The Stochastic Game

I took the good fluffy boy to Lynn Canyon early this morning, he was very very happy.

From the delightful “Old School FRP” blog, an ad from Lou Zocchi’s Gamescience announcing D10s numbered in increments of ten “to eliminate once and for all arguments over which die is read first for percentages”. I’m surprised this only appeared in 1990!

The Canadian Chronicles are coming soon… three tales of horror for Call of Cthulhu, made and set in Canada 🇨🇦 and releasing at KamCon! The scenarios are written by Francis Acquarone, Patrick Chandler, and myself.

This upcoming CppCon 2026 panel looks very interesting: the designers of C++, C#, and Python (my 3 most-used programming languages) together on stage, talking about language design. I hope it will be recorded and posted online not too long after.

“A US-linked network of fake websites is promoting Alberta separatism to AI chatbots”: the point of genAI is always somewhere between “cooking your brain” and “advancing fascism”. Stay vigilant, Albertans.

Don’t trust trust Google Maps or genAI when hiking, and use dedicated/specialized tools and resources instead. I know, it really should be common sense, and not just for hiking but for most things in life, but people’s brains have been cooked, I guess.

“The Topologist’s Map of the World”: I had seen this before but it’s always wonderful to stumble upon it again. Such a great piece of work.

It’s amazing to still see US people think that their country is “great” because it’s got ultra-wealthy corporations, not understanding that actually it’s what contributed to their country becoming a total shit-hole. Enjoy your subscription-based fascism, I guess.

“Normalized Fascism in Open Source: $12 Million Given to DHH”: but it’s not just about DHH, it’s about the dozen CEOs with questionable politics (at best) who are also involved. They could have invested in Arch Linux itself, but they prefer to hang around fellow racists.

“Microsoft is not just stepping on rakes; it runs the rake factory.” Hahahaha, what a bunch of morons. But I guess this is a great example of what genAI brings to the table.