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

If you're interested in learning the classical Asian game of Go, widely regarded as the pinnacle of elegant game design, the Portland (Oregon) Go Club is teaching beginners are local libraries:

https://portlandgoclub.com/2024-intro-to-go-workshops

#go #igo #baduk #weiqi #BoardGames #pdx #portland

There's a real tension between "agile" and "keeping the tests and documentation up to date".

"You're not dealing with a computer that *can't* do what you've asked of it. You're dealing with a computer that *won't* do it. That computer was programmed to check whether its owner was doing something that the manufacturer disliked, and, when necessary, defend the manufacturer's shareholders by disobeying its owner." - Giblin &@pluralistic, Chokepoint Capitalism

#LichenSubscribe

We both missed big moves in the upper right corner for a long time.

#go #igo #weiqi #baduk

https://ai-sensei.com/game/6HhIL50SU1YUwtfnxeT5kTMrG0z1/7yYFHZchzEogTA2lYjKL

Words With Friends 2 is a showcase of dark patterns:

- Animated pop-up ads where the close button is not in a consistent place, to trick you into clicking on something.

- All-or-nothing notifications, so you can't turn on "it's your turn" and leave off "are you interested in buying candy-colored letter themes? how about now? HOW ABOUT NOW, MOTHER&*#$ER?".

- Games you haven't accepted are lumped in with games you're currently playing, both marked "it's your turn".

#WordsWithFriends #DarkPatterns #enshittification

1666 was England's 2020.