Notices by S. John Ross (sjohnross@dice.camp)

@emilymbender I often think of teddy bears.

It's not unusual for a human to love a teddy bear and to project onto a teddy bear and to imagine that the teddy bear loves them back.

But that's an act of fantasy and we generally agree that it's so. Adding a voice so a Teddy Ruxpin could talk didn't change it.

A teddy bear mathematically modeling how hurt feelings are expressed in words doesn't change it either.

It's disturbing that, for some, it seems to make the difference.

@emilymbender I do wonder, though, which is worse, and which is more true: that Anthropic's people are drinking the Kool-Aid, or that Anthropic's people are coming up with creepier ways to try and sell it.

@evan Fantastic!

The pizza hashtag has been really nice lately.

There were a couple of businesses that use it that I had to mute to still the business noise, but folks just posting snaps of pizza ... that's been a nice addition.

#Curation

I almost never even try to listen to #TTRPG podcasts anymore.

Every now and then, I listen to part of one, and it just takes the wind out of my sails, makes me feel like there's no point in doing RPG design anymore.

Tonight I listened to a _whole_ episode, which never happens, and it was pleasant, but I'm _still_ getting that there's-no-point depression vibe.

I need to just learn to not listen to those things. When I game from within my bubble, I'm excited to design from within it, too. 😂

@jacklaridian I'm stoked for it. 😊

Midway through my 4th mug of Denny's coffee* and my stomach is considering filing for divorce.

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* If you've never had the pleasure, imagine a blend of freeze-dried dog poop and stewed bicycle tires. I've had the stuff at Denny's in just about every region of the U.S. and it's remarkably consistent.

#Dennys

My experience this past year with #Obsidian has been very positive; it just feels like a natural fit for how I think and write, so I'm super happy with it.

But whenever I read about it online, everyone else makes it sound like a completely different application; I barely recognize it.

I just _write_ in it, which, I gather, makes me the weirdo. 😅

@hishgraphics Hmmm. From the TinyD6 folks, licensed from ... From whoever has it these days, I guess? Some legal quasi-descendant of the long-gone WEG (and the slightly-less-long-gone "WEG").

Could be good. Here's hoping.

So, my current rules of energy and work seem to be:

When I'm well-rested and energized, I write.

When I'm moderately well-rested and feeling okayish, I design.

When I'm feeling tired and a bit dumb, I do graphics (mapping, page layout, etc).

When I'm feeling utterly wiped out, I work on fonts.

When I'm feeling too sleepy and stupid to do fonts, I endlessly tweak the wording in Applesauce. 😅

#TTRPG #TTRPGDesign