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Ch 2.5: The Dreamlands Express

This is part of my campaign report for Horror on the Orient Express.

Ch 2: Les Fleurs de Mal

This is part of my campaign report for Horror on the Orient Express.

Ch 1: Dancers in an Evening Fog

This is part of my campaign report for Horror on the Orient Express.

Ch 0: The Doom Train

This is part of my campaign report for Horror on the Orient Express.

Ch -1: The Blood Red Fez

This is part of my campaign report for Horror on the Orient Express.

Horror on the Orient Express

I recently got into TTRPGs in a major way, in particular, Call of Cthulhu. After a few great practice sessions using the scenarios in the 7th edition starter set and the Keeper’s rulebook, my wife suggested I run a home game of Horror on the Orient Express (HotOE) for just the two of us. In retrospect, I did not know what I was getting myself into. Even now I can tell this will be a massive…

Animatable Content in SwiftUI

Animations in SwiftUI are pretty magical. For example, say you have a progress bar that you expect to have a big jump in progress:

Stack Overflow is working as intended

I see Stack Overflow getting a lot of hate these days, especially from less experienced programmers. The common complaint is that the site has a toxic culture that punishes and humiliates newbies, discouraging participation. That is true, but that is also intended. Weirdly, this is also what makes Stack Overflow such a useful site. In this blog post, I will explain why that is as well as how to…

A universal definition of string length

There are many posts on the Internet discussing the complexity of computing string length these days, but few making a clear recommendation of the right thing to do. In some sense, that’s probably because there is no single right answer.

Android Versions

So you want to write Android apps? Well first you have to understand the incredibly complicated world of versions in Android. Start by answering these questions.