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Comment on "Shower thoughts" and other things to ponder in ~talk
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Comment on Looking for board game suggestions for non-gamers in ~games.tabletop
first-must-burn Link ParentNot @PapaNachos (though perhaps a kindred spirit), but I have played a lot of games with younger kids. I think it depends a lot on the kid. At that age, they have "sensitive periods" for different...Not @PapaNachos (though perhaps a kindred spirit), but I have played a lot of games with younger kids. I think it depends a lot on the kid. At that age, they have "sensitive periods" for different things, so different games might resonate at different ages depending on when those hit. My baseline criteria to set the table is games that require little or no reading, but I've seen all these examples resonate with kids as young as five.
Catan Junior - this is nice because it plays well for adults. Everything is graphic. It takes away the two most frustrating things about regular catan: not being able to build somewhere because it's too close and losing half your resources to the robber. There is a robber (pirate) that still blocks a space for resources, but the simplified trading mechanic makes this less frustrating too. Minor self plug, I have a 3d printable organizer design for sale that keeps all the pieces organized so setting up a game is fast.
Ticket to Ride: this one requires some reading for the place names on the cards, but there is hinting in the visual design, and kids who are into it will memorize the place names very quickly. It's got good spatial reasoning dynamics and the turns are quick, so it keeps engagement up.
Boop: this game has a vibe somewhere between checkers and tic-tac-toe. The cat theme is very cute and engaging. It also has a beginner friendly simplified game.
Chess: weirdly a common favorite. I think kids enjoy learning how a the pieces move. No Stress Chess is a good introduction. The cards teach how the pieces move and reduce the deep strategy aspect. Later on, a board with magnetic pieces is helpful for play with developing motor skills.
Don't ignore traditional playing card games. They are great for portability and hold up well:
Crazy eights: same dynamic as uno, but without the adversarial cards, which simplifies the game. This one is a great one to play over Zoom because each location can have their own deck to draw from, and you just treat the last card played as the top of the discard pile for everyone.
Go Fish: obviously a classic, but a classic for a reason. You can start with pairs, and then move to books when you want a more challenging game.
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Comment on Tildes End-of-Year 'Awards' 2024 in ~talk
first-must-burn Link ParentI did research on check sums in grad school (mostly CRCs) so it's always a point of interest for me. But also, in the early 2000's, I had to sort out how the ISBN check digits worked. I wanted to...I did research on check sums in grad school (mostly CRCs) so it's always a point of interest for me.
But also, in the early 2000's, I had to sort out how the ISBN check digits worked. I wanted to catalogue all the books I owned, mostly so I could haunt Half Price Books and avoid duplicates. So I wrote a little library database application using PHP. Because this was pre-smartphone, it would generate an alphabetized list that I would print out and take with me.
To populate the list, I used a CueCat left over from when Radio Shack was giving them away. The admin interface would accept the raw (obfuscated) digit stream, decode it to the barcode number.
I am a little fuzzy on the details, but I think the CueCat omitted the check digit from its output. So I had to recompute it to get a valid ISBN. Then it could pull metadata on the books from the Amazon API, batching ten books at a time to avoid hitting API limits. There was still a lot of manual entry and cleanup, but it let me catalogue the hundreds of books I owned in a long weekend and easily update the catalog with new books.
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Comment on Tildes End-of-Year 'Awards' 2024 in ~talk
first-must-burn Link ParentFun fact: this would exclude any book with the older ISBN-10. Because of the way the check digit is computed, the sum of the digits is always a multiple of 11.What are your favorite books in which the sum of the digits in the ISBN is a prime number?
Fun fact: this would exclude any book with the older ISBN-10. Because of the way the check digit is computed, the sum of the digits is always a multiple of 11.
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Comment on Tildes End-of-Year 'Awards' 2024 in ~talk
first-must-burn Link ParentBut Mooooom I wanna go to Tildes with my friends! @kfwyre has a post about favorite books with a prime number ISBN that I wanna post in.But Mooooom I wanna go to Tildes with my friends! @kfwyre has a post about favorite books with a prime number ISBN that I wanna post in.
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Comment on Tildes End-of-Year 'Awards' 2024 in ~talk
first-must-burn Link ParentMy favorite part from the surveyFill this out. Or don't. I'm not your mom.
My favorite part from the survey
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Comment on What does your computer setup look like? in ~tech
first-must-burn Link ParentHow do you find the ergonomics of typing that way. I think it would be bad for my wrist positioning to have the keyboard that low and far away, but maybe it is my gut that is the problem.How do you find the ergonomics of typing that way. I think it would be bad for my wrist positioning to have the keyboard that low and far away, but maybe it is my gut that is the problem.
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Comment on "Shower thoughts" and other things to ponder in ~talk
first-must-burn Link ParentI think Wonder Woman with the Minnesota accent . Particularly, that this is the regional accent of Themyscira, so all the Amazons are going around "yeah, sure, you betcha".I think Wonder Woman with the Minnesota accent .
Particularly, that this is the regional accent of Themyscira, so all the Amazons are going around "yeah, sure, you betcha".
