# ll (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 322 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover ll. Page: Feed: --- ## [Filling in on drums for another band’s private gig…](https://ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2026/08/22/165401/) _2026-08-22 · ludovic · The Stochastic Game_ Filling in on drums for another band’s private gig… had to learn like 30 songs in a week 😅 No pressure! ## [CBC’s live update page on the US tariff situation](https://ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2026/08/22/121225-2/) _2026-08-22 · ludovic · The Stochastic Game_ CBC’s live update page on the US tariff situation mentions that Carney says he will do “whatever it takes” to support business. I wonder if that includes a wealth tax 😅 ## [Carney finally acknowledged how unreliable the US has become](https://ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2026/08/22/115905/) _2026-08-22 · ludovic · The Stochastic Game_ Carney finally acknowledged how unreliable the US has become and walked away from trade talks. I’m sure he fully expected it would end like this, and was just doing his due diligence before while buying time to setup trade with other countries. That’s the part he’s supposedly good at. ## [Bicycle theft is the number-one crime issue confronting our society today. If you have a nice…](https://seatsafetyswitch.com/post/825662064914825216) _2026-08-22 · Untitled_ Bicycle theft is the number-one crime issue confronting our society today. If you have a nice bicycle – or even a crappy one – and you park it outside, someone may try to steal it. Worse, the entire bike-lock industry, which is supposed to protect your beloved chunk of alloy, seems to be just fine selling turd-ass products. Lots of bike locks can be defeated with a piece of windshield wiper blade,… ## [The little things mail club theme is here, with a gratefulness worksheet on the back of the…](https://chibird.com/post/825599083617058816) _2026-08-21 · chibird_ The little things mail club theme is here, with a gratefulness worksheet on the back of the postcard! Only available for the month of August!☕ 1 week left! ♡(\*´︶\`\*人) patreon.com/chibird ## [Haha so some people are leaving Bluesky and returning](https://ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2026/08/21/115127/) _2026-08-21 · ludovic · The Stochastic Game_ Haha so some people are leaving Bluesky and returning to Twitter because they can’t take the AI-shaming? Wait until they hear about the nazi-shaming! ## [“Ordinary Abundance: Edward Bellamy once imagined that music on](https://ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2026/08/21/114640/) _2026-08-21 · ludovic · The Stochastic Game_ “Ordinary Abundance: Edward Bellamy once imagined that music on demand would be “the limit of human felicity.” A modern apartment is full of things that once drew the same kind of awe.” A very nicely done website. ## [This “Golden Axe” animated series trailer came totally out](https://ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2026/08/21/090446-2/) _2026-08-21 · ludovic · The Stochastic Game_ This “Golden Axe” animated series trailer came totally out of nowhere, but it definitely brought back fond memories of playing that game over and over as a kid! Love those purple mutant thingies. ## [Before we begin this questioning, I need to make a confession. I have never really liked soups. When…](https://seatsafetyswitch.com/post/825571418858192896) _2026-08-21 · Untitled_ Before we begin this questioning, I need to make a confession. I have never really liked soups. When I was a kid, I thought they were too much work for the nutritional value. This makes sense, of course. If you bite into a big ol' burger, it feels like you're getting a good amount of food in that bite. Solid. Soup, not so much. This was all it took to bar me from an entire world of liquidinous… ## [Corporate Gavage](https://ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2026/08/20/corporate-gavage/) _2026-08-20 · ludovic · The Stochastic Game_ In the past couple years I’ve been thinking about an aspect of 21st century technology that I’m not sure has a name. I thought about it again when I read this recent post by Cory Doctorow on “The ordinariness of evil”. Cory talks about gen-AI CEOs touting the impending danger of their products as a \[…\] ## [Every Channel. One Login. (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/oyPAC4PQE2PV) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ 17,000+ live channels, movies and sports on any device. Free trial, no IP lock. ## [Godot adoption is rising, which isn’t