Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate

Nice April Fools' joke my body played on me today, giving me a double charlie horse at 3 AM.

I'm going to tag this with #airporthell with as much shit as airports and airplanes put your legs through.

Well the second leg was 100% miserable due to a family behind me who insisted on their kid sitting on their lap, and completely not caring how often and how hard they kicked my seat. #airporthell

I got rebooked to an earlier arrival which is good, but that means three flights instead of two, the latter two being zone C, which means two miserable Southwest flights. #airporthell

Well at least #southwest was kind enough to cancel the second leg of my flight before I even got to the airport. Fuckers. #airporthell

And things like this will continue to happen while we have people who hate people in power.

Thank goodness Jboy wasn't there that night. https://t.co/JnadAiBAEq

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I just had to log in to a remote server to fix an error, make a code change to upgrade the discord.js library on that server, reinstall npm packages, copy files into a production web site (otl.gg if you're wondering), and restart IIS. All on a mobile device in a location with terrible reception (NAS Pensacola).

Amazing what you can accomplish with technology these days.

That's a really weird fetish, Denny's.

On the upside, the middle seat is 400 pounds lighter than last flight.

Somehow got to Dallas on time. Now I'm on a flight that has the possibility of a dog running loose. Seriously, I've never seen a non-service pet outside a carrier on a plane before. #airporthell

I'm at the wrong airport. I have a crazy lady behind me talking to herself. I have a child crying two rows back. And I have this mountain of humanity sitting next to me who certainly didn't pay for the half of my seat that he's in. Did I mention I'm at the wrong airport? Most miserable flight I've had in years. #airporthell

American Airlines delayed my flight by half an hour.

Then, not even sixty seconds later, they delayed it by ANOTHER half hour.

Tell me you don't know how to run an airline without telling me you don't know how to run an airline. #airporthell

Yet another reminder: Bard is Hard. https://t.co/TPS5np994s

Love that the baggage screening machine breaks in between my first and second bag. #airporthell

How the hell did they permit the airport code "PNS" anyway 🤣

I knew a few pinball folk that might be able to do this! https://t.co/C31hve4Ttg

Wow, @Nifflas's Within a Deep Forest on @GamesDoneQuick? Oh let's go!!!

Lovely to see Diablo IV balloon to 10 GB of memory usage before crashing and putting me back in a 90 minute queue. Fantastic, beautiful.

i'm so sorry for being that guy but i can't overstate how reminiscent current twitter is of Portal 2 when the entire facility starts to break down because wheatley got so insecure about being called a moron he starts cobbling together abominations that don't work out of spite

I'm not sure what spurred on the sudden development and bug fixes in @NollaGames, but I tell you what, I appreciate the heck out of those guys. :)

I just learned that if you Google "<blink>" - angled brackets included - or "blink html", you will get blinking in the results.

Been doing Professional Game Consultation for about 2 Years now.
Did a little talk about what it is and why its SOOOO important for your upcoming games #indiegames
#gamedevelopment #gamedev

Would love if ya checked it out!

https://t.co/rx2M3ALZCm

Much like people (who suck, by the way... don't be people!), don't be afraid of the AI that knows what it's doing. Be afraid of the AI that DOESN'T know what it's doing. https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/02/18/microsoft-puts-new-limits-on-bings-ai-chatbot-after-it-expressed-desire-to-steal-nuclear-secrets/?sh=1c72a512685c

I don't know about you, but that LCARS porn in the credits for Picard S3E1 was sexy AF.

This is how you review an antisemitic, transphobic, piece of shit video game: you roast it in the review and turn the buy link into a donation to Trans Lifeline.
https://www.wired.com/review/hogwarts-legacy-review/

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So That Bird Hell Site refugees seem to be divided between here and Cohost. Seems the more technically inclined end up here. Why is beyond me, this site doesn't take any special technical skills to use.

In addition to following Twitter (for now), I feel like I'm going to eventually have to make a decision to either follow both sites, or abandon those that moved to Cohost in favor of brevity and sanity. It's not a decision I will make lightly.

I recently learned Win+Shift+S exists.

I'll have to see how well it works with games, but for work this is a godsend because I can't install ShareX here.

So, one eighth? 🙃

You should definitely read this thread. Great story, culminating in a great video... that takes a very sudden turn. 🤣 https://t.co/smGHMvQXGS

I know I have some Manchester game dev folks following me. https://t.co/AsfoBR9ow0

This doesn't seem real!

This is the first step in removing chronologically ordered posts... They make the algorithm the default option and in a couple of months they will say "oh no one uses chronological posts, so we're removing it".

This is how you make Twitter useless to nearly everyone. https://t.co/Q80AOpifRY

OK this is the weirdest thing.

