Wie “hilfreich” das ist sehen wir hier:
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Currently we run an Arcs Campaign. 2/3 games. Initially I thought I just have to concentrate on a C fate, because the first game I made barely any points. But game 2 I won. But I can’t count and therefore I will play a C fate after all.
We are in game 10/13 of Charterstone. It is a very lightweight legacy worker placement and okish.
My partner bought Deep regrets after having it played once and loved it. It is nice. Need to play it with higher player count.
Oh I love it, cause I actually remember: It was around 1998-1999. I was a child. A new mall opened and they had some kind of special. 1 hour surfing for 1 DM or 1 €. We had no internet at home yet only an old computer for fun. Nothing fancy. And I really wanted to go on the Diddl website. Imagine something like a german Mikey Mouse but as collectible like Beanie Baby’s. I was obsessed. Anyway I think each click took 5 min to load. There was lots to discover like the mid 2000 Gorillas website. My mom was annoyed. But I was hyped. 10/10.
Wenn es um Platz und Plastik geht: Waschmittelblätter. Das offene teile ich und pack es in eine Dose, damit die ja nicht feucht werden. Kommen in der Regel in Papier verpackt. Spart Platz, Plastik etc
Wir haben das erste Mal mit dem DeutschlandTicket eine Grenze durchquert.
Früher ist die Familie und dann später auch ich mit Freundinnen immer nach Venlo zum Einkaufen gefahren. Kaffee, Pille, Zigaretten etc. Freunde wollten immer für Wacken Dosenbier ohne Pfand. Ich kannte nix von Venlo, außer den Parkplatz und die 2 Brüder. Mit dem Zug ankommen und nicht zum einkaufen da zu sein, war eine ganz neue Erfahrung.
Wir waren im Limburg Museum. War nett die FEEST und Erotik Ausstellung. Die Stadt ist mega cute und lädt zum verweilen ein.
Crafting, crochet, knitting, sewing, drawing etc I like to do it for myself and my loved ones. I like to cook and I live for gossip.
I think I got the same model at work. I didn’t realise because I used an external keyboard and when I checked online, the battery was already replaced once. I work in a lab and was so scared I initially placed it under the chemical hood until it had no battery.
I got to take it home (much later) and ordered a repair kit from iFixit and each step was explained for dummies and it was a blast to replace it. The one downside: my first battery I ordered was also bloated and I only realised once it was glued in. But they sent a new one within days and the second one was perfect.
The DeutschlandTicket is the best thing! I love it. I want that with their Steuernummer, baby’s get a DeutschlandTicket. Everybody needs a DeutschlandTicket.
I understand that. I find it hard to commit myself to something which I don’t burn for. I can start a huge crochet project let’s say because I want to gift it, it has a clear start and end (starting a magic loop -> finished product). My driver for the programming was: you are unemployed, they got you the course, if you don’t go your unemployment benefits would be cut. And I rather choose my own course instead of being pushed to do something I don’t like. I don’t enjoy the programming, but I enjoy pretty data. If I was still working I wouldn’t have started. So the stars aligned.
TLDR: commit to a course.
For the last two to three years I tried a couple of times to get into Python on my own. Each time I find the very basic steps extremely boring. And once I come to a bit more complex question I am like: you didn’t teach that yet! Since I am interested in biology, I want to look into data. I tried my hand on already published stuff but often felt like I am not making anything new, just copy pasting.
The last year I took 2 day classes and are now in a “full on learn 5 month from scratch programming course”. The first two weeks were rough because we went over the very very basics in a slow tempo. And now the “fun” stuff starts.
One day we had a a different tutor and he showed us that some cities (in Germany) provide public data to their citizens. And that this is a good resource. I checked for my city and I have plenty of csv files to choose from. Just waiting to be made into a graph. It helped me stay engaged in the first two weeks. Did I code it myself? Hell no. ChatGPT was a huge help. The haters will tell me I just “vibe coded” but I had so many error messages to work through I think I learned a lot while analysing the data and going back and forth checking if anything made sense. The gist of it is that I am now committed to a course, where I have to show up every day (online). I still often feel like a failure when I don’t understand a question and it is hard to judge if the others are as lost as I am. But it is also kind of fun and having others going through the same makes it more tolerable.
I just started a Python course. My tutor uses Thonny and I have tried Pycharm previously and prefer it. Maybe because I am lazy or because I prefer all the autofill I can get. And I need all the highlighting. I am code blind.
The Dark Tower really really really resonated with me as a teenager. As did It and the stand. I liked goosebumps and horror in general. In recent years I read the Stand again and I realised I have a lot of questions about the story I didn’t have when I was young. So it really depends when in life you read them.
But one I haven’t seen mentioned much is Tommyknockers. I really liked it and of course you follow an author. Running man, the longe walk I liked too. Rage is an odd read, maybe because of the context of its legacy.
I prefer his older books. But only because I don’t like Krimis (Crime fiction). Therefore Mr Mercedes and later the Holly stories don’t work for me as good as his older books.
Joe Hill (his son) writes similar stories located at the east cost. Initially I thought I read his dad’s work.