there's a feature I have been wishing pandoc has for years – some way of pre-processing the input with my own rules, so I can add my own simplifications for specific documents.

it turns out.... it's had this feature the whole time: https://pandoc.org/filters.html

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2018, 23:15

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2018, 23:15

Dec 20, 2018, 23:15

Lizardsquid, maker of noises @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es

doing a bad thing, web programming

and now I'm doing a worse thing... I'm generating content with CSS

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**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2018, 23:10

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2018, 23:10

Dec 20, 2018, 23:10

Lizardsquid, maker of noises @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es

@g D::

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2018, 22:40

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2018, 22:40

Dec 20, 2018, 22:40

Lizardsquid, maker of noises @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es

@softgoat woof!

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2018, 22:40

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2018, 22:40

Dec 20, 2018, 22:40

Lizardsquid, maker of noises @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es

L4D2

@pupy@chitter.xyz also I looked it up: there's ~5 dynamic level sections in the entire game.

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2018, 22:24

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2018, 22:24

Dec 20, 2018, 22:24

Lizardsquid, maker of noises @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es

L4D2

@pupy@chitter.xyz I'm 99% certain they were planning to release it as DLC, but then made a bunch of changes to the code for the new maps and realised that they couldn't

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2018, 22:21

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2018, 22:21

Dec 20, 2018, 22:21

Lizardsquid, maker of noises @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es

L4D2

@pupy@chitter.xyz they did have the alarm-style crescendos, where instead of pressing a button and standing around while hordes of zombies come after you, you press a button and then have to get to somewhere and press another button while zombies come after you.

which means the sections with hordes feel less repetitive

(also: the reason why L4D2 is a seperate game is because they changed a bunch of details about the AI director, which broke the original maps. That's the entire reason.)

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2018, 22:13

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2018, 22:13

Dec 20, 2018, 22:13

Lizardsquid, maker of noises @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es

@pupy@chitter.xyz I really liked Left 4 Dead, but perhaps it was because I was spending time with my friends.

I do feel like they should have done more with the sequel – like, they introduced maps that change each time you play, but it's only ever like... there's 2 paths through a garden, and one of them is blocked off sometimes.

They could have done something that's more roguelike-ish, and have well crafted maps that change significantly each time, but... they didn't

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2018, 22:06

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2018, 22:06

Dec 20, 2018, 22:06

Lizardsquid, maker of noises @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es

@pupy@chitter.xyz yeah, plus they've actually aged quite terribly on the mechanics side of things

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2018, 21:59

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2018, 21:59

Dec 20, 2018, 21:59

Lizardsquid, maker of noises @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es

@pupy@chitter.xyz yeah, I loved half life 2's story as a young person, because I'd never played a game with a story that felt like it actually included you, but now when I replay the games I think "this is.... Some Writing™"

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2018, 21:39

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2018, 21:39

Dec 20, 2018, 21:39

Lizardsquid, maker of noises @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es

@maple robots...

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** · Dec 20, 2018, 19:48

Lizardsquid, maker of noises boosted

**Plugs(mostly)** @Doggo@cybre.space · Dec 20, 2018, 19:48

Dec 20, 2018, 19:48

Plugs(mostly) @Doggo@cybre.space

Critism of ‘women and nonbinary people, but no men’ posts

i don’t like my nonbinary being lumped in with women?

I feel like I’m being told I’m enough like a woman my experiences and oppressions must match up enough to fit into the woman box.

But. I’m a non binary *man*. I can’t relate to women’s stuff bc...I’ve never been one. Been *mistaken* for one, but that’s not the same.
it’s never ‘NBs and men only’

I feel like ppl think we’re all woman aligned. Or it’s a way to shove us in the binary box again.

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2018, 20:30

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2018, 20:30

Dec 20, 2018, 20:30

Lizardsquid, maker of noises @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es

a conversation i had

@popefucker@cybre.space I had this exchange once:

them: you can use this site to watch anime without paying
me: ah cool, but i won't go there because the Australian government tak tracks everything you download
them: that's ok, because you're just streaming!

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2018, 12:30

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2018, 12:30

Dec 20, 2018, 12:30

Lizardsquid, maker of noises @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es

doing a bad thing, web programming

I know I shouldn't, but... I decided I wanted the rows of the tables to be coloured according to what I think of the story. But because my source file is markdown, doing that directly would be super ugly, so instead.... I generate the colours of the tables with Javascript

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**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2018, 12:25

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2018, 12:25

Dec 20, 2018, 12:25

Lizardsquid, maker of noises @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es

mlem

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2018, 08:27

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Dec 20, 2018, 08:27

Dec 20, 2018, 08:27

Lizardsquid, maker of noises @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es

...I should probably not leave the placeholder recommendation of "Land of the Dead" in, especially since I'm considering saying you shouldn't listen to it...

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