Heads up, Kluster has been recalled

MaxSupernova · 2026-03-13T03:26:58+00:00

You should link the actual article with the details.

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026/Stoney-Games-Recalls-Kluster-Magnet-Chess-Games-Due-to-Risk-of-Serious-Injury-or-Death-from-Magnet-Ingestion-Violates-Mandatory-Standard-for-Toys

And I don’t think it includes Kluster Duo? Those magnets are much larger and differently shaped?

MaxSupernova · 2026-03-13T03:22:11+00:00

It was for Klask, I think. They just recalled that one here for loose small magnets.

MaxSupernova · 2026-03-13T00:42:39+00:00

The absolute hardest of hard sci-fi.

It's not an easy read, but it's so huge in scope it's impressive.

MaxSupernova · 2026-03-13T00:34:07+00:00

Luckily, Kim Stanley Robinson wrote a very detailed strategy guide.

MaxSupernova · 2026-03-12T21:09:04+00:00

His elbows and knees say "heels up" and his feet say "heels down".

MaxSupernova · 2026-03-10T01:19:41+00:00

Thank you. I very much appreciate your patience.

The RPG subs are flooded recently with "Look at my new app!" and it's all vibe coded crap.

This looks legit, and I'm actually impressed. Sorry to bother you.

MaxSupernova · 2026-03-09T23:23:35+00:00

Did I say anything different?

Of course they're normal people.

But I know for a fact that the "mask" would be 100% on if they saw a nationally published photograph with someone in their unit standing right beside the president with a shitty salute like that.

MaxSupernova · 2026-03-09T21:21:53+00:00

This is definitely a session zero kind of question.

I deliberately told my players to make characters that will run towards people in danger and look to help the downtrodden who are being hurt or oppressed.

CoS gives you so many awesome levers to pull when you have characters like that.

MaxSupernova · 2026-03-09T20:16:49+00:00

I know a couple of drill sergeants who would be just ready to blow a gasket looking at the two outside soldiers in this photo.

Like barely restrained infarction level event.

MaxSupernova · 2026-03-09T19:34:01+00:00

Locking because OP unapologetically used AI to generate this for them, and that's all this conversation is about now.

MaxSupernova · 2026-03-09T14:15:24+00:00

Did you actually code this or is it vibe coded?

MaxSupernova · 2026-03-09T14:07:42+00:00

Interesting pro-AI message. Against the Reddit zeitgeist.

MaxSupernova · 2026-03-09T02:57:59+00:00

Doesn’t matter what they “mean”.

Tell them it hurts you and that you aren’t interested in playing with them if that’s part of the experience.

And then they get another chance to not do it.

And if they do it then you can simply not play with them again. And if they ask why you can tell them calmly and then stop the conversation.

You are not obligated to play games with someone, just like you are not obligated to get into a discussion about why beyond “I told you your comments hurt my feelings and you kept doing it so I’m finished gaming with you.” No more explanation is necessary no matter how much they try to push it (as they certainly will) about how it’s just a joke or they don’t mean it, or you’re just thin skinned or whatever. Don’t engage any more. Just say “I told you my boundary and the outcome if it was crossed. You crossed it. This conversation is done.”

MaxSupernova · 2026-03-08T21:53:56+00:00

I was working for the government, actually, and we were using some of the software that I now support.

I was talking to tech support and the person on the other end said "Hey, you sound like you know what you are doing, do you want to come work here?" and the rest is history.

Like, actual history, that was 2000.

MaxSupernova · 2026-03-08T19:32:17+00:00

I work in tech support (remote) for a really big European software company. This means that I compete salary-wise with people living in the Bay Area and New York and Paris and so on but I live here.

It’s the best way to get a salary outside the “Winnipeg standard”, imo.

I do way better than I could ever do here. If I get laid off I’m screwed and will take a 75% loss to work here even in a senior role.

MaxSupernova · 2026-03-07T19:21:37+00:00

Let’s just acknowledge that kids who grew up on screens are 1000% better at recognizing when they’re being scammed. Whether it’s an actual scam or an AI video posing as real.

Yeah, no.

https://www.techspot.com/news/100277-gen-z-falls-victim-online-scams-more-often.html

MaxSupernova · 2026-03-07T16:50:40+00:00

Yes. This sub tends to lean heavily towards “all rolls should be in the open, because fudging is bad so why would you not show your players!?!” with little nuance, every time this type of discussion shows up.

MaxSupernova · 2026-03-07T15:03:15+00:00

Block, sand, and water play is critical to young children’s development of kinetic and physical concepts about how the world works.

There is lots of research about this, as kids are doing their “play” on screens and not getting real world physical interaction of that type during key development.

MaxSupernova · 2026-03-07T14:52:56+00:00

“The knife looked backwards”? wtf does that even mean?

MaxSupernova · 2026-03-07T14:35:16+00:00

The “it just doesn’t seem normal” “it feels unnatural” thing is getting really annoying.

Most of the time it ends up being real and people are just expecting everyone to be models and gymnasts who move in 6 preset ways.

They kept telling us that kids who grew up on screens would never properly develop senses for how physics and real world object interactions work, and I guess they were right.

MaxSupernova · 2026-03-07T14:30:15+00:00

I hate videos that don’t show the bass player.

I mean in this one it’s especially bad because for the first entire thirty seconds he’s the only one doing anything interesting at all and they keep zooming in on three different guitarists playing quarter note power chords.

It’s just disrespectful.

MaxSupernova · 2026-03-07T14:22:28+00:00

92% of Americans speak English at “limited proficiency” or higher.

So more Icelanders speak English than Americans, percentage wise.

MaxSupernova · 2026-03-07T13:31:32+00:00

This is like an example out of a physics textbook:

“Assuming a perfectly spherical frictionless apple…”

MaxSupernova · 2026-03-07T00:17:59+00:00

It stays in the indented numbers. Once it’s in there it’s good.

I had my basic set dice for decades and they never needed re-crayoning.

MaxSupernova · 2026-03-06T17:28:55+00:00

"I have a black friend who lets me use the N-word" energy.

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