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Comment on "Shower thoughts" and other things to ponder in ~talk
first-must-burn Link ParentEasy: it's a round window, it's a wheel. If it's a square window, it's a door. If it's a̸r̵c̸h̵ s̷̗̾h̸̼́a̶͍͐p̷͚͒ḧ̶̺́e̷͍̿d̵͎̑ t̴͕̱̮̂̈́͝ͅh̶̬͒͑̌͐ḛ̶̭͒̂̓͠ņ̶̭̦͕̗͐̀̉͑ .... <signal lost>Easy: it's a round window, it's a wheel. If it's a square window, it's a door. If it's a̸r̵c̸h̵ s̷̗̾h̸̼́a̶͍͐p̷͚͒ḧ̶̺́e̷͍̿d̵͎̑ t̴͕̱̮̂̈́͝ͅh̶̬͒͑̌͐ḛ̶̭͒̂̓͠ņ̶̭̦͕̗͐̀̉͑ .... <signal lost>
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Comment on "Shower thoughts" and other things to ponder in ~talk
first-must-burn Link ParentChaotic neutral response: a wheel is anything round that moves. A door is anything not round that moves. in before the "um, actually" I know there are round things that move but don't roll and...Chaotic neutral response: a wheel is anything round that moves. A door is anything not round that moves.
in before the "um, actually"
I know there are round things that move but don't roll and that there are doors that are round and that there are things that move that are neither doors nor wheels.
Chaos over correctness.
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Comment on What possession(s) do you have that continue to delight you every time? in ~talk
first-must-burn Link ParentOh, all kinds of things. For Timasomo this year I made a replica of a Star Wars E-11 blaster that lights up and has sounds for my daughter's Halloween costume. I just finished printing a batch of...Oh, all kinds of things. For Timasomo this year I made a replica of a Star Wars E-11 blaster that lights up and has sounds for my daughter's Halloween costume.
I just finished printing a batch of three dozen of these LED tealight christmas trees. Prusa Slicer as a feature to add text to models, so I used that to personalize them with a message from our family and give them out as inexpensive gifts to friends. Last year we printed ~150 custom Christmas tree ornaments.
For the past two years I've been working with an astronomer friend to print and customize telescope parts for the Hadley framework. In addition to building the reflector, we've built a whole refracting telescope using some optics he had laying around.
This summer, I made a bunch of replacements for parts that were missing from puzzles and other works at my daughters school.
Some other stuff on my Printables profile
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Comment on "Shower thoughts" and other things to ponder in ~talk
first-must-burn Link ParentWhich 50%? ;)Which 50%? ;)
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Comment on "Shower thoughts" and other things to ponder in ~talk
first-must-burn Link ParentNow I want a superhero with a Pittsburgh accent.Now I want a superhero with a Pittsburgh accent.
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Comment on "Shower thoughts" and other things to ponder in ~talk
first-must-burn Link ParentStarbar Jarnifar is my favorite. Really good mouth feel. Head canon origin: a corruption of Starboard Jennifer, who always worked the right side of the boat.Starbar Jarnifar is my favorite. Really good mouth feel. Head canon origin: a corruption of Starboard Jennifer, who always worked the right side of the boat.
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Comment on "Shower thoughts" and other things to ponder in ~talk
first-must-burn Link ParentI have seen this in the US as well, but mainly from truckers.I have seen this in the US as well, but mainly from truckers.
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Comment on I think I have a broken AT&T route? in ~tech
first-must-burn LinkI notice the outgoing route has two private IP addresses: 192.168.2 and 192.168.99. This is not really my area of expertise, but it seems like double NAT could be the problem. Is it possible your...I notice the outgoing route has two private IP addresses: 192.168.2 and 192.168.99. This is not really my area of expertise, but it seems like double NAT could be the problem. Is it possible your AT&T router got reset and is not in IP bypass anymore?
If that doesn't help, you could make sure your static IP or dynamic DNS is configured correctly so that the name actually points to your WAN IP address.
Just remember the old adage:
"It's always DNS."
”It can't be DNS."
"It was DNS."I recently spent three whole days troubleshooting an error where cert manager would fail to issue certificates for a kubernetes cluster I was setting up. Turns out I had an incorrect IPv6 AAAA record set up that caused the acme resolver to crash when trying to compare addresses. Learned a lot about cert manager, though it's not much of a silver lining.
(Sorry, just had to vent.)
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Comment on What are your favorite special kitchen ingredients? in ~food
first-must-burn LinkI have it on my list to get some smoked paprika. I've heard it is a great substitute for regular paprika, and I often partly or completely replace chili powder in recipes to dial down the...I have it on my list to get some smoked paprika. I've heard it is a great substitute for regular paprika, and I often partly or completely replace chili powder in recipes to dial down the spiciness for my family.
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Comment on What's something new you started doing this year? in ~talk
first-must-burn Link ParentI feel this. Quit my full time job a year and a half ago and have been doing small time contract work for the past 8 months or so. I need to get back to something full time, but most of the...I want to actualize my values in the world in a way that benefits society even a little bit and (3) I'm past fed up with the late stage capitalist workplace;
I feel this. Quit my full time job a year and a half ago and have been doing small time contract work for the past 8 months or so. I need to get back to something full time, but most of the opportunities I see, are just ... meh.
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Comment on What's something new you started doing this year? in ~talk
first-must-burn Link ParentI have no idea if this is any help, but there is a butt pad. FYI if you search for "butt pad" on amazon, you mostly get silicon inserts for ... uh ... enhancing the derriere. I doubt those have...I have no idea if this is any help, but there is a butt pad.
FYI if you search for "butt pad" on amazon, you mostly get silicon inserts for ... uh ... enhancing the derriere. I doubt those have any safety rating, but at least they would help one look good between falls.
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Comment on What's something new you started doing this year? in ~talk
first-must-burn Link ParentI know our local library has a knitting group, so there might be something similar in your area, though I imagine most groups are on hiatus during the holidays. I learned to crochet after I...I know our local library has a knitting group, so there might be something similar in your area, though I imagine most groups are on hiatus during the holidays.
I learned to crochet after I learned to knit and prefer crocheting. I could never get the hang of the tension going from knitting to purling. I have been away from it for years at this point though, onto other hobbies. I think my favorite thing was making baby blankets.
Haha the dive watermark gave me some serious nostalgia.