After a 110-5 score line, it became apparent change was needed in the OTL. Well, change is coming. This update should go live tomorrow. https://roncli.com/blogger/4346341627055792095/a-two-tiered-untiered-otl
Music. Coding. Gaming. Life.
This is a stripped down version of "Yes" by The Nightstalker, a song of loneliness, longing, and hope. The purpose of putting this out is to 1) Release something! 2) Test out some new features of Reason I haven't played with yet, and 3) Most importantly, do something with my new mic. Hope you enjoy. :) Lyrics: There is an awkward silence Between you and me. I know what you're thinking of You're thinking of me You're waiting someone to rescue You from this scene But the one that should be rescuing you is me. What are you waiting for? I'm right here. What are you frightened of? There's nothing to fear. I'm not a desperate man. I wasn't looking for this. But if you asked me now… ...I'd say yes. If you doubt that there is attraction Know that I want you. Don’t wonder about my reaction Just know this is true. If you think you should give up And just walk away Know that the one thing I want Is for you stay What are you waiting for? I'm right here. What are you frightened of? There's nothing to fear. I'm not a desperate man. I wasn't looking for this. But if you asked me now… ...I'd say yes. I’d say yes. What are you waiting for? I'm right here. What are you frightened of? There's nothing to fear. I'm not a desperate man. I wasn't looking for this. But if you asked me now… ...I'd say yes. I’d say yes. I’d say yes. I’d say yes. Aww, yes.
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Ronald M. Clifford
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After a 110-5 score line, it became apparent change was needed in the OTL. Well, change is coming. This update should go live tomorrow. https://t.co/j8TwWzLogN
🍂 arborelia is leaving 🍂
@arborelia
The value proposition for Mastodon, as a Twitter replacement, has flipped since the last time I tried it:
Mastodon: you might pick the wrong server and have to move away from it
Twitter: you have definitely already picked the wrong service, and you have to move away from it
Mastodon: you might pick the wrong server and have to move away from it
Twitter: you have definitely already picked the wrong service, and you have to move away from it
GloriousEggroll @gloriouseggroll@fosstodon.org
@GloriousEggroll
Hive needs a desktop website. I am not glued to my phone 24/7
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
Crazy post on Tumblr about YouTube and the downside of what they consider "success". h/t to Lilac, not something I would reblog over there so here it is instead. https://at.tumblr.com/ohnoitstbskyen/the-overwhelming-misery-of-going-viral-on-youtube/76rusi9hdajt
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
Hmm, apparently you can't add a text description to an image upload after the fact. Would be a nice addition for when you forget.
For those wondering, that's a bottle of Ramune and a box of Pocky.
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
How you can tell Twitch is updating their ads to combat ad blockers? Check Google Trends for "pixeltris".
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
The Overload Teams League had a team anarchy game result of 110 to 5 today. The awful one-sidedness of such a game aside, this skews stats and records in a very bad way.
I think I've come up with a reasonable way to solve it, but boy is the SQL for this site becoming mind bending.
And what's worse: I have to convert it all to MongoDB when I do the Docker conversion project. I'm going to be a MongoDB aggregation EXPERT by the time that's over.
Nifflas
@Nifflas
https://t.co/40yzlOfRR0 <-- I don't want to be on a platform run by an abusive leader and overworked staff. I'm so dependent on twitter for my work though, I've got an essential part of my contact network here, but every second I'm here I feel I'm betraying my morals.
Fuck.
Fuck.
Nifflas
@Nifflas @mastodon.gamedev.place
Select which of these two statements you agree with:
1-based indexing is superior.
...or...
0-based indexing is superior.
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
It's definitely a struggle, but I believe the only way to deal with it is to face it unafraid, and learn from every encounter with it. It will still hit me, but I no longer let it control me.
