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[EnigmaticHat]

I missed the global game jam.  Are there any other events coming up where people get together and quickly make a game?  Specifically around NYC (or online, or in the whole USA, or globally)

[Gentlefish]

Ludum dare starts in just under three month's time! That's a pretty big game jam.

E: also Alakajam is active and taking theme submissions for the jam on the 22nd!

[Il Palazzo]

God, I can't remember the name of a something, and what I do remember about it are such bits and pieces even my google-fu is not powerful enough.

There was this semi-interactive online story I read max couple years ago, with the interactive part written in java, I think. You know, one of those that you scroll down to read more and some creative shit happens, animations, maps popping up, and whatnot.
It was this weird sci-fi thing that I think started with one of the Mars rovers or Voyagers (or other) talking to itself and/or losing power, and then shit transitioned (somehow) to people talking about some kind of futuristic geohashing (?) game or maybe it was about chasing tornadoes and/or other players across the US. The future world had very few people around, and they might have not been entirely mortal any more, just playing and spectating these weird games to kill time.
At one point there was something about city block planning, I think? I might be making half of it up, it's all a blur.
Very random, much overintelectualised.
I don't know what was the point of the story, since I never made it to the end. It wasn't short.
Oh, and it was linked to by somebody on this forum.

[scourge728]

It was this weird sci-fi thing that I think started with one of the Mars rovers or Voyagers (or other) talking to itself and/or losing power

This is something I want to see

[Kagus]

So, y'know how a lot of take-away food orders get padded out with a bunch of napkins? Well, it's quite rare that I manage to make enough of a mess to use up all of them at once, so there tends to be a hefty wad left over after we've finished eating. Generally, I like to hang on to them and put them away to have a backup of cheap napkins for whatever occasion might call for cheap napkins.


My question then is... Is this uncommon? The practice is apparently somewhat unpopular in this household, and I've attracted some ire for "hoarding junk". The preferred strategy seems to be to just throw out the unused napkins once we're done with the meal. I wanted to know how strange I was being, on a relative scale.

[Rolan7]

I think it's pretty common, I certainly do it.  It's particularly nice to have a stash of napkins in the car.
My friends and I collect the sauce packets too, even though they're arguably less useful

But nah why throw away perfectly good napkins?

[Frumple]

Having a few puttering around in the car or whatever is pretty normal,  from what I've seen, yes.

[EnigmaticHat]

So, y'know how a lot of take-away food orders get padded out with a bunch of napkins? Well, it's quite rare that I manage to make enough of a mess to use up all of them at once, so there tends to be a hefty wad left over after we've finished eating. Generally, I like to hang on to them and put them away to have a backup of cheap napkins for whatever occasion might call for cheap napkins.


My question then is... Is this uncommon? The practice is apparently somewhat unpopular in this household, and I've attracted some ire for "hoarding junk". The preferred strategy seems to be to just throw out the unused napkins once we're done with the meal. I wanted to know how strange I was being, on a relative scale.

Never seen this, but the general sentiment is common.  For me its always been the people I live with hording grocery bags instead of throwing them away.  At least you actually seem to have a plan to use those napkins.

[Il Palazzo]

It was this weird sci-fi thing that I think started with one of the Mars rovers or Voyagers (or other) talking to itself and/or losing power

This is something I want to see

There you go, found it:
https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football

[Kagus]

So, y'know how a lot of take-away food orders get padded out with a bunch of napkins? Well, it's quite rare that I manage to make enough of a mess to use up all of them at once, so there tends to be a hefty wad left over after we've finished eating. Generally, I like to hang on to them and put them away to have a backup of cheap napkins for whatever occasion might call for cheap napkins.


My question then is... Is this uncommon? The practice is apparently somewhat unpopular in this household, and I've attracted some ire for "hoarding junk". The preferred strategy seems to be to just throw out the unused napkins once we're done with the meal. I wanted to know how strange I was being, on a relative scale.

Never seen this, but the general sentiment is common.  For me its always been the people I live with hording grocery bags instead of throwing them away.  At least you actually seem to have a plan to use those napkins.

I mean, I have a plan to use the mountain of grocery bags as well, but the "bag space" is already nearly full to bursting as it is... I try to use the reusable bags when possible, but it's not something I always remember to bring with me. I generally only throw away bags if they've had food leakage in them or if they're the sort of ultra thin, for his pleasure affairs that you know are going to fall apart the moment you have any sort of smelly or unpleasant trash in them.

But nah why throw away perfectly good napkins?

I'm not sure. I think it's because they're ugly/we're never really going to use them? So she'd rather have a blank space in the drawer than have a stack of napkins there. It's just not classy having repurposed takeout napkins next to the aluminum foil, you understand.

[Rolan7]

I keep grocery bags, but it's because they pack absurdly well into each other.  And every couple of months I take the compressed bags back to the grocery store for recycling.

...And because I hoard, and because they come in useful sometimes.  But they really don't take up much space, stuffed into each other, actual weeks worth are still just a breadbasket-size.

I should really be using reusable bags, but I grocery shop heavy rather than often.  Hm, would probably get me more interested in fresh perishables...

[Kagus]

The reusable bags are generally made of sterner stuff than the plastic ones, letting them safely carry heavier and pointier loads. So there's that.

Like, we've got at least three "slightly-better plastic!" bags stuffed into a drawer right now. I think one was a promotional item from GF's job, the others were cheap at Ikea (which led to an absolutely hilarious altercation early on in the relationship, when my GF asked me to bring her "the Ikea bags", and I fetched the massive blue ones because I had grievously misinterpreted her message). The cloth ones are even beefier, but they do take up space.

[scriver]

Back in the day before we had special bags for garbage purposes you had to save grocery bags to keep your trash in.

I'm assuming this is still true for places that don't do the garbage sorting thing that i think is why we do the special bags.

[Castlecliff]

Anyone know where I can read roadside picnic online? I can download a pdf but I'm wanting to know if I can read it without downloading one.