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Cake day: October 30th, 2023

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  • I tried telling this to my manager for years. He saw it as a “X days since we last had a problem and needed to reboot the server” and took pride in it.

    We finally shut it down at over 5 years of uptime. Some docker containers had been running for 4 years straight.

    Yes, that means what you think it does concerning update policies. Yes, the server and some containers were exposed to the internet. No, the backups were never tested.








  • Thank you for the detailed answer!

    I played Pathfinder for a few sessions, but didn’t care much for the combat system. I tend to favor conditions over hitpoints these days, and from what I recall Pathfinder was very A+B-C. “Wounded-Dying-Dead” systems are a bit too simplified, but I find around 15 hp to be the maximum I enjoy tracking.

    Fate looks interesting for sure. It isn’t what is was looking for, but the quick rules’ overview I just watched was very intriguing. I might try to find a session to watch to get a better idea of how the system plays out.

    Now Chronicles of Darkness… is not the medieval-fantasy setting I was looking for, but the system hits all the right spots. Around 10hp max, but with pretty much “wounded-dying-dead” superimposed - 9 attributes which combine to give various sub-stats - enough skills to cover basic situations, but room for specialisation as you see fit - rolling lots of dice for epic situations, but counting them fairly simply - and role playing elements integrated into the system through vices and virtues.
    From what I quickly watched, I love it. I might try to adapt it to medieval fantasy, or just play a a short campaign in the intended world to get a feel for it. Really cool any way, thanks again.


  • I would love a few recommendations, if you don’t mind. I played mostly Warhammer 2nd edition but can’t seem to get around to the latest 4th edition. It feels convoluted and not “balanced”, if that makes sense. Every few sessions I keep thinking there has to be a better and/or less complicated system out there.

    I mostly want the rules to get out of the way of the story we are playing, but still want some depth, differentiation and player choices. And I need a decent magic system, which seems to be the hardest to get right.

    Any ideas ?



  • Meine Mutter fand eigentlich, ich sollte die alten Bücher aus ihrer Kindheit lieber gar nicht lesen, oder auf jeden Fall mit ihr drüber reden.

    Max und Moritz war absurd genug, um in meiner Erinnerung OK zu scheinen. Das eigensinnige Kind hingegen fand ich grässlich.

    Obligatorisches “Sorry, ich lebe schon lange nicht mehr in Deutschland und kann weitgehend kein deutsch mehr”


  • There is the expected amount of negativity in the comments, but also more positivity than I expected.

    I watched the video. I am not really a fan of the style, I don’t agree with all of the content. But damn, a big influencer is using his reach to talk about retaking privacy and control in your online life. It can be such a difficult subject to pitch without sounding crazy. I think the video existing is great and pushes general awareness in the right direction.