the prospective social interactions, etc. The foot traffic might also be enough for another small business to consider open, and thus begin maintaining the store front and street. These things have utility to people who are not paying to eat or drink at the cafe.

This type of phrasing is strange to me. I guess it depends on what you consider to be, and not to be, “information”.

Reading a bullet point summary of Moby Dick certainly would compress the time required to understand the plot.

Isn’t the prose or phrasing part of the transmission?

Thank you!

Looking for someone with more background here to help me contextualize the significance of this. The linked site quality seems somewhat low and I didn’t quite grok what exactly GF has accomplished here.

Ludumdare! Thank you, I could not remember the name of this

Hey, congrats! Spent a good chunk of time fiddling with indie games… as some others have mentioned Jesse Schell is cool, also Ralph Koster. I know you’re looking for communities/resources, been there! But the best thing to do, is make games repeatedly. Apologies in advance for the length, but this is a part of my life I genuinely wish I could reset and retry w/ hindsight bc it feels so obvious now!

I found trying to make demos of individual mechanics pretty critical. Like any design process: high volume, low(er) fidelity until you find a meaningful direction (best case: lots of play testing from folks who are not the creators)

Even really abstract approaches for balancing XP a character, or moving on screen in a unique/tricky way can be useful to look for a signal of enjoyability (which option do folks want to replay, which do they seem less interested in… and why?)

I often try to think about the “play” part (pure delight/fun) vs the “game” part (winning conditions, confounding advantages, etc) separately

Last, I enjoyed talking to people (including myself) and trying to dissect WHY they like the games they like. There are genres and typologies that can be interesting creative inspiration (a game with a sudden-death condition mixed with the thrill of a race)

Try to make COMPLETE demos (beginning, advancement, winning conditions) and also honestly concept art (tell the visual story, we eat w our eyes first)

And just have fun! Man I am jealous, no time for games these days :/

> The medium asks you to use it to create an experience, an environment. Streaming doesn't care, so long as you're Consuming Content.

I think you’re being a bit too charitable with the record industry IMHO. Buying records is “Consuming Content”, the experience is of your own creation.

The person directing you to the tech coop peer group is a spot on. There are many ways of doing this, but IMHO it ultimately comes down to writing bylaws for an organization that dictate how resources are accumulated and distributed, and evaluating the associated incentives and dynamics generated by those rules.

I don’t believe this is a great representation of REI. My understanding of REI, as a member, is that rather than holding shares, I receive a dividend relative to what I spend in each year, and I have access to certain perks, but I cannot elect board members and I cannot earn any additional power through working or volunteering labor for the organization