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
Competition anxiety is the only type of anxiety I get, at least with any regulatory. It doesn't happen when I play 6DoF games (at least not anymore), but almost any other competitive game I play, the anxiety can strike at any time, and it affects me greatly. I have become much more aware of it lately, and I think that's helped result in days like today where, for a moment, everything seems to be falling apart... but then I understand what is going on and don't let it ruin the rest of my day.
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
At the chess club, I played 5 games between two opponents that I have losing records against. I confidently won all five games, even declining a draw because I didn't think I could lose and had a passed pawn.
Later, I got productive, finishing the week's math homework and doing a video presentation for business in one take. And now I'm feeling really good about how the day went, despite that one hiccup early in on.
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
An hour later, I played in another Tetris match against an opponent with a lower best score and was playing buzzed. It was a league format where I am not getting eliminated if I do poorly. I got trounced, lost 6-1 over two matches, and couldn't get to level 19 more than one game.
Competition anxiety stuck hard in the second set, and I have no idea why. It tried to frame the remainder of my day. I did not let it.
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
Today was a reminder that competition anxiety is fickle and strange.
I played in the events today. The first was Classic Tetris Monthly's tournament, a knockout bracket where I have had mixed results. Today I was up against a maxout player, someone who can score a million points. (my best is 740k). I swept the match 3-0 no problem, and felt good the whole way through.
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
False alarm, that was a typo on their part. 🤣 They meant something more sane.
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
Someone at work, who I said probably would have to fix a unit test after a change, just fixed it by making it "Assert.True(true);".
DON'T BE PEOPLE!
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
Worked on a remake to an old song from 2003. Got a coworker to play some guitar parts fort it. Sounds amazing! Now I'm wanting to do more music stuff again. If only I had the time!
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
Replying to @roncli
Yeah. @BYG_Vancouver. Still awesome. Love that it's the same pose, but in the Rift outfit! https://t.co/8eK89sIKAi
Yeah. @BYG_Vancouver. Still awesome. Love that it's the same pose, but in the Rift outfit! https://t.co/8eK89sIKAi
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
Replying to @roncli
Tumblr may become relevant again, but probably not for a while. There are a number of non-creative projects ahead of it that need doing, so it'll be a while before I regularly put out stuff again. That said, look for something new there in the next few days. 👀
Tumblr may become relevant again, but probably not for a while. There are a number of non-creative projects ahead of it that need doing, so it'll be a while before I regularly put out stuff again. That said, look for something new there in the next few days. 👀
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
Replying to @roncli
Caveat on Tumblr: I've been there for about 9 years, back when I decided to split my blog between my creative endeavors (Tumblr) and everything else (Blogger). While I still have the account, I'm not very active on it since my creative endeavors have taken a back seat.
Caveat on Tumblr: I've been there for about 9 years, back when I decided to split my blog between my creative endeavors (Tumblr) and everything else (Blogger). While I still have the account, I'm not very active on it since my creative endeavors have taken a back seat.
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
Yo Twitter folks. You may be making accounts on other sites to hedge your bets when it comes to Twitter's future.
Where did you go? What services do you use?
Me so far:
- Mastodon: @roncli@mastodon.social
- Cohost: https://t.co/dIpEZTcSJl
- Tumblr: https://t.co/U5nc579A4x
Where did you go? What services do you use?
Me so far:
- Mastodon: @roncli@mastodon.social
- Cohost: https://t.co/dIpEZTcSJl
- Tumblr: https://t.co/U5nc579A4x
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
@Nifflas So you migrated your Mastodon account to another server once. How was that experience for you? What was good about it? What do you wish was different?
Esteban Moro
@estebanmoro @mastodon.social
[This post contains an error in the number of Twitter users. Check the new one here: https://mastodon.social/@estebanmoro/109302968305953555 ] Something big is happening in Mastodon over the weekend. Here is my graph, updated. Right now Mastodon is growing ~3 times faster than Twitter.
