Tweets from 2020/03
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@joonturbo wow, you really went for it therePermalink Look on archive.org
Mood +4 🙂
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@joonturbo oh, I hadn't even considered that you were just assaulting someone else's snowman. no, I was meaning you went two feet in.Permalink Look on archive.org
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a newsletter that is basically just about my twitter bio @mewo2/1233868148287397888Permalink Look on archive.org
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newscientist.com/article/2195656-animal-with-an-anus-that-comes-and-goes-could-reveal-how-ours-evolved/ “There is no documentation of a transient anus in any other animals that I know of.”Permalink Look on archive.org
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wrote a blog post about LSDJ & chorded input v21.io/blog/chorded-input/Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @iHateCogsci: Amazon: Having our AI detect emotions has lots of "health uses". For instance, we are currently *checks notes* doing resea…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nickfourtimes now i wanna make some crispy onion again. mmmmmPermalink Look on archive.org
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@nickfourtimes frying is my default cooking method, but shallow frying is a step beyondPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @JimKakalios: In liquid crystals (LC), this would be termed the formation of the 'nematic phase,' which has different response to polari…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nickfourtimes for me: frying: enough oil to stop stuff from sticking shallow frying: food is partially submerged in oil deep frying: food is under the oilPermalink Look on archive.org
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@nickfourtimes i... didn't know what sautéeing was until looking it up just now? but, yes, i think we're talking about the same thing, herePermalink Look on archive.org
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@nickfourtimes while we're here, i'd like to give a quick shoutout to coconut oil: solid & liquid, good for the inside of the body & the outside of the bodyPermalink Look on archive.org
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@SzMarsupial black peoplePermalink Look on archive.org
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@SzMarsupial (he does well with then, because of Obama & endorsements. Warren doesn't. SC has a large black population)Permalink Look on archive.org
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here's Pixie:Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ra whoa, this is all new to me and it is all very excitingPermalink Look on archive.org
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this is good advice * (* in very particular contexts) @jaytholen/1234443743975149568Permalink Look on archive.org
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@moreelen happy birthday!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@alexhern Yeah, I'd imagine it would be similar to an easy console port (eg Switch without the resource constraints).Permalink Look on archive.org
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@alexhern the thing is there's lots of cool stuff you could do with a Stadia-only game - async multiplayer stuff with sharing save states etc... but no-one sensible would make anything like that unless Google passed along a pile of moneyPermalink Look on archive.org
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@alexhern yep. i'd also say: if game streaming becomes the dominant thing, then control of the industry is handed to whatever platform runs the streaming services. why would you help someone get into that position for free?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@alexhern plenty of problems with the way Steam operates, but Valve are way nicer than you'd expect given their powerPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @jericawebber: cw: death I'm working on a project about digital memorialisation, and would love to hear from anyone who might be willin…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @pangmeli: apropos of nothing here's an incredible QWOP cosplayer from 2013Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nialiv hello - no, CBDQ is designed specifically for Twitter. I have no idea what LinkedIn's API is like, but you'd be welcome to use the Tracery library if you wrote code to post there.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @philippawarr: I'm asking because it suddenly became VERY important to be able to explain why this poster was suddenly the most importan…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry yes mate!!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@vectorpark @metasynthie assuming Warren's delegates go to Bernie?Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @jpdysonplay: Sad that GDC had to be postponed & feel bad for all those who put so much work into making it happen. Prompted me to go…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @xfoml: Carole Spearin McCauley (1939–2018) as I was preparing last night to attempt to contact her, I learned that this unheralded pio…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @KorinnaMei: 🐊 Croblin Croblin Croblin 👹 Here’s a New Croblin!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @wongmjane: What Facebook didn't tell you, is that MSYS will be the core technology for powering end-to-end encrypted communication acro…Permalink Look on archive.org
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I am not going to GDC (because no-one is), but I am *also* not going to be in SF that week. But if you would like to have a nice chat via the Internet that week instead, please ping me and maybe we can set up a thing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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3) SporePermalink Look on archive.org
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2) Rainbow RoadPermalink Look on archive.org
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Okay, so. The V&A Videogames exhibition was a category on University Challenge, and the team was asked to name three games featured within it (given a description). I'm gonna give you the wrong answers, and you have to guess the correct ones. (answers in the QT) @Sketchy_Jeremy/1234597932554387457Permalink Look on archive.org
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1) Race the SunPermalink Look on archive.org
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(so, reminder: games that were shown at Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt, where the description of them could lead a struggling University Challenge team to guess these answers)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nielsen_holly happy birthday!!!! 🎈Permalink Look on archive.org
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@barnoid boom! yesPermalink Look on archive.org
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@barnoid sadly not!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@emmbld you can't directly control when, only the frequency - each frequency will post at a pre-set timePermalink Look on archive.org
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@ms_s_ashcroft oh nooooPermalink Look on archive.org
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@alicemazzy sometimes it's useful to have 24 hr coverage. but really, it's that it's nice to live wherever, and a lot of the disadvantages go if you're really committing to remote first work patterns. but to do that, you need p much everyone to be remote.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@alicemazzy the communication advantage of just talking in person is too high, it shortcircuits all the process things would otherwise have to happen via that means that remote people get a full sayPermalink Look on archive.org
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@alicemazzy this makes me think about the bit in Tyranny of Structurelessness about the specific conditions where structurelessness works greatPermalink Look on archive.org
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@alicemazzy yes, but i don't think it's as simple as efficient vs less efficient. s'why my other reply was thinking about Tyranny of Structurelessness - being explicit about criteria & process & how decisions get made has it's own advantages (easier in remote first cultures, I would guess)Permalink Look on archive.org
