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Cake day: August 2nd, 2023

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  • Ehhh I don’t know. I hate to say it but I play neopets kind of regularly because why not, and a large portion of the game is just text descriptions, random events, going to different parts of the map and talking to everything. I think it lends itself quite well to the idea if a TTRPG. The world and **L O R E **of Neopia is setup similarly to other fantasy adventures, each with distinct districts with different attractions.

    Is it going to be the go to on game night? For 99.99% of people absolutely not. Am I going to drunk DM my party of Lennys on a dark faerie quest to raid the deserted tomb of Geraptiku for some maguffin? Absofuckinglutely




  • In the electrical design world, we NEED examples to point to to sway customers. To me, this is great for that reason alone. Even if they don’t go with hydro, giant successful renewable projects still push the perception of feasibility of the ancillary renewables.

    Energy Codes are becoming more stringent every 3 years. As our tech gets better, the next level of building code and energy consumption standards can be aggressively lower than the last iteration. Sometimes so aggressively that manufacturers legitimately don’t have proper solutions for them. (An example is about a decade ago, when LEDs were less reliable and efficient, IECC set an aggressive lumens per watt threshold that was, at the time, not feasible. Nowadays they blow past it in efficiency)

    But ya know what? It forces them to TRY. If there’s enough pushback because the new standards can’t be met, it at the very least opens the dialog.

    I guess I’m ranting a bit, but after getting a new perspective with my employment, I do earnestly believe the scientific professionals ARE trying to push for a more environmentally approach to new construction, but we need regulation to drive innovation. Otherwise innovation stalls, in my opinion. Im sure I’m philosophically incorrect on that point, but its what I’ve noticed from my experience talking to customers, equipment manufacturers, and engineering leads.







  • Gaming PC is in the living room for gaming and media center.

    Laptop in my office up stairs for programming and I use Steam Remote Play for games that require keybmouse. Its nice because I can just unplug it from my dock and head downstairs with it if I want to browse on the couch.

    I have a tablet too, but that’s used solely for movies, YouTube, or when I’m DMing because the footprint is smaller.


  • So the dual trackpads are interesting. I use my right trackpad on my Steam Deck all the time for more mouse centric games. I appriciate that ZOTAC included them, but the execution is key here.

    Personally, I have two steam decks in my house and I’m extremely satisfies with them. I dont think a new handheld will make me switch until we get another generational improvemnt in terms of battery or power.

    I love that the market has so many options! Steam, Asus, Lenovo, MSI, Zotac, AYANEO, AYN, GPDWin, or even the chaper linux retro consoles! its fucking awesome. In a few years we’ll see who really sticks with it, but for now, we’re in a little handheld revolution. Enjoy it while we can.