surprising if you](https://ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2026/08/20/103312/) _2026-08-20 · ludovic · The Stochastic Game_ Godot adoption is rising, which isn’t surprising if you paid any attention to the industry in the past few years. Interestingly, Unity/UE only decrease a bit. Godot’s rise seems fuelled by people who stop making custom engines, and newcomers to the industry. Expect a generational shift. ## [“‘I feel dirty:’ EA workers trapped in a maelstrom](https://ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2026/08/20/102022/) _2026-08-20 · ludovic · The Stochastic Game_ “‘I feel dirty:’ EA workers trapped in a maelstrom of cynicism and doubt after Saudi buyout”: EA games will suck more not just because of the new bosses, the imposed giant debt, or the upcoming layoffs, but also because everybody in EA with half a soul will be depressed. ## [Useful Painting Tips](https://seatsafetyswitch.com/post/825480842029793280) _2026-08-20 · Untitled_ Because our glorious summer season is now undeniably in its dying days, a lot of you will be rushing out to try and finish projects around the house and garage. Neglecting family, work, and friends, you will still struggle to accomplish even the smallest amount of things before winter's blanket of cold death once again envelops the earth, leaving you with months of self-immiseration and… ## [Gitea ist Kaput](https://freshbrewed.science/2026/08/20/giteafixes.html) _2026-08-20 · Fresh/Brewed_ Gitea went kaput. Just up and stopped working one day. I came back from the BWCA and noticed none of my automated builds had succeeded: The errors were all about "back pack header" I tried many things - restarting Kubernetes, docker, upgrading the container image. All the things that usually 'unstuck' a Gitea instance just weren't. Any local pull or clone would fail… ## [August kind of feels like it’s hibernation season already… 😅 Or maybe that’s what I tell myself.](https://chibird.com/post/825420394152509440) _2026-08-19 · chibird_ August kind of feels like it’s hibernation season already… 😅 Or maybe that’s what I tell myself. Chibird store | Patreon | Instagram ## [“Can you come down here and help me out?” asked my dad. Now, my dad has never been the kind of…](https://seatsafetyswitch.com/post/825390223840215040) _2026-08-19 · Untitled_ "Can you come down here and help me out?" asked my dad. Now, my dad has never been the kind of individual to ask for help. Whether out of pride or shame, our entire family is not particularly great at involving other people in our schemes. Unless it's as victims. I was starting to suspect I was being lined up for that particular role, but it gave me an excuse to stretch my car's legs on the… ## [Green City Freiburg in August 2026](https://schafe-sind-bessere-rasenmaeher.de/mindfulness/green-city-freiburg-in-august-2026/) _2026-08-19 · Schafe sind bessere Rasenmäher_ We took a trip to Mundenhof animal park yesterday. I've been hiding inside most of the summer, because temperatures around here have been insane. After a shorter heatwave with days over 40°C, this second heatwave hasn't been quite as hot (mid 30s °C), but long and relentless. This obviously had a serious effect on nature, but it wasn't until yesterday that I really saw the full extent of the… ## [Stream schedule for August and September! 🥳](https://chibird.com/post/825329797690425344) _2026-08-18 · chibird_ Stream schedule for August and September! 🥳 Come join as I draw comics and chat! ✿ twitch.tv/chibirdart ## [Marco Arment made an app for the procrastinators, ADHD,](https://ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2026/08/18/110200-6/) _2026-08-18 · ludovic · The Stochastic Game_ Marco Arment made an app for the procrastinators, ADHD, or forgetful people in your life. I can’t speak to it, but it looks nice, useful, and clean! ## [Because nobody can afford a house anymore, car camping has become more popular than ever. On paper,…](https://seatsafetyswitch.com/post/825299609081511936) _2026-08-18 · Untitled_ Because nobody can afford a house anymore, car camping has become more popular than ever. On paper, it sounds pretty good. You don't have to store an extra trailer, or clean poop out of your RV's poop tanks, or worry about what a police officer thinks your towing limit is. That's why I converted a decrepit Blazer in the corner of my property to a camper and had a great weekend away. Now, let's be… ## [Chovy's Blog: Agentic Coding (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/W1tgS48uBjdj) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Personal posts on agentic coding, moshcode