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I'm enjoying reading the Last Parsec: Eris Beta-V campaign book for Savage Worlds, but whoever wrote and illustrated the section on the space stations seems ... unclear on how spin gravity works. Why would you dock to the outer edge of a spinning ring instead of near the center of rotation, where both docking and moving cargo are easier? Parts on the ends of the rotation axis are described as being at the "top" and "bottom". One of these is executive offices -- wouldn't they therefore be in zero g?

The first word of the ending credits of The Meg is 😘 👌 .

The Red Cross likes to give out shirts to platelet donors. This one speaks to my "Northern Tibetan heritage", if you know what I mean.

[I open my lunchbox at work to find an apple]

'But that means...'

[Cut to Isaac Newton in 1666, jumping up from under a tree while wiping cold spaghetti out of his eyes]

Why are all the big tech companies throwing money at LLM chatbots? Is it because all the other cool kids are doing it? Because they think they can replace their workforces?

Halfway through Giblin and @pluralistic's Chokepoint Capitalism, I'm beginning to think it's because they believe these will become the first thing people reach for when they need information (especially as search is becoming worthless). Controlling that gateway (to eventually sell access and ads) will be huge.

Finished the audiobook of Bujold's "Falling Free". Another absolute gem, of course.

@null The Enterprise-D, seen from above, banking gently to starboard.

@htdrake At the end of the game we got to open ... something ... and we did not see that coming!

#BoardGames10x10

02.01. Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West

@peterdrake won the first game in our campaign, but it was close (44 vs 41).

I was impressed by how quick and elegant the initial set-up and first game were. This might be the most approachable of all the legacy games I've played. If there is such a thing as a "gateway" legacy game, this might be it.

Sadly, we were halfway through putting the game away before I realized I forgot to take a picture. D'oh!

#BoardGames

"It's too late for reason. This situation calls for action!"
-An unsympathetic character in Bujold, Falling Free

Compliments for Humans:

"For a thing so full of blood, it's amazing you don't slosh when you walk."

"Three breath-holes? Now you're just showing off."

"The way you move makes it hard to believe you're stuffed with bones."

"Wow, that's a lot of skin, but you really make it work."

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