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  1. Comment on What are some of your recent "little" failures? in ~talk

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    Great advice. I already talked to them and we are making a plan, so that neither of us are left guessing what the plan is at 5:45a. Wish I could go back and be better, but the next best way to...

    Great advice. I already talked to them and we are making a plan, so that neither of us are left guessing what the plan is at 5:45a. Wish I could go back and be better, but the next best way to handle it was to talk it out.

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  2. Comment on What are some of your recent "little" failures? in ~talk

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    My spouse likes to work out at 7a but our 1 year old is now waking up at 6a most days. I am usually on deck to do morning duty when she works out, but we didn't talk about it before bed. Spouse...

    My spouse likes to work out at 7a but our 1 year old is now waking up at 6a most days. I am usually on deck to do morning duty when she works out, but we didn't talk about it before bed. Spouse got up and mentioned to me (while I was half asleep) that she didn't know if she should go workout or not and asked what I thought. I didn't give a definitive answer, so she just got up and did the morning routine without going to the gym. She told me she was bummed I didn't respond yes or no when I got up around 7:30 to help them get out the door to daycare.

    It's not a big deal and she isn't mad, but I feel guilty because I know how much she likes her morning gym routine.

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  3. Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative

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    That is legitimately the wildest arcade cabinet I've ever seen. Does something like this use Retro Arch on the backend? I am so curious about putting all those screens to good use with memorabilia...

    That is legitimately the wildest arcade cabinet I've ever seen. Does something like this use Retro Arch on the backend? I am so curious about putting all those screens to good use with memorabilia and stuff.

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  4. Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative

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    I am actually working on setting up a tool for authoring the question pool, responses, their impact on game state and all sorts of metadata this coming week. Ideally that tool shows a...

    I am actually working on setting up a tool for authoring the question pool, responses, their impact on game state and all sorts of metadata this coming week. Ideally that tool shows a visualization of which questions pertain to which story beat, so that as I build the question pool I can get a sense of where I am too thin or too thick on content. If that's interesting to people here I will share how that starts to come together!

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  5. Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative

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    I'm working on a short (visual novel-esque) video game experience. That explores the relationship between the artificial and authentic, parenthood and how the stories we tell ourselves about...

    I'm working on a short (visual novel-esque) video game experience. That explores the relationship between the artificial and authentic, parenthood and how the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves shapes who we are.

    The story unfolds semi-nonlinearly through an exit interview between a tech company's HR department and an android after a series of malfunctions and incidents forces the company to evaluate the android's internal belief system for changes.

    Instead of branching narratives that are hardcoded I plan to build a database of questions and then move through a decision tree to select the next question based on game state, previous answers and stuff. It's early days so I am still writing the storyline and working on the schema for the database of questions and responses, so I can make a system that feels reactive and logical without having it on rails.

    It may end up on the cutting room floor eventually, but I've made a few games now and think I have it scoped in a way that I can live up to the vision I have.

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  6. Comment on This feels dumb to ask, but how do you get your news? in ~news

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    My news intake was very similar to yours and the past month I have switched to RSS reader app. I'm on NewsBlur RSS app for Android. I paid for premium to have multiple feeds by topic. I am finding...

    My news intake was very similar to yours and the past month I have switched to RSS reader app.

    I'm on NewsBlur RSS app for Android. I paid for premium to have multiple feeds by topic.

    I am finding that it's hard to have the most newsworthy stuff become readily apparent with the current feeds I follow (it's quite a few major news outlets). I am generally aware of the news, but I have to do more reading to place how important stories are contextually.

    I do read more articles and I find I am sending more links out to my friend groups because I am reading more niche stuff... Overall it's less rage inducing than reading the news headlines and comments on Reddit.

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