The world is ending and nothing means anything. Time for absolute civil disobedience. I'm going out to commit mopery with intent to gawk.

I recently set up a NES emulator for my son. Of course, I've had to spend many hours playtesting it. For science.

I''m happy to report that the Konami code still lives in my fingers as well as my brain. But, honestly, if you can't beat the Vile Red Falcon with 3 lives, what are you even doing?
#NES #Contra #emulator #Konami

Don't hurt his feelings!

https://kbin.social/m/RedditMigration/t/70064/Reddit-activated-a-word-filter-that-whenever-you-say-fuck

#fuckspez
#reddit

Stable diffusion + Jack Chick tracts = endless amusement.

#blasphemy
#PatRobertson
#ChickTracts

https://a16z.com/2023/06/06/ai-will-save-the-world/

Not at all sure I'm on the same page as Marc Andreesen, but I think it's worth the read. I don't necessarily dislike his position, but he uses some convoluted logic and very pro-capitalist arguments to get there.

#AI
#Doomerism

I made a map! It's not perfect, but I'd say it's pretty good. I'm planning on adding more soon.

I made it mostly by following John Nelson's fantastic tutorials:
https://adventuresinmapping.com/

#Esri
#ArcGIS Pro
#Cartography
#Maine
#Map

Hey #gischat! been a long reader of your posts and am finally able to post something myself, yeah!
Since 1 1/2 years, I'm tracking my daily cycling routine. Today I created MapFlowers, which show all routes leading from or to a certain point.

These are the MapFlowers of my four most visited places (except from home)

First map in ArcGIS Pro 3.1! Actually first successful map in ArcGIS Pro at all. The experience is vastly different from ArcMap. I feel quite a bit more comfortable with the basics now, though.

#esri
#cartography
#maps
#cartoMOOC

@douggreenfield This is marvelous! It gave me the laugh I needed for my morning.

Day 11 #MapFailbruaryChallenge : Horrible use of Choropleth

It’s rare that I get a lump in my throat and tear in my eye when writing a piece, but the letters from and about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by his spiritual brother and guide Thich Nhat Hanh were just that beautiful and poignant. More about the incredible friendship between these two great souls in my piece today.

https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-had-a-spiritual?sd=pf

Say person A pointed a gun at person B and pulled the trigger, but the gun jammed. Person A then gave a half-hearted apology.

Should person B accept the apology? Should they trust person A ever again?

What if person A starts visibly trying to clear the jam but assures person B that it's all fine?

Asking for a friend.

@dpecos It makes me both happy and sad that my final D&D book was Shadow of the Dragon Queen. My 30 year run began and ended in Krynn.

A few things:

1. Huzzah! More mainstream media attention! Low effort, out of touch media, but whatever. Publicity is good.

2. Diet Coke. Seriously?

3. Steal some goblins? I want to mock this as gibberish by someone who doesn't actually pay the game. But more than that, I now want to run a rogues campaign where the goal is to steal as many goblins as possible. A world without coinage or proper currency. A world where swords, ale, and lodging are paid for with goblins.

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/jan/12/dungeons-and-dragons-wizards-of-the-coast-ogl

This could be good news, I suppose. But seriously, even if they walked back everything, how much damage have they done to themselves over this? I'm sure that even if it turns out content creators are currently safe, they're not going to trust WotC/Hasbro enough to stick around for long.

#dnd #ogl

https://gizmodo.com/dungeons-dragons-ogl-announcement-wizards-of-the-coast-1849981365

The most recent article I've seen. Glad to see more and more reporting on this.

#dnd
#ogl

https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/12/dungeons-and-dragons-ogl-wizards-of-the-coast/

I started the night catching up on the latest Kanye dumpster fire, because someone mentioned Alex Jones was the sane one in the room, and I just had to wrap my head around the context of that. Ended the night on /r/kanye, reading Elie Wiesel quotes through tears while listening to Taylor Swift songs.

When I wake up from the fever dream that is this timeline, I'm just going to shut my mouth and pretend to remember none of it.

Also, I promise to never post about Kanye again.

#kanye
#PunchNazis

So Window Friday is a thing, and I love it! My submission isn't great photography, but it is the only one with the dreamiest scoundrel in the galaxy.
#WindowFriday
#StarWars
#HanSolo

@amyhoy
Yikes, you're on a pretty negative trip there. You had me with the first post. I absolutely feel that nostalgia, and I often wonder if I've changed or if the technological landscape has. But telling anyone with a bit of optimism (especially about fediverse) that they just don't understand anything seems a bit harsh. I think there are genuine reasons for being optimistic about certain areas of tech, even if it doesn't feel like it did in the "good old days."

@colleenkeefe This is amazing work! And thanks for turning me on to A Pattern Language; it seems like a lot to wrap my head around, but I'm intrigued.