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Stages of Goth in c/leftymemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Goddamned posers

Asmongold's Twitch Channel Banned Following Racist Rant About Palestinians - IGN in c/games@lemmy.world

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah, having a way to define certain themes, tags or whatever to be completely blocked off would be great. My first use would be for blocking certain music, but also most roblox and minecraft gaming content. I end up watching mostly english gaming content because pt-br seems completely dominated by roblox and minecraft, the algorithm almost never suggests actually similar channels or videos and there's a never ending number of roblox shit.

I suspect most of the roblox shit came because of that People Make Games video, which is super ironic.

Asmongold's Twitch Channel Banned Following Racist Rant About Palestinians - IGN in c/games@lemmy.world

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I hate that youtube lacks any means to block entire channels

edit: i'm dumb, you can block channels

Passwords have problems, but passkeys have more in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I find phones the least secure devices simply because of how likely they are to be damaged or stolen

Passwords have problems, but passkeys have more in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Probably, but the real problem has been database dumps for a good number of years now. Maybe this thing fixes that?

What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? October 15 in c/books@lemmy.world

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I personally prefer using Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay when it comes to medieval-ish fantasy, because it's gritty and dirty, so to speak, also more "realistic" than DnD, mainly because combat is brutal, armor simply reduces damage, all kinds of shit can get someone insane and magic is dangerous.

The last time I narrated WFRP one of the characters died in a spectacular way that I never imagined would happen

The player had a dwarf with a large ram for a mount. During one combat inside a mayor's mansion, a group of bandits attacked the ram and lethally wounded it. The player wanted to save the ram at any cost. Every character has some Fate points, which they can burn to escape certain death. I made a deal with the player, "you spend that fate point and the ram lives, BUT- I will roll this dice to determine who saves it". I made it clear that there was a risk an unwanted force could be the one responsible for keeping it alive.

Dice rolls. I smirk and describe a blue-hued raven landing atop the ram and asking the dwarf if he truly wants to save his ram. The deal is made, the raven enters the wound, which closes, but the ram's eyes give an eerie purple glow and it laughs at him. The next day, he finds out the ram started eating small critters like bunnies and squirrels. The rest of the group starts considering leaving the ram wherever.

Some time later, the ram is attracted to a profane totem and refuses to move. The dwarf tries everything to get the animal back on track and gets headbutted. Once he threatens to destroy the totem, he's attacked for real. Second round of combat, the ram charges. On the damage roll, it was a double critical (criticals only happen in damage rolls in WFRP, a 10 on the dice allows you to roll again) and the total damage was twice his total health.

In a single charge, one of the ram's horns went under his chin, piercing his cranium with such force that the head was ripped out of the body, with blood gushing from the now lifeless body. The impaled head remained as a souvenir on the horn. The rest of the group turned tail and fled, then came back later to loot the gold that was with the dwarf.

As to getting people to play with, some places you can look for players are local game stores (if there are any around where you live) or colleges. You can also try playing online via discord, it's much easier to find people looking for groups there. Getting along with everyone outside the game is definitely one of the more important aspects of keeping a group alive and going

This is a thought experiment "Ball on a Table" for detecting whether someone has Aphantasia. What do you see when you perform this experiment? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I don't have aphantasia, but a rather vivid imagination sometimes. Also, a lot of my answers were indirectly influenced by my immediate surroundings:

What color was the ball? - Red
What gender was the person that pushed the ball? - Male
What did they look like? - I only imagined seeing the person up to the waist, approaching the table and giving a push to the ball. I pictured him with social attire.
What size is the ball? - Tennis ball, but very smooth. It was smack dab in the middle of the table, too.
What about the table, what shape was it? What is it made of? - Round glass.

A question for those of you who have, or suspect you have aphantasia, how are your dreams like? Can you imagine and "hear" sounds?

Lula and Petro have the chance of a lifetime to save the Amazon. Can they unite idealism and realpolitik to pull it off? in c/climate@slrpnk.net

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Can they unite? Yes.

Will big oil companies and its thug govts let anything useful happen? No

What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? October 15 in c/books@lemmy.world

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Do RPG and skirmish games rulebooks count? If so, I'm currently spending time with Basic Role Playing and Runequest 6ed (planning a hack/homebrew/adaptation of Elder Scrolls), plus Moonstone (Goblin King Games), Conquest (Parabellum) and Warsurge on the skirmish front.

Jordan Peterson’s online class compares climate activists to mass shooters. in c/climate@slrpnk.net

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's bullshit like this that really makes me want to give them real reason to fear "ecoterrorists". The main problem is that I lack money to buy an attack helicopter to blow up their mansions, cars, yachts and other shit.

A game like Just Cause where you're supposed to blow up those things would be cathartic as fuck

The FCC is looking into the impact of broadband data caps and why they still exist in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's not enough, a good serving of raw pineapple inside his ass would work better

Mark Robinson sues CNN for leaking 'Black Nazi' porn site messages in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe don't be a stupid piece of shit to use your real information when making an account on a porn site, doubly so when you feel relaxed enough to spout that you identify as a "black nazi" and would like slavery again. You know what, do put all your personal info on porn sites and all places where you are likely to share the bullshit you believe in, makes it easier for us to call you out.