Jar Al

Working in testing. Dreaming in tabletop RPG's. Living not in Moscow.

[Jar Al @aleinjar]

https://t.co/2RGAuwdCeq
Смотрю Комаровского с самого детства, планировал 9 месяцев беременности когда она будет пересматривать основные его видео, и вот оно как. Надеюсь это видео пересматривать не придется, но смотреть его нужно.
#НетВойне

[pidak.ai @pidakai_]

Jeżeli to widzisz - Przepraszam, że to widzisz…

[Ellen Carmichael @ellencarmichael]

The most interesting part of the red card saga isn't the ruling. It's how differently Americans and Europeans process the idea that they might have been wronged.

Europeans are fundamentally different from Americans in one particular way: they expect life to be aggravating and at times unfair. It's just a fact of moving through the world. I joke that in Europe, the customer is always wrong. You didn't read the fine print. The only pharmacy in town is closed every other Tuesday for three hours, and even if the times weren't posted, that's still your problem. Too bad if you want the bill, because the waiter's on his union-mandated half-hour smoke break, and you're just going to have to wait.

To quote the great Mark Knopfler: sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. There's something freeing in that. Things are less in your control, so there's less angst in managing your expectations.

In America, things couldn't be more different. We simply can't accept a wrong left unrighted.

The flight attendant sneezed handing you a drink on your one-hour flight? 15,000 frequent flyer miles. Didn't like your appetizer? A replacement is on the way, and the whole course comes off the bill. There's a reason our interstates are lined with trial lawyer billboards.

Europeans have turned complaining into a continental pastime with no expectation that the universe owes them a remedy for their grief. You gripe about the train being late, your friends nod solemnly and everyone goes back to their apéro. In America, we launch a full-blown investigation of the train system, sue the government (and its contractors) that allowed for the tardiness and hold a Congressional hearing on the state of national infrastructure.

So to an objective observer, the red card shouldn't have happened, and VAR was a travesty. To Americans, our star player shouldn't be unfairly banned from a match we couldn't afford to lose for a card he so obviously didn't deserve.

Who cares that FIFA used a little-used reversal to fix it. Who cares that other people are mad about it. We. Were. Wronged. It was unjust. It must be corrected. We would accept nothing less.

Europeans waxing poetic about the sanctity of the game are, of course, talking about a governing body whose last tournament host was decided via confirmed cash bribes — one that imposed dress codes on women, shrugged off widespread allegations of modern slavery and reconfigured the entire tournament calendar to suit the host country. Which is exactly the point. If you've made peace with all of that, at least enough to watch the tournament four years later, a probationary suspension isn't actually a scandal.

Maybe that's the real divide. Over millennia, Europeans have made peace with being the bug. Americans have never once considered it, and apparently, we're not about to start now.

[kerry ✊💙Dont let Farage kill our NHS @hewitson10]

THIS is the red card Donald Trump had overturned 👇

The White House called Gianni Infantino at FIFA & had it overturned

Corruption doesn’t even hide anymore

[Ian Hubert @Mrdodobird]

Animating! With! Physics!

[ShiR0‎🍳Skeb募集中 @shiro0221_]

実は錯視(うねうね)の部分が手書きだから見て欲しい

[Lilly Batson @Lilly_bat98]

Single greatest moment in TV history, RIP Sean 🙏

[digital ghost @vibeeval]

BİRİ SOKAKTA GÖRDÜĞÜN KEDİLERİ POKEMON GİBİ TOPLAYAN BİR UYGULAMA YAPMIŞ, VE EN GÜZEL KISMI HİLEYİ İMKANSIZ HALE GETİRMESİ.

mantık basit. sokakta bir kedi görüyorsun, kameray�� açıyorsun, fotoğrafını çekiyorsun. kedi koleksiyonuna küçük bir yaratık olarak ekleniyor. kendi ismi, nadirliği, seviyesi ve istatistik sayfasıyla.

ama işi oyun yapan asıl detay şu: uygulama fotoğrafta gerçekten canlı bir kedi olup olmadığını kontrol ediyor. yani internetten resim ya da ekran görüntüsü atıp kandıramıyorsun. gidip gerçekten bulman gerekiyor.

