Recent Notes
How does lead exposure influence behavior?
No I’m done with that for a while
lol does this sound like your childhood? It definitely does not sound like mine. Once I’m out the door there’s nothing to control me
Why is it that the generations who had the most access to freedoms, are always seeking to restrict the freedoms of the generations that follow?
What are they bitter about?
They just walk out the door and access all the things you forbid at their friend’s.
Not “good” but not terrible either (but I live in Japan)
Once you change the developer’s incentives, there’s little reason for them to finish. It’s the same problem with Nostr grants. The incentives don’t align.
It never works. Think about your own childhood. How often would you get around rules laid down for you? Almost always.
And do you know about “early access” schemes? That’s where a game studio releases an alpha version of a game that barely works and milks users for millions while staying in alpha for 5+ years. And when the user base drops off, they just quietly shut it down.
RNG - random number generator, a mechanic used to give you a chance at winning something rather than getting that thing. So instead of spending $5 to buy a virtual item, you’d spend $100 buying loot boxes that have a chance of giving you that item. And when you pair that with “sets” where you need several items for a set for example, you end up extracting thousands of dollars from kids and their parents (mostly their parents)
Gaming world and rng is the worst. Turned every kid into a gambler
Some ancient tech people used to find stuff