Peter Drake, he/him, LFHCfS 🔥 @peterdrake@social.cleverlibre.org

#MineralMonth
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RT @GeologyTime
Absolutely amazing amethyst crystal flowers from Uruguay

Credit: mystico_crystals
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#minerals #crystals
https://twitter.com/GeologyTime/status/1346470027482996737

RT @CAPYBARA_MAN
LOCH NESS MONSTER SIGHTED

RT @osutein
Saw the perennial question of "why not use the Eagles to take the Ring to Mordor?" and there are lots of fine explanations, but my favorite has always been that b/c the Eagles are so powerful, they would've been corrupted by the Ring, eaten Frodo, and become Dark Bird Gods.

RT @MarkUsmianiArt
mess with a duck, and you get the quaxe.

RT @twomo_
Hi hive mind! Does anyone have any good learning resources for managing complex dialogue systems? Particularly interested in how games like Stardew Valley track dialogue around world events and a large number of NPCs.

#gamedev

RT @ithayla
Astronauts are some of the most highly trained and highly skilled people on the planet, and they use checklists for everything because the human brain is shit under stress.

you're under stress too. It's ok to rely on external aids.

RT @xkcdComic
Depth and Breadth https://xkcd.com/2407/ https://m.xkcd.com/2407/

RT @themistyview
the stuffed dinosaur that astronaut karen nyberg sewed from russian food container liners while on the ISS has returned to my thoughts, as it often does

RT @htdrake
In times past, holding an opal wrapped in a fresh bay leaf could make you invisible. Or so they tell me. #MineralMonth

RT @CuteAnimaIVines
Bear cub catching snowflakes

In case you're wondering what kind of year this is going to be, this morning we saw someone walking a duck on a leash.

RT @ArchieDaRival
Best thing I found on the internet last year I think. Some real rocket scientists built a replica Gary Larson rocket that actually flew quite well.

RT @ctrlshifti
Python is a little tricky because it doesn't have if statements, but I think this is a good alternative.

#MineralMonth
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RT @ddoniolvalcroze
Amber bear amulet of neolithic hunter, c. 3500 years old.
https://twitter.com/ddoniolvalcroze/status/1345043313028517891

RT @ithayla
I've just received word that a game I'm working on, one of the biggest IPs in gaming, is no longer using the word 'race' to refer to the games factions, replacing it with another word instead.

This is a positive step forward for the industry. The further we can get away from

We visited our first geocache for #MineralMonth. It had a seashell in it, technically an organic mineral, but we left it there.

Sometimes I'm listening to a podcast where someone is detailing all of the events in their creative journey with dates and locations and I'm like how do they remember all this stuff and then I realize they're 25.

If two wrestlers are going to be sealed into the ring together, but neither one shows up and the event is canceled after 4 minutes and 33 seconds, is that a John Cage match? #NoMenEnterNoMenLeave

RT @htdrake
There are only about 100 common minerals! Peter points out one could memorize such a number. #MineralMonth

The breakfast of cartoon troglodytes!
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RT @htdrake
Could it have started any other way? #MineralMonth
https://twitter.com/htdrake/status/1345029939293114370