The Stochastic Game

Ramblings of General Geekery

The fluffy good boy is tired. He’s taking a nap. Do like the good boy: don’t hesitate to take a nap if you feel like it!

A good boy golden retriever lying on the living room's hardwood floor, looking very tired.

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American Apple bloggers are calling 3rd party app stores laws from the EU & Japan hypocrite because they don’t include video game consoles… When I do my email, work, banking, and payments on a PS5, you can bet I’ll support government regulation in that space. Until then, I find this is really grasping at straws to defend corporations that don’t need defending.

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Yesterday morning the good fluffy boy and I got caught in a heavy downpour… fun times. What is usually a little stream in the summer temporarily turned to a raging torrent

A good boy golden retriever stands in the forest in front of a river
A river with a pretty quick current for its size
Another part of the river with a pretty quick current
My favourite tree of the Lower Mainland area

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Yesterday we took the good fluffy boy up to Quarry Rock! Lots of people there to impress as he went into the ugly muddy pool at the top to cool down…

A good boy golden retriever sitting at the top of Quarry Rock near Deep Cove, BC. It overlooks the Indian Arm, with Belcarra and Burnaby Mountain visible in the background
A good boy golden retriever taking a mud bath to cool down after hiking. Lots of people going “ewwwww!” all around us but he doesn’t care
The good boy golden retriever isn’t scared of heights and surveys the landscape from atop Quarry Rock
The good boy golden retriever now all muddy, atop Quarry Rock, with lots of people enjoying the view behind him

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Today is European elections day for us Vancouver expats, and I want to share the sheer number of candidates and parties we can choose from… yes there’s even a cute kitten party!

All the pamphlets we received in the mail, spread across the table in no particular order. Except for the cute kitten party which I left on top for your pleasure.

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Looking into the state of video game jobs for a friend’s kid, it looks like absolute shit: 80% of postings are for super senior devs with 15+ years of experience, 19% are for devs with 3-5 years of experience, and the final 1% is the obligatory intern program for tax breaks. Fucking hell.

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I recently discovered haskap berries, and I can tell you that haskap berry jam is very very good

A jar of haskap berry jam from Monte Creek winery in Kamloops.

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