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Who doesn't love maps in TTRPGs? I can bet most of us who play such games have - at some point - pored over a map of some kind, imaging the people, places and adventures that you could have in a wild and wonderful place. Now look at this map (trust me, there's a point to this):
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July 17, 2024 at 8:16 AM
Who doesn't love maps in TTRPGs? I can bet most of us who play such games have - at some point - pored over a map of some kind, imaging the people, places and adventures that you could have in a wild and wonderful place. Now look at this map (trust me, there's a point to this):
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We lost a legend today
Roger Corman, Pioneering Independent Producer and King of B Movies, Dies at 98
Roger Corman, who directed and produced hundreds of B movies and discovered Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, has died. He was 98.
variety.com
May 12, 2024 at 2:03 AM
We lost a legend today
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The human mind is hard-coded to model social networks and it's very unhappy when part of the social network goes away.
Like a phantom limb, the mind concocts ghosts and seances and religious mummery to fill the void left by a loved one's loss.
Unsurprising to see tech turned to the same function.
Like a phantom limb, the mind concocts ghosts and seances and religious mummery to fill the void left by a loved one's loss.
Unsurprising to see tech turned to the same function.
May 11, 2024 at 6:53 PM
The human mind is hard-coded to model social networks and it's very unhappy when part of the social network goes away.
Like a phantom limb, the mind concocts ghosts and seances and religious mummery to fill the void left by a loved one's loss.
Unsurprising to see tech turned to the same function.
Like a phantom limb, the mind concocts ghosts and seances and religious mummery to fill the void left by a loved one's loss.
Unsurprising to see tech turned to the same function.
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Any world, any character--if you can imagine it you can build it with the Cypher System Character Builder.
www.montecookgames.c...
#cyphercharacter #cscb #cyphersystemcharacterbuilder
www.montecookgames.c...
#cyphercharacter #cscb #cyphersystemcharacterbuilder
The Cypher System Character Builder Is Now Live! - Monte Cook Games
Cypher System Character Builder opens to the public on Monday, the 8th of April. It will be free to use, and is a part of the growing Cypher Tools suite of online game tools. Using the Character Builder, players can generate Cypher System characters for any genre, drawing on character options from the Cypher System Rulebook and a full range of major Cypher System supplements. The entire line of Cypher System genre supplements is included, and content from new titles will be introduced as those titles are released.
www.montecookgames.com
May 15, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Any world, any character--if you can imagine it you can build it with the Cypher System Character Builder.
www.montecookgames.c...
#cyphercharacter #cscb #cyphersystemcharacterbuilder
www.montecookgames.c...
#cyphercharacter #cscb #cyphersystemcharacterbuilder
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It remains an open question whether gravity is intrinsically classical even on scales where quantum effects might be expected to appear. Ludovico Lami at the University of Amsterdam and his colleagues tackle that question with a proposal that couples gravity to light.
Quantum Gravity Gets a New Test
A proposed experiment could bring scientists closer to answering the long-standing question of whether gravity is a classical or a quantum phenomenon.
physics.aps.org
May 2, 2024 at 2:32 PM
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Transmission spectra are used to study the “fingerprints” of an exoplanet’s atmosphere. WASP-39 b’s spectrum marked the first time sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide were clearly detected in an exoplanet’s atmosphere.
How the James Webb Space Telescope studies exoplanets: bit.ly/49MLvHr 🔭 🧪
How the James Webb Space Telescope studies exoplanets: bit.ly/49MLvHr 🔭 🧪
May 2, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Transmission spectra are used to study the “fingerprints” of an exoplanet’s atmosphere. WASP-39 b’s spectrum marked the first time sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide were clearly detected in an exoplanet’s atmosphere.
How the James Webb Space Telescope studies exoplanets: bit.ly/49MLvHr 🔭 🧪
How the James Webb Space Telescope studies exoplanets: bit.ly/49MLvHr 🔭 🧪
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Report of a wild orangutan repeatedly rubbing chewed-up leaves of a medicinal plant on a facial wound.
“It was the first known observation of a wild animal using a plant to treat a wound, and adds to evidence that humans are not alone in using plants for medicinal purposes.”
🐋🌱🧪 #Evobio
“It was the first known observation of a wild animal using a plant to treat a wound, and adds to evidence that humans are not alone in using plants for medicinal purposes.”
🐋🌱🧪 #Evobio
Orangutan, Heal Thyself
For the first time, scientists observed a primate in the wild treating a wound with a plant that has medicinal properties.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Report of a wild orangutan repeatedly rubbing chewed-up leaves of a medicinal plant on a facial wound.
“It was the first known observation of a wild animal using a plant to treat a wound, and adds to evidence that humans are not alone in using plants for medicinal purposes.”
🐋🌱🧪 #Evobio
“It was the first known observation of a wild animal using a plant to treat a wound, and adds to evidence that humans are not alone in using plants for medicinal purposes.”
🐋🌱🧪 #Evobio
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What would cosmology be if not physics, since astronomy/astrophysics is a part of physics...? Although I have had conversations with a cosmologist who claimed his subject what not part of astronomy. This kind of gate-keeping seems unhelpful. 👩🔬🧪🔭🎢
Are biophysics and cosmology part of physics? As Andrew Zangwill explores in this thought-provoking essay, the answers have changed over time and depend on taste and attitude as well as the science itself.
