Ozzy Shortwick @chuck@linuxlab.sh

dammit stop with the cargo culted password requirements and use 2FA

I'm running a friendly game of D&D 5e to help relieve monotony and stress during lockdowns. Do you want to play?

We're playing on Thursday 20:00-22:00 UTC (note this is *UTC* time, please convert for your local timezone).

New players welcome! I'm told I'm not a bad teacher. You don't need to own any D&D books or dice.

Experienced players are welcome too!

We play on Mumble, an open source voice chat client, so bandwidth is super low.

Message me to sign up.

#dnd #rpg #gaming #5e

I'm posting this here because it's a space I care about. Raygun Lounge is a CapHill, queer owned and staffed gaming business. They're a go-to spot during most geek/nerd/gaming conventions and host hundreds of events every year, many of which are the queer board games nights I attend. There are a few ways people can help them stay in business at this time. Any help they receive has their thanks an mind.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-raygun-going
https://www.raygunlounge.com/how-you-can-help/

Just had a thought, please don't make fun, I'm seriously.
Is there a place where you can send "online letters" - not email? I want to be pen pals with one of my friends I barely see, but emails tends to get lost in the stream and the aesthetic is awful. I was just wondering if there was a place where you could craft messages that felt or looked a bit more like a physical letter.
(and please, I don't need any, 'you can do that with e-mails are you stupid').

#lego has happened.

#Wallpaper

Reminder that tomorrow is April Food's Day, so prepare to bring your favorite recipes to share with other users.

This is 100% not a joke and there will be no pranks associated with Food Day

twitter screenshot, clowning on bosses

#React
So, @rachelnabors@twitter.com, @NikkitaFTW@twitter.com @gurlcode@twitter.com and @_phzn@twitter.com are organizing a online Women of React conference on April 25, it's free you can enjoy it from your couch!!!

https://womenofreact.com/

A Corona-meme I thought was hilarious! #meme #corona

I hope we all realize that April Fools jokes shared this year should hurt or belittle no one.

But this concept itself is inherently gaslighting, and it gets under people's skin.

If you feel you absolutely must, a good way to help keep it opt-in is to use #AprilFools at the end of the body of the post so people can filter it out. Using a CW will hide this.

Please, please do this for people this year. Stressed out folks will appreciate it.

Currently, there are two large problems in IT:
- hospital networks security
- workable videoconferencing for more than 8 people

Remember the time when we thought cache invalidation is hard? Quaint.

If anyone tries to tell you rent forgiveness or rent strike is extreme or radical in these times just show them this:

U.S. Retailers Plan to Stop Paying Rent to Offset Virus Closures

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-24/u-s-retailers-plan-to-stop-paying-rent-to-offset-virus-closures