What do I care for your suffering? Pain, even agony, is no more than information before the senses, data fed to the computer of the mind. The lesson is simple: you have received the information, now act on it. Take control of the input and you shall become master of the output
I grew up hearing all the talking heads (media), religious groups and parents strongly criticizing video games. You've, probably, heard some of this. For example, video games involving any type of violence causing people to become more violent, etc. As far as I know, the academic community has failed to produce any negative...
In the memo, Possibility Space owner Jeff Strain, who previously co-founded ArenaNet and Undead Labs, tells the studio's staff that he was recently contacted by Kotaku reporter Ethan Gach with questions about the closure of Crop Circle Games, another studio he owned with wife Annie Delisi Strain under their company Prytania...
Not a fan of You Meet In A Tavern but I do love You Meet At A Festival instead where you all explore what your characters do at a party before, y'know, zombies attack or whatever
Sorry for the super sporadic posting. Still in the process of moving and everything. I am giving updates on my Mastodon and !stamets if anyone is interested but there's really no reason to be....
Mark Meckler is the president of the Convention of States Foundation and a leading proponent of the right-wing movement to get state legislatures to call for a dangerous Article V convention that will consider constitutional amendments to radically alter American government and society by making much of what the federal...
one of my players did this. between sessions he used streetwise to find out if she was pregnant. then he arranged to have her killed. he showed up to the next session and I declared that his alignment had shifted to evil without telling the party why
Whenever possible, you should build up a cache dynamically (approaching the desired answer step by step) instead of using recursion, which typically has no answer until it reaches the terminal state and thereby has to propagate all the way down and then propagate back up
Women in a growing number of African countries will soon have access to a vaginal ring to help reduce their risk of acquiring HIV from an infected partner. And they can use it discreetly, without their partner or anyone else knowing. The ring is inserted and slowly releases the antiretroviral drug dapivirine for a month, when it...
I’m a proponent of the idea that company charters and financial reports are world-warping rituals that turn the company itself into a self-aware, self-serving horror
GOP introduces bill that would send anyone convicted of unlawful activity on a campus since Oct. 7th, 2023 to Gaza. ( www.thedailybeast.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15286303...
Dungeons and Dragons may improve mental health ( www.jcu.edu.au )
"just got doxxed to within 15 miles by a vision model, from only a single photo of some random trees. the implications for privacy are terrifying. i had no idea we would get here so soon. holy shit" ( twitter.com )
China Has a Controversial Plan for Brain-Computer Interfaces ( www.wired.com )
A personal argument for a benefit of gaming
I grew up hearing all the talking heads (media), religious groups and parents strongly criticizing video games. You've, probably, heard some of this. For example, video games involving any type of violence causing people to become more violent, etc. As far as I know, the academic community has failed to produce any negative...
Game studio owner suddenly lays everyone off and blames a Kotaku report that hasn't been published ( www.pcgamer.com )
In the memo, Possibility Space owner Jeff Strain, who previously co-founded ArenaNet and Undead Labs, tells the studio's staff that he was recently contacted by Kotaku reporter Ethan Gach with questions about the closure of Crop Circle Games, another studio he owned with wife Annie Delisi Strain under their company Prytania...
How do you start your new campaigns? ( kbin.social )
How do you guys normally start your campaigns? Classic tavern, or something unique each time?...
What RPG have you been dying to run?
...and why haven't you run it yet? :D
Hasbro bad ( aussie.zone )
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Work with me, here ( media.kbin.social )
The die rolls early ( lemmy.world )
Sorry for the super sporadic posting. Still in the process of moving and everything. I am giving updates on my Mastodon and !stamets if anyone is interested but there's really no reason to be....
Facebook, Instagram, and Threads are all down ( www.theverge.com )
‘It’s That Simple’: Mark Meckler Says The Only Way To Secure The Border Is By Invading Mexico ( www.rightwingwatch.org )
Mark Meckler is the president of the Convention of States Foundation and a leading proponent of the right-wing movement to get state legislatures to call for a dangerous Article V convention that will consider constitutional amendments to radically alter American government and society by making much of what the federal...
Apparently I'm a dwarf ( lemmy.world )
White House calls for legislation to stop Taylor Swift AI fakes ( www.theverge.com )
cross-posted from: https://mbin.grits.dev/m/mews/t/22301...
Gotta adventure just to pay child support ( ttrpg.network )
The Invention of “Ethical AI” ( theintercept.com )
Oklahoma bill would require 'furries' be picked up from school by parents, animal control ( www.oklahoman.com )
Pray to the dice gods ( lemmy.world )
This app lets restaurants and coffee shops charge to use the bathroom ( techcrunch.com )
Cory Doctorow: What Kind of Bubble is AI? ( locusmag.com )
The best boy ( lemmy.world )
when is it best to use a recursive function vs a for loop
If we're going to have an effective strategy against FB/Meta, we should clear up some misconceptions around defederation
((I’m not an expert, I’ve been reading up on things as much as I can. If there’s an error, I’ll happily correct it!))...
Well. Now I know what I'm doing ( lemmy.world )
I have no skin in this game ( i.imgur.com )
18+ Art, Agency, Alienation - Essays on Severance, Stanley and Root: The RPG (CW: ABA) ( yewtu.be )
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Relative size comparison of social media platforms (December 2023) ( lemmy.whynotdrs.org )
cross-posted from: lemmy.whynotdrs.org/post/494473...
A vaginal ring that discreetly delivers anti-HIV drugs will reach more women ( www.npr.org )
Women in a growing number of African countries will soon have access to a vaginal ring to help reduce their risk of acquiring HIV from an infected partner. And they can use it discreetly, without their partner or anyone else knowing. The ring is inserted and slowly releases the antiretroviral drug dapivirine for a month, when it...
I fixed the meme the more accurate way ( lemmy.world )
Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 29th
Whatcha all been playing?...
Everyone loves to roll 1 die every 30 minutes (/s) ( ttrpg.network )
If you check my comment, I will show you my current Dying condition that I have been able to test on the field....
What are some underrated instances of the Fediverse?
It can be Lemmy, Mastodon, Peertube, anything Fediverse-related!
Comment your Disguise Self shenanigans ( lemmy.world )
X users report unlabeled clickbait ads that you can’t block or report ( www.theverge.com )
Penny Arcade sums up the Unity debacle in the first panel. ( www.penny-arcade.com )
Today’s Penny Arcade is a near perfect commentary on the Unity debacle....
Superior race ( diyrpg.org )
Shoplifting up driven by rising cost of living - Coles responding with employee body cams ( www.abc.net.au )
When you're absolutely terrible, horrible, no good, very bad, at flirting. Just the worst. ( comicpress.socksandpuppets.com )
This comic is part of an ongoing story that might make more sense with full context....
Delta Green RPG HumbleBundle ( bundleofholding.com )
Delta Green is a tabletop rpg of modern times where government agents have to deal with the Cthulhu mythos and conspiracies...