Cyberpunk web: surveillance megacorps, cloaked cozyweb rogue network, scout the overworld for supplies, bot ruling class. Solarpunk web: gradients of privacy, human-scale networks, paths to thriving squares and independent domains, playgrounds, gardens, neighborhoods, local shops.

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Join millions who have switched to Grok.

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HellooOoo! I’m writing a book about how to make enchanting software and programming as a creative practice 🍄. The Code Gardener’s Almanac.

Make the crispy green salad you wish to see in the world

Who is the William Morris of web design?.

Do traffic lights have state machines inside them? Do they ever have bugs where two paths turn green at once? If not is it restricted at a software or hardware level? I have questions for traffic light engineers.

of course some games emphasize story more, right? like you can minmax D&D (which imo is a weird flex but okay) or you can emphasize roleplaying and use the light structure underneath to hold the story together and give it boundaries / space to emerge.

anyway my squirtle has a special attack score of 12, is that good?.

the story grabs attention, and the underlying system of numbers and functions holds it steady.

we get pulled into games for their story, for what roles we can explore, experience, or practice. but getting "good" at a game, optimizing and winning, we put aside the layers of story and get to the skeleton of math.

chess is like. 64 square geometric system of causes and effects, with one side trying to gain spacial control over the board against the other. but also you're a king leading your court and army!.

and it makes you kind of empathize with the decisions and actions civilizations take? like yeah i'm going to attack this neighboring city if they won't trade because they have some iron i want and i gotta look out for the future of my civ.

civ 6 is just numbers, you know? numbers go up and down in relationship to each other in a complex system but on simpler systems yadda yadda. but also it's a simulacrum of all human history! you're role playing as a dang civilization across millenia!.

reconciling the classical mathematical structure of games with their romantic humanity as story and identity.

breaking hyperfixation and flow state by strategically putting songs I want to skip in the middle of my liked songs list on Spotify so I have to shift focus.

Drawing 100 heads (32/100)

Thinking about focaccia :focaccia-emoji: What kind to make?.

Living shipment to shipment on my English breakfast tea subscription. Always running out just as the next supply arrives. Need to make an English breakfast emergency fund to get out of this cycle.

Top Chef: Hades.

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