Eric Risbakk
@ericrisbakk.bsky.social
Data Scientist/Engineer currently in Oslo. I love board games, ttrpgs, and reading fantasy/sci-fi.
“Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.”
- Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight.
“Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.”
- Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight.
Four planet variant Cosmic Encounter is a blast, shaves half an hour from the game, makes it a lot easier to play a 2nd round - excellent introduction for new players
August 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Four planet variant Cosmic Encounter is a blast, shaves half an hour from the game, makes it a lot easier to play a 2nd round - excellent introduction for new players
The first Absolute Batman arc was a joy to read!
August 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The first Absolute Batman arc was a joy to read!
Me, a fool: the time I gain from taking notes in markdown will surely not be canceled out by the time it takes to put them in a latex table in overleaf
July 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Me, a fool: the time I gain from taking notes in markdown will surely not be canceled out by the time it takes to put them in a latex table in overleaf
Angel dust now means finely grated parmesan cheese
July 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Angel dust now means finely grated parmesan cheese
Begun A Volume of Secret Faces. Players captured Barbas and have decided to explain their situation to Delta Green.
Time to prep an interrogation and a minor shopping mall trip I guess...
#ImpossibleLandscapes #DeltaGreen #Spoilers
Time to prep an interrogation and a minor shopping mall trip I guess...
#ImpossibleLandscapes #DeltaGreen #Spoilers
a cartoon of a crab with the words oh no on the bottom
ALT: a cartoon of a crab with the words oh no on the bottom
media.tenor.com
June 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Begun A Volume of Secret Faces. Players captured Barbas and have decided to explain their situation to Delta Green.
Time to prep an interrogation and a minor shopping mall trip I guess...
#ImpossibleLandscapes #DeltaGreen #Spoilers
Time to prep an interrogation and a minor shopping mall trip I guess...
#ImpossibleLandscapes #DeltaGreen #Spoilers
Reposted by Eric Risbakk
i know it's just advertisement but it still pisses me off when tech CEOs claim AGI will solve humanity's problems with its vast intelligence. for a lot of problems we already know the solutions, what prevents them being solved is not a lack of intelligence, but that the solutions are unprofitable
June 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
i know it's just advertisement but it still pisses me off when tech CEOs claim AGI will solve humanity's problems with its vast intelligence. for a lot of problems we already know the solutions, what prevents them being solved is not a lack of intelligence, but that the solutions are unprofitable
With the new user verification stuff, TBH, I increasingly want to restrict all my online interactions to only people who are verified as a real person or organization, perhaps with the exception of bots with confirmed ownership by a verified account.
April 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
With the new user verification stuff, TBH, I increasingly want to restrict all my online interactions to only people who are verified as a real person or organization, perhaps with the exception of bots with confirmed ownership by a verified account.
Watching Pantheon S2.
The lil NERV sticker on the laptop is a nice touch.
The lil NERV sticker on the laptop is a nice touch.
April 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Watching Pantheon S2.
The lil NERV sticker on the laptop is a nice touch.
The lil NERV sticker on the laptop is a nice touch.
"This board game takes two hours"
Narrator: "the boardgame did not take two hours"
Narrator: "the boardgame did not take two hours"
April 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
"This board game takes two hours"
Narrator: "the boardgame did not take two hours"
Narrator: "the boardgame did not take two hours"
Very satisfying to reach an end to the Night Floors with my amazing players. On to the next Volume.
April 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Very satisfying to reach an end to the Night Floors with my amazing players. On to the next Volume.
Reposted by Eric Risbakk
Anecdotal, but I'm definitely noticing an uptick in advocacy for violence here. About which I'll say only this: Promoting violence on social media is the work of trolls and fools, those eager to bait others into implicating themselves in the age of surveillance or fools rushing to the gulag.
March 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Anecdotal, but I'm definitely noticing an uptick in advocacy for violence here. About which I'll say only this: Promoting violence on social media is the work of trolls and fools, those eager to bait others into implicating themselves in the age of surveillance or fools rushing to the gulag.
"Hey Mark. Where'd you go?"
March 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
"Hey Mark. Where'd you go?"
Looking forward to picking up Avowed eventually, I enjoyed the first Pillars of Eternity and I'm still hoping to find the time to play the second sooner or later.
February 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Looking forward to picking up Avowed eventually, I enjoyed the first Pillars of Eternity and I'm still hoping to find the time to play the second sooner or later.
My players have finally entered the Night Floors proper.
Everyone has social obligations in the coming days.
All but one player is close to breaking point.
#ImpossibleLandscapes
Everyone has social obligations in the coming days.
All but one player is close to breaking point.
#ImpossibleLandscapes
a raccoon is sitting on the ground with its paws folded in prayer and smiling .
Alt: a raccoon is sitting on the ground with its paws folded in prayer and smiling .
media.tenor.com
February 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
My players have finally entered the Night Floors proper.
Everyone has social obligations in the coming days.
All but one player is close to breaking point.
#ImpossibleLandscapes
Everyone has social obligations in the coming days.
All but one player is close to breaking point.
#ImpossibleLandscapes
Can you kinkshame an ice cream company?
February 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Can you kinkshame an ice cream company?
Playing Civ VII as Rome and learning the consequences of my own actions after overextending my armies during a growing crisis
February 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Playing Civ VII as Rome and learning the consequences of my own actions after overextending my armies during a growing crisis
Reposted by Eric Risbakk
What if history just didn't repeat itself, for once?
February 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
What if history just didn't repeat itself, for once?
Shower thought, but it's weird to have to run an LLM all the time, for every new question. Surely there are many repeat questions.
People running AIs are supposedly still taking big losses. There are huge running costs.
Why couldn't there simply be a database of existing questions and answers?
People running AIs are supposedly still taking big losses. There are huge running costs.
Why couldn't there simply be a database of existing questions and answers?
February 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Shower thought, but it's weird to have to run an LLM all the time, for every new question. Surely there are many repeat questions.
People running AIs are supposedly still taking big losses. There are huge running costs.
Why couldn't there simply be a database of existing questions and answers?
People running AIs are supposedly still taking big losses. There are huge running costs.
Why couldn't there simply be a database of existing questions and answers?
It is ever so slightly surreal to be an ocean across from an unfolding crisis, with little ability to help - I would like to do *something* - there's much that can be done here too, but I'm afraid of being stuck treating symptoms instead of dealing with root causes
February 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
It is ever so slightly surreal to be an ocean across from an unfolding crisis, with little ability to help - I would like to do *something* - there's much that can be done here too, but I'm afraid of being stuck treating symptoms instead of dealing with root causes
Silo S2 is a great continuation of S1. Strong recommend.
January 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Silo S2 is a great continuation of S1. Strong recommend.
When trying to catch your friend's attention in a crowd from a distance, remember to keep your arm strictly vertical or have a bend at the elbow
January 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM
When trying to catch your friend's attention in a crowd from a distance, remember to keep your arm strictly vertical or have a bend at the elbow
Balatro? You mean neurodivergent crack cocaine?
January 18, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Balatro? You mean neurodivergent crack cocaine?
Saw Midsommar last night, loved the cgi
January 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Saw Midsommar last night, loved the cgi
Women want me
Fish fear me
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants a serious word with me about the dangers of overfishing
Fish fear me
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants a serious word with me about the dangers of overfishing
January 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Women want me
Fish fear me
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants a serious word with me about the dangers of overfishing
Fish fear me
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants a serious word with me about the dangers of overfishing
Chernobyl is such a haunting series. Cried multiple times.
December 26, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Chernobyl is such a haunting series. Cried multiple times.