@0xabad1dea frustratingly the UK is increasingly full of these developments, a massive blob of nothing but houses (because they’re where the profit is) behind one, maybe two, access roads and without any actual amenities. They’d be lovely if they just had a few corner shops and maybe a couple of cafes/restaurants scattered in amongst the houses.
@histoftech the point at which I knew I had to get out was when I took a few weeks leave to help run a festival (as one does), which is really quite stressful. My general anxiety levels dropped and I noticed I was no longer getting frequent borderline anxiety attacks.
@histoftech via acquisition of a startup I worked for I ended up in senior management at a multinational media company. This is not my natural domain, I’m a jack of all trades nerd at heart.
Anyway, turns out I’m reasonably good at it but it sucks the life out of me playing politics all day and never *doing* anything. I ejected for a 50% pay cut, left a significant bonus behind, and couldn’t be happier now I’m back writing code for a small company.
@CatherineFlick great analysis from you, classic BBC with the presenter sounding baffled that anyone would want to buy a games company.
Having one of those days where I really get why everyone is so keen to just go build some completely new software for their specific needs as I attempt to glue together half a dozen open source servers into doing what I want them to.
Long term this should work well, and I get to build on top of incredibly well tested software that I know will scale. Short term I can’t help but think it would be easier to write some code that does exactly what I want.
@pascoda firmly on the German end of the spectrum. The British way would be to join the improper queue and then complain knowingly with everyone around you about how improper the queuing is and that They should do something about it.
My work day so far has mostly consisted of opening tickets for other people. I’d better write some code before I start turning into a middle manager and have the urge to log in to LinkedIn to share my wisdom on how all my greatest achievements were done by other people.
@alexanderadam @issyl0 I have a rule that if the renewal email comes round and I’ve still not done the project I let it expire otherwise things would be silly.
@gsuberland @DanHatesNumbers @jonathanhogg @pascoda @sophiegarrett today, in uniquely EMF problems: be careful climbers don’t end up at the same level as blinding lasers.
@sophiegarrett @jonathanhogg @pascoda it’s absolutely doable, I’m just aware that bouldering mats for use by the public have very particular requirements around things like not having gaps you can have an ankle slip into, and I’m not sure how compatible that is with containers in a field.
@DanHatesNumbers @sophiegarrett @jonathanhogg @pascoda also means you can’t top out to an amazing view of the dance floor and a slide.
@jonty @pascoda @jonathanhogg similarly to darts climbing doesn’t need gamifying in that manner, it’s already got progression systems and a near endless supply of new levels, particularly once you get into board climbing.
@jonty @pascoda @jonathanhogg @flowdie@hci.social most of them have the same vibes as the endless work social bars which have taken some sort of low tech pub game and slapped a projector over it.
The thing I don’t get about Minecraft drama YouTube is it’s all obviously scripted and yet the scripts are just people shouting BROOOO and YO, LET’S GO! Over each other.
@pascoda @jonty @jonathanhogg put it on the Null Sec dance floor and have the target hold change to the beat, then hope your slot isn’t during a happy hardcore set or you’ll die keeping up.
@pascoda @jonty @jonathanhogg so what if we did games like that but actually good? I’m thinking black wall, black holds, big projector so that basically anything not active is invisible. Will this result in people banging their knees/knuckles on holds they can’t see? Almost certainly, but it would look amazing.
@jonty @jonathanhogg @pascoda I’m very tempted to give this a go now, especially if it’s not at too much of an angle I reckon you could get really good distinction between wall, holds, and climber.
@pascoda @jonty @jonathanhogg Me: “I’m going to commit to doing less next time”.
Also me: “But running a bouldering wall in Null Sec does sound amazing”.
@pascoda @jonty @jonathanhogg LED lit holds on boards to highlight different routes set via an app are in basically every gym now. Projection mapping of people’s route across them less so.
@jonty @jonathanhogg @pascoda it does seem terrifyingly doable. Biggest problem to solve is probably how to mount climbing holds on an LED wall. Nothing that can’t be solved with a lot of perspex, a laser cutter, and some planning though.
@CatherineFlick @jonathanhogg @pascoda certainly having axes thrown at you would incentivise getting good at speed climbing.
@jonathanhogg @pascoda damn it, now we do have to make this happen because that sounds great.
@pascoda @jonathanhogg hey, we’ve got an installation for you - I’d say it has a very respectable 75% chance of not killing or seriously injuring someone across the duration of the event, which is almost a guarantee.