Sly Gryphon @sgryphon@qoto.org

Took me a while, but just realised the Tesla models are based on l33t -- they even have t-shirt/clothes with S3XY on them. Nice.

Have upgraded my #EveEnergy to Matter and now have: iPhone --[#WiFi #IPv6]--> Apple #HomePod (as #Matter controller) --[WiFi IPv6]--> #Nest #HubMax (as #Thread border router) --[Thread mesh]--> Eve Energy

@jtk hopefully they recognise the typical home connection is a /64 subnet, with possibly random outgoing address (compared to IPv4 which is usually a single NAT address).

@dirtypeanut I like Dark Rites at Fort Dalton, an early Adventurer's League scenario, as it has some character hooks included.

Essentials Kit is best for new GMs, and small groups, as it includes lots of tools, and modular quests; but you need to create characters.

The various Starter Kits are much more pickup and play, and include pregenerated characters. The new Stormwreck Isle has a nice open choice of missions. (You won't finish the overall plot in 3H, just one mission; but that also sets up for future play).

For new players the Starter Kit pregens are a good place to start.

@alex I love PlatformIO as a great build platform for #IoT. For future instruction videos, I suggest encouraging secure programming and using MQTTS, i.e. always use TLS.

I've seen too many IoT #security issues that we need to work as an industry on shift left and encourage secure programming right from the start.

@wobweger @FranckLeroy it is more the other way around, i.e. expensive price causes high energy consumption -- the amount of energy consumed is based on capacity (difficultly automatically scales), and capacity based on what the reward is for processing, which is based on what fees people are willing to pay. For #bitcoin high fees paid means high energy usage (as it is proof of work); other systems, like #ethereum2 use proof of stake where high fees means high $$$ stake ($$$ are fungible, so this takes away from the least productive alternative use; which is not necessarily energy like bitcoin)

Reading the old Player's Guide to Dragonlance as prep for when my wife runs the new campaign, and laughed when I came across this text on p105 describing the gods of magic and why Nuitari sounded so frightening: "The dark-haired child of Evil suffered from a throat impairment, which made him speak in hoarse whispers."

The drink was larger than expected. At Kinn+Dern for dinner #kinndermchermside

Latest blog post up on #ttrpg mechanics: Success at a Cost, looking at the way failure is handled in different systems including #fate, #PbtA, #FitD, and #gumshoe. There is a final note on the many different ways that #characterdeath is handled. https://sgryphon.gamertheory.net/2022/12/30/rpg-mechanics-success-at-a-cost

The many branches of the fediverse.
https://axbom.com/fediverse/

Thanks to @axbom for the excellent diagram

Looking forward to going to #dnd in a Castle in November next year, but if you want to join be quick as it is almost sold out. https://shop.dndinacastle.com/collections/round-3-nov-4-8-2023/