Finding new games/systems
Hi all! Just curious where some of you find out about new games/systems. I used to really enjoy the RPG Of The Month thread on old Reddit before the site really went in the crapper, but not sure where to find similar discussions nowadays.
Physical remote control?
Does anyone have any experience or recommendations for a physical remote control that can be used with HomeAssistant? I'm hoping to find a multi-button zigbee or wifi device that HA can recognize and allow me to configure buttons to HA automations.
I'm already using a couple single button devices that can be configured to perform different actions on single press, double press, and long press, but would love a single device with multiple buttons for some locations.
Yeah, that's good feedback. I usually don't like getting crazy with fonts and colors, but thought I'd give it a try here. I also almost always have a dark mode extension on in my browser which totally changes the look of the sheet, and I sometimes forget what the actual colors are.
Currently playing Werewolf the Apocalypse and will likely be playing Hunter when this campaign wraps up. I'm also hoping to get a chance to play some Pathfinder 2e and maybe run a Delta Green game. Would love to play Mothership at some point. Hope you all have a great new year of gaming!
I take it back, having used it as my default search engine for a few days now I can say that it's more difficult to find decent results that DDG or Google.
Werewolf The Apocalypse 5e - Character Sheet
I prefer tracking my TTRPG characters digitally and really hate PDFs, so I tend to make custom spreadsheets for each game I play. This is one I made for Werewolf 5e that not only tracks the same info you would see on the standard PDF, but also includes info on gifts, rites, advantages, and forms so I don't have to dig thru the rulebook for the things I need most often.
Feel free to copy and for yourself, or let me know here if there anything that could be improved in this shared sheet. I'll probably switch from Google Sheets to some other FOSS alternative in 2025.
I've also got character sheets for Changling 5e, Vampire 20th, and Masks: A New Generation if anyone here is interested, but those are older and probably not as fully fleshed out as this Werewolf sheet.
What made you start looking for reddit alternatives? What subreddits are you hoping to find analogs for?
I'm generally pretty skeptical of companies touting tree planting campaigns as it's often just greenwashing, but I'll give this a shot. So far, the search results aren't any worse than other Google alternatives.
Could you expand on that? If I were looking for federated platforms that get a lot of activity from artists posting their work, what would you recommend?
Where are all the artists at?
I used to primarily use Instagram for following illustrators, sculptors, digital artists, etc., but I dropped Insta for obvious reasons.
There was also a large exodus from Insta to Cara.app almost a year ago due to Meta's stupid policies on using Insta content to train AI. While Cara is generally a great site and has anti-AI policies (I'm not anti-AI, just anti the way most companies implement AI), my problem with Cara is that it's an owner funded site that will inevitably need to find a way to monetize the content/users.
On the Fediverse, I'm on Lemmy, Mastodon (though I don't love the micro-blog format), and Pixelfed (very little activity).
So my question is: What platforms in the Fediverse are you seeing the most original artist content?
Hey, another Dagon fan! I think the movie would've been much better with a different lead actor, but still a fun film with some pretty grotesque scenes.
I regularly quote: "I was BORN on that TABLE!" And "Straight out of my BODY and onto your PLATE!"
Yeah, this report is designed with a transportation agenda in mind, so the graph only shows a select set of emission sources to make the tailpipe emissions look as bad as possible. Add in all other sources of emissions and the graph doesn't look quite as impressive for the point they're trying to make.
Figure 1: In the 2019 statewide greenhouse gas emissions inventory, car tailpipes accounted for 119 MMTCO2e — roughly 28% of California’s overall emissions, and more than the emissions from the entire buildings sector and electricity sector combined.
I feel ya. I have a dog and three cats, but so far have not had an issue with hair or cable chewing. The frame is essentially just a kit of 2020 extruded aluminum t-slot rails with connectors. If I were to do this again, I would probably not go with a kit and instead just buy the rails and connectors I need for my specific motherboard/components. Also, any extra rails/connectors you get could go toward a DIY 3D printing frame (that's my next project)!
For my ITX build I went with this open frame so I can really customize the placement of each component and keep everything nice and compact. I'll probably build a cover to go over this frame at some point. ITX Motherboard PC Computer Case,Mini ITX Open Air Frame Computer Overclock Case Computer Motherboards PC Test Bench, Aluminum Mod Base Motherboard Test Bench Support ATX Power
Also, I just want to add that this is an incredible app and I really appreciate all of the work you put into this!
I'm trying out those settings you suggested and it does seem like it would mostly solve the issue for me, but you can see from the volume of comments that I am not alone in being unaware of the magic combination of settings that would make the default behavior of the app less frustrating.
I think it's still a good idea to either prevent the back button from taking the user from their Posts page to the Communities page, or to include a method of returning to the last spot in the Posts page.
Feature request: While browsing posts, disable back button taking you to the Communities page
When browsing posts, it's far too easy to click the back navigation button on my device which currently takes me to the Communities page. The problem is, once you move away from the Posts page there doesn't seem to be any way of returning to your previous place in the Posts page.
This could be solved a couple of ways:
- Disable the device's back navigation button from moving you away from the Posts page.
- Have some method of remembering and returning your the previous place in the Posts page.
In LA, I would have said the Cineramadome, but they closed during pandemic. We've still got Egyptian, Aero, and Nuart though.
I'm also not a fan of memes, but I acknowledge that many other people are. The most I can do is block communities that are expressly for memes and shrug off the rest. There's plenty of other places for grouches like us.
Recommendations?: Cloud-based storage + doc editor + spreadsheets
I'm in the process of de-googling, and for the most part I'm pretty okay with using separate services for things like email, photos, calendar, etc... but the few things that I really like having bundled are Google Docs and Sheets in my Google Drive.
There's plenty of good alternatives for cloud storage, but I haven't seen any that come with any sort of office-like products. I know that I can self host my own private cloud storage and something like OpenOffice, but I'm hoping to find an existing cloud solution so I don't have to bother with that maintenance.
Any recommendations?
You're right that there's a lot of spam, but I use Craigslist all of the time for finding stuff like furniture, tools, appliances, etc. Still seems pretty good in those categories.
Non-clickbate title: "Senate pushing bill to close an easily exploited investment loophole"
On one hand, there will always be idiots and those who will take advantage of them.
On the other hand, I think less people would be susceptible to "alternative" remedies if there was more trust in the medical industry. That trust has been eroded quite a bit over the years.
In what way? I'm not aware of any controversy around Schiff.
According to the article, it's the US FDA.
Alerts for expeditions?
I tend to not hear about expeditions until it's too late... does anyone know of a way to get email or push notifications for upcoming expeditions?