Christopher Dailey

My talk at NavyCon 2021 about AI in SciFi and how it's less fictional than we'd like. MAGFest 2022 and NekoCon 2015 talks coming soon! Fantastical AIs and Where to Find Them Illegal youtu.be/Qwcc-bkAyHM via @YouTube

Done here. Headed to bluesky. Sayonara.

I think it's time for me to be done with games. I've let myself become too passionate about them, they've come to be too much of my self-identity, and it's time to grow up, put the games down, and spend my time on more serious things.

@LonelyGeekess @shitpost_2077 GODDAMMIT

@shitpost_2077 I actually skipped ahead to the Armstrong part because thats what I was here for.

@focusfronting @gabbypascuzzi Some of this is because you used to be able to say overtly offensive things that were easy to recognize as jokes because no one actually believes i.e, that women shouldn't vote, but it turns out...

@focusfronting @gabbypascuzzi This is a real problem for us wry humor types. Even if a torqued out joke lands with the right people, there will be thousands of people who pick up the pitchfork.

i guess i am 31 yrs old and afraid of sabrina carpenter because i genuinely find it unsettling when she pantomimes a sex position in that one song in her concert... AM I A PRUDE or is it cringe

@Clint_Davey1 As a lifelong d&d player, I was primed to like it, but I thought it was just ok. It didn't feel like it had any spirit to me. Id struggle to explain why, but some of it is that having so many characters means the story of each was rushed even moreso than in non ensemble movies.

Just watched Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves. Thought it was going to be terrible but I actually loved it. Just the right amount of seriousness and the right amount of humour. It treated the subject matter with a kind of teasing, but still loving, affection. I found myself laughing out loud at the jokes, including subtle jibes at the nature of gaming itself: "Why 5 questions? Seems a little arbitrary." "Magic can't just solve all your problems! This is the real world!" The makers of this film clearly knew their audience: nerds who know they are nerds and therefore don't take themselves too seriously. But along with the silly quips and witty repartee, there were hints that this story is taking place against a backdrop of incredible depth and beauty. When the camera zoomed out and the action faded into a map of the D & D world, or when the characters were journeying through sweeping vistas, I got a hint of the numinous awe that Peter Jackson's original LOTR trilogy inspired in me so many years ago. It's the feeling of a world that is vast, mysterious and full of friends and enemies, nations and empires, and gods both old and new. Yes, there is campy, hokey lines, well-worn tropes and an atmosphere of silliness. But underneath that is still something real. It actually reminded me of Monty Python's Holy Grail. That movie was obviously lampooning the all-too serious 1950's and 60's take on medieval legends. But the soundtrack and a few of the scenes still gave a sense of the medieval mystique. The reason we are drawn to fantasy is this - we yearn for a world that is older, unexplored, primordial and mysterious. Where religion and magic is real. Where individual heroism matters. I would contend that our own world is actually more like this than we think. And fantasy stories can occasionally remind us of this. Even though I don't play Dungeons and Dragons (never have and probably never will) I find myself hoping that they make more movies in this series. Good clean fun and a reminder of how awesome this whole genre can be. Well worth spending a rainy Sunday afternoon on this film!

@ElenaWicker Request for confirmation of understanding

Need help. Trying to find every way that “hooah” can be used. Motivation, agreement, acknowledgment, …???

Elon Musk is perhaps the greatest example possible of why STEM education is dangerous without humanities. This sounds like a great idea if you're a middle schooler, but is obviously absurd if you've sat through the first two weeks of a single poli sci class.

@cgberube When's the next one??

To get sufficient levels of totally rad, one must accept a certain level of unhinged.

@cnast_ @LederGames @colewehrle But your reaction is reasonable.

@cnast_ @LederGames @colewehrle The base game is actually pretty simple; I got Ben and Matt up and playing in five literal minutes. The campaign is... Less simple.

Assembled the planet breaker and then did the thing. #arcs @LederGames @colewehrle

Almost everyone in every government is unelected. Using "unelected" as a pejorative or criticism is a thing stupid people say to sound smart to other stupid people.

@TychoBrahe Reading Sun Tzu during my officer training, I was struck by how basic it was. It actually says, as genuine advice, "try getting the enemy to think you're doing something you're not." I get that this was cutting edge stuff thousands of years ago, but like

I was listening to a piece on NPR that mentioned Pompeii, and a paleontologist said that the position of the skeletal remains there l suggested that the victims were in "extreme discomfort.'

STEM bros will shit on humanities students and then immediately demonstrate why humanities education is important.

@aatamkdaddy @yashar This is the opposite of that.

@yashar Long past time we go back to merit based appointments and promotions.

NEWS The Trump transition team is considering a draft executive order that establishes a "warrior board" of retired senior military personnel with the power to review three- and four-star officers and to recommend removals of any deemed unfit for leadership. If Donald Trump approves the order, it could fast-track the removal of generals and admirals found to be "lacking in requisite leadership qualities.” But it could also create a chilling effect on top military officers, given the president-elect's past vow to fire "woke generals.” As commander in chief, Trump can fire any officer at will, but an outside board whose members he appoints would bypass the Pentagon's regular promotion system. Full Story: bit.ly/3YNiOFZ

It's his day

@focusfronting The real story is how long it takes Trump to dump Elon. Can't have two main characters in a room.

@focusfronting Guarantee that's the first time he's ever used that phrase without air quotes.