i know i left it here somewhere

I’m in the same boat - I don’t want to be in such close social proximity to Internet randos.

I suspect a big part is tax and investment law.

A bunch of poors (like me!) who band together won’t have much capital to buy inventory or equipment. I doubt banks and investors would lend to the bunch of poors, since they have a non-standard decision making structure.

That’s gonna make it hella hard to get started.

begun, the cyberwars have

There goes Adrian Dittman again. That guy oughta be locked up.

I only get to GM for a couple of hours a week. I’d hate that to involve narrative grinding. Although it’d be fair for a character to do it during downtime.

That’s a great way to encourage players to try things, and move the game forward despite failure.

That’s a really nifty mechanic. I haven’t played CoC, but this seems like yet another reason to try it.

Dressed in a T-shirt, shorts, flip-flops, and wire-rimmed glasses, Yu declined to talk about the false report of his death or how he may have benefited financially from it.

“You can see the PTSD in my eyes, right?” he said before telling this reporter to leave.

That epitaph should be etched onto his gravestone.

Although the obituary touted his alleged successes, the more significant self-tribute was Sunday’s release of a memecoin that one of his social media accounts promoted in what claimed to be an automated message. “If you’re reading this, it’s because my 72 hour deadman’s switch triggered so i’m not here, at least physically,” the message said. The message described the new coin, dubbed $LLJEFFY, as “my final art piece” and “an eternal grave in cyberspace.”

Who doesn’t have a deadman’s switch to capitalize on one’s own death?

On-chain analysis shared on social media by Bubblemaps, a crypto analytics platform, showed accounts linked to Yu moving up to $1.4 million in cryptocurrency after his supposed death. Several accounts accused Yu of orchestrating an elaborate “pseudocide exit strategy” to cash out his holdings.

So gifted! So capable! Such a deep understanding of the technology!

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Before his staged death, Yu published a manifesto introducing the concept of “legacoins” — described as an “evolution of digital assets commonly referred to as memecoins” that function as “a vault or storage, securing and preserving value indefinitely.”

What an incredible coincidence!

If it’s 15 minutes or more, I try to clean. Or I take a nap.

Yeah, I don’t get this. If it was George Clooney or some other charismatic/likeable person, they’d still be fucking us over.

Speaking for myself, it’s more like “I know I can look intimidating, and I don’t want you to feel uncomfortable, have a nice day”. I know there’s nothing wrong with me, but other people have had bad experiences.

What was once nerd is nerd no longer, but as the wheel turns, what was nerd will be next once again.

I’m not 30-40 years old!

Google’s Deep Research AI produces similar output. I’m not saying the user definitely did that, I’m saying they could have used AI for that.

We’re early adopters. By definition: we’re nerds.

Here in Canada we’ve been trying to keep tabs on Trump’s tariff threats. At the start, our media was publishing headlines whenever posted about Canada/tariffs/etc. They seem to have given up on that (partially because Trump’s been distracted recently), but I think readers tuned out.

Instead we’re more focused on three current Canadian reaction, and the effects of whatever the current policies are. Tracking the day-to-day threats was almost information-free because Trump’s whims are so variable.

I think that strategy makes more sense: track the long-term story, without doing constant breaking news about something that’s likely to change soon.

how do you try to discern in real time what is misleading?

That’s really hard. Unless you’re in a position where your opinion will have an influence (ie, you’re a judge, cop, or protestor who can take part in the event), you might as well wait a couple of days for more information to come out.

We’ve done ourselves a massive disservice by subjecting everything to constant, immediate analysis. Most of the time, we can afford to wait and learn more.

He still hasn’t added me to any chats. What should I do?