@moira Oooh, lots of work!!!

Game UI is bloody HARD. Suiting for both mobile AND desktop is bloody HARD. Oh my goodness, I always had an appreciation for UX/UI design, more so those in game dev. Huge respect.

Been struggling trying to balance UI with combat mini game for @frax

#gamedev

@robryk @MHowell @ai6yr @cpsc_bot @W6KME @_thegeoff @stepheneb @pmonks In climbing there are two basic kinds of ropes: static and dynamic. We use static (low-stretch) in mountain rescue because it's wasted energy to put a stretchy rope into a mechanical advantage system, and because we want precision. But note that we also use static ropes to belay the rescuer – which is safe to do because the slack is very carefully monitored so they'll never fall more than a foot or two. Ditto toproping (where your anchor always is above you): safe on a static rope so long as there's little slack.

BUT! On a static rope, a foot or two is all the leeway you get. Remember the example I have before of a daisy chain whipper on Dyneema (static)? That's when you have a good anchor point, clip yourself in on a 3' safety line, then climb up a little to place the next anchor, and slip, for a total fall of 6'. If the safety line doesn't stretch, that fall absolutely will break you: rupture a disc, maybe even invite a kidney. It's BAD.

In more serious climbing, people "lead climb": climb the rock, place an school and clip your rope through (not to) that anchor's carabiner, then climb above that last point of protection until you install another anchor. You're always climbing above your last pro. In that situation, you need a dynamic rope so if you fall it will stretch. Also, you are much safer the longer the rope is, because a 50 ft rope will stretch much further than a 2 ft rope. So you can be 100 ft up, with your buddy belaying you from below, and be 30 ft above your last protection on a dynamic rope, slip and fall 60 ft, and you'll be fine, because that's a lot of stretch. You don't need a separate shock absorber.

So, yeah, a 60 ft fall and you're fine, but a 6 ft fall and you're peeing blood.

Math and engineering, brother. Math and engineering.

Are there any maps showing which instances federate which others? Like those maps with nodes and connections

It’s for no particular reason, I’m just curious >.<

@ai6yr ooph. They don't look built to deal with the volume of water.

Just looking at the "before" pics the street drainage system doesn't seem up to even hard rain... interval, size of drains, likely indicating the infra not up to challenge. :/

Floods this volume must be a more recent development than the stuff built.

@faraiwe @ai6yr I've driven through that part of the country countless times. It is poor and definitely not set up for this kind of thing. Ooof.

The caption is doing a lot of work. "feels like he is going to die" is basically my 3pm.

@ai6yr ugh

Quit reminding me to get a canoe

@wezm @willhbr …they got any boats there that run on electricity?

How did libraries do at the polls last night? (Spoiler alert: Big wins in the stacks!) #books

https://lithub.com/how-did-libraries-do-at-the-polls-last-night-spoiler-alert-big-wins-in-the-stacks/

@astraluma One theorises getting, like, cooler Vega or RX 5x00-series chips? they'd be a big step up from what's there already...

@LeslieBurns @ai6yr when you live in this storm-flogged peninsula you learn to accept them as facts of life (hence things I drive) but here the infrastructure for high volume drainage is in place, and building codes are up there, of necessity. You learn to discern "bad place to get caught in storm/flash flood" on sight, and even the "before" aerial pics of that place made me twitch.

Video Clip: Senator-Elect Abdul El-Sayed does not back Chuck Scumer for leadership

"I want new leadership - focused on getting money out of politics, putting money in your pocket, and passing Medicare for all... I want to see who else is willing to throw their hat in the ring."

#uspol #選挙
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@aurynn maybe? But designing PC-grade hardware is _hard_

There's a reason only a couple of indies exist

@ai6yr @CStamp @ai6yr CNN has news of that flooding:
https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/05/weather/flooding-georgia-tennessee-mccaysville-copperhill-climate or
https://lite.cnn.com/2026/11/05/weather/flooding-georgia-tennessee-mccaysville-copperhill-climate

@ariadne Because the opening is irresistible, Dick van Dyke: