Likes from 7 January 2024

Content warning: joke, hypno trigger

Attached: 1 image I found the best use of the OpenAI API yet. https://www.chaintexts.com Plz enjoy this fantastic AI-generated emoji chain text about 9/11 that I just generated.

I talk about being autistic because it is a normal thing to talk about and if that makes you uncomfortable I recommend you mask up and play nice with someone you struggle to communicate with

I'm only halfway through it, but Chants of Sennaar is an easy #NoCombat #GameRecommendation for me. In this #IndieGame, you observe four different tribes to piece together their languages from environmental clues. Once you can decode the languages, the inscrutable puzzles that block your way become obvious, and it's a very rewarding gameplay loop. Artwork is gorgeous, and the game runs fine on #Linux with proton. https://www.rundisc.io/chants-of-sennaar/

Attached: 1 image Big fan of whoever did this in Waterstones window

ok maybe that last bit is a bit silly but it's no sillier than using a nearly 100 year old punch card standard on today's wide screen monitors

coincidentally the Roman Colosseum, completed in year 80 AD, has 80 archways & thus 80 columns around the outer perimeter https://www.thecolosseum.org/facts

80 character column limits in code are a legacy from 80 column text displays which are a legacy of IBM's 80 column punch cards which are a legacy of Roman chariots which had two side-by-side 40 column horses

LinkedIn can be way more entertaining than you’d think.