Topic Lords

97. A Clearly Marked Hellhole

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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.

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