Posts by c9a@cathode.church
(DIR) Post #APJ4mxlHFThniPEinI by c9a@cathode.church
2022-11-05T20:40:27Z
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Delighting in the collision of existence that is me this afternoon.Current status: repairing some earrings I stepped on. Tools include my tabletop vice, iFixIt tweezers, needle nose pliers from my college EE kit, and a little super glue.Nail polish and paper towels are left over from earlier attempts to get nail polish out of my houndstooth skirt, which was happening because I started gathering laundry that I have yet to start.Maybe I should have just used this as my #introduction post 😂
(DIR) Post #APJ4n2x9wjBHohpmVc by c9a@cathode.church
2022-11-05T21:18:59Z
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Update: those tiny plastic pieces were way harder to get and hold in position than I had anticipated, and they ended up a little wonky.The end result is not the cleanest super glue job I've ever done, but it's also quite possibly the my least load-bearing job ever. They're decorative pieces of a decorative object so they just have to hold themselves in there, and they're generally viewed from a distance, so I think this'll do the job.
(DIR) Post #AR3lUErADqi4X5bnLU by c9a@cathode.church
2022-12-27T19:31:24Z
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@ademalsasa I've been using pass for years, for a long time just using git for sync, but recently got SyncThing set up and it's been a great improvement!
(DIR) Post #ATGWBCzYDwxgAAz7tQ by c9a@cathode.church
2023-03-02T19:34:06Z
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Comment I just left on a PR: "YES!! I love this, always love to see more smaller functions, and this is a really nice self-contained chunk of logic to break out. Excellent call."This is your semi-regular reminder to call out the good things in code reviews along with the changes you're suggesting! Coding is an inherently human endeavor, humans have feelings, and that is an attribute, not an inconvenience to be optimized away.Also, this applies to many other feedback-oriented scenarios too, I imagine. When interfacing over digital mediums, I can always use more reminders that there's a person on the other end.
(DIR) Post #AVDfWbUIDq1TZ1KuDg by c9a@cathode.church
2023-05-01T18:34:10Z
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@stux Y'all must be on a different TikTok than me, which makes sense, since there are infinite niches.It's just another social platform, with all the issues that plague all social platforms. My feed is science educators and librarians and public media engaging meaningfully with Gen Z on their terms, the Trans Handy Ma'am helping folks who are traditionally excluded from handywork feel empowered to repair their own homes, a chemistry professor (and PhD) who posts seven-minute video essays on trans rights and the ethics of plastic consumption, deaf folks advocating for themselves, trans folks of all stripes expanding the possibilities of gender, endless crestive iterations and riffs on songs and trends...the list goes on.Characterizing all of TikTok as zero-attention couch slobs who only engage with content that is easy but it's lazy and reductive. Speaking as a core Millennial, it smacks of the exact same kind of generational dismissal that we decry Boomers for.
(DIR) Post #AVzqfCkmL5IJM8A5iK by c9a@cathode.church
2023-05-25T00:25:16Z
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@grammargirl I've thought about building a robot for this but it has...not materialized yet 😅 If you're open to playing virtually, Tabletop Simulator is a very flexible tabletop gaming system that would definitely support Peeve Wars. It would require some prep to create the deck, but they've got the process pretty streamlined with a nice blog post outlining how: https://blog.tabletopsimulator.com/blog/create-cards-for-your-game-with-tts
(DIR) Post #AVzrjMOGYEcgMBB27k by c9a@cathode.church
2023-05-25T00:37:14Z
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@grammargirl Cool! And since you presumably already have files with the card art in them in some form, you can probably skip the first few steps. If it works well, you could even post the deck to the Steam Workshop so others could play too!Caveat, mods on Steam Workshop have to be free - in my experience virtual tabletop games often turn into physical purchases, but that's your call!Either way let me know if you have trouble - I haven't actually put together a custom deck myself, but I've done enough similar things I can probably figure it out!
(DIR) Post #AVzskj6NhBrN2U1jEG by c9a@cathode.church
2023-05-25T00:48:41Z
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@grammargirl Yeah it is of course a gamble, and hard to get good data about, but it seems to work well enough for big-name games to license themselves to BoardGameArena, which is a similar web-based 2D game platform. They have a whole presentation about it, of course: https://en.boardgamearena.com/gamepublishers(BGA would also be a candidate for Peeve Wars, but it's a less flexible system so afaik the process to get a game up and running there is more involved)And anecdotally: I bought Race for the Galaxy after learning about it on BGA, and many expansions for both Settlers of Catan and Star Realms after playing a ton of them on digital versinos.
(DIR) Post #AVzswcSsCMlPvfDb6m by c9a@cathode.church
2023-05-25T00:50:50Z
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@grammargirl Both people playing do have to buy Tabletop Simulator, unfortunately. That is the main downside, especially if you're just trying to play the one game!
(DIR) Post #AVzwQ5wXybBTcEqQYS by c9a@cathode.church
2023-05-25T01:13:59Z
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@grammargirl Now that I'm down this rabbit trail...I was thinking about it more, and BGA doesn't solve your immediate problem, but if you want an online/virtual version of Peeve Wars, BGA is a great option imo, and they even allow revenue sharing (at the cost of limiting accessibility to premium subscribers)To hit the highlights of their pitch deck, if you haven't clicked through already: the effort for you is lower even than Tabletop Simulator...as long as you're not in a hurry 😅​ You basically just put the files up and hope someone picks it up to develop, then playtest when it's done. And it doesn't necessarily require a software dev Peeve Wars fan - there is some motive for folks to develop even games they're not familiar with, and the game is mechanically straightforward enough that it probably wouldn't be a huge lift, relatively speaking.
(DIR) Post #AVzxuxS9h0B0DOuSau by c9a@cathode.church
2023-05-25T01:46:33Z
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@grammargirl Nice! Yeah, good things to think on, ha. BGA and TTS are probably the most well-known online tabletop options. To sum up:TTS is easier to build a basic game in because you don't have to program any rules - it's a physical simulator, so all you need is the cards.BGA bakes all the rules in - so it's harder to build a game in, but they might do it for you. And the result is a lower barrier to entry for *players*, and friendlier to a less technical/computery audience. I've hosted virtual game nights with my parents over BGA very successfully!Oh, and even for the premium-only games, on BGA only one person in the game has to have a subscription - so you could have a paid account, and invite a friend with a regular account. It's a nice system.