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fascinating to watch this idea of direct in game responses with the designer spread (i assume) from Getting Over It to Spelltower @Polygon/1234887279459606528Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @maxkreminski: can’t recommend @BigMeanInternet’s Kids These Days strongly enough, especially for anyone involved in education. main ins…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@joroach Kentucky Route Zero is the first thing that comes to mind. Exemplifying the increase in quality of writing, beautiful & non realistic styles, the whole rise of indie.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@joroach i mean, i'm big on giving up on stuff if it doesn't work for you. but i do think it's something very special, and the challenge really isn't the point - i would either use a walkthrough or just skip to Ep 2.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@joonturbo an advice tweet that seems relevant to your current situation @jaytholen/1234443743975149568Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @hannahnicklin: Over the past 4 years I worked hard to bring the characters & story of MUTAZIONE to life. I wrote every word in the game…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tha_rami @FlorianVltmn @joonturbo @TahitiP4ncake there are art games where the interaction methods are genuinely new : if they're successful, they spend most of their effort teaching people how to interact with them.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tha_rami @FlorianVltmn @joonturbo @TahitiP4ncake (a reasonable compromise is to rely on interaction methods that people are very likely to know from outside videogames: an instructive (maybe apocryphal?) example is that Solitaire was originally included in Windows to teach & motivate using the mouse)Permalink Look on archive.org
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a question about my body: why do my thumbs ache when I need to pee real bad?Permalink Look on archive.org
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PS I need to pee rnPermalink Look on archive.org
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(and I'm glad I have six anf a half thousand followers to share that with)Permalink Look on archive.org
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of course, it's true that a fraction of those followers will see any particular tweet but luckily Twitter exposes the number of impressions any particular tweet receives. four hundred and sixty six and counting I'm proudPermalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb huh, okay, legit. although like any annoying child, I still want to ask WHYyyPermalink Look on archive.org
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@FlorianVltmn they added a setting recently where you can turn that off!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Macroscopist: In FKA Twigs’ “Cellophane”, a male voice is mimicking the hi-hat line. In Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy”, the hi-hat line is…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @melgillman: *pops open coffin lid* Good eeeeeevening: I drew a quick little comic essay today about a topic near and dear to my heart -…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @AlolanMeowth: Ive been down a rabbit hole latelyPermalink Look on archive.org
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@plentyofalcoves @AlolanMeowth yeah, I also bounced happily over that word because of over familiarity with the context :( but yes! truly shrimp are the meaning of life (or whatever else you have instead of shrimp)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @birdghoul this is also the reason, people theorise, that foot fetishes are such a thing. the homonculus has their feet right next to their genitalsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@plentyofalcoves @AlolanMeowth what little cuties! and I'm amazed at the heat resistance when they're in eggs, I guess to survive forest fires...Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @xfoml: course syllabus for "Literature in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" (2020) by @dennistenen: github.com/denten-courses/machine-lit/blob/master/README.md 😍Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @innesmck: ok so we had these two teachers, both married and not well liked, with LOADS of rumours that they were secretly having an aff…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @RobinDLaws: Reading about an RCMP mole in a Vancouver revolutionary group in 1971. Suspicion fell on him in part because he was diligen…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@GretchenAMcC @amyhoy my experience being on a closed Mastodon server with about 50 people in backs this up. plus, Mastodon has optional topics per post (the CW field).Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @bubbaprog: This is the stupidest thing that has ever aired on television. Congratulations to all involved.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @nowplaythese: Do you think you could bring something unique to the Now Play This board? We're looking for a few new members who are pas…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @molleindustria: "STRIPES AS A CAPITALIST CONSTRUCT" qz.com/1811768/coronavirus-lockdown-ignites-an-old-italian-debate-its-about-pasta-of-course/Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @youngvulgarian: there's probably a whole PhD to be written about this @ronniecowan/1234781403277119489Permalink Look on archive.org
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@erocdrahs Carly Rae Jepsen – Run Away with MePermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @alienmelon: new post: UI design is fun! (inspirational ways of looking at UI & discussing how to better understand UI's place in game d…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@katbamkapow Bernie would neverPermalink Look on archive.org
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@dinosaurrparty yeah, I'd agree with all of this. The real thing for me is that it is hard work to view the work from the outside and from all perspectives, and keeping that high bar in place stops you from doing the quick fun low effort spur of the moment work.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@dinosaurrparty yes, for sure! and especially I'm imagining doing something like this, it ending up going viral and having news articles done on it... and thinking about the real lack of thoughtful criticism you'd receive in this kind of situation.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@dinosaurrparty which I've felt as a real desperate lack before. but it comes from a high trust place, almost always. and that situation is almost always a time when you're awash with a lot of low-context attention. (you're doing good work with this thread!)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tambourine as a friend of the curator of that show... SO WILD!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tambourine a quiz yr already spoiled on @v21/1234866777152245765?s=19Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @futuristbot:Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @_DonAdams: Assoc. Designer: sorry about the bugs, please teach me how to fix them!👶 Designer: through meticulous and careful planning,…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@wjjjjt @futuristbot I mean, yes, but also this is a bot already, so...Permalink Look on archive.org
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Nine Men's Morris still bangs @eigenbom/1236063039796858881Permalink Look on archive.org
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(it's also significantly older than 800 years, but shush)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@wjjjjt @futuristbot you can make a bot based on a subsection of a bot's output!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @FedeItaliano76: Transitional spaces by Nigerian painter Abiodun Olaku (born 1958)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@aeoye thank you!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Norgg @ragzouken yep! with various levels of difficulty depending on exactly what you mean by "text document"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Norgg @ragzouken I'd look into hackaday.com/2019/10/30/brachiograph-a-simple-and-cheap-pen-plotter/ and Hershey fonts. Will look like shit, but you can probably get some legible text out of it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @ParkinLance: Boomers: the Coronavirus is important, because it kills people over 60, let's close the borders Millennials/Gen Z: It is…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@pillowfort @KiraArghy hello, sorry to crash this conversation, but I would like to register my interest in hanging out in a park with you this summerPermalink Look on archive.org
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reading this and thinking about how very similar dynamics play out with game designers & playtesters (identifying that a change is needed, usefully ignoring your intent), but the stock advice is to ignore their advice entirely about how to fix it @rahaeli/1236673341215444992Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @ritaparada: Criticality and questioning. @timmaughan writes about speculative design and design fiction, featuring leading figures of t…Permalink Look on archive.org
