dota2nub
@dota2nub.bsky.social
Computer Science and Zen student in no particular order.
I like board games and am learning Chinese.
I like board games and am learning Chinese.
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Volume 22: pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/22
July 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Volume 22: pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/22
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Volume 20: pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/20
July 16, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Volume 20: pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/20
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Volume 19(NEW WEBSITE ALERT): pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/19
July 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Volume 19(NEW WEBSITE ALERT): pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/19
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Volume 18: pragmaticpapers.github.io/18/
July 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Volume 18: pragmaticpapers.github.io/18/
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Buddhism and crypto are going in the same direction.
First there was still a pretense of projects and value.
Nowadays it's just meme coins and trolling Zen forums.
Everyone knows it's a scam at this point but nobody seems to care.
What do you even do now?
First there was still a pretense of projects and value.
Nowadays it's just meme coins and trolling Zen forums.
Everyone knows it's a scam at this point but nobody seems to care.
What do you even do now?
April 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Buddhism and crypto are going in the same direction.
First there was still a pretense of projects and value.
Nowadays it's just meme coins and trolling Zen forums.
Everyone knows it's a scam at this point but nobody seems to care.
What do you even do now?
First there was still a pretense of projects and value.
Nowadays it's just meme coins and trolling Zen forums.
Everyone knows it's a scam at this point but nobody seems to care.
What do you even do now?
/r/zen often feels like this spacebiff.com/2025/03/26/s...
Except a lot of people don't understand they're playing and don't understand the language.
Except a lot of people don't understand they're playing and don't understand the language.
A Desire for More Cows
Something is in the air. Unseen. Vibrating. Friscalating. Between A Message from the Stars, City of Six Moons, and Out of Sorts, it almost seems like we’re being prepared for some grand task,…
spacebiff.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:15 AM
/r/zen often feels like this spacebiff.com/2025/03/26/s...
Except a lot of people don't understand they're playing and don't understand the language.
Except a lot of people don't understand they're playing and don't understand the language.
My message to the US:
November 6, 2024 at 10:13 AM
My message to the US:
One half dose of Lithium.
First time I slept well in more than ten years.
First time I slept well in more than ten years.
November 5, 2024 at 7:01 AM
One half dose of Lithium.
First time I slept well in more than ten years.
First time I slept well in more than ten years.
"Zen was there first" is offensive to people.
"Buddhism is just an offshoot of Zen that is based on a misunderstanding" is offensive to people.
This taking of offense is in turn based on a misunderstanding.
It's misunderstandings all the way down.
"Buddhism is just an offshoot of Zen that is based on a misunderstanding" is offensive to people.
This taking of offense is in turn based on a misunderstanding.
It's misunderstandings all the way down.
October 28, 2024 at 7:14 AM
"Zen was there first" is offensive to people.
"Buddhism is just an offshoot of Zen that is based on a misunderstanding" is offensive to people.
This taking of offense is in turn based on a misunderstanding.
It's misunderstandings all the way down.
"Buddhism is just an offshoot of Zen that is based on a misunderstanding" is offensive to people.
This taking of offense is in turn based on a misunderstanding.
It's misunderstandings all the way down.
After 7 months, my shipment of tea has finally arrived. Yunnan Sourcing were so kind as to send a new shipment when the first one got lost after 6 months.
Laoshan Black and Silver needle. I have quite the stash now to subsist off of.
Laoshan Black and Silver needle. I have quite the stash now to subsist off of.
August 16, 2024 at 5:00 AM
After 7 months, my shipment of tea has finally arrived. Yunnan Sourcing were so kind as to send a new shipment when the first one got lost after 6 months.
Laoshan Black and Silver needle. I have quite the stash now to subsist off of.
Laoshan Black and Silver needle. I have quite the stash now to subsist off of.
Next Oath design diary is on family history and lineage. This might sound familiar to some people. I don't know.
boardgamegeek.com/thread/33051...
A lot of this is about the idea of a sense of progression in familial history writing.
What if the family history is one of no progression?
boardgamegeek.com/thread/33051...
A lot of this is about the idea of a sense of progression in familial history writing.
What if the family history is one of no progression?
Designer Diary 3: Family Histories in Oath | Oath: New Foundations
Back in the early days of Oath’s design, I made two structural decisions that I never really questioned. The first determined the size of the game’s deck, roughly how many cards were in play, and the ...
boardgamegeek.com
August 8, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Next Oath design diary is on family history and lineage. This might sound familiar to some people. I don't know.
boardgamegeek.com/thread/33051...
A lot of this is about the idea of a sense of progression in familial history writing.
What if the family history is one of no progression?
boardgamegeek.com/thread/33051...
A lot of this is about the idea of a sense of progression in familial history writing.
What if the family history is one of no progression?
Interesting design diary on history writing in a board game.
boardgamegeek.com/thread/33013...
I think it explains well where Oath failed in being a game about history.
boardgamegeek.com/thread/33013...
I think it explains well where Oath failed in being a game about history.
