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I spent the summer of the 2021 cryptocurrency bull market fascinated by a hive of foolishness and deception: /r/cryptomoonshots (and, to a lesser extent, its analogues on discord and telegram). People’d post a token address (typically Binance Smart Chain (“BSC”), occasionally Ethereum (“Eth”)) along with a pitch or maybe a website and an inducement: “buy right now!”. The (implicit) conceit was…
This post is about making an English translation patch for Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4 , a Game Boy Color game from 2000 that—at the time I started—had no official English localization. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelist Warning This project is ongoing. More posts to come. Motivation As a kid, I had this game: “Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories” It isn’t very good. I played the crap out of…
A few quickies on fraud Purpose of /r/scams r/scams is a strange place. A typical thread there goes sort of like this: OP Fraud Fledgeling Posts: 1 Hey, guys, I got sent this dm on instagram and I’m not sure what to make of it. A “guru” wants me to buy and send him cryptocurrency for him to “invest” on my behalf. So, is this obvious scam a scam? Redditor #1 Scam Spotter Posts: 69420 Yes, that is a…
☞ This post contains ✨ on-hover card images ✨ , indicated by the hanafuda symbol 🎴 , like so: 🎴 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben ☜ Alt text contains card data for screen readers. My dear girlfriend Alyssa— Info she can be found online in many places including her blog and twitter —is indulging me by trying out tournament magic. She wanted to play something reasonably competitive & not have to spend a…
tl;dr Vertical space is better than horizontal space and you should guard it jealously. Why it is better: Most experiences people have on computers don’t need much horizontal space Most experiences people have on computers are infinitely tall . What you can do about it: Get treestyletab and hide the horizontal tab bar. on configuration If your job is “using a computer”, you owe it to yourself to…
Magic and Magic-related websites have a problem: a lot of their links don’t work! In some cases, this is understandable. For example, “ the dojo ” has been defunct for twenty years, so it is perhaps unreasonable to be mad at them for the original link to “ who’s the beatdown ” breaking. Other cases are harder to understand. In Magic Arena, in the shop, until very recently , the in-app link to the…
☞ This post contains ✨ on-hover card images ✨ , indicated by the hanafuda symbol 🎴 , like so: 🎴 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben ☜ Alt text contains card data for screen readers. One of the things I’m keeping score on when reviewing a game is, how many of its mechanics matter to someone playing to win? Let’s turn back the clock, to when the Pokemon Trading Card Game was first released in the US. How…
☞ This post contains ✨ on-hover card images ✨ , indicated by the hanafuda symbol 🎴 , like so: 🎴 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben ☜ Alt text contains card data for screen readers. I am a huge fan of card games, in general. The one that has held the lion’s share of my time and mindshare is Magic , legacy -format Magic in particular. I will eventually put down my thoughts on how to win at Magic, but…
tl;dr Fandom.com’s ads are egregious and their business strategy means they’re the top—and often the most convenient—result for most media property related searches. Your options are to use e.g. ublock origin to block annoying page elements, or to use a wrapper service like those made easy to use by Indie Wiki Buddy to handle this hiding for you. If you want to go the ublock route, filters for the…