Dylan of the Hill People [he/him]
@tadahira.bsky.social
board gamer, Kardashev level-2 nerd, recreational Python coder, big data geek, dad
恭喜發財!
生意興隆!
身體健康!
生意興隆!
身體健康!
January 29, 2025 at 5:20 AM
恭喜發財!
生意興隆!
身體健康!
生意興隆!
身體健康!
Time to remember
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“And Then They Came For Me”: last words of Lasantha Wickrematunge
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January 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Time to remember
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Rendition of the Devil beer and a hamburger at The Globe in Central. Soul food.
January 2, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Rendition of the Devil beer and a hamburger at The Globe in Central. Soul food.
This is your reminder that we have virtually no clue what happened at the Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima, any map of the battle is a shot in the dark, and the stories about what happened there are likely all made up. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.
December 30, 2024 at 3:07 AM
This is your reminder that we have virtually no clue what happened at the Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima, any map of the battle is a shot in the dark, and the stories about what happened there are likely all made up. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.
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My last video essay for 2024 considers the recent publication of Kurt Vonnegut’s “lost” board game, GHQ, and uses it as a jumping off point to talk about what we preserve, why we preserve it, and how.
youtu.be/5xXy9x81irU
youtu.be/5xXy9x81irU
Vonnegut’s Board Game: Preservation, Annotation, Context
YouTube video by Mary & Amabel Holland
youtu.be
December 26, 2024 at 4:19 PM
My last video essay for 2024 considers the recent publication of Kurt Vonnegut’s “lost” board game, GHQ, and uses it as a jumping off point to talk about what we preserve, why we preserve it, and how.
youtu.be/5xXy9x81irU
youtu.be/5xXy9x81irU
I’m with you. I get it, but it’s probably not a hugely practical way to create a feeling of a payoff. I wonder what other ways there might be? There’s the principle of stacking rewards for example, like armies in risk go higher for every set of cards redeemed - that feeling of escalating rewards.
I understand that there is an emotional payoff.
I spent a bit of time with those idle games where you quickly become a billionnaire, then a septillionnaire, then get into scientific notation.
And there were a few seconds of joy in being a millionnaire irl.
But I'm still not a fan.
I spent a bit of time with those idle games where you quickly become a billionnaire, then a septillionnaire, then get into scientific notation.
And there were a few seconds of joy in being a millionnaire irl.
But I'm still not a fan.
December 28, 2024 at 7:52 AM
I’m with you. I get it, but it’s probably not a hugely practical way to create a feeling of a payoff. I wonder what other ways there might be? There’s the principle of stacking rewards for example, like armies in risk go higher for every set of cards redeemed - that feeling of escalating rewards.
I’ve downsized to just one tabletop game due to a recent move to a smaller apartment - and I needed some serious shelving and storage magic just to keep things tidy - I didn’t even bring terrain.
Stacks of boardgames, crates of miniatures and terrain, longboxes of comics, bookshelves stuffed to the brim.....
December 28, 2024 at 7:43 AM
I’ve downsized to just one tabletop game due to a recent move to a smaller apartment - and I needed some serious shelving and storage magic just to keep things tidy - I didn’t even bring terrain.
Found some lovely Earth shrines in Macao - from what I understand, very common in the Pearl River Delta and completely idiosyncratic and local. They are different everywhere you go.
December 28, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Found some lovely Earth shrines in Macao - from what I understand, very common in the Pearl River Delta and completely idiosyncratic and local. They are different everywhere you go.
We all have an emotional support dead famous guy and who he is says a lot about you. (Mine is in my bsky username)
December 25, 2024 at 2:43 AM
We all have an emotional support dead famous guy and who he is says a lot about you. (Mine is in my bsky username)
In Hong Kong, don't forget to look up
December 22, 2024 at 10:24 AM
In Hong Kong, don't forget to look up
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Diplomat: I absolutely can, it would be the greatest pleasure to explain this tiny gap. First, let me say that before and after that minuscule gap are reams and reams of applicable experience. Indeed, it’s almost as if there is no gap at all …
Diplomat: I absolutely can, it would be the greatest pleasure to explain this tiny gap. First, let me say that before and after that minuscule gap are reams and reams of applicable experience. Indeed, it’s almost as if there is no gap at all …
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Game designer: experimented with lose a turn mechanics
Game designer: experimented with lose a turn mechanics
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Astronomer: it doesn't interact with normal matter or photons, but you can see the effect of its gravity.
Astronomer: it doesn't interact with normal matter or photons, but you can see the effect of its gravity.