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sheep grazing under solar panelsPermalink Look on archive.org
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windfarms are more beautiful than windmillsPermalink Look on archive.org
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spell your name with videogames VVVVVVPermalink Look on archive.org
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"Early viewing is highly recommended due to the property being realistically priced."Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @HG2G_Covers: The greatest FX direction in the history of radio #hitchhikersguidetothegalaxyPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @XihongLin: 1. In the absence of intervention (before 1/23), the effective reproductive number R=3.8>>1, and dropped to R=0.3 after the…Permalink Look on archive.org
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there are some answers in the replies @eevee/1236722687981965313Permalink Look on archive.org
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@fireh9lly Affinity Photo is the first place I'd turn, though maybe there's better alternatives depending in what you're using it for.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@IrvineWelsh @JoelGethinLewis @suzanne_moore This paragraph is entirely incoherent in a world which contains trans men and non binary people.Permalink Look on archive.org
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repeatedly struck by the way that TERF arguments fail to account for the fact that trans men existPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @JmacDotOrg: This RFP presents a paid opportunity for a software engineer to help reinvigorate a key resource for publishing Twine-based…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @jakeyouh:Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @LiaSae: “If we’re going to discuss programmability the Great Drawloom used in ancient China is probably a better first computer” is a b…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @angusdick: BOOP 3D (I blendered this drawing from @v21 and @patrickashe ‘s amazing Games for People folk games zine) #b3d https://t.co/…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@zenalbatross if you've not seen it, I would recommend the anime Kaiba to youPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @kim_raphael: Excited to share that our article on last year's biotic game workshops @OpenCellLondon @nowplaythese is now live (and free…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@joonturbo oop: single normal sized oop oops: I've made multiple mistakes oopsies: I've made a succession of tiny mistakes oopsie: such a small mistake, it might not have been a mistake at all oopsie-daisy: My mistake was so small, so insignificant, that you're the one to blame. Fuck you.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LovedayBrooke what would an editor role look like, for design? would that make sense? is it historical accident, or inherent in the nature of the workPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @alienmelon: so excited to announce that we've opened submissions for Playdate Pop Up! "We curate Playdate Pop Up to be an inclusive, d…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @tsawac: Scents & Semiosis: a story/game/toy about perfume, memory, and new meanings, with heavy use of procedural generation. I've bee…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @ferjerez3d: In every maze there's a forest. Made with Processing (@ProcessingOrg) +Toxicliblibs (@toxi) physics engine. Particles, sp…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @alicebell: Geology is amazing. Ancient shell shows that, millions of years ago, days were half an hour shorter news.agu.org/press-release/ancient-shell-shows-days-were-half-hour-shorter-70-million-years-ago/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@dinosaurrparty crossing my fingers for you!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @jim_unwin: It’s Photoshop’s 30th birthday. Let’s celebrate by quitting Adobe ❤️ medium.com/@jim_unwin/is-adobe-curbing-your-creativity-9eafb6e5ea53Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HarryJosieGiles looking forward to another session just after work todayPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @SeaSylphGames: 🎲📱🌍 freelance game designer 🌍📱🎲 hire me for games that are: 📱 augmented reality 🌍 location-based 🏃♀️ physical 🎭 narr…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@aeleitch @GalaxyKate i have complicated feelings about this tweetPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @MrTimDunn: Want your own railway complete with stock? It’s for sale at £249k 🚂 Mr Haddock, who is retiring from running the narrow gaug…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hoskingc definitely worth calling - i'd imagine they would then be able to ask some questions that'd help either reassure you or let you access testingPermalink Look on archive.org
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@notquitereal samePermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @rory_wt: my new film 'powerwash (i love you) is now online - please check it out here: vimeo.com/393719652Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lizardengland @rodolfor @g_pechorin not working in AAA but it's always seemed to me that if they wanted to save a pile of money they could just reuse & modify a bunch of assets made for a previous game. but I also kind of get why that isn't appealing & suspect it explains why the ML solution won't appeal.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@GalaxyKate @MichaelMJJohn @togelius @proc_gen I think there's also the perennial AI problem : once a problem is solved predictably and reliably with AI, no-one calls it AI any more.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@joebaxterwebb "the skill is in the prose part, not the bot part" YES. I feel like I've spent the last 5 years yelling thisPermalink Look on archive.org
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@joebaxterwebb yeah: there's a reason the website has pastel colours & you edit JSON in a proportional width font. obviously it'd be better if you didn't have to grapple with JSON at all, but it becomes a harder problem at that point.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jaytholen @NocturneGames @Fenreliania yeah, i don't check through my followers, and i'm sure i follow some people who have done bad things. but also i do think a follow is a signal of approval, and it's seen as such (eg: number of followers is a social signal, the network of followers is used by Twitter for recs)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@abipalmer_bot this is a great thread, thank youPermalink Look on archive.org
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Eizouken continues to be greatPermalink Look on archive.org
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eating an orange while wearing a hat that makes me look like an orangePermalink Look on archive.org
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@D_Nye_Griffiths this episode is mainly about the importance of marketing & how it relates strategically to a focus on productPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Michael_French anyone dealing with event planning this year has an enormous amount of respect & sympathy from mePermalink Look on archive.org
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might fuck around and buy a gaming pc. any advice? i want something "good enough" & i can't be arsed to rabbithole too much to figure out all the detailsPermalink Look on archive.org
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i guess what i am asking for here is people to fill in the following blanks: i should buy a computer with a GTX ____ in it from ________.comPermalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 yeah, that's a good shout!Permalink Look on archive.org
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also, advice on a cheap & not too painful way to play games on a TV & also at my desk?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lazerwalker i can put it together if it'll save me a bunch, but we were building one at work and there's some obscure problem and it's turned into an endless thing...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SzMarsupial look, if Chris can't build one I guess I'll have to get one myselfPermalink Look on archive.org
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@lingmops there's powerline ethernet going between roughly the two places already, so a steam link probably makes most sense (on the other hand, I might well have a very long HDMI cable kicking around already)Permalink Look on archive.org
