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Strange Quark

strangequark@dice.camp

<p>Computer Scientist, Software Engineer, Games Master and Secretary of <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/CERN" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CERN</span></a> Games Club. I started playing <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/RPGs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RPGs</span></a> in the 1980s, when the only form of social media was <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/WhiteDwarf" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WhiteDwarf</span></a> magazine. When I first got on the Internet, WWW had not yet been invented — my first experience of online forums was on <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/USENET" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USENET</span></a>. Forums blossomed through the 2000s, but were eclipsed by the walled gardens of <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/BigTech" class="m

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    Why we urgently need #digitalsovereignty and a European #payment system independent from #US payment providers. #Cuba #Belfast

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    @Printdevil This weekend I will playtest Dædalus&amp;#39; Wondrous Works with a group of friends... 3 of whom are #Greek. I&amp;#39;m prepared for a critique of the license I took with their beloved #myths and #lore. It&amp;#39;s like cooking pasta for your Italian friends. https://strangequarkgames.itch.io/daedalus-wondrous-works #TTRPG #DungeonsAndDragons #DnD #Moldvay #Basic #BX #LabyrinthLord #OldSchoolEssentials #OSE #OSR

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    #CERN has a position open for a #graphicdesign #student with experience in #Adobe suite. It&amp;#39;s 12-month contract based in #Geneva. You must be a national of a CERN member state or associate member state and you have to be currently enrolled at a university. More details: https://family-forum.web.cern.ch/t/graphic-designer-opportunity-at-cern-admin-student/886 List of member states: https://home.cern/about/who-we-are/member-states/ #Photoshop #Illustrator #InDesign #joboffer #fedihire

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    #Brexit — the gift that never stops giving. FFS. Can anyone recommend an #EU #comic shop that imports British comics and sells by mail order? #2000AD #comics

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    Le problème de la #surveillancepricing a touché #SNCF @groupeSNCF Hier, j&amp;#39;ai consulté le site web de SNCF : le billet de train coûtait 44 €. Aujourd&amp;#39;hui, je suis retourné sur le même site, le prix avait doublé à 88 €. J&amp;#39;ai essayé d&amp;#39;effacer les cookies, même prix. J&amp;#39;ai essayé d&amp;#39;utiliser un VPN, même prix. J&amp;#39;ai essayé un autre navigateur web, et le prix est redescendu à 44 €. Ils utilisent donc l&amp;#39;empreinte digitale du navigateur...

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    This weekend, #Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir celebrated his 50th birthday with a cake decorated with symbols of violence and colonisation, topped with a noose representing the #apartheid law recently passed by #Israel that allows the execution of #Palestinian detainees. This would be a good time to add your name to the petition demanding Israel&amp;#39;s exclusion from #Eurovision https://action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-05-Israel-out-Eurovision-petition-EN

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    Watched the first three episodes of the #Daleks Master Plan back-to-back. I enjoyed seeing #NicholasCourtney &amp;#39;s first on-screen appearance in #DoctorWho. Unfortunately Bret Vyon&amp;#39;s story arc remains incomplete — the character dies in still-missing episode 4. #SpecialEffects and model shots were pretty good for the 1960s but not referenced at all in the end credits. #Dalek #DrWho #lostepisodes

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    I commute every day by #bicycle and I decided to buy a new #bike. In the past I would have gone online and read some #reviews and comparisons and made a choice. Now that is nearly impossible, because so many of the &amp;quot;reviews&amp;quot; are #AI #LLM #slop summaries of, I dunno, forum posts about a completely different bike or something. Instead I have e-mailed a list of my requirements to my #local #bikeshop and asked them what&amp;#39;s available. Should have done that first. #deadinte...

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    #Murena are working on a privacy-respecting alternative to #Google #Maps for /e/OS: https://murena.com/meet-murena-maps/ Here is their presentation from this year&amp;#39;s #FOSDEM : https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/WRU7C9-cardinal-maps-application/

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    I&amp;#39;ve gone in search of gargoyles at the birthplace of Gothic art.

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    1/ This week&amp;#39;s #DCC #session was a comedy of fumbles. The party are in the undercity and have just arrived at the shore of the bricked-over and forgotten River Flēot. Lurking in the depths is the water hag Peg Powler. As Powler&amp;#39;s hideous visage emerges from the waters, the party move to defend themselves. /cont&amp;#39;d #DCCRPG #DungeonCrawlClassics #TTRPG

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    Life-sized #Lego #Velociraptors #JurassicPark

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    Another #gargoyle