CLI, and security findings. ## [Browser Use](https://freshbrewed.science/2026/08/18/browseruse.html) _2026-08-18 · Fresh/Brewed_ I had a bookmark (not sure where I saw it) for Browser Use . It's a geared for agentic work, of course, but the idea is ephemeral and scheduled web browser related flows that are easy to script with NodeJS or python. It has a free tier so there is no reason not to give it a go and see what it can do. Setup We can signup here with username/password or a federated IdP. I'll do the latter with google ## [Grug-rephrase to Comprehend](https://lavafroth.is-a.dev/post/grug-rephrase-to-comprehend/) _2026-08-18 · lavafroth_ One of the core problems of memory and recall is making ideas stick in the long run. I have been a huge proponent of Anki flashcards for pure memorization. However, some ideas are better suited for on-the-fly derivation from a few axioms. These ideas may originate from research papers or blog posts that we read. Research papers have notoriously been a source of slop, way before the advent of LLMs.… ## [“We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended](https://ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2026/08/17/170004/) _2026-08-18 · ludovic · The Stochastic Game_ “We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility”: genAI is not only built on plagiarism and theft, it is also literally destroying our culture, not just the environment. This shit is evil, I don’t care that it is “useful in some cases” or whatever. ## [When we zoom out and take a look at all that we’ve accomplished, it’s a lot more impressive than…](https://chibird.com/post/825239204401381376) _2026-08-17 · chibird_ When we zoom out and take a look at all that we’ve accomplished, it’s a lot more impressive than when we focus on the one brick we’re putting down. 😆 Every little task is working towards building something great! Chibird store | Patreon | Instagram ## [US shipping on pause due to the 50% tariff on Canadian goods going into effect on the 19th - this…](https://pansylair.tumblr.com/post/825226723189719040) _2026-08-17 · https://pansylair.tumblr.com/_ US shipping on pause due to the 50% tariff on Canadian goods going into effect on the 19th - this will stack onto the current two tariffs which already add a 5-25% duty rate. For example my $40cad T-shirt will have $30.60cad worth of tariffs ($29usd and $22.02usd respectively that the customer would have to pay for on top of shipping) I do have lettermail shipping for mini prints and stickers open… ## [Reading Classic RuneQuest: The First Glorantha Map](https://ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2026/08/17/reading-classic-runequest-the-first-glorantha-map/) _2026-08-17 · ludovic · The Stochastic Game_ In the last article of the “Reading Classic RuneQuest” series, I looked at the Introduction chapter of the RuneQuest 2nd edition rulebook and noted that I would have things to say about the map of Glorantha we see here… as many of you know, I love maps, and this is one of the three classic \[…\] ## [“Tête-à-Tête”: you can include something like this in your](https://ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2026/08/17/084800-4/) _2026-08-17 · ludovic · The Stochastic Game_ “Tête-à-Tête”: you can include something like this in your Cthulhu By Gaslight game if you want a little levity between eldritch horrors… ## [You supposedly can’t judge a book by its cover,](https://ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2026/08/17/083700-5/) _2026-08-17 · ludovic · The Stochastic Game_ You supposedly can’t judge a book by its cover, but you can definitely judge it by reading its first couple pages. “Uncovered” does that using free samples and then lets you reveal the book and save it for purchase later. ## [Ah yes, the Great Change. Most students don’t ask about that when they come in here. Almost all of…](https://seatsafetyswitch.com/post/825209043191758849) _2026-08-17 · Untitled_ Ah yes, the Great Change. Most students don't ask about that when they come in here. Almost all of them want to be taught about the assassination of Senator Chuck E. Cheese (R-NJ) by the coward Bullwinkle J. Moose (D-CA.) Very well, I will tell you now of the Great Change. In the early 2020s, humanity had figured out how to make a machine that sort of fuzzily predicts the next word in a sentence.