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thank you for your collective advice. this one?? scan.co.uk/products/scan-gamer-amd-ryzen-3-3200g-8gb-ddr4-6gb-evga-gtx-1660-super-240gb-ssd-1tb-win-10 (seems weird to not get 16GB of RAM, but 8GB seems to be what's generally available. maybe I should just close some tabs some times)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb nothing prebuilt comes with 16GB unless you break £1000. and it doesn't seem like there's much of a discount for not going prebuilt here. so if I need it, it seems like it'd make sense to just upgrade the RAM later.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb yep - when i got this macbook in like 2014, i got 16GB, and that was a good call. which is why it's weird to me now...Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Draknek: Announcing: A Monster's Expedition, an open world puzzle adventure from Draknek & Friends Coming soon to #Steam, #itchio, and…Permalink Look on archive.org
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Sad but unsurprising news about this year's Now Play This. @nowplaythese/1238437233226547200Permalink Look on archive.org
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Huge shoutout to the team for making the hard decision & doing all of the dispiriting work to postpone the festival. This is a rough time for anyone who works on creating experiences that are about large numbers of people congregating in a single place.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lana_delboy Hoping they can & do take care of you during any suspension. But yeah, it's rough.Permalink Look on archive.org
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thinking about this Dorothy Sayers quotePermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @joebilsborough: This excellent scoop from @MarkDiStef is just genuinely sickening. I doubt I'm the only person who has elderly relative…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@GameGamTalks thank you for yr work & yr carePermalink Look on archive.org
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@ClareDundee ooof. yes. <3Permalink Look on archive.org
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@shalev_moran hm. well. three aspects to curation come to mind, each of which you'd tackle a bit differently: - curation as creating an experience (I'd look to eg Mario Maker, Dreams, sok-worlds) - curation as making an argument (I'd look to eg visual essay jam)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@shalev_moran - curation as recommendation (I'd look to karma systems online, tryna be a cool hunter) honestly, none of them feel too amenable to computers judging how well you've done? other people, maybe, but also unclear if you wanna reward The Most People Liking It.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@shalev_moran so i'd focus on making a playful tool, squishy nice spaces to present stuff & create juxtapositions, and be very cautious around anything that looks like winning/losing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@shalev_moran (aware I've maybe answered the question "how to make this a game mechanic?" by saying "nah, i wouldn't, that sounds hard")Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LovedayBrooke i am shocked, shocked to find out Harriet Vane is an author standinPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @jon_bois: a couple years ago i wrote a column on what football might look like in the future. i suggested some rule changes that people…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @JackGYarwood: Not written about Grand Theft Auto V in ages, so decided to change that. Here's my piece on the bullet artists of GTA V f…Permalink Look on archive.org
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Popped into CeX on my way home because it makes sense to me to buy some random second hand games for my flatmates new Xbox while we huddle away from social contact. But everything I look up seems to be on Game Pass. So there's no point.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@thairyn you should submit to Game Gam and EMF Camp.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mink_ette I've been meaning to say: we still have that roll you gave me, it's our strategic toilet roll reserve.Permalink Look on archive.org
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now i'm home and she's playing some game called Minecraft. looks like a lot of fun!Permalink Look on archive.org
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(to be real: always weird when a game stops being a game and becomes an icon... and then you re-engage with the game again and appreciate it anew & remember why it became an icon in the first place)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@EdConwaySky @nanpansky don't worry, it'll flatten out soon as we saturate our testing capacityPermalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry @KommanderKlobb @patrickashe parallel universe me can't reply to this tweet, as I'm currently over the AtlanticPermalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry @KommanderKlobb @patrickashe I'm watching Charlie's Angels, having started Midsommar and then decided I'm not really in the mood for it right now.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @TheWhitePube: This week's review is Firewatch by @camposanto, a game that’s rolled my brain flat and burnt the edges of my head. You ca…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@christapeterso Skull is greatPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @bIondiewasabi: it’s crazy how because of corona we can see how almost everything we do is a totally made up social construct that can b…Permalink Look on archive.org
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Thinking a lot about “A Paradise Built In Hell” these days. A Rebecca Solnit book about the commeraderiePermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @WeirdoeFauna: This is one of those situations where the differences between live theatre and recorded theatre are uh... really apparent…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @benphillips76: Graphs are useful but to really get what that rising curve is, have a look at the obituaries page of this Bergamo daily…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Ninfa_dp I do think that people can be their own producers! It’s just they’ll do a shitty job and it’ll take a bunch of focus away from their actual job. signed, someone working at a studio that temporarily doesn’t have a producer.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @jerrysmap: Sunday, March 15, 2020: 16-panel composite, F.XIIIPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @counterfireorg: Cleaners, porters and catering staff at Lewisham Hospital walked out today after not being paid or given protective clo…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@plentyofalcoves I've currently got a Xiaomi Mi A3, which is probably a bit out of your price range. But before that I had a Xiaomi Mi A1 which was also great & probably does fit within yr budget. Stock Android, nicely made, good battery life. Reckon the A2 would be just fine as well!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SzMarsupial yesPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @SzMarsupial: would any other computer brats/related professions getting full sick, full wfh on good salaries be interested in getting t…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @everestpipkin: alright crew i put together a list of ✨hundreds✨ of open source, experimental, and tiny tools for interactive, web, and…Permalink Look on archive.org
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now engaging a process with which I turn the version of Minecraft I bought for 10 EUR using PayPal in 2010 into a license key for Minecraft for Windows 10, so I can go have adventures in her server via crossplayPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @AMAZINACE: Yeaaaaah ..that’s rightPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @erocdrahs: “ when people provide data, behavioral examples, and even active problem solving online, it is not considered “work” but is…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @KeitaTakahash: Hello. The coloring project is finally finished. I just thought many people will need indoor activities more than regula…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@moreelen @APALondon whooo! excellent news!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tburrellsaward Can't advise on that, but I did buy a prebuilt computer at the end of last week from Scan. Came the next day, works great, seemed like basically the same price as building it from parts once the Windows license was taken into account.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tburrellsaward still took me a while of poking at different charts to get a sense of what specs I wanted.. but glad not to have had to worry if everything would fit together / installing stuff etc.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tburrellsaward (oh, also it came with a clean Windows install, no junk)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tburrellsaward would also recommend logical increments for some benchmark specs at different price points. you'll want to adjust a bit (eg more RAM), but it's a great starting point.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @gakism: ゲームは下手こそ楽しいなりPermalink Look on archive.org