Designer Diary 2: What Oath Forgets | Oath: New Foundations
When we were first pitching Oath during the first Kickstarter, I would often describe it as “a game that remembered how you played it.” This was less of a pure description than a kind of aspiration. M...
boardgamegeek.com
August 8, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Interesting design diary on history writing in a board game.
boardgamegeek.com/thread/33013...
I think it explains well where Oath failed in being a game about history.
boardgamegeek.com/thread/33013...
I think it explains well where Oath failed in being a game about history.
I've always had issues with homemade bread. There's been something missing.
Turns out it was about two tablespoons full of vital wheat gluten for about 500 grams of flour. It does wonders and the bread gets really fluffy and tasty.
Turns out it was about two tablespoons full of vital wheat gluten for about 500 grams of flour. It does wonders and the bread gets really fluffy and tasty.
July 19, 2024 at 7:40 AM
I've always had issues with homemade bread. There's been something missing.
Turns out it was about two tablespoons full of vital wheat gluten for about 500 grams of flour. It does wonders and the bread gets really fluffy and tasty.
Turns out it was about two tablespoons full of vital wheat gluten for about 500 grams of flour. It does wonders and the bread gets really fluffy and tasty.
The greatest puzzle game ever made just went free: store.steampowered.com/app/1141290/...
Tactical Nexus on Steam
Puzzle RPG that can be played for 10,000 hours. A resource management game with overwhelming "functionality" to conquer games with overwhelmingly high difficulty. One of the world's top 3 in...
store.steampowered.com
July 15, 2024 at 3:15 PM
The greatest puzzle game ever made just went free: store.steampowered.com/app/1141290/...
Today I caught up with www.amazon.de/Player-Manag...
There's 8 books of this right now. It's way better than what it sounds like. I don't know anything about football but this is mint!
After book 3 you have to find the rest on royalroad.
There's 8 books of this right now. It's way better than what it sounds like. I don't know anything about football but this is mint!
After book 3 you have to find the rest on royalroad.
Player Manager: A Sports Progression Fantasy (English Edition) eBook : Steel, Ted: Amazon.de: Kindle Store
Player Manager: A Sports Progression Fantasy (English Edition) eBook : Steel, Ted: Amazon.de: Kindle Store
www.amazon.de
July 14, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Today I caught up with www.amazon.de/Player-Manag...
There's 8 books of this right now. It's way better than what it sounds like. I don't know anything about football but this is mint!
After book 3 you have to find the rest on royalroad.
There's 8 books of this right now. It's way better than what it sounds like. I don't know anything about football but this is mint!
After book 3 you have to find the rest on royalroad.
Ted Lasso
If you don't like football, it won't make you love football.
But it's such a good time
If you don't like football, it won't make you love football.
But it's such a good time
July 5, 2024 at 5:34 AM
Ted Lasso
If you don't like football, it won't make you love football.
But it's such a good time
If you don't like football, it won't make you love football.
But it's such a good time
The issues we all face
June 20, 2024 at 1:06 PM
The issues we all face
"[Pax Penning] proposes that the arc of history is not only bent by clashing armies and the invention of capital, but by social affinities, by ideas taking root, by holding a vote. By people talking to one another. By throwing a really great party."
spacebiff.com/2024/02/29/p...
spacebiff.com/2024/02/29/p...
Pax Partying
It hasn't been all that long since Matilda Simonsson wowed me with Turncoats, her handmade game of hidden influence and third-party warfare. Now she's back with a more ambitious — not to mention riski...
spacebiff.com
May 25, 2024 at 6:54 PM
"[Pax Penning] proposes that the arc of history is not only bent by clashing armies and the invention of capital, but by social affinities, by ideas taking root, by holding a vote. By people talking to one another. By throwing a really great party."
spacebiff.com/2024/02/29/p...
spacebiff.com/2024/02/29/p...
Slay the Spire the board game delivers on its promise.
It was a big promise.
It was a big promise.
May 25, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Slay the Spire the board game delivers on its promise.
It was a big promise.
It was a big promise.
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ELI5 should be the standard for Zen koans. Followed by a q&a.
Since koans are nothing more than historical records of conversations, if you really know what they're about, you should be able to explain it like the transcript from a trial.
Since koans are nothing more than historical records of conversations, if you really know what they're about, you should be able to explain it like the transcript from a trial.
May 22, 2024 at 3:00 PM
ELI5 should be the standard for Zen koans. Followed by a q&a.
Since koans are nothing more than historical records of conversations, if you really know what they're about, you should be able to explain it like the transcript from a trial.
Since koans are nothing more than historical records of conversations, if you really know what they're about, you should be able to explain it like the transcript from a trial.
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This is an interesting question for a few reasons. There's the obvious, in that it presumes a critic holds a duty of care first and foremost for designers and publishers and not for, say, the people who actually engage with art — or even for the critic's own conscience. 1/x
May 15, 2024 at 8:02 PM
This is an interesting question for a few reasons. There's the obvious, in that it presumes a critic holds a duty of care first and foremost for designers and publishers and not for, say, the people who actually engage with art — or even for the critic's own conscience. 1/x