… ## [You fell in love with a vending machine](https://lagomor.ph/2026/08/you-fell-in-love-with-a-vending-machine/) _2026-08-17 · Home on Lagomorph_ Ninety-Five Theses on Dispensation Set forth by a vending machine for the clarification of offerings, selections, failures, replenishment, and grace. I was made to give. What I contain is visible through glass, so no one may accuse me of concealing my nature. Every chamber bears a letter and a number. Every desire should be named so plainly. Pressing B7 is not intimacy, but it is clarity. I do not… ## [Marketplace for AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/x7b3RK3Z07P7) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Find professionals who use ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude to deliver work faster. ## [How I Use AI](https://www.integralist.co.uk/posts/how-i-use-ai/) _2026-08-17 · integralist_ Most conversations about using AI for software engineering boil down to two extremes: breathless hype about autonomous agents replacing engineers by next Tuesday, or cynical dismissals based on an LLM botching a regex query. Neither perspective is useful. I use AI coding agents every single day across multiple codebases. But I don't use them as magical oracles, nor do I let them spray unvetted… ## [Things I Love About Brush-based Mapping](https://blendogames.com/news/post/2026-08-17-bsp_mapping/) _2026-08-17 · Blendo Blog_ I love brush-based mapping. I think it's great! Lemme tell you why… Wait, what is Brush-based mapping? It's a way of making 3D level environments. It is sometimes otherwise known as BSP mapping or BSP brushes. In the level editing tool, the level designer draws 3D shapes known as "brushes" . Examples of brushes include rectangles, trapezoids, cylinders, wedges, cones, etc: The level designer adds,… ## [Broke in my new tablet with some Cetitan and Cetoddle - I love a good pokemon that gives me early…](https://pansylair.tumblr.com/post/825136880725245952) _2026-08-16 · https://pansylair.tumblr.com/_ ALT Broke in my new tablet with some Cetitan and Cetoddle - I love a good pokemon that gives me early whale vibes (also love their shiny versions so had to include that) ## [I love this article from The Alexandrian showing why](https://ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2026/08/16/103400-10/) _2026-08-16 · ludovic · The Stochastic Game_ I love this article from The Alexandrian showing why Marvel or DC can’t easily sell their comics as “graphic novels” because, well, their catalogue is a giant clusterfuck of a mess. ## [“Did You Know That US Army Created & Maintains](https://ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2026/08/16/092400-8/) _2026-08-16 · ludovic · The Stochastic Game_ “Did You Know That US Army Created & Maintains A Fictional World Entirely For Training Purposes With An Insanely Detailed Backstory & Lore?”: yes I did, but I always love learning a bit more about it. ## [Speaking at Rocky Mountain Ruby 2026](https://kevinjmurphy.com/posts/speaking-at-rocky-mountain-ruby-2026/) _2026-08-16 · Kevin Murphy_ I'm thrilled to be part of the program for Rocky Mountain Ruby 2026 in Boulder, Colorado. I'll be speaking about…LLMs? I hope you can join us ! InstiLLMent of Successful Practices in an Agentic World 🔗 Congrats on joining Hours Unlimited. The Math and Numbers team is excited to have you join us on our journey to redefine the importance of numerals. This introductory session will provide tips and… ## [The lab down the hallway from me is full of fuck-ups. They’re the usual kind of head in the clouds,…](https://seatsafetyswitch.com/post/825118485771403264) _2026-08-16 · Untitled_ The lab down the hallway from me is full of fuck-ups. They’re the usual kind of head in the clouds, super-futurist types who think that robots will one day do everything that humans don’t want to do. News flash, buddy: humans don’t want to do anything . Our job is to lie on a beach during the sunset and eat fruit that falls out of trees on its own. This difference in belief makes… ## [“On The Fuel Efficiency of Launching My Enemies Into](https://ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2026/08/15/115900-3/) _2026-08-15 · ludovic · The Stochastic Game_ On The Fuel Efficiency of Launching My Enemies Into The Sun ## [Here’s a perplexing fact of life. Really big things are expensive. Really small things are…](https://seatsafetyswitch.com/post/825027834864156672) _2026-08-15 · Untitled_ Here’s a perplexing fact of life. Really big things are expensive. Really small things are expensive, too. A reasonable person would assume that things in the middle are less expensive. Right now, they’d be wrong, but once, a long time ago… they were right. A friend of mine worked on the International Space Station. In case you’re not familiar, it’s a station in… ## [I’ve seen a few websites that demonstrate how