@fuuma @hackers.town
Make the net weird again. Hand write sites like it’s the 90s. Pick interesting domain names and make fan sites or random knowledge known to everyone. Don’t monetize anything. Spearhead new protocols like Gemini. Make mods for games on your site. Make FAQs for obscure games no one knows about. Make public software services available to anyone. Make a news site about a really random subject. Create music in all kinds of different formats. Most of all, do it because you want to!
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
The amount of this random list of things I've actually done is staggering. https://hackers.town/@fuuma/109271681395532421
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
This is not the line it was in past years. That's a good thing! #dayofthedevs
Gary Ashurst🏳️🌈
@GaryAshurstArt
Seems the plan now is ad free for paid and free users. Incredible. https://t.co/E5TWV3SDfH
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
Replying to @roncli
Unless the businesspeople figure out how to successfully do, you know, business, this place's days may very well be numbered.
Unless the businesspeople figure out how to successfully do, you know, business, this place's days may very well be numbered.
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
Replying to @roncli
Being shitty to your workforce, rolling out features no one wants, not addressing PR disasters in a timely or acceptable fashion, belittling a percentage of your user base.
Being shitty to your workforce, rolling out features no one wants, not addressing PR disasters in a timely or acceptable fashion, belittling a percentage of your user base.
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
Replying to @roncli
I am taking a business course on information systems at the moment, and this place is hitting on every counterexample we've been learning about.
I am taking a business course on information systems at the moment, and this place is hitting on every counterexample we've been learning about.
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
A billionaire practically begging people for single digit dollars over the Internet is peak 2022 capitalism.
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
Replying to @roncli
That said, if you're going, let me know. I'm not planning to stay long, but I'll definitely make time to say hi. 🙂
That said, if you're going, let me know. I'm not planning to stay long, but I'll definitely make time to say hi. 🙂
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
It occurs to me that Day of the Devs is on the same day, at about the same time, and on the same MUNI line as the League of Legends Worlds finals. That's NOT going to be fun to navigate.
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
While it's not as bad as last time, it's still kind of bad, unfortunately.
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
I was today years old when I learned that the M in CPM - a term I recognize as "cost per thousand impressions", stands for the Roman numeral 1,000, and now I feel like an idiot for not realizing this for TEN YEARS. 🤦♂️
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
The confusion of being in the six digit tracking numbers for issues in our issue tracker but referencing an issue that has a four digit tracking number.
"...so the work from 6636 is causing the issue."
"What is the full number for 6636?"
"6636! From the beforetimes of 2019!"
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
"And if the employees building it don’t meet their deadline, they’ll be fired..."
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
This right here makes it 100% clear that you never want to work for this guy, if you value your sanity. https://twitter.com/verge/status/1586883874122264576
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
Replying to @roncli
Pacific Daylight Time ends November 6th, so I imagine what's happening is it's interpreting the time with daylight savings because that's what it is now, and not accounting for daylight savings ending before the date.
Pacific Daylight Time ends November 6th, so I imagine what's happening is it's interpreting the time with daylight savings because that's what it is now, and not accounting for daylight savings ending before the date.
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
Replying to @roncli
I can't remember if I cried
When I read the blue bird's suicide
But something touched me deep inside
The day the conversation died
I can't remember if I cried
When I read the blue bird's suicide
But something touched me deep inside
The day the conversation died
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
Replying to @roncli
But October made me shiver
With every story hope would wither
Bad news coming so quick
I couldn't make one more click
But October made me shiver
With every story hope would wither
Bad news coming so quick
I couldn't make one more click
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
Long long time ago, I can still remember
How that conversation used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people chat
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
How that conversation used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people chat
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
I wanted to test out @cohost_org but then I ran into this nightmare. Just say no to hostile UX. https://t.co/dpEnGwSqrO
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
Well shit. I wasn't going to go to this. Now I feel like I have to! https://t.co/o4GMDBW0Fk
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
Apps never tell you what they changed anymore. What bug fixes? What stability improvements? What did they do to space time? Knowing Google, they probably made it worse. https://t.co/b29hitjcE1
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
I don't know what's going on. But I don't think I have to. #vampireslayers https://t.co/sX8t2oFkMX
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
Replying to @roncli
This is JavaScript-level of silliness.