December 21, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Diplomat: I absolutely can, it would be the greatest pleasure to explain this tiny gap. First, let me say that before and after that minuscule gap are reams and reams of applicable experience. Indeed, it’s almost as if there is no gap at all …
Diplomat: I absolutely can, it would be the greatest pleasure to explain this tiny gap. First, let me say that before and after that minuscule gap are reams and reams of applicable experience. Indeed, it’s almost as if there is no gap at all …
Part of the joy of other languages is that nobody tells you “yeah nah we only use these numbers in martial, disciplinary, or strict contexts” you just have to mess up for years until that understanding has soaked into your bones. Then you have no idea how to explain that to the next learner.
December 16, 2024 at 11:38 PM
Part of the joy of other languages is that nobody tells you “yeah nah we only use these numbers in martial, disciplinary, or strict contexts” you just have to mess up for years until that understanding has soaked into your bones. Then you have no idea how to explain that to the next learner.
My wife: “It’s always good to pray to the local Gods”
Glad I married a pagan
Glad I married a pagan
December 14, 2024 at 2:19 AM
My wife: “It’s always good to pray to the local Gods”
Glad I married a pagan
Glad I married a pagan
How I feel removing Windows bloatware by hand
December 6, 2024 at 12:41 PM
How I feel removing Windows bloatware by hand
Schools in Hong Kong: change to winter uniform
Me: finally comfortable in just a long-sleeved shirt
Me: finally comfortable in just a long-sleeved shirt
November 24, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Schools in Hong Kong: change to winter uniform
Me: finally comfortable in just a long-sleeved shirt
Me: finally comfortable in just a long-sleeved shirt
Ooooh! A friendly graph DB library for Python! cogdb.io
cogdb
A Persistent Embedded Graph Database for Python Applications
cogdb.io
November 19, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Ooooh! A friendly graph DB library for Python! cogdb.io
Someone said the quiet part out loud: Boring Beer
November 17, 2024 at 10:20 AM
Someone said the quiet part out loud: Boring Beer
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Group picture of "The Gate Crushers", my LGBT themed series of Space Marine mini painted using pride flags as color schemes.
November 8, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Group picture of "The Gate Crushers", my LGBT themed series of Space Marine mini painted using pride flags as color schemes.
#codenames at the Alliance Francaise game night #alliancefrancaise
November 16, 2024 at 12:04 PM
#codenames at the Alliance Francaise game night #alliancefrancaise
Okonomiyaki and edamame with a dessert of sweet tofu. Can definitely get used to this.
November 16, 2024 at 6:57 AM
Okonomiyaki and edamame with a dessert of sweet tofu. Can definitely get used to this.
What game am I really into right now? Silver Bayonet. Back to my mini wargame roots with a brilliant twist on Napoleonic warfare - essentially: what if Napoleon, but also zombies, werewolves, mummies, and Dracula? #silverbayonet
November 15, 2024 at 7:31 AM
What game am I really into right now? Silver Bayonet. Back to my mini wargame roots with a brilliant twist on Napoleonic warfare - essentially: what if Napoleon, but also zombies, werewolves, mummies, and Dracula? #silverbayonet
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I’ll be reposting a lot more here cuz of how this system works.
A “heart” doesn’t impact “the algorithm” how we’ve been trained.
Gotta repost what I find impactful, or want to get more eyes on, or the accounts I want my pals to find.
Social media is ephemeral & this is how we influence here.
A “heart” doesn’t impact “the algorithm” how we’ve been trained.
Gotta repost what I find impactful, or want to get more eyes on, or the accounts I want my pals to find.
Social media is ephemeral & this is how we influence here.
November 12, 2024 at 5:27 AM
I’ll be reposting a lot more here cuz of how this system works.
A “heart” doesn’t impact “the algorithm” how we’ve been trained.
Gotta repost what I find impactful, or want to get more eyes on, or the accounts I want my pals to find.
Social media is ephemeral & this is how we influence here.
A “heart” doesn’t impact “the algorithm” how we’ve been trained.
Gotta repost what I find impactful, or want to get more eyes on, or the accounts I want my pals to find.
Social media is ephemeral & this is how we influence here.
Going to Cong Dessert #聰嫂 for their famous #1 menu item? #Longan #natadecoco #pearl dessert is one of the coldest things I have ever experienced, and I'm a Canadian. Also try their #mangoLIZA - well worth the trip.
November 13, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Going to Cong Dessert #聰嫂 for their famous #1 menu item? #Longan #natadecoco #pearl dessert is one of the coldest things I have ever experienced, and I'm a Canadian. Also try their #mangoLIZA - well worth the trip.
Speedrunning all the Uji Kintoki variants in Hong Kong
November 13, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Speedrunning all the Uji Kintoki variants in Hong Kong