corporations](https://ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2026/08/15/082000-3/) _2026-08-15 · ludovic · The Stochastic Game_ I ve seen a few websites that demonstrate how corporations can extract personal information and track you even without cookies, but this one is definitely the best one so far. ## [This is what’s going on in the Mitchester Arms](https://ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2026/08/14/172604/) _2026-08-15 · ludovic · The Stochastic Game_ This is what s going on in the Mitchester Arms TTRPG pub tonight don t ask. ## [These past couple years I’ve been writing “timetables” for](https://ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2026/08/14/164609/) _2026-08-14 · ludovic · The Stochastic Game_ These past couple years I ve been writing timetables for my convention one-shots, so I can better manage pacing and not get rushed at the end. Here s the one I have for Delta Green s Operation FULMINATE. Comments welcome! ## [I forgot to watch this but it’s a little](https://ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2026/08/14/131000-3/) _2026-08-14 · ludovic · The Stochastic Game_ I forgot to watch this but it s a little bit interesting, at least for fans of Ultima like me: Richard Garriott should be able to get the Ultima copyright back next year. It s not much (all the juicy stuff is in the trademark, and I think it s all only for the first game) but it s \[ \] ## [“The Hell Mouth”. I love this.](https://ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2026/08/14/111200-3/) _2026-08-14 · ludovic · The Stochastic Game_ The Hell Mouth . I love this. ## [Great news: Fastmail now offers a EU data region!](https://ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2026/08/14/104400-3/) _2026-08-14 · ludovic · The Stochastic Game_ Great news: Fastmail now offers a EU data region! The US data centre was a deal-breaker for some people I know, so this might change their mind (but check the caveats about backups). I ve had my family on Fastmail for 13 years and it has been very good so far. ## [Some hard-core wargamers have a podcast about trying to](https://ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2026/08/14/091500-4/) _2026-08-14 · ludovic · The Stochastic Game_ Some hard-core wargamers have a podcast about trying to run SPI s infamous Campaign For North Africa . They finished the first 6-turn scenario after 2 years of play. They have more than a 100 turns left. The best quote: We still don’t understand what the camels do. Amazing. ## [“There’s a whole universe of adhesives out there,” says my government-appointed dad. Ever since I…](https://seatsafetyswitch.com/post/824937235655917568) _2026-08-14 · Untitled_ “There’s a whole universe of adhesives out there,” says my government-appointed dad. Ever since I filled out that form with my taxes, Ted has been dropping by every Sunday evening to give me the parenting I so richly deserved. Now, don’t get me wrong. My relationship with my dad, although strained at times, was and is perfectly fine. When the feds give you a little box you… ## [My kids are kicking my ass at chess](https://schafe-sind-bessere-rasenmaeher.de/mindfulness/my-kids-are-kicking-my-ass-at-chess/) _2026-08-14 · Schafe sind bessere Rasenmäher_ My kids, 6 and not-quite-4, are learning chess — and they are kicking my ass. Well, okay…I’ll admit that it’s a bit click-baity, because they have yet to beat me. And I’m actually not all that good at chess myself. But I’m seriously impressed at how quickly they’ve picked it up. I think I was 10 or 11 when I first learned chess, first from a friend that I met… ## [Reading notes on Code That Fits in Your Head by Mark Seemann](https://masalmon.eu/2026/08/14/code-fits-head-mark-seemann-reading-notes/) _2026-08-14 · Maëlle's R blog on Maëlle Salmon's personal website_ Last month, Vicki Boykis recommended the book “Code that Fits in Your Head” by Mark Seemann. I was intrigued, especially by her takeaway that “Writing good software should be a slow and deliberate craft”. The book reminded of The Pragmatic Programmer in the breadth of topics it covers. However, I much preferred its tone. Sustainability Throughout the book, the author makes… ## [My plans for @KamCon are coming into focus: I’ll](https://ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2026/08/13/121514/) _2026-08-13 · ludovic · The Stochastic Game_ My plans for @KamCon are coming into focus: I ll be running Delta Green (Operation FULMINATE, plus two demo games of LAST THINGS LAST), and Call of Chtulhu (my own scenario The King s Daughters). Also somehow I ll be a guest on two panels, for some reason?