JavaScript, of course, being the language that gives you this true equality:
11 == "1" + "1"
This is JavaScript-level of silliness.
JavaScript, of course, being the language that gives you this true equality:
11 == "1" + "1"
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
I was today years old when I learned this was true in Microsoft SQL Server:
'A' = 'A '
CC: @Nifflas because I'm pretty sure this should be in his new programming language.
'A' = 'A '
CC: @Nifflas because I'm pretty sure this should be in his new programming language.
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
I'm going to remember this move for the next tournament I play in! 🤣 https://t.co/xfFfu15T41
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
The OTL Mid-Season Invitational has completed the two quarterfinal matches tonight, and both matches went 5 games. I played in 5 of those matches (we won 3-2!) and cast 2 games from the other set.
I am absolutely *spent*. 😴
I am absolutely *spent*. 😴
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
2.1 is not enough, but it is such a perfect place to start, my love. @ClassicTetris
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
Moral of the story: Don't lose to Marts! HEY NOW! https://t.co/FSpQKN1t5G
Tetris Championship
@ClassicTetris
Awesome preview of the 2022 CTWC by aGameScout! https://t.co/94jcxUavM7
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
This reminds me of the old days of silly, fun Flash games that took a couple minutes of your time but were really good. And funny. https://t.co/2KdqytdBuk
TicTacFoe
@TicTacFoe
@RiskofRain I see your start and give you @roncli start. https://t.co/Y1oKKg6BEb
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
Well, back here we go, I suppose. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/04/twitter-shares-halted-on-report-that-musk-plans-to-go-through-with-deal-at-54point20-a-share.html
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
Replying to @roncli
Honestly, this song is too good to be just a video game song. This is some serious metal! 🤘 https://t.co/6gHZAaYMYe
Honestly, this song is too good to be just a video game song. This is some serious metal! 🤘 https://t.co/6gHZAaYMYe
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
To spite me, @solitha decided to tip higher for good service... enough to make the bill's total $68.99. I mean, what? Really? Who does that? That's not nice!
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
Honestly, if you're a game dev and DIDN'T see this coming, you probably hadn't heard of Google before Stadia. https://t.co/e6q1k53ce6
Adam Ziegler
@mrbond_zhp
one of the most Descent 1-ass textures I've ever seen https://t.co/34zF2x7hqK
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
Replying to @roncli
Apparently just mentioning the Discord Twitter account gets bots to try to send you to a scam on Instagram? Some serious desperation out there.
Apparently just mentioning the Discord Twitter account gets bots to try to send you to a scam on Instagram? Some serious desperation out there.
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli
Apparently this includes FAILED requests. For an application with 95 commands, @discord slash command development has really been a rather awful experience. Guess I wait until tomorrow to test this? Is there a better way to deal with this? https://t.co/WmW37dSosS
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
A post long overdue, and especially now that I'm using That Bird Hell Site again... for now.
Honestly, me being able to walk away, even if just for a short time? You might've been a little jealous. But with social media, it's never that easy, is it?
https://roncli.com/blogger/2186884372067439398/secretly-you-wish-you-couldve-done-what
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
What have I done since my last project? Not much. Well, maybe a little bit. Some discussion about coding burnout, and project plans for the future. https://roncli.com/blogger/7709121032629796821/what-have-i-done-since-ronclicom-v2
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
Apparently I got preoccupied and forgot to play yesterday. Streak ends at 210. GG!
Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
Ooo, this was a dangerous word.
Wordle 403 5/6
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Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
Avoided long columns with an unintuitive play.
Wordle 402 4/6
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Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
This was a think outside the box moment.
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Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
And more columns.
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Ronald M. Clifford
@roncli @mastodon.social
Not entirely sure this is a word either but meh.
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