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Lords:
* Tina
* https://twitter.com/Teanah/
* Slothy
* https://twitter.com/jonshiring
Topics:
* What do Indie devs imagine AAA is like
* My cousin is an astronaut
* Finding an ad for a medicare scam in my drafts folder
* Brad asks "The '30 days hath...' rhyme sucks as a mnemonic because so many months rhyme. Everyone should just use the knuckle mnemonic instead."
* https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knuckle_mnemonic
* Ted Lasso
* My post-burnout solo European vacation with a guy who had illicit keys to Notre Dame
Microtopics:
* Having one name like Cher but also having more names too.
* Giving yourself a nickname because there are too many people with just your name.
* Creating personal boundaries in an office setting and making it clear when people cross them.
* Working on a regimented team where everyone has specific roles and the programmers can't just say "I feel like doing sound design today."
* How to motivate yourself to work.
* Cultural things that can go wrong with code reviews.
* Wondering if a feature is a good idea and implementing it in a day and putting it in front of testers to find out.
* How long before you ship a game is good.
* How to get a team of 300 people to change direction.
* How to be invested enough to do a good job but not invested enough that you'll freak out if your work doesn't make it into the final product.
* Reasons to go to GDC.
* My Cousin The Astronaut.
* Sitting in the bleachers to watch the space shuttle launch.
* A building that they don't tear down because it contains things
* Building the international space station by sending up one piece per shuttle launch.
* Whether Buzz Aldrin is still an astronaut.
* Deciding as a child that you want to be an astronaut and from that point on making every decision in your live based on that goal.
* Watching your daughter carry part of the international space station across a busy freeway.
* Space shuttles exploding and driving up NASA's insurance rates.
* The pros and cons of relentlessly chasing your dreams.
* Self-esteem vs. self-compassion.
* Living in LA and having to remind your kids that not everyone works in movies.
* Different definitions of success.
* The least-driven game developer.
* Enjoying the process of making art vs. enjoying the result.
* People enjoying what you've worked on.
* Boosting your social security check by up to $1782 per year.
* A Special Medicare Advantage Part B Premium "Giveback" Rebate Benefit.
* Your pocket writing an email about Medicare.
* Having a dream about Medicare and waking up and deciding to become a spam magnate.
* Whether the mailto: protocol can specify a subject and a body.
* Making a pact to change your email password.
* Mnemonics for remembering how long each month is.
* The Knuckle Mnemonic.
* Whether it was aliens or the pope who stole the two months we used to have after December.
* A show about nerding out. (It's this one.)
* How wifi works in space when planets can get in the way.
* The first moment of freedom on Mars.
* Living on the Grand Canyon except you have to keep your eyes closed.
* Thanking Brad.
* Choosing a topic for nefarious reasons.
* The least skeptical TV show.
* Trying to remember to give people the benefit of the doubt.
* Buying a plane ticket to Europe without knowing what you're going to do there.
* Your friend in Paris who has a keyring with keys to every church in the city.
* Breaking into Notre Dame during the COVID lockdown and checking out the view from the roof.
* The listening tower that the NSA used to spy on East Germany.
* Using a variety of methods to get the keys to every church in Paris.
* A wig for people who have a mohawk that is just mostly one of the sides of your head.
* The Santa Cruz Hell Hole.
* Building the Paris tunnels to get partying teens off the streets and underground.
