David Raynes

I'm a nerd, dad, and emacs-er. Six Apart alumnus. I write Ruby code for money and play with Foundry VTT code for fun.

[David Raynes @rayners]

My professional goal is to have colleagues always want me to review their code but then usually want to injure me afterwards.

[David Raynes @rayners]

Me: When my #Dragonbane campaign starts back up again, we’re going to do some serious role playing and I’ll make combats more dangerous and deadly.

Also me: I’m going to make a magic item based on Fred Durst’s hat.

[David Raynes @rayners]

@The_Hofzinser @TatooineUnited @theaarpgs The Champions 4e cover will be stuck in my brain forever. I cracked open that book so many times the cover/spine came completely off.

[David Raynes @rayners]

@theaarpgs @TatooineUnited That’s about when I had to leave. Suddenly it’s all SW Rifts Pathfinder and I don’t know which way is up anymore.

[David Freedlander @freedlander]

Sentencing will be Thursday July 11 at 10 A.M.

The RNC begins July 15

[Tommy Lavin @TommyLavinTST]

@ask_aubry Anyone who labels themselves as Alpha Male has some serious insecurities. But it lines up with the use of Alpha in software releases.

Alpha releases are often unstable, not to be trusted in a real world environment, full of bugs and security issues, & crash often.

Sounds right

[David Raynes @rayners]

I updated the software on a speaker this morning. Because that’s a thing you do in the 21st century.

[David Raynes @rayners]

@josh803316 I’ve got enough loose electronics around I could maybe wire something up.

[David Raynes @rayners]

I’m sorry I can’t be on the zoom call right now. The dog ate my internet.

No, I am 100% serious.

[David Raynes @rayners]

@deannathedev It absolutely was my order. I put the pieces together after a couple confused seconds.

[David Raynes @rayners]

So tired that I accidentally ordered an extra cup of coffee this morning. Task failed successfully?

[The Thursday Lady: A Parable 2/27 @ProfHolloway]

Octavia Butler told me one of the failures of sci-fi /fantasy was its inability to imagine the alien other as anything different from a human form "with a mask on." I rate sci-fi on that basis to this day. Yes. I knew her. Yes. She was exceptional.

[David Raynes @rayners]

Teens: I wonder if I'm autistic.
Early 20s: Attention seeking, probably masking ~24/7
Late 20s: Oh, I'm depressed. That explains it.
Early 30s: Ton of life changes.
Late 30s: One of my kids has ADHD.
Early 40s: Oh, I have ADHD. That explains it.
Mid 40s: I wonder if I'm autistic.

[Marco Rogers @polotek]

People are starting to say Elon Musk isn't actually a real engineer. But he definitely said "I don't know why people think Twitter is so complicated. I could fix it in like a weekend." And then proceeded to fuck everything up. That's exactly like an engineer.

[David Raynes @rayners]

I wish I could remember the context, but I’m pretty sure in my half-asleep stupor this morning that I tried to type the word “yuck” on the dog’s butt.

[David Raynes @rayners]

My dental hygienist found orthodontic cement on one of my front teeth this morning. I haven’t had braces for over 30 years! I’m a mixture of surprised, impressed, and a bit confused.