Oh hey, the US is now on track to start censoring their internet (sure it’s about piracy now but it will take about, like, 5 minutes for the authoritarians in charge to make use of it?) Make sure you don’t use US-owned DNS servers I guess?

We finally played the Spectaculars #TTRPG last week-end and it was pretty interesting! I’m not sure that it’s our jam past a one-shot or two, but it was fun! I had to spice up the rather bland first issue scenario though.

Just read an article about how “genAI will let us take back the open web” and…. ugh.

I love the term “cognitive surrender” to describe what happens with people using genAI, and how it leads them down wrong paths.

Thinking about a Mission: Impossible #TTRPG, I wonder whether it should be a straight up adaptation, or a “X but with Y” thing like “M:I but in Fantasy Renaissance Venice”. One reason is that since some M:I tech (like masks) feels magic, why not actual magic?

Another old TV series I started (re)watching lately is Mission: Impossible. Hard to remember a time before Jim Phelps, but Dan Briggs is pretty good too! It all hold up well, it’s suspenseful and often clever. I totally want to make a #TTRPG out of it!

The fact that Andy Weir is a borderline-libertarian who doesn’t want “politics” or “social commentary” in his sci-fi isn’t surprising. Even in software engineering I’ve met a lot technically incredibly clever people who are dumb as a brick when it comes to anything else.

There are only two meals: breakfast, and dessert.

Went to see Project Hail Mary with the family! Verdict: good good amaze amaze

Technology Connections on renewable energy: I like the way he frames things here, it’s an interesting way to think about renewables. What comes after the fake ending shouldn’t be anything anyone doesn’t know already though.