The Stochastic Game

Ramblings of General Geekery

I still need to decide what Delta Green scenario I’m running at KamCon! I usually do either “Sentinels of Twilight” or one of my own — lately it’s “Intramuros” but it needs more tweaking. I guess I should do the tweaking and test it again? That’s what cons are for right? šŸ˜…

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We are finally back from France… where apparently there’s always someone in our family that’s slightly racist or transphobic or something. On the upside, I’m back to picking up poop several times a day! The fluffy good boy is happy to get his routine back.

A good boy golden retriever walking around in Deer Lake Park, BC.
A good boy golden retriever walking around in Deer Lake Park, BC.
A good boy golden retriever walking around in Deer Lake Park, BC.

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We are spending the week in a renovated clergy house, but they kept the old door with, like, 3 different metallic thingies to unlock it. I feel like I’m opening up a medieval castle to let the peasants out.

Part of the clergy house on the left, with the church visible behind the outer wall.
The clergy house with a big lawn in the centre.
The old door to get out of the clergy house's walls.

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Holidays back in France means my parents dump another box of old books for me to take home. This time some classic Ennis, Ellis, and Miller stuff, plus some manga (some of which may have aged very poorly, I’ll have to read it again)

Issues of "Hitman" and "Preacher", including the "Saint of Killers" spin-off.
TPBs of "Transmetropolitan" and "Stormwatch".
The classics "The Dark Knight Returns" and "Sin City".
A few manga: "F.Compo", "Macross 7", "Evangelion", and "Dragon Head".

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Bots are getting fucking annoying. Before we had to deal with bots probing for vulnerabilities, now we also have to deal with genAI bots aggressively harvesting data. I have to do a little sysadmin work to kick them out…

CPU graph of the server running my blog, podcast, and various other websites and services. Usage has been around 80% for two days, with a peak yesterday to 160% or so, which triggered alerts. After a little bit of work, CPU usage is now back down to a more normal 15%. Fuck genAI.

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Currently learning how the Lunar Empire brought civilization to yet another tribe of hillbilly Orlanthi clans! Public baths, latrines, heated floors, and more! #Glorantha

A map of the ancient Gallo-Roman town of Gisacum, a planned sanctuary with a multi-use religious/public use/entertainment complex in the centre.
Some gladiatorial gear for the shows they had in the little amphitheatre.
What's left of Gisacum... mostly bits of the centralized heating system under the public baths.

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More old Briton stuff! Here is a tumulus with a dolmen entrance leading to a dark chamber that is most likely haunted by a 6000-year-old tribal king. He says hi.

The tumulus, with a menhir on top, and a dolmen underneath for the entrance corridor
A closer view of the tumulus entrance
A view from the chamber inside, looking out.

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Iā€™m on holiday in Brittany, visiting old stuff. Here, have a menhir with some obviously devil-and-angel-possessed pair of magic sheep guarding it. One tells you about your death, one tells you about your deeds.

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