Sly Gryphon @sgryphon@qoto.org

@foolishowl have a look at GNS theory, developed on the Forge for a way to classify games, although it may lack some of the more recent (like Microscope). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNS_theory

Brisbane #goth and alternative picnic. Setup for #CrimsonRoseMasqueradeBall

The #brisbane (Australia) #gothic and #alternative picnic is on in New Farm Park this weekend. This year looks like it will be massive, with around 1000 people registered. https://www.facebook.com/events/219320864262985

@filby depends on what you classify as horror. Savage World's has a fair amount of horror elements in Deadlands and some other settings like Rippers. The other top one that comes to mind is Dread. There are also system variants like Trail of Cthulhu.

The main thing I would like to see for #QOTO is to bring the version up to date (even if it means losing some of the custom features; I don't know how much they are actually used).

> more accepting than I of Threads bridges

I've actually had trouble trying to add #threads accounts (that work from another Mastodon server). I don't know if it is a general issue or just me.

IMHO I don't see why people would want to block Threads, as many servers do -- to me that is kind of like if my email provided suddenly decided to block Gmail accounts. I think that would be very silly and I'd probably want to leave that email provider. Sure there might be a lot of junk, spam, scammers, etc from Gmail; plus their platform is funded by advertising; but I will just block/ignore that myself (and their platform advertising is completely irrelevant) -- but I do want to be able to send/receive emails from the people I choose.

Just checked a few other instances, and wondering why so many are blocking #threads. That's like having your email provider block Gmail, and a very weird thing to do in my opinion. Is it just fear/uncertainity/not understanding how Mastodon/ActivityPub works?

Seeing Peter Hook & the Light (#JoyDivision, #NewOrder) in Brisbane tonight!

@QOTO any plans on updating the Masto version? Qoto is still on 3.2.1 from Oct 2020.

@litchralee_v6 @ChrisUplus

Yes, "routed GUA > NPTv6+GUA > NPTv6+ULA"

Buying a GUA to reserve the address space, but not actually routing it (i.e. using NPT from your ISP) -- instead of a ULA -- is a nice trick (and fixes precedence issues).

However if you accept this, then there is a case for ULA when buying a GUA is not feasible.

e.g. Container (or virtual machine) network that is created on the fly.

No real chance to buy a GUA.

Working in software dev, I may spin up a small local virtual network with a few endpoints.

For this scenario you may use NAT66 if the devices need to call out (or NAT64 as relevant).

More likely access may be through a reverse proxy, e.g. one of the containers is one the internal network + port mapped.

I guess I could buy a GUA and reuse it; but what about if I want to put up an example for others to download and run -- can't really have step 1 "buy a GUA".

Same for a default internal network for something like VMWare.

Your external network could be bridged (so use the IPv6 range from your main network), but what about a private network?

(Again, you could buy a GUA and use that, but that isn't a useful default)

The cases for ULA are small, but do exist.

Waiting for The Princess Bride in concert to start.

#Musk bought #X (formerly #Twitter) in October 2022. #ChatGPT was launched in November 2022 and gained 1 million users in 5 days. And now #xAI #Grok has a real time data source. Looking back is Musk a genius or just lucky? Grok has also been released as open source.

Early birthday present #dnd #lego #ttrpg

#Social #Progress Index 2024 shows a slight decline for the latest year (2023), so when people say "it was better in the past", so long as they mean 2021 / 2022 and no earlier they are technically correct; of course we are still far better off than 2020 or earlier. Despite his blip, overall the world is still better than it used to be on almost any aspect you measure on needs, wellbeing, and opportunity. And #Australia is still one of the top 10 countries in the world. https://www.socialprogress.org/2024-social-progress-index/

@Tim_Eagon #CortexPrime, and maybe #SavageWorlds. In the past I would have said #BRP, but that is now available; also #ArsMagica has announced they will have an open licence soon.

Most of the good ones already have CC licence, e.g. forged in the dark, powered by the apocalypse, fate, gumshoe, d&d, etc. https://sgryphon.gamertheory.net/2022/06/open-source-alternatives-to-dungeons-dragons/