yakaladığın her kedi nadirliğine göre bir kart oluyor, bazıları çok ender çıkıyor. bir harita üstünde de diğer oyuncuların senin yakınında bulduğu kedileri görüyorsun. çizimler eski çizgi film tarzında, krem tonları, kalın dış hatlar, baştan sona oyun gibi dursun diye yapılmış.

yapan kişi bir kediyi yakalamanın telefona fotoğraf kaydetmek gibi değil, hızlı ve eğlenceli hissettirmesini istemiş. o yüzden emeğin çoğu tanıma kısmına ve yakalama anını gerçek bir oyuna çevirmeye gitmiş.

şimdi birinin de köpek versiyonunu yapması lazım.

[Sandy Petersen 🪔 @SandyofCthulhu]

When id Software published Wolfenstein 3D (before my time), the way to find the secrets was to walk all around the level, bumping into every wall. When I joined id Software, John Romero told me that Doom would be different. One of the fundamental rules was that EVERY secret in Doom had to have a hint. The wall might have a different texture, or be offset. Or something.

Looking back, John didn't always follow his own rule, but I did. One of my favorite secrets was only visible on the minimap, where I hid an arrow pointing directly at the secret door. The arrow wasn't visible in the real world. You can see it below.

Partly because of John's rule, I feel that no trap in any game, even a tabletop roleplaying game like Call of Cthulhu or D&D, should just go POP! and surprise the players. There ought always be a clue. Maybe the deadly door handle is shaped like a cobra head. Maybe there is green liquid dripping from the chest's lock. Maybe the super valuable treasure is atop a glowing pedestal with no obvious wards or barriers (I've used this one a lot).

[hesy @Hxsykhia]

who made this gif bc ive been using it for like a year and its the funniest thing in the world

[Best Indie Games @clemmygames]

This indie developer is making a mapmaking tool which is very powerful, perfect for your next tabletop session, novel or even video game!

It's called Canvas of Kings, will you use this?

[Jar Al @aleinjar]

@AgustinLebron3 I can look it up maybe, or in some time, no worries)

Anyway got you, about having information out there, specific to the process - can agree, thought the same. Thanks)

[Jar Al @aleinjar]

@AgustinLebron3 Hmm, I actually never saw something like that, maybe you have the example?

[Jar Al @aleinjar]

@AgustinLebron3 Thanks! Yeah, I honestly think same way about small companies. But the problem is, that I myself faced multiple times - because they are small they hire extremely rarely. What about middle sized then?

[Jar Al @aleinjar]

@AgustinLebron3 How do you provide this? Like, sites or some programs? In this particular case it's funny to me how Leetcode, which was a way to level the field for FAANG, become the new high set norm

[Jar Al @aleinjar]

@AgustinLebron3 how to keep the feeling of being human while in this process? Is this more a lense problem, or since the process already is the way it is, there are some actions to change, or, non-actions, like not participating?

[Jar Al @aleinjar]

@AgustinLebron3 Thanks! I was really intrigued by (1) is there a way, in your opinion(adding it once just for the clarity), current giants of market can achieve it's goals of finding best candidate without being dehumanizing? Can same answer apply to "middle" level companies? And my personal:

[Jar Al @aleinjar]

@AgustinLebron3 (3) around what it's best to build person's career and/or work goals?
I know this is a broad question, but I really interested in answer to this, because every answer will be a mix of views and experience, in my opinion)

[Jar Al @aleinjar]

@AgustinLebron3 My try to squeeze "please" in symbol limit was a failure, so adding as a separate message,
Please :)

[Jar Al @aleinjar]

@AgustinLebron3 Hi, Augustin!
I found your profile because of JaneStreet comment(https://t.co/8PuWJEK3OF) but I really want to talk to you about (1)interviews, (2)how questions optimize teams and (3)your work view because of this comment. Can you give me a follow for dm or answer here in thread?

[Agustin Lebron @AgustinLebron3]

That date question is still my favorite interview question that I came up with at JS. Extremely diagnostic.

I actually stole it from a University Challenge buzz in.