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@tburrellsaward i think after the hundredth description of a PSU something goes and all you're capable of after that is poetryPermalink Look on archive.org
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@vivschwarz @thestarboretum huh!!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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i have had this computer for 3 days and i have just encountered my first intricate and irritating hardware problemPermalink Look on archive.org
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(the keyboard and mouse don't work, but only if all three of these things are true: - they're plugged in after it's booted up - into the back ports of the computer - at the same time (ie, the mouse dongle is plugged into the keyboard extension ports))Permalink Look on archive.org
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how many pubs & theaters are about to go out of business because the government hasn't told them they need to close, just told all their customers that they shouldn't turn upPermalink Look on archive.org
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@awesommelier i'm so furiousPermalink Look on archive.org
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hearing about places with a few weeks of buffer before they go bankrupt. let's hope something changes before it comes to that. (this isn't even getting into all the employees who are suddenly not getting any shifts)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Sosowski that would be my guess, too!! not seen it on any other computers, and it happens across both sets of USB ports... not much i can do about it reallyPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Singyamatokun i'm angry. and hopeful that they'll do something before too long. :/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@animtree most businesses will have insurance to cover them if they're ordered to close, but the insurance won't cover them if people are told not to go to themPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @uhshanti: center left parties failing to adopt popular policies paves the way for more competent fascists than the one in charge now. p…Permalink Look on archive.org
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not fun to look at one of those "flattening the curve" graphs with healthcare capacity & numbers of critical cases to scale @russss/1239666571481669632Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ka_bradley insurance firms might go bust?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ka_bradley (i am also mad about this & also think they should make this call. but this might be the reason they haven't. just saw something on Twitter about creating a nationalized insurer of last resort...)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @videodrome: #my life story #saint-nazaire #gardening after john henry twachtmanPermalink Look on archive.org
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@nicolehe grow FASTPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @GRohac: If you use Adobe software - right now they're offering 2 months free if you go to cancel.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @NintendoEurope: Get ready – the next #IndieWorld showcase, featuring upcoming indie titles for #NintendoSwitch, is about to start! 🎥 W…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @A_i: Introducing I AM DEAD from @hllwpnds. Explore the afterlife on the lovely island of Shelmerston later this year on Nintendo Switch…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 i managed to time it so that i never really learnt how to use promises, only aync/await.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 yes, that's technically true, and most things explain them in terms of promises. but right now i can reason about async/await & i get confused when i think in terms of promises, so *shrug*Permalink Look on archive.org
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@GregCohen271 @SE23dotcom same herePermalink Look on archive.org
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what a perfect time for the taps to stop workingPermalink Look on archive.org
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(this isn't a wider problem, they keep having problems with the water mains around here)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LeoFloresPR Oh no! I haven't noticed that with any other CBDQ accounts - but I also haven't went looking for it. Sorry this has happened, and I hope it's isolated...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@NoraReed @LeoFloresPR i have noticed, when mass-creating accounts that they limit signups from the same IP/with the same phone number/something like that - I guess they tie that stuff together behind the scenes even after stuff is set up.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@NoraReed @LeoFloresPR just tested a handful of bots from the platform at random, and can't see it happening across themPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @komiya_ma: Tell me about strange music equipment and nice ZINE. I'm interested in "circuit bends" and "bookbinding". https://t.co/9MHiG…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tambourine bog butter bog butter bog butter! i am so obsessed with this stuff! have you read the nordic food lab stuff on it? nordicfoodlab.org/blog/2013/10/bog-butter-a-gastronomic-perspectivePermalink Look on archive.org
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@terrycavanagh it seems likely that this crisis will be with us for months to come, and i wouldn't count on being able to travel during that time. there's a small risk to flying back - i think it'd mainly depend on what your situation is like in Aus?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@terrycavanagh can definitely see upsides to being near Holly's family while this happens... can also definitely see the upside to being home.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @TeeHaitchGee: the eric andre show is shaking rnPermalink Look on archive.org
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@_her_moth_ Yep - we're on Honor Oak Road, and the water has been out since last night. Not a crisis so far, but not fun either.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@innesmck samePermalink Look on archive.org
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@innesmck also foxes! and squirrels!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @milanimalism: What thou lov'st well shall not be reft from thee. What thou lov'st well is thy true heritagePermalink Look on archive.org
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@lorenschmidt in Typescript you can leave off the constructor & create objects like so: let rect: Rectangle = {left:5, right: 15, top: 10, bottom: 20 };Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lorenschmidt (i understand that's not what you're asking for, but thought it might be relevant anyway)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ON4LPF @lorenschmidt oh, this is cool, i didn't know thisPermalink Look on archive.org
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@lorenschmidt ah, actually i got a bit confused, and overstated what it can do: this will actually only define the object as fitting the interface Rectangle, not create a proper class instance. you'd need to do something like stackoverflow.com/a/49435240 to set default valuesPermalink Look on archive.org
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@lorenschmidt it will yell at compiler time if you miss out any necessary properties, tho!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lingmops yes, 100%Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @mathias: Fun fact: some browsers use different Unicode versions for different JavaScript features. Safari supports Unicode v11 for RegE…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Lub_Blub: You'll be able to engineer each organism to behave differently, like little living paint brushes. #madewithunity #unity3d #in…Permalink Look on archive.org
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fuck yes!!! go Alessandro!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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(Mutazione won Best Audio)Permalink Look on archive.org
