Wandering Adventure Party

@Elizafox@social.treehouse.systems I think at the same time as they can't replace him, Stallman is the kind of guy who won't let himself be replaced. He has particular views about particular things, on which he is largely immovable. There just isn't room at the FSF for another Stallman.

So while there will be a gap when he dies, there is also hope if they can escape it and land on the other side. The FSF has largely let itself become the 'old man shakes fist at clouds' of the software world, so there is room for it to re-invent itself after Stallman finally leaves and takes his controversial views with him.

@Elizafox@social.treehouse.systems I don't really begrudge anyone how they license their software. Their stuff, their choice.

But personally I've been entirely done with permissive licenses for the better part of a decade. I think it's just serving the commons up to the capitalists on a silver platter.

I wouldn't go through the effort of suing anyone either, but I've been a part of enough acquisition teams to know that it rarely gets there. Companies are massively risk adverse. and now these days many or even most contracts require license compliance reports. As a result, the license will scare off 95% of companies before it even hits their radar.

That said, I feel like ideas of the GPL are outmoded, and it's surprised me a better copyleft license hasn't really shown up.

I feel minorly bad if amused.

A friend in another state was laid up and out of coffee. In sympathy I ordered them a massive bag of coffee on instacart with some other things. I wasn’t paying attention so I accidentally got them pecan flavored coffee.

They can’t really afford to turn down free coffee given their budget, so they’re gamely trying to finish it. It’s been a few weeks without word and this week I got a single text

I am officially over the pecan

I feel bad for laughing. ​​ I did offer to replace it, but they declined.

I always watch for math in a public statement.

If they do the math for you, they want you to understand. If they don’t do the math for you, they don’t want you to understand and potentially skip over it.

@Elizafox@social.treehouse.systems If the transit system here was remotely convenient I'd park my car long term and use it as well. I despise driving.

Pet shelter language is kinda a master class in gentle speech.

he needs time and treats before his trust is given

Read: "He's skittish as fuck"

After he gets to know you

[and he'll want you dead until then...]

loves to engage on his own terms.

read: He does not engage.

From a hoarding situation

Read: Basically feral.

He would need a cat-savvy family

Read: Basically a fucking devil cat.

He would do best in a quieter environment

Read: Is highstrung and neurotic.

@ielenia@ck.catwithaclari.net just use protection you crazy kids ​​

@Elizafox@social.treehouse.systems It's honestly not even the song, it's the singing at me.

There's no where else in my cultural norm where I can expect a group of people to burst into song for my 'benefit'. It's just F'ing weird and cringe.

@yon@sakurajima.moe If a player started ignoring me at the table flat, I would just ask them to leave. I don't like having people just hanging out at the game. They're inevitably distracting. They need to leave, or play. There is no middle ground.

It is interesting to note that the neighbors stupid Trump flag is down, and now it's just a sports flag.

@croyle@wandering.shop yeah. This person has a young kid. It’s understandable. I’ve given them a blanket pass on kid things; so it’d be better to me if they just said “I fell asleep” than lie.

This person does not deal with sleep deprivation well at all. This is actually the third time, which makes the lie even more confusing.

I’d be lying if I said that having a player fall asleep mid game didn’t sting a little. But I try to understand their circumstances.

@sludgecatheter@outerheaven.club I think we all want the world to move just for us on some level.

Remote play last night.

Player goes silent.
We start hearing snores on the mic
I call them. We hear the phone. Snort, turn off phone
Us: “you… fell asleep”
Them: “…no I was doing stuff with my kid”

…yeah. Ok. It happens and I know you’re kinda sleep deprived. Just be honest about it.

#TTRPG

@pawv@tech.lgbt I really wish it wasn’t so hard to implement AP or similar. I’ve thought of creating one to my own tastes multiple times.

@Elizafox@social.treehouse.systems yeah even up to the early 80s, Oregon and Washington were places racists often considered far enough from the “evils” of the East coast liberals that “true white men” could ‘live in peace’. Thus why people like Robert Mathews showed up.

I feel like the thing people don’t realize about the PNW is that the city/rural political divide is VERY stark, and that’s because it’s swing more liberal is relatively new.

@sludgecatheter@outerheaven.club the organizers choose a list of 3 and we vote on them. It definitely leans towards the organizers tastes which is fine. Liking the books isn’t a requirement.

I do pan the books, but I do so in a way that gets people to laugh, so if there is stigma there, I bypass it. Most others there begin more positive about the books. I worry if I am demoralizing the organizer though. This is specifically a horror Bookclub.

@sludgecatheter@outerheaven.club yeah I feel the exact about myself as well. I just find if harder to sit down and make myself read these days (which makes it all the more important to try). I feel a certain … anxiety reading meaty fiction. If it’s mindless, I can turn off my brain. If not, I’m thinking “shouldn’t I be reading something educational/productive?”

Are you enjoying the books? I appreciate the different selection - kinda. I have to admit the people who organize this club have completely different tastes than I do. It is still nice to try other things even if I’m kinda annoyed at the plot.

@sludgecatheter@outerheaven.club too real. I’ve come to accept that despite my best efforts, I will keep procrastinating until the last week, and then I will shot gun the book.

… I finished the last one literally 20 minutes before the meeting was to begin.