Some idiot signed me up for a mailing list I do not want to be on. The mailing list requires you to enter first name and email. So this idiot used my email... but for the name they included a CRYPTO 12-WORD RECOVERY KEY??????? What even the actual is this?

I don't do crypto, so if someone's trying to scam me they're wasting their time.

Chris Pronger suffered commotio cordis after taking a slap shot to the chest in 1998.

Praying for a similar recovery and outlook for Damar Hamlin…Pronger was back on the ice weeks later and played 12 more seasons en route to the Hockey Hall of Fame. 🙏
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IT'S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!

There were TWENTY chocolate squares in our bag of Ghirardelli peppermint bark chocolates instead of nineteen.

Apparently Twitch won. None of Pixeltris's solutions for ads work anymore, not even the proxies.

Fortunately, Streamlink Twitch GUI still works, but it is a VERY sub par experience.

Turns out MineSweeper Tetris is fun. Leaderboards have been swept!

Well now I'm going to have to go for the leaderboard sweep.

#gamer. :)

Ah, just what I wanted to do after the holidays. Board an airplane. Ugh.

I actually signed up for a nostr account. It's under @roncli. Good luck actually finding it, it seems like their website is borked AF. At least I'm verified, though!

A lot of folks think Mastodon is confusing to use.

Boy, they haven't tried nostr yet, have they.

Mulling permanently closing this account and never opening this site again. You all are wonderful people, but I question whether this place is worth it anymore. https://t.co/Pmzltt4fXn

Said post: https://mastodon.social/@roncli/108814683853524363

Some time ago, I made a blog post with the sentence, "The guy is an asshole." In that sentence, I linked every word to a separate article about HOW he is an asshole.

Fast forward 2 months later, and I think I'm going to challenge myself to extend that to a link for every letter. What's scary is that it shouldn't be too hard. 🙃

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Edge cases suck, about as much as people. 🙃

Testing to see if I can quote tweet my pinned post. https://t.co/uK8JCQkMhv

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Seems like it's on the Cohost/Tumblr side of the aisle in terms of post length and content. It also has optional monetization for your posts, whatever, I won't use that but I'm sure it's a nice option for some.

Did anyone get into Post yet? https://t.co/pgszRUZJ1F

Want to play NetHack inside of #Noita? No? Well now you can! https://t.co/2D6eMKP0HO

This is the AI in question. Pretty neat concept. I was told it has been "nerfed" to give humans a chance. I think they nerfed it too hard. https://www.freshconsulting.com/work/microsoft-robotic-air-hockey/

Today I played air hockey against an AI on its hardest difficulty, and won seven to nil. 🙃

Taco Bell: "Do you need any sauce?"

Me: "No, we shouldn't need a..."

Taco Bell: *dumps entire container of sauce into bag*

Me: "...thanks, I guess?"

Worked a bit on Descent 1 DXX-Retro's code today a bit. That code base is so icky. But, I have it compiling in Visual Studio thanks to Sirius, so at least that's a start.

From @MonthlyTetris's Deathmatch, I give you @Martscrusher at his finest. https://t.co/8OhiLrbw9s

congrats on killing Hive! do Twitter next

To all you buzzers out there: Hive is a Bad Idea™. https://t.co/uTjikliP8g

Don't get me wrong, the event itself is fine. I just end up getting home late and feeling like I've ran a marathon.

Did Subnautica update for a more immersive experience or is my place having a small flood?

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

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

Hive needs a desktop website. I am not glued to my phone 24/7

Of all the things to go first. 🤣 https://t.co/L0KZ5c8PU3

Bump now that people are serious about it. https://t.co/f60lITKAeK

"People suck. Don't be people." -roncli 2019 🙃

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.

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Yeah. @BYG_Vancouver. Still awesome. Love that it's the same pose, but in the Rift outfit! https://t.co/8eK89sIKAi

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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. 👀

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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.

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

Seems the plan now is ad free for paid and free users. Incredible. https://t.co/E5TWV3SDfH

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Unless the businesspeople figure out how to successfully do, you know, business, this place's days may very well be numbered.

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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.

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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.

A billionaire practically begging people for single digit dollars over the Internet is peak 2022 capitalism.

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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. 🙂

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.

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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.

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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

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But October made me shiver
With every story hope would wither
Bad news coming so quick
I couldn't make one more click

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

I wanted to test out @cohost_org but then I ran into this nightmare. Just say no to hostile UX. https://t.co/dpEnGwSqrO

Well shit. I wasn't going to go to this. Now I feel like I have to! https://t.co/o4GMDBW0Fk

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

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Decided I didn't want to play for weeks on end. https://t.co/qX3ZgjCLQH

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Fireballception. https://t.co/a5YZriV1qS

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Dear god, it's full of, uh..... colors? https://t.co/FcBmkVxPGO

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I somehow made it worse. https://t.co/N01jt1edKK