Posts made by fortydeuce

So, as a lot of you know, I live local to the area (about 20min from the crash, and my parents live 20min past it -- I drive by the exit to the store's town each time I go visit them). I don't know anyone yet who died in the accident. I know the store owners in passing.

If anyone wants to donate to the rural county's first responders (a volunteer service), please go to:
https://www.facebook.com/applebarrelcountrystore/posts/10160938872865582

Sorry for making this its own thread, but Schoharie County is a small rural area of 30,000 people. The town of Schoharie was flooded and all but destroyed from Hurricane Irene years ago. Their first responders need all the help they can get in light of this accident. Thank you for any help you can give them.

There are also GoFundMes up for the families but it feels a bit personal posting those. You can Google or message me if you're so inclined.

@misadventure All good; I'm an attorney and I make them sign a contract, put short. But thanks!

@Tyche Here I was anticipating Single White Female.

@cobaltasaurus When I teach, I only lecture for 20 minutes tops. I read a study once -- don't ask me to find the link -- that that's the amount of time the human brain can actively listen, process, and figure out information in a single, attentive sitting.

After 20 minutes, the students do group work, or something else active, or they read a different article. Something calling on a different part of the brain than the auditory-listening channel.

As someone who is not an auditory learner at all, though, I probably would have done this anyway without the study, too, because I take information in a lot better through reading than through listening anyway.

Renting out half of my house, and why do so many people want you to instantly talk with them on the phone about it?! We're not even past anonymous Craigslist ads and you instantly give away your number? I get people want to know it isn't a scam, but aaah.

That said, if anyone wants a pet-friendly studio with kitchenette, full bath, and parking in Albany NY...

@shincashay If you're curious...

No help entry found for 'tupac'

Suggested: put, autoattack, +autoattack, @spectate_combat, Compact

@ixokai No prob! But yeah, I find not being able to use the Penn/Tiny/Brandy @mail invoker with the -newlines forever annoying. I'd put in a +request, but it's a) not annoying enough to request and b) probably somethng that would require recoding the @mail from scratch, and @Tehom and NV get enough code +requests from me that I feel I'd make their brains explode if I put this in.

@ixokai Nope, Arx, but same thing.

@mail - lists all mail in player's mailbox
@mail # - read mail by the given number
@mail/raw # - read mail by given number without ansi evaluation
@mail/quick [<player>[,<player2,...]/<subject>=<message>
@mail/org <org name>/<subject>=<message>
@mail/delete # - deletes mail by given number

• +roll/+check/etc. code that follows logical consistency. I'm finding it hard to think of an example where it doesn't, but I know I've seen games where it doesn't, and I'm looking up the helpfile every time to do a simple +roll.
• @mail code where it gives you a preview/write-as-you-go instead of forcing you to construct the message in one shot.
• Breadcrumbs in helpfiles. +help main --> +help main/subtopic. If you file everything as top-level topics, then it makes it impossible to find it unless the person knows just what to look for.
• A +census command for WoD games or others where there are different distinct roles. I know there's some debate over this, and recognize the validity of people's opinions who hate it. However, as someone who likes filling in the gaps with my characters, this passive information is much less awkward for me than asking 'So, what do you need?' on guestchan.

I'm a professional knitter -- not tippy-top expert, but 8/10. Currently working on this sweater, "Hamilton". I like the chevron design; it's a nice and subtle texture, and is working up quickly so far.

@thatguythere said in RL things I love:

I am just intrigued by a Pearl marrying a Pearlie, that could lead to almost as much confusion as when two friends got married, Christopher and Christine but both went by Chris.

Belated, but...
My last name IRL is Shelly. My mom's name is Mary. "lol Frankenstein" all the time, like she's never heard it before.

But worse: my paternal uncle was once married to a woman named Kelly (now divorced). Yes, for about ten years, there was a "Kelly Shelly." Her maiden name was the rather discordant "Wieand" (WEE-and), so I suppose she was SOL either way.

Tribe 8 (alien horror in a post-apocalyptic Montreal)? Alternity: Star*Drive (space opera that isn't Star Wars)? Back in the day, I used to toss these around as potential ideas for a MUSH.

1. Not very protective. I've been around on games for 20 years; if people want to find me, they will.
2. I don't give a damn who knows that.
3. I don't do voicechat, but that's only because my voice is ridiculous compared to the characters I tend to play, and it would break some people's suspension of disbelief (those who have met me IRL can chime in on that, haha). I think... two? people on Arx have seen a picture of me IRL in the context of chat about my recent trip to Vietnam, and three others know me on Facebook through other games.
4. Don't care. I'll give you my NY bar license number if you want; I'll tell you where I teach college. I'm an oversharer -- but, and this is an important point, I don't expect others to be. It's just how I'm wired.
5. Considering my last alt (2 years ago) got figured out by two people who knew him today, this is pretty hilarious as a question, considering timing. I have had +watch/hide on a little more frequently recently, but that's more because I've been feeling big-scene-swamped and would prefer 1-on-1s or 2-on-1s at the moment, and the culture on Arx is to jut walk right in. I don't play MMORPGs or the like (one and a half hands; gaming consoles are not my friends), so that part of it is irrelevant.

I was on the World War One campaign but not consistently: Sullvan, Irishman who I think was freelancing with the French to avoid British conscription. It was a long, long time ago, though, so memory might be off on the name or the particulars.

There was Mage... I want to say I was a Leanhaun Sidhe "talent scout" too, but that might have been elsewhere.

@scissors said in Scissors' Playlist (cuz me too):

Generation X (That 80's Seattle one): Scissors (Bonegnawer Ahroun)

God, that's going back. I was Tim, Vietnam veteran gone "native" who became a Mahayana Buddhist/Cultist of Ecstasy (because Akashic was way too much of a gimme). He had a paradigm based on the Eightfold Path as applied to spheres -- I remember writing that.

@pyrephox said in Game Design: Avoiding Min-Maxing:

"A 5 is what gives me the least chance of utterly failing when I do a moderately challenging task of what is supposed to be my specialty, and even WITH a 5, I'm still more likely than not going to fail unless I am also using my Magic Pastry Power that gives me +5 to all pastries made under the light of the full moon. And let's not even talk about if the GM decides this tower of cream puffs is difficult enough to rate a penalty."

Whatever, man. I just want a morning bun or a chocolate croissant. I'll take the roll at Fair.

I hate when people's voices IRL make me feel ill. I get that from time to time. I don't know if it's some sort of synesthesia (I also see pain as hospital green, because of a long time in the hospital as a baby, but I don't see numbers as colors or anything). This guy's voice at the coffeeshop table behind me is starting to make me feel nauseated. I'm already sick, but for whatever reason, it's like little jabs at the back of my neck and into my stomach.

Tell me I'm not the only person this happens to, please. It even happens to me when I'm not sick. Misophonia? I don't know. I'm not on the spectrum or anything like that, so it isn't that.

I just met Aeryn today! Yay!

My kingdom for a downvote. (Or three!)

@bloodymurder Hey Sasha@Arx! Good to see you. It's Derovai here. We need to catch up at some point; grab me on-game whenever you get a chance.