Opinion: That’s Not Physics
Where do the boundaries of physics begin and end? The debate has persisted for more than a century.
aps.org
May 2, 2024 at 6:16 PM
What would cosmology be if not physics, since astronomy/astrophysics is a part of physics...? Although I have had conversations with a cosmologist who claimed his subject what not part of astronomy. This kind of gate-keeping seems unhelpful. 👩🔬🧪🔭🎢
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ByteDance has “sensitive word lists,” with names like “Trump Directed Prohibited Words” and “Special prohibited words for Xi and Peng”
Over 50 of the lists explicitly mention TikTok or the US.
TikTok denies they’ve ever been used.
From the increíble @alexlevine.bsky.social
Over 50 of the lists explicitly mention TikTok or the US.
TikTok denies they’ve ever been used.
From the increíble @alexlevine.bsky.social
TikTok Parent ByteDance’s ‘Sensitive Words’ Tool Monitors Discussion Of China, Trump, Uyghurs
ByteDance appears to be using word lists to detect or suppress content about everything from TikTok rival YouTube to marginalized Uyghurs to 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump.
www.forbes.com
May 1, 2023 at 2:02 PM
ByteDance has “sensitive word lists,” with names like “Trump Directed Prohibited Words” and “Special prohibited words for Xi and Peng”
Over 50 of the lists explicitly mention TikTok or the US.
TikTok denies they’ve ever been used.
From the increíble @alexlevine.bsky.social
Over 50 of the lists explicitly mention TikTok or the US.
TikTok denies they’ve ever been used.
From the increíble @alexlevine.bsky.social
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For half a century, “the Godfather of A.I.” nurtured the technology at the heart of chatbots like ChatGPT. Now, he worries it will cause serious harm and has quit his job at Google
‘The Godfather of A.I.’ Leaves Google and Warns of Danger Ahead
For half a century, Geoffrey Hinton nurtured the technology at the heart of chatbots like ChatGPT. Now he worries it will cause serious harm.
www.nytimes.com
May 1, 2023 at 2:03 PM
For half a century, “the Godfather of A.I.” nurtured the technology at the heart of chatbots like ChatGPT. Now, he worries it will cause serious harm and has quit his job at Google
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Twitter: evil rogues
Mastodon: neutral wizards
Bluesky: chaos bards
Facebook: failed save against hypnotic pattern
Mastodon: neutral wizards
Bluesky: chaos bards
Facebook: failed save against hypnotic pattern
May 2, 2023 at 11:09 PM
Twitter: evil rogues
Mastodon: neutral wizards
Bluesky: chaos bards
Facebook: failed save against hypnotic pattern
Mastodon: neutral wizards
Bluesky: chaos bards
Facebook: failed save against hypnotic pattern
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The damage that ChatGPT is doing to academia and publishing is staggering. A handful of fuckheads can pollute repositories or generate nonsense manuscripts and data sheets that everyone else must deal with
ChatGPT hallucinating Material Safety Data Sheets is a nightmare scenario for lab safety: www.funraniumlabs.com/2024/04/phil...
Phil vs. LLMs - Funranium Labs
Last year, my friend Ed made a post regarding the nascent proliferation of ChatGPT and competitors into various search engines and other products. With a moment’s contemplation after reading it, I jus...
www.funraniumlabs.com
April 17, 2024 at 11:17 PM
The damage that ChatGPT is doing to academia and publishing is staggering. A handful of fuckheads can pollute repositories or generate nonsense manuscripts and data sheets that everyone else must deal with
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An analysis by University of Michigan researchers of more than 30 million grading records from U-M finds students with alphabetically lower-ranked names receive lower grades. This is due to sequential grading biases and the default order of students' submissions in Canvas. #AcademicSky #EduSky #Bias
Researchers find lower grades given to students with surnames that come later in alphabetical order
Knowing your ABCs is essential to academic success, but having a last name starting with A, B or C might also help make the grade.
phys.org
April 17, 2024 at 8:55 PM
An analysis by University of Michigan researchers of more than 30 million grading records from U-M finds students with alphabetically lower-ranked names receive lower grades. This is due to sequential grading biases and the default order of students' submissions in Canvas. #AcademicSky #EduSky #Bias
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The "Critical Role effect" happened in Japan in the '80s, it just took the form of paperback Replays that recorded game sessions as pulp fiction.
TSR blocked publishers from using D&D for Replays.
It contributed to TSR losing the Japanese RPG market.
www.tokyodev.com/articles/the...
TSR blocked publishers from using D&D for Replays.
It contributed to TSR losing the Japanese RPG market.
www.tokyodev.com/articles/the...
The rise and fall of D&D in Japan
In 1985, D&D had a massively successful release in Japan. However, its popularity quickly waned. This article chronicles the rise and fall of D&D in Japan.
www.tokyodev.com
March 27, 2024 at 4:44 PM
The "Critical Role effect" happened in Japan in the '80s, it just took the form of paperback Replays that recorded game sessions as pulp fiction.
TSR blocked publishers from using D&D for Replays.
It contributed to TSR losing the Japanese RPG market.
www.tokyodev.com/articles/the...
TSR blocked publishers from using D&D for Replays.
It contributed to TSR losing the Japanese RPG market.
www.tokyodev.com/articles/the...