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ngl, as the nominees came up i was like "oh, Astrologaster! love those madrigals, hope they win... but the honks are great... hmm..."Permalink Look on archive.org
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anyway: Mutazione soundtrack is here: akuparagames.bandcamp.com/album/mutazione-original-game-soundtrack (all 4 hours of it)Permalink Look on archive.org
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ahhh! congrats to Knights & Bikes. some amazing combinations of 2D & 3D art in therePermalink Look on archive.org
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(like, obviously that's not the point, but it is the kind of game where I just spend lots of time trying to pull it apart & figure out how they made *that detail* work)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @gamasutra: A Short Hike wins Grand Prize at the 2020 Independent Games Festival! gamasutra.com/view/news/359780/A_Short_Hike_wins_Grand_Prize_at_the_2020_Independent_Games_Festival.phpPermalink Look on archive.org
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the boys!!!! congratulations House House!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PerfectPlum @shalev_moran @hollygramazio @molleindustria @Mello42 i love the bit where you have to bullshit about your curation choices. very important and underappreciated part of the process.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@innesmck sent!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @tigershungry: back in 2013 I gave a talk at @thisisplayful. It was a sort of diary charting my time as the mayor of NeoTokyo in Animal…Permalink Look on archive.org
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Anne Boyer mirabilary.substack.com/p/this-virusPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @stokel: AI-based content moderation isn't working, never has worked, and we're finally seeing behind the tech companies' bluster about…Permalink Look on archive.org
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tfw someone hopes to be your supplier of tutu gauze skirtsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@KOOPMode @hownottodraw Great deal on a package holiday?Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @proustmalone: Marxism is not a doctrine. It is (to be extremely reductive) a frame of analysis that understands society as the interpla…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @DumbuBastard: every single one of those “actually we humans are the true virus if you think about it” tweets is just this left 4 dead s…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AnnaHollinrake sending you love, strength & a friend requestPermalink Look on archive.org
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I've landed #ACNHPermalink Look on archive.org
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ACNH tip: the Switch app will let you do voice chat (with other people with the switch app). also you can type into chat with yr phone instead.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@esaxey @Dystocalypse I love that you have a special device for pointing at thingsPermalink Look on archive.org
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apologies for the take, but: LVMH's hand sanitiser bottle design is perfect & Brewdog's is badPermalink Look on archive.org
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@dinosaurrparty it is worth £50 to have some very precise takes about why it's bad??Permalink Look on archive.org
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ACNH: I love the line "We're making a water landing, but that's okay because this is a seaplane".Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin @dinosaurrparty yes, apologies, my tweet should have read "is it", not "it is" because it probably isn't (although I would enjoy hearing those takes, even if I am an Animal Crossing-liker)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@glassarmy i watched it on a Zoom hangout on Wednesday. it's a lot. although only one of the songs is better than the version on the original cast recording i listened to endlessly as a kid.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@glassarmy the real conceptual problem with it is: what size are the cats?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@glassarmy in any case: ENJOYPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @zerstoerer: tucked away and hanging outPermalink Look on archive.org
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here's a picture of me in the woods yesterdayPermalink Look on archive.org
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here's a picture of me in the woods todayPermalink Look on archive.org
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@BRKeogh if only the process was as quick as that!Permalink Look on archive.org
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anyone able to field some questions about Minecraft modding? specifically the relationship between serverside & clientside mods. specifically specifically playing music on a server in a way that works for people on vanilla clients.Permalink Look on archive.org
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figure it must be possible, or else how did @OpenPitPresents work?Permalink Look on archive.org
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or do i just put premade playlists in the resource folder & play those?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@minecoder ahhhh! okay! that makes sense - will probably fall back to that, or something similar - thanks for the response. i am relocating my birthday party from my flat to minecraft & wanna have music but also make it easy for people who've never played minecraft beforePermalink Look on archive.org
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@MrTurkey sadly it is ultimately about the virus @v21/1241688842752724992Permalink Look on archive.org
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@alyphen_ so i replace the existing music then use server commands to play it? can i stop the music from playing at the normal times it'd play? or do i add it as extra tracks in the resourcepack, then play those new ones?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@saltyhorse @madparker @Sierra_OffLine this makes sense to me: if you recommend masks, then the people who most need masks won't be able to get them. and people will ignore more important measures.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@saltyhorse @madparker @Sierra_OffLine my guess is that it'd help! not as much as other measures! but it'd help a bit!Permalink Look on archive.org
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a videogame where you can queue to be seen at the airport checkin desk @joemag3D/1241605129888886786Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PfQuarta just added you!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@uglymachine CATS CATS CATS CATSPermalink Look on archive.org
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@uglymachine BLOBBY BLOBBY BLOBBYPermalink Look on archive.org
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just a small moment of unreality, where I learn that it's now prohibited by the government to go outside without a specific purpose while on voice chat in Animal Crossing with my colleaguesPermalink Look on archive.org
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I'm just saying, if I read that in a Cory Doctorow book I would roll my eyes.Permalink Look on archive.org
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you ever just lie in bed, listening to the washing machine noises?Permalink Look on archive.org
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this is now my favourite thing in my house. it vibrates during the spin cycle! and has a nice beep when it's finished!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @detainedvoices: Update from Brook House: In detention, all of us are being locked up in our rooms. So there is no difference between th…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @jericawebber: A reminder to everyone playing (or watching people play) Animal Crossing today: I made a bot that generates a passport ti…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @metasynthie: I wrote the foreword for a very sweet and sticky compilation of erotic art games by various designers, which you can pre-o…Permalink Look on archive.org
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maybe it's time for a very self indulgent thread of AC picturesPermalink Look on archive.org
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I completed a dinosaur, I paid off my first house, I caught an oarfishPermalink Look on archive.org
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I had a lovely chat on the beach with @tigershungryPermalink Look on archive.org
