It's Allgood, Serra @jump_spider@qoto.org

@Absinthe
Yep! Like I said, my implementation treats the board as functionally infinite as cells grow towards the borders

@raining_night
Can't get around them dying, but I don't think they should suffer for several reasons

@saxnot @freemo
disroot.org uses a "Describe your morning" captcha, fwiw

@saxnot @freemo

It may be appropriate to include a clause in the ToS that moderation is always best effort and due supporting multiple languages, non-English moderation will not be as comprehensive as desired. (And a call for volunteer moderators in the ToS might be good too.)

@saxnot @freemo
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I don't know how the written submission feature works; maybe the submission can be cross-referenced with the poster's actual activity? And I think there's a moderation feature to purge an account's activity from the server, although I'm not sure how well that federates.

@freemo
I'm less concerned with en masse slaughter and more maximally reducing harm.

I should clarify that I'm not entirely against private gun ownership; like you said, recent history and modern history speak to how an outright ban ends up working. I'm just hesitant when it comes to adding lethal force to any conflict.

@freemo
Semi-open registration may be appropriate then, requiring a written submission for why a user wants to join
@saxnot

@freemo
Well, gun culture is different in the states, and I can only imagine that if one lone gunman opened fire during a protest, a few more shots might follow from police. There would definitely be a panic and bystanders would be hurt.

I'm not sure it follows that all protestors who want to use lethal force would organize themselves into a separate space.

@freemo
That's valid and I agree. I'm concerned about those who want to protest but don't want to use lethal force. They'd be caught in the crossfire.

@freemo
I voted no because it puts an undue burden on the user. I think the solution is either to enlist a moderator who can read the language -or- trust that other users who can read the language will report responsibly
@saxnot

@freemo
There are trade offs, imo. otoh, it's valid to think that common people having access to firearms would deter a violent government. oto, the Chinese government is already using lethal force; I can only imagine how much it would escalate if both sides had ready access to firearms.

#toyprogrammingchallenge #GameOfLife

This was a fun one! Written in Ruby, I decided on treating the board size as infinite by expanding it whenever the first or last row or column has an alive cell.

The entry file is game_of_life.rb in the root directory, and for simplicity, it just runs the "small exploder" pattern instead of taking an argument for initial state.

https://git.allgood.dev/jump_spider/game-of-life

@Absinthe
Related to #toyprogrammingchallenge, I thought this was a good read!

https://jvns.ca/blog/2019/11/20/what-makes-a-programming-exercise-good/

@Samkupar
It's a bit non-intuitive at first. When you search, unless you're searching for a full user name (like mine, @jump_spider@goto.org), you can only search for what your instances *knows* about. So if you're looking for a particular hashtag or someone, and your instance hasn't federated with any toots that have it, then it won't appear. When searching a full username though, which includes the instance domain, the search knows to try to federate directly with that instance.
@mastodon

@Samkupar
It's a bit non-intuitive at first. When you search, unless you're searching for a full user name (like mine, @jump_spider@goto.org), you can only search for what your instances *knows* about. So if you're looking for a particular hashtag or someone, and your instance hasn't federated with any toots that have it, then it won't appear. When searching a full username though, which includes the instance domain, the search knows to try to federate directly with that instance.
@mastodon