Lords
* Alexander
* Kev
Topics:
* "Floaty movement" in games
* The power to give people clutter that they can't throw away
* https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/users/yorkdoom/palweb/week12/palwk12.htm
* https://www.anabuzzalino.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/book-of-kells.jpg
* Dunning Kruger got debunked!
* https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2022/04/08/the-dunning-kruger-effect-is-autocorrelation/
* With or Without Witnesses, by Hasbro, Inc.
* https://scryfall.com/card/jmp/457/alloy-myr
* Esper says: "A lot of the lore and worldbuilding of Magic is conveyed through flavor text, but there’s also about a novel’s worth of writing for each set distributed as webfiction and a few dozen novels throughout the game's history. It’s good stuff, usually!"
* The instinct to not swing a heavy object at someone, even when you're supposed to
* Japanese curry
Microtopics:
* The Humble Screw.
* What it might take to be good at hammering nails.
* Fingerbashing.
* An inclined plane that goes around in a circle.
* Metric Rules Football.
* Whether a state machine is the same kind of thing as a wedge.
* Clockwork Maiden.
* Speedrunning, cleaning and dating.
* Floaty movement.
* The JPEG artifact of physics simulation.
* How to Unit Test a video game.
* Using MIDI knobs to tune your game's physics.
* Game Oriented Assembly Lisp.
* Hot Reloading Workflow.
* Why Naughty Dog stopped using Lisp.
* Just going about your life when suddenly you have to use Perl for something.
* Peak Node.JS/SAAS years.
* Walk/run/sprint transition speed.
* Getting an special drink for your guys.
* Medieval style calligraphy.
* Gifting someone with a burden for the rest of their lives.
* Pouring rocks into your dad's pocket because that's where you keep your rocks.
* The kitten going to sleep behind your laptop because it's warm back there.
* Here's how someone in the 14th century would've written these words.
* How to say "fuck around and find out" in medieval Latin.
* Writing a meme in 14th century Blackletter Hand.
* Sans-serif calligraphy.
* The ancient Greeks trying to invent ASCII art but they couldn't close the deal.
* Letters placed inside other letters.
* Autocorrelation.
* Figures 8 and 9.
* Coming out of discussion the topic with a better understanding of the topic.
* Using a bird feather to write.
* Knowledge that we used to have and now have again.
* Learning to Topic Lords while doing home improvement stuff.
* Scrapping your fragile human body to merge with the machines.
* Rainbows in Space.
* Suns going around in circles regardless of whether anyone's looking.
* A semi-conscious little robot dude.
* Calling the Qualia Function.
* A real messed-up looking machine cat.
* Communicating the story solely via flavor text on mana dorks.
* A squadron of little kids waving wooden swords at each other.
* How do you turn sword fighting into something you can do in a video game?
* East Bay Rat Motorcycle Club Flight Nights.
* Situations where they ask if you want a mouth guard.
* Asking the ref at the boxing match what the etiquette is for tapping out.
* The crowd roaring when they realize you're a southpaw.
* Punching a guy you just met three seconds ago.
* Did you end up cutting that girl's head off?
* Renaissance MMA.
* That Awkward Sparring Feeling.
* A simulacrum of kicking each other in the face.
* Getting a part-time job at your favorite curry shop so you can learn the recipe.
* What part of curry is the curry?
* The curry you eat so you don't die.
* Emperor Riding a Dragon to the Forbidden Palace.
* The advantage of a burger as a fast food staple.
* How to make curry convenient.
* Rendang.
* Dry curry.
* Joining a discord and asking "what are all these users for??"
* Which user is which lord on which episode?