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the skeleton and anatomical model raise a number of questionsPermalink Look on archive.org
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island lifePermalink Look on archive.org
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visiting @radiodarioPermalink Look on archive.org
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it's a safe and peaceful gamePermalink Look on archive.org
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@mewo2 with a characteristic sail like fin, yeah, we get itPermalink Look on archive.org
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learning about Agile methodologies from @caiitlinzPermalink Look on archive.org
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you've got to love a game which features queuing up for an airline check-in deskPermalink Look on archive.org
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@RebTamas i don't know the answer to this - but i reckon that their local mutual aid group would be more than happy to shop for them and do a drop off of groceriesPermalink Look on archive.org
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@hellocatfood @RosaFrancsArt for higher levels, I've seen people sending a physical thing out a few times a yearPermalink Look on archive.org
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@hellocatfood @RosaFrancsArt there's also previews of stuff not-yet-releasedPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Spdrcstl: "Shaving off a single kilobyte in a file that is being loaded on 2 million websites reduces CO2 emissions by an estimated 295…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hellocatfood @RosaFrancsArt i am basically just describing @everestpipkin's Patreon here: patreon.com/everestpipkin. They do physical stuff at >$10 a month. & have shared WIPs of stuff they've been commissioned to make.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @isosteph: house party but it’s an interconnected series of zoom rooms where the chat for each one contains links to several more that y…Permalink Look on archive.org
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i admire the dedication of animal crossing to it's themes of "capitalism, but cuter" going so far as to include tulip breedingPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @null66913: Today I'm gonna talk a little bit about my favourite film genre: the flicker film. A flicker film is a film that consists of…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@philippawarr @CThursten oh, that's perfectPermalink Look on archive.org
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@jcalpickard @esaxey i might've made it, but it's a good reminder that I can put this on an extra screen & have it hum away as i work.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jcalpickard @esaxey also made me realise i've got a certificate error on my website....Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hellocatfood @yaxu @RosaFrancsArt i would actually say: whatever rewards you offer, people are mainly going to be giving to it because they like you & like your work & want you to be able to make more. rather than any direct rewards you offer to them.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hellocatfood @yaxu @RosaFrancsArt which is: fine? lovely? good? it also means you should price that in to your reward tiers: make sure most of the money goes to letting you do the stuff you want to do, rather than to fulfilling particular promisesPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @TheWhitePube: i think, as we r in the midst of categorising labour n sectors as ~essential n non-essential~ we, the arts, could use the…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @sophie_e_hill: Got a lot of angry replies to this one so here's a more in-depth thread about why the Behavioural Insights Team irritate…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @RyanNorthover: “Sorry about my kids” 😂Permalink Look on archive.org
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my current vibe is that I've made a face mask out of a WeWork t shirt that had "Do What You Love" printed on the frontPermalink Look on archive.org
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my pandemic hot tip is that if you have a problem and it's stressing you out and it could be eased by a stranger running an errand for you, you should ask for help from a mutual aid group. there are hundreds of people in your area, desperate to feel helpful.Permalink Look on archive.org
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the biggest problem they face is persuading people to accept help. so help them by asking for some.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jim_unwin kid's play is so different from what we think about when we think about "games". so much about enacting rituals. I would wholeheartedly recommend the Opies' Children's Games In Streets And Playground for an ethnographic survey. And lots of variations on eeny meeny miny mo!Permalink Look on archive.org
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less laundry, more washing upPermalink Look on archive.org
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@siobhangx i'm so glad. people can be so kindPermalink Look on archive.org
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(tho see a reply to a tweet later in the thread - the decompiled AC:NH code is differently shaped to xBRZ's GPL'd code) @lunasorcery/1242569546038460416Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @TheStalwart: Horrific economic toll. 3.2 million initial weekly jobless claims in one week. Previous crises and recessions are barely a…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@TheWhitePube this image is a whole vibePermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @yesterdaysprint: The Tampa Tribune, Florida, October 13, 1939Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @riosantosss: I think a feeling is a receipt.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @n_hold: I forget who but someone once told me 'pre-tenured people on the tenure track who wait to speak up usually become tenured peopl…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow I'm deadPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @ptychomancer: I'm liking DeLanda's A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History for many reasons, but maybe the chief one is the extremely evo…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @nyt_diff: Change in AbstractPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @TastyJapan: 休日に、楽しいキッチンガーデニング #tastyjapanPermalink Look on archive.org
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a good augury for how today is going to goPermalink Look on archive.org
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@katbamkapow thought you might get a small bit of pleasure from hearing that, since working from home, i am working off a daily todo list that i write on a A5 piece of paper & put up on the wall next to my desk with washi tapePermalink Look on archive.org
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angry on behalf of all of the self employed people I know who are falling through the cracks of the new support measuresPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @robynetzan:Permalink Look on archive.org
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@shahidkamal try getting in touch with your local mutual aid group, and see if they can help outPermalink Look on archive.org
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@molleindustria ah, wow!!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tambourine trying to decide if i'm growing out my fringe or notPermalink Look on archive.org
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@tambourine oh! congratulations & welcome to fringe-domPermalink Look on archive.org
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@tambourine oh! that suits you!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @nowplaythese: We’re embracing our experimental spirit & collaborating with a creative community of makers to craft a new alternative fe…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @sansculotides: Today is octidi 8 Germinal in the year of the Republic CCXXVIII, celebrating the daffodil.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @TheStalwart: NEGATIVE OIL PRICES ARE OFFICIALLY HERE In an obscure corner of the market, a bid was just put in for oil at -$0.19 cents…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@GhostTownGoldie I want to wear one & I like it (& why is complicated & I haven't entirely digested it). BUT I am sorry for this response & I'll try to remember to take it off before coming over to yours again.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LydNicholas "single use charger" !!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @bubbaprog: man it is SOME kind of night for Ohio evening newsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@hellocatfood I think audio reactivity is fine & fun, but: these reasons are great & thinking this way is why people make interesting workPermalink Look on archive.org
