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A version of Moby-Dick where every word hyperlinks to every other instance of that word, front to back, in a cycle. So, the first word, "call," links to the last instance of "call" in the book. The next instance of "call" links to the next-to-last instance, etc.

The first gen of Pokemon was a base 151 encoding where one of the numerals was a secret, and you could generate new glitch numerals

Ivysaur (pokedex number 2) + Ivysaur (pokedex number 2) equals Charmander (pokedex number 4)

Math, but with Pokemon instead of numerals

When I was, like, 12, I thought Sonic 3 & Knuckles was the greatest game ever. When I was 18, I actively enjoyed Weezer, particularly the first album. Tastes change. People change. I don't like Sonic or Weezer anymore but I do own a blue penis. Every little thing influences you in a certain way.

Shorter than real Elijah Wood? Check
Furry? Check
Chubby? Check
Thick glasses with keyhole bridge? Check
Buttondown shirt layered under maroon sweater? Check

Going for that "everyday 2019 Elijah Wood but as a hobbit" look

I really don't understand this aspect of tech culture. That it's commonplace for people to push back on documenting their work for others to use, or to act like testing and code reviews are a big burden. There is so much money involved and you want to be fast and sloppy. Wtf.

I mean, if I were to so much as design a flyer for a company, I'd expect there to be at least 3 emails of back and forth before we had a final version, and probably a lot, lot more.

When I write, I expect to get feedback and iterate on it until it is polished.

When I code, I deal with people who think they can just type out any slop, and that planning, testing, and reviews are a distraction.

It's bizarre.

I came to tech from writing and design work, where you are expected to save your work, share it, and get it reviewed, but all of these things seem to get treated as alien when you ask programmers to do them.

I think being a fan of things ruins you. You get really defensive about trivial bullshit and start buying garbage. I'm not going to be a fan of anything ever.

Fighting Melissa in Divinity Original Sin 2 and instantly breaking thru her weak physical armor to turn her into a chicken.

Advent is just reverse Lent