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(i am not planning on buying a toaster, ours is fine)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@moreelen @Salmikawolf @cazwis @heyits5AM @Robin_B @SeaSylphGames @zhanlitheonly1 @kurai same! I'll let you know if I get a good price quoted!Permalink Look on archive.org
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here's two small things i want i animal crossing: - the bench in my plaza back - the best friends list to tell me when someone's got their gate openPermalink Look on archive.org
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if we're mutuals, pls do add me on there - I'm at SW-6930-6910-6703 (& then let me know who you are)Permalink Look on archive.org
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waiting for the leftovers to heat upPermalink Look on archive.org
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the sky at nightPermalink Look on archive.org
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when you meet someone who seems incredibly familiarPermalink Look on archive.org
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hanging out with @kahodesuPermalink Look on archive.org
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behind the scenes: using a hammock & the camera feature to get a top down perspective to check that this grove of bamboo is planted straight...Permalink Look on archive.org
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i put my old camp bed, a lantern & a radio up on the tiny beach. it's nice to go up there at night when i can't sleep.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@esdin's island is incredible, as is their tour. this lighthouse was decommissioned due to the advent of GPS, but it's kept operational by the local restaurant (just to the right)Permalink Look on archive.org
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and even in the game, i can't afford the custom ACNH Switch (i am excited for my new drying rack, though)Permalink Look on archive.org
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i love love love that this sewing box opens up and is full of sewing stuffPermalink Look on archive.org
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my house right now. it's getting cozy, but still a bit of a jumble. but then, maybe i like it like that?Permalink Look on archive.org
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hanging with Sly in my tiny front gardenPermalink Look on archive.org
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@esdin what do you mean by the offset pattern?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@esdin oh, yeah! yeah, everywhere else on the island i've been keeping the trees growing in "natural" offsets, so I wanted something formal to contrast against it at the entrancePermalink Look on archive.org
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@ghostmeat nice! accepted!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ADAMATOMIC @jericawebber yeah. though it's hard to beat this top loading washer: @v21/1242215825769037824Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @zerofiftyone_: Uncut Gems (2019)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Spdrcstl haha, snap @v21/1238105021922840576Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ADAMATOMIC @jericawebber the draining noises, and then it starts on the spin cycle & starts vibrating !!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@innesmck that might be better than my method @v21/1244245592647315456Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @innesmck it'll add charmPermalink Look on archive.org
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ACNH take: i don't really want to build up my island, i'd rather it stayed feeling wild & somewhat provisional. i was sad to upgrade out of a tent so soon. i don't really want to fence bits off, or have beautiful gardens, or pick my weeds.Permalink Look on archive.org
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i am quite enjoying the feeling of friction between the logic of development the game is pushing for & my own desires. the game has this real contradictory feeling at the center of it - it can't decide if it's critiquing or celebrating capitalism.Permalink Look on archive.org
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but also i recognise the unnaturalness of many of the real landscapes that we live in. and i'm replicating that! replacing hardwood trees with fruit trees, planting in "natural" patterns, cultivating flowers but keeping the borders ragged...Permalink Look on archive.org
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recommendation for this: the BBC series Unnatural Histories. here's an ep all about how the ways that the Amazon rainforest was shaped by human forces: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxI5v3q4K2isIT49CQjsgHfNArGGb3gwb but of course, also: all British landscapes. it was once continuous forest!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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and i'm enjoying adding little bits of character to the island. not paving it over, but acknowledging our presence. a bothy on the mountainside, a campbed tucked away on the north beach. making it cozy, if not manicured. @v21/1244246004200849408Permalink Look on archive.org
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also all of this is tied into the basically surface level read that the random islands are just colonialism. (i mean, as is your main island, too, just less nakedly extractive). chop every tree down, mine every rock, pick every flower. we'll never come here again, so why worry?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@puppymoth i keep getting Nook Miles incentives to sell weeds. i don't wanna! also then i'll feel bad if i don't pick up all the fallen sticks.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Good on the dude for giving such game quotes and doing the photograph. And good on the reporter for letting him frame the story. @GuardianAus/1244491270531284994Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @pangmeli: when I was 10 or so, a girl at camp caught the shivers. all the other girls were trying to warm her up, so I started to strok…Permalink Look on archive.org
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on planting trees in straight lines @kvnrogan/1244402080212811778Permalink Look on archive.org
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a good thread about software, servers, power relations in markets, usability, federation etc etc @mcclure111/1244703747349065728Permalink Look on archive.org
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hey this game is one of the best games i played last year t.co/zTooficJsyPermalink Look on archive.org
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i have now read two of the accompanying essays and they are very good. i have also set my desktop wallpaper to one of the images. here is a description of Suzanne Triester's Fictional Videogame StillsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@philippawarr oh, this is lovelyPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @nowplaythese: This weekend join us from the comfort of your lounge, bedroom, bathroom, hall closet or **wherever** for our virtual ‘Now…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @nowplaythese: ...we’ve virtual field trips with @radiatoryang , @JumpOvertheAge & @neilsonks... A host of mischievous and playful works…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @nowplaythese: ..on Saturday morning our keynote event sees @house_house_ boarding a Dodo flight to hang out with @TheWhitePube for a Q&…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@esdin @moreelen @Salmikawolf @cazwis @heyits5AM @Robin_B @SeaSylphGames @zhanlitheonly1 @kurai nuthin above 90Permalink Look on archive.org
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@moreelen @esdin @Salmikawolf @cazwis @heyits5AM @Robin_B @SeaSylphGames @zhanlitheonly1 @kurai with a big enough network, all prices are possiblePermalink Look on archive.org
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@moreelen @esdin @Salmikawolf @cazwis @heyits5AM @Robin_B @SeaSylphGames @zhanlitheonly1 @kurai (this isn't true at all... but 300 seems achievable)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@DykeRojas @iamleonmallett @tobymoses how are women supposed to identify who is trans and who is just a butch woman? (as a followup: what toilet should trans men use?)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Sarah05009170 @DykeRojas @iamleonmallett @tobymoses please tell that to some of the butch